The PGA Tour has one event this week (BMW Championship, September 9 – 12, 2010,  Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, IL)

. This is the third of the four Fed-Ex tournaments leading to the Grand Prize of $10,000,000.

This week’s tournament (BMW Championship) on the PGA Tour features the Top 70 points leaders after the Wyndham.

The current champion, Tiger Woods, won in 2009 and 2007. Camilo Villegas won in 2008.

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The Ladies PGA will be  at the (P&G NW Arkansas Championship Presented by Walmart, Rogers, Ark)

There will be a strong field including Anna Nordqvist; Paula Creamer, Ai Miyazato;  Yani Tseng; Cristie Kerr, Juli Inkster and many more.

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The Champions Tour ——

Friday – Sunday (August 27-29)

Posco E&C Songdo Championship Presented By Gale Int, Friday Sep 10 – Sunday Sep 12, 2010, Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, Songdo, Korea.

Purse: $3 million – Winning Share: $455,000

There is no defending champion as this is a new tournament.

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The Nationwide Tour will be playing the  “Western Swing” of the Tour. The Utah Championship Presented by Utah Sports Commission, Willow Creek CC, Sandy, Utah.

Josh Teater was last year’s winner. The purse is $550,000.

Play is Thursday through Sunday.

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The European Tour holds the  KLM Open at Hilversumsche Golf Course, Hilversum,  Netherlands

The Purse is € 1,800,000  about $2,285,640

1st Place €300,000(about $380,940);

2nd Place  €200,000 ($253,960);

3rd Place   €112,680 (143,081)

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The European Senior Tour will be OFF until Sep 17.

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The European Challenge Tour will play the  Kazakhstan Open, Zhailjau Golf Resort ( Sep09. 2010 -  Sep. 12, 2010)

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The Ladies European Tour

Sept 9 – 12, 2010 - FRANCE –

Open de France Féminin Paris International Golf Club, 18 Route du Golf,  Baillet-en-France,  France EUR 250,000  (about $317450)

Link to LET

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The Sunshine Tour (South Africa) has a tournament with the Purse  SA Rand 500 000

September 9 – 11 SAA Pro-Am Invitational, Randpark Golf Club

Link: to The Sunshine Tour, South Africa

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The Japan Tour has no tournaments for this week.

Link to Japan Tour

Charlie Hoffman winss at -22.  Geoff Ogilvy, Luke Donald and Jason Day are second at -17. Until today Charley Hoffman had only won one PGA Tour title: Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in 2007.

The American Hoffman has beaten Donald from England and Ogilvy and Day from Australia. 9 under par was the round of the tournament. No one else had a 62, Day had a 63 and there were some 64’s.

At 2:10 PM Luke Donald has started like a house afire an has pulled even with the leader Day.

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So far, no one as done better than  a -3 (68), today. There are five total at -3.  Well, only four of those have finished their round. Stewart Cink is on the 11th hole with a -3. Maybe Cink can make a run.

Birthdays

Index September 7th Sports Birthdays

MLB

Curt Davis    *All-Star*
Jason Isringhausen    *All-Star*
Mark Prior    *All-Star*
Joe Rudi        *All-Star*
Hooks Wiltse

NFL

Chuck Allen                   *Pro Bowl*
Bruce Armstrong      *All-Pro*    *Pro Bowl*
Dick Bielski                     *Pro Bowl*
Forrest Blue, Jr.    *All-Pro*    *Pro Bowl*
John Brockington    *All-Pro*    *Pro Bowl*
Rocky Freitas                *Pro Bowl*
Jeff Hartings          *All-Pro*    *Pro Bowl*
Bert Jones              *All-Pro*    *Pro Bowl*    *MVP*
Tom Keane                      *Pro Bowl*
Tom Tracy                       *Pro Bowl*
Erik Williams          *All-Pro*    *Pro Bowl*

NBA

Kevin Love
Clyde Lovellette    *All-Star*  *HOF*
Antonio McDyess      *All-Star*

NHL

Jacques Lemaire    *All-Star*    *HOF*
Tony Tanti    *All-Star*

1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.

1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Birthdays

Index of September 6 Sports Birthdays

MLB

Harry Danning      *All-Star*
Vince DiMaggio    *All-Star*
Derrek Lee              *All-Star*
Greg Olson             *All-Star*

NFL

Brendon Ayanbadejo            *Pro Bowl*
Al Baisi                                       *Pro Bowl*
Ryan Clady          *All-Pro*    *Pro Bowl*
Tom Janik                                    *Pro Bowl*
Gus Tebell             *All-Pro*
Wildcat Wilson    *All-Pro*

NBA

Ron Boone        *All-Star*
Kevin Willis    *All-Star*

NHL

Igor Korolev

Ted Schulz won at -14. Tom Pernice, Jr. was second at -13.

Birthdays

MLB

Rod Barajas
Jeff Brantley         *All-Star*
Randy Choate
Nap Lajoie                           *HOF*
Bill Mazeroski (Maz)  *All-Star*     *HOF*
Chris Young           *All-Star*

NFL

Don Chandler      *Pro Bowl*
Leonard Davis     *All-Pro*     *Pro Bowl*
Billy Kilmer, Jr. *All-Pro*     *Pro Bowl*
Warren Lahr       *Pro Bowl*
Jerry LeVias      *Pro Bowl*
Tony Martin       *Pro Bowl*
Steve Odom        *Pro Bowl*
Duane Putnam      *All-Pro*     *Pro Bowl*
Charles Tolar     *Pro Bowl*

NBA

Nazr Mohammed
Dennis Scott
NHL

John Ferguson, Sr.      *All-Star*
Don Maloney  “Slip”     *All-Star*

King of Del Monte, Mark Calcavecchia shot a -8 on Del Monte and -2 on Pebble Beach.  Tom Pernice, Jr. shot a -6 on Pebble Beach and a -2 on Del Monte

Today 28 of the top 52 players shot a -1 or better on Pebble Beach that may go in Pebble Beach’s favor. More than half of the top 52 players shot under par.

In the end it is not definitive which course in more fair or less fair. It is not possible for me to separate early starts from later starts and we know that has an affect. Except that today Tom Pernice had an early start time on Del Monte and he blistered it with a -6.  Today, Ted Schultz had a -8 on Pebble and an 8:47 tee time. But then there were plenty of people with early tee times who did not shoot that well.

Well, when three of the top three for both days played Pebble Beach today, I guess my theory will have to be determined correct another time. <———-

You can read Friday’s post below this line ————————————–>

Champions Tour meets Pebble Beach! And Pebble Beach is winning. What do I mean?

Out of the top twenty-four golfers, five played the  Pebble Beach course. That means nineteen out of twenty-four of the best Senior golfers in the world did really well on a course that was not called Pebble Beach. That is 79% (19) of the Top 24 finishers today came from the Del Monte Golf Course. That is quite a disparity.

We will find out tomorrow because those who were on Pebble Beach today will move to Del Monte tomorrow and vice versa.

Now I would go through a lot of mumbo-jumbo detailing the careers of the golfers on Del Monte vs. the golfers on Pebble Beach, but I will not. I have seen this year after year. Generally, it is fair because golfers get a chance at both golf courses. Sometimes the weather is a bigger factor, but not this time.  If you get those Pacific Ocean storms, Pebble Beach turns into a verifiable monster.

But keep an eye out for someone who can handle Pebble, for instance Tom Pernice, Jr. Pernice is in second place two strokes behind leader, Mark Calcavecchia. Now, I really like both golfers, but I have seen Pernice with amateurs and he is the genuine article as a nice human being. Most of the Tour Pros are great guys, but Pernice conducts a clinic on how these amateurs can hit better. This would normally be the day before the Tournament.

I have never seen Calc with amateurs, but I would be surprised if he is not out-going, too.  When you watch these guys out there being themselves, you walk away with an understanding why golf is a great game.

So, tomorrow watch out for Pernice, Beck, Browne and Cook to see if they can take advantage of their really good showings on Pebble Beach.

Birthdays

MLB

Doyle Alexander     *All-Star*
Ken Harrelson (Hawk)      *All-Star*
Mike Piazza        *All-Star*     *MVP*
Eddie Waitkus      *All-Star*     *MVP*
Frank White     *All-Star*     *MVP*

NFL
Jason Fisk
Terence Newman     *Pro Bowl*

NBA

Kevin Stacom
Ben Warley

NHL

Butch Bouchard     *HOF*
Bert Olmstead     *HOF*