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The News Tribune's golf blog
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 03:34:36 pm

PGA TOUR's Transitions Championship

Site: Palm Harbor, Fla.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Copperhead Course (7,340 yards, par 71).

Purse: $5.4 million. Winner’s share: $972,000.

Television (all times PDT): Golf Channel (Thursday, noon-3 p.m., 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Friday, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., noon-3 p.m., 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 p.m.-midnight) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, noon-3 p.m.).

Last year: Sean O’Hair took advantage of Stewart Cink’s collapse to win his second PGA Tour title. O’Hair closed with a 2-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Cink and five other players. Cink finished with a 74.

Last week: Phil Mickelson won the World Golf Championships-CA Championship at Doral to move to No. 2 in the world, as close to Tiger Woods as he has ever been. Taken to a hospital on the eve of the final round because of heat exhaustion and dehydration, Mickelson beat Nick Watney by a stroke for his second victory in three starts. Woods tied for ninth in his first stroke-play event since returning from a knee injury. … Michael Bradley won the Puerto Rico Open for his first PGA Tour title in 11 years, holing an 11-foot birdie putt for a one-stroke victory over Jason Day and Brett Quigley. The 42-year-old has three career victories.

Notes: Woods is expected to return to the tour next week for his title defense in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando. … Past champions K.J. Choi (2002 and 2006), Retief Goosen (2003), and Mark Calcavecchia (2007) top the field along with Watney, Jim Furyk, Adam Scott, Masters champion Trevor Immelman, Kenny Perry, Steve Stricker, Boo Weekley, Zach Johnson and Honda Classic winner Y.E. Yang. … Puyallup's Ryan Moore is playing a third week in a row, and is in the field. … Japanese teen star Ryo Ishikawa received a sponsor exemption. The 17-year-old Ishikawa missed the cut at Riviera last month in his PGA Tour debut. He has two Japanese tour wins, the first in 2007 at 15. … The Houston Open is April 2-5, followed by the Masters.

On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com

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