This week in golf

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 | 10:13 a.m.

All Times PDT PGA TOUR

Greater Milwaukee Open

Site: Milwaukee.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Brown Deer Park Golf Course (6,759 yards, par 71).

Purse: $3.1 million. Winner's share: $558,000.

Television: Fox Sports West (Thursday-Friday, 12:30-3 p.m.) and ABC (Saturday-Sunday, 2-4 p.m.).

Last year: Shigeki Maruyama became the first Japanese player to win a PGA Tour event on the mainland, beating Charles Howell III on the first hole of a playoff.

Last week: Jerry Kelly won the Western Open for his second victory of the year, finishing with a 7-under 65 to beat Davis Love III by two strokes.

Notes: Scott Hoch, the 1995 and 1997 winner, is the top-ranked player in the field at No. 27. Maruyama is 28th and Kelly 29th. ... Kelly lives in Madison, where he was a high school hockey player. ... Loren Roberts won in 1996 and 2000, setting tournament records in 2000 with a 24-under 260 total and an eight-stroke margin of victory. ... The B.C. Open is next week, opposite the British Open.

On the Net: www.pgatour.com -- SENIOR PGA TOUR Ford Senior Players Championship

Site: Dearborn, Mich.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: TPC of Michigan (6,876 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $375,000.

Television: ESPN (Thursday-Friday, noon-2 p.m.) and ABC (Saturday-Sunday, 4-6 p.m.).

Last year: Allen Doyle won his second senior major title, beating Doug Tewell with a par on the first hole of a playoff. Doyle made a 35-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation.

Last week: Tom Jenkins won the AT&T Canada Senior Open for the second time in three years, shooting 63-68-64 for a three-stroke victory over Walter Morgan, Morris Hatalsky and Bruce Lietzke

Notes: The tournament is the final senior major of the year. Jim Thorpe won The Tradition, Fuzzy Zoeller took the Senior PGA, and Don Pooley won the U.S. Senior Open. ... Jack Nicklaus, forced to withdraw from the U.S. Senior Open because of a recurring back problem, is in the field. The 62-year-old Nicklaus won the 1990 tournament with a senior tour-record 27-under 261 total at Dearborn Country Club. He designed the TPC of Michigan. ... Hale Irwin won the 1999 event for the fifth of his six senior major titles. ... The SBC Senior Open is next week in Chicago.

On the Net: www.pgatour.com -- LPGA TOUR Jamie Farr Kroger Classic

Site: Sylvania, Ohio.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Highland Meadows Golf Club (6,365 yards, par 71).

Purse: $1 million. Winner's share: $150,000.

Television: ESPN (Friday, 10 a.m.-noon; Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m.).

Last year: South Korea's Se Ri Pak won the event for the third time in four years, beating Sweden's Maria Hjorth by two strokes.

Last week: Juli Inkster won the U.S. Women's Open at Prairie Dunes, matching the lowest final-round score by a champion with a 4-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Annika Sorenstam. The 42-year-old Inkster, also the 1980 U.S. Women's Amateur winner at Prairie Dunes, has seven major titles.

Notes: Inkster and Sorenstam are skipping the tournament. Sorenstam won in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 1999 at Forest Hills Country Club. ... Karrie Webb is in the field after missing the cut last week in her bid for a third straight U.S. Women's Open title. ... The tour will remain in Ohio next week for the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic in Vienna.

On the Net:www.lpga.com -- PGA EUROPEAN TOUR Scottish Open

Site: Loch Lomond, Scotland.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Loch Lomond Golf Club (7,050 yards, par 71).

Purse: $3.4 million. Winner's share: $566,000.

Television: The Golf Channel.

Last year: South Africa's Retief Goosen followed his U.S. Open triumph with a victory in the British Open warmup event, beating Thomas Bjorn by three strokes.

Last week: New Zealand's Michael Campbell won the European Open in Ireland, holding off Goosen, Padraig Harrington, Paul Lawrie and Bradley Dredge by a stroke. Campbell bogeyed the final four holes.

Notes: The British Open is next week at Muirfield. ... Goosen and 2000 winner Ernie Els top the field with fellow Loch Lomond winners Bjorn, Tom Lehman, Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood. Nick Faldo and Jose Maria Olazabal also are entered along with U.S. players Stewart Cink, Brad Faxon, Matt Kuchar and Jeff Maggert. ... Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish designed the Loch Lomond course.

On the Net: www.europeantour.com -- BUY.COM TOUR Dayton Open

Site: Centerville, Ohio.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: The Golf Club at Yankee Trace (7,139 yards, par 72).

Purse: $425,000. Winner's share: $76,500.

Television: None.

Last year: Todd Barranger matched the tour record for relation to par in a 72-hole event with a 26-under 262 total. Bo Van Pelt finished second, a stroke back.

Last week: Cliff Kresge won the Hershey Open for his second playoff victory of the year, beating Joel Kribel and Steve Ford on the third extra hole. Brian Claar was eliminated on the second playoff hole.

Notes: Rollins and Patrick Moore are a victory away from immediate promotion to the PGA Tour. ... The Fort Smith Classic is next week in Arkansas, followed by the Price Cutter Charity Championship in Springfield, Mo.

On the Net:www.pgatour.com -- OTHER TOURNAMENTS Men

Canadian Tour: Edmonton Open, Thursday-Sunday, Glendale Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta.

Japan Golf Tour: Juken Sangyo Open, Thursday-Sunday, Hiroshima Country Club, Hiroshima, Japan.

PGA European Senior Tour: The Mobile Cup, Friday-Sunday, Stoke Park Golf Club, Buckinghamshire, England.

PGA European Challenge Tour: Finnish Open, Thursday-Sunday, Espoo Golf Club, Helsinki, Finland. Women

Futures Tour: Green Mountain National Futures Golf Classic, Friday-Sunday, Green Mountain National Golf Course, Killington, Vt.

Japan LPGA Tour: Toyo Suisan Ladies, Friday-Sunday, Sapporo Kitahiroshima Prince Golf Club, Kitahiroshima, Japan.