When: Thursday through Sunday; pro-am Wednesday

Where: Tournament Players Club at Avenel, Potomac

Purse: $1.3 million, first prize of $234,000

Who: 156 golfers, including defending champion Grant Waite, reigning U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen, 1992 U.S. Open winner and former Kemper champion Tom Kite, 1991 U.S. Open champion Payne Stewart and two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange as well as former PGA champion John Daly, Phil Mickelson and Fred Funk.

Tickets: $22 for grounds only Wednesday through Sunday, $33 grounds and Pavilion Club. Purchased at the gate.

TV: Thursday and Friday, USA Cable, 4-6 p.m.; Saturday, 4-6 p.m., and Sunday, 3:30-6 p.m., Channels 11, 9.