There are several outstanding occasions happening this week -- the LPGA at Kingsmill, Web.Com in Greer SC, the PGA Tour forestall in Irving TX, and the European stopover in Spain. But simplest one tour has its first major this week...
Welcome to the Regions Tradition, the Champions Tour event in Alabama. The Shoal Creek Golf Course in which this primary is held hosted each the 1984 and 1990 PGA Championships, so that is a tough song.
Defending champion David Frost heads a strong area this week. Jack Nicklaus gained this occasion four times returned within the 1990s, and it has a reputation for big names and more than one winners. In addition, that is the primary of lower back-to-returned majors -- next week is the Senior PGA Championship -- so a great end this week can set you up for a excellent season.
The favorites coming in this week need to be Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, and Colin Montgomerie. Bernhard has 6 Top3s (2 wins) in 7 occasions thus far this season; Freddie has 5 Top5s (1 win) in 5 starts offevolved; and Monty has 6 directly Top10s this season, with 21 directly rounds of par or better. The area simply does not get a lot stronger than it's far this week!
GC is loaded with 5 golf broadcasts today. The Champions Tour broadcast window is from 12:30pm to 2:30pm ET today. (That's following the ET Open de España coverage which starts at 9:30am, and it's followed by the PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championship coverage, the Web.com Tour BMW Charity Pro-Am, and the LPGA Kingsmill Championship.)
It'll be exciting to see if David Frost can end up the newest defending champion at this event. At any rate, because the first occasion this season with double Charles Schwab Cup points at stake, he should have some serious competition this week.
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