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When Steve Woods made his first foray into the National Golf League last season, he was a bit skeptical. But, like many others who have been introduced to the league’s brand of fan-friendly team golf, Woods is now a believer.

“This sport doesn’t have a lot of team environment events [...]

PGATOUR

WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

When: Today-Sunday

Where: Akron, Ohio

Course: Firestone Country Club, South Course (7,360 yards, par 70)

Purse: $8 million

Winner’s share: $1.35 million

TV: Golf Channel (Today-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.) and (Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.)

Last year: Tiger Woods won the tournament for the second consecutive year and the fifth time in seven years, outlasting Stewart Cink [...]

CHAMPIONSTOUR

SENIOR BRITISH OPEN

When: Today-Sunday

Where: Gullane, Scotland

Course: Muirfield Golf Links (6,970 yards, par 71)

Purse: $2 million

Winner’s share: $316,000

TV: TNT (Today-Friday, 9-11 a.m.) and Ch. 7 (Saturday, 3:30-5 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-noon)

Last year: Loren Roberts won at Turnberry, squandering a five-stroke lead before beating Argentina’s Eduardo Romero with a par on the first hole of [...]

EUROPEANTOUR

DEUTSCHE BANK PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

When: Today-Sunday

Where: Alveslohe, Germany

Course: Gut Kaden Golf Club (7,290 yards, par 72)

Purse: $4.78 million

Winner’s share: $829,590

TV: The Golf Channel (Today-Friday, 6:30-9:30 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5-8 a.m.

Last week: Ireland’s Padraig Harrington won the British Open at Carnoustie, surviving a calamitous finish in regulation to beat Sergio Garcia in a four-hole playoff. Harrington lost a [...]

Tim Huber managed to get a couple of days off from work to play some golf. He took full advantage, shooting 74-69 to win the Northern California PGA Professional Championship at Mayacama Golf Club in Santa Rosa.

Huber, from Madera Ranchos, shot the only sub-70 round in the two-day tournament [...]

Tim Huber managed to get a couple of days off from work to play some golf. He took full advantage, shooting 74-69 to win the Northern California PGA Professional Championship at Mayacama Golf Club in Santa Rosa.

Huber, from Madera Ranchos, shot the only sub-70 round in the two-day tournament [...]

LPGATOUR

EVIAN MASTERS

When: Today-Sunday

Where: Evian, France

Course: Evian Masters Golf Club (6,286 yards, par 72)

Purse: $3 million

Winner’s share: $450,000

TV: Golf Channel (Today-Friday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3:30-6 p.m.)

Last year: Karrie Webb won the third of her five 2006 titles, closing with a 4-under-par 68 for a one-stroke victory over Michelle Wie and Laura Davies.

Notes: Wie, 17, accepted a [...]

NATIONWIDETOUR

COX CLASSIC

When: Today-Sunday

Where: Omaha, Neb.

Course: Champions Run (7,145 yards, par 71)

Purse: $650,000

Winner’s share: $117,000

TV: The Golf Channel (Today, 9:30 a.m.-noon; -Friday, 9:30 a.m.-noon; Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Last week: Tom Scherrer won the Price Cutter Charity Championship in Springfield, Mo., shooting 66-63-66-67 for a four-stroke victory over Franklin Langham.

Note: Daniel Summerhays, the former Brigham Young star [...]

PGATOUR

CANADIAN OPEN

When: Today-Sunday

Where: Markham, Ontario

Course: Angus Glen Golf Club, North Course (7,320 yards, par 72)

Purse: $5 million

Winner’s share: $810,000

TV: Golf Channel (Today-Friday, noon-3 p.m., 5:30-8:30 p.m.) and Ch. 5 Ch. 46 (Saturday-Sunday, noon-3 p.m.)

Last year: Jim Furyk won the second of his two 2006 titles, shooting 63-71-67-65 at Hamilton Golf and [...]

Professional golf owns both ends of the Bay Area season, with the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in February and the Longs Drugs Challenge in October. But the summer belongs to the amateurs.

This summer in the Bay Area will be an especially busy one as the biggest amateur tournament in the [...]