Buick Open
Site: Grand Blanc, Mich.
Schedule: Today-Sunday
Course: Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club (7,105 yards, par 72)
Purse: $2.4 million
Winner's share: $432,000
TV: The Golf Channel and Fox Sports Net (Today-tomorrow, 4-6: 30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday, 4-6 p.m.; Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)
Last year: Billy Mayfair closed with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over Scott Verplank.
Last week: Brent Geiberger won his first PGA Tour title, the Greater Hartford Open, by three strokes over Skip Kendall.
Notes: Tony Lema, who won in 1964 and 1965, is the only player to repeat as champion. Julius Boros is the only other golfer to win the tournament twice -- in 1963 and 1967. Dewey Arnette birdied a record-tying eight consecutive holes during the 1987 tournament. Next is the PGA Championship in Medinah, Ill.
areaWEB.com Challenge
Site: Sutton, Mass.
Schedule: Today-Sunday
Course: Pleasant Valley Country Club (6,334 yards, par 72)
Purse: $800,000
Winner's share: $120,000
TV: The Golf Channel (Today-tomorrow, 1-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m.)
Last year: Inaugural event
Last week: Karrie Webb birdied four of the last five holes and came back from a five-stroke deficit to win her first career major, the du Maurier Classic in Priddis, Alberta.
Notes: Webb won $180,000 last week to shatter the LPGA Tour's season earnings record with $1,254,051 in just 18 events. Webb needs just nine points for LPGA Hall of Fame induction. Points are earned by winning tournaments or by winning certain post-season awards. Juli Inkster shot above par in the third round last week for the first time since April 25. She bounced back with a final-round 69. Next is the Women's British Open in Milton Keynes, England.
Senior PGA Tour
Long Island Classic
Site: Jericho, N.Y.
Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday
Course: Meadow Brooks Club (6,842 yards, par 72)
Purse: $1.2 million
Winner's share: $180,000
TV: ESPN (Tomorrow, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2-4 p.m.; Sunday, 5: 30-7 p.m.)
Last year: South Africa's Gary Player, who turns 64 Nov. 1, became the second-oldest winner in tour history. Player had three straight 4-under 68s.
Last week: Dave Eichelberger won the Utah Showdown for his fifth Senior PGA Tour victory. He defeated Dana Quigley on the first playoff hole.
Notes: There have been four holes-in-one in tournament history. Raymond Floyd is the only player to win a Senior PGA Tour and PGA Tour event on Long Island. Next is the Foremost Insurance Championship in Ada, Mich.
Pub Date: 8/05/99