World Golf Glance

EUROPEAN TOUR/ASIAN TOUR

EUROPEAN MASTERS

Site: Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Crans Sur Sierre Golf Club, Seve Ballesteros Championship Course (6,881 yards, 6,292 meters, par 71).

Purse: $2.9 million. Winner's share: $483,140.

Last week: Scotland's Richie Ramsay closed with a 5-under 66 for a four-stroke victory.

Last week: France's Gregory Bourdy won the Wales Open, birdieing the last three holes for a two-stroke victory over American Peter Uihlein.

Notes: Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez, the 2010 champion, is making his 25th consecutive start in the tournament. ... Thirteen-year-old Ye Wo-cheng is in the field. The Chinese amateur became the youngest player in European Tour history in May at the China Open. ... The 10th, 12th, 13th and 17th holes have been modified. ... The KLM Open is next week in the Netherlands, followed by the Italian Open.

Online: http://www.europeantour.com

Asian Tour site: http://www.asiantour.com

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U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION/ROYAL AND ANCIENT GOLF CLUB OF ST. ANDREWS

WALKER CUP

Site: Southampton, New York.

Schedule: Saturday-Sunday.

Course: National Golf Links of America (6,986 yards, 6,388 meters, par 72).

Format: Team match play. Saturday, four morning foursomes (alternate-shot) matches and eight afternoon singles matches; Sunday, four morning foursomes matches and 10 afternoon singles matches.

United States: Max Homa, Michael Kim, Jordan Niebrugge, Patrick Rodgers, Nathan Smith, Justin Thomas, Michael Weaver, Todd White, Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt. Captain: Jim Holtgrieve.

Britain and Ireland: Matthew Fitzpatrick, England; Nathan Kimsey, England; Gavin Moynihan, Ireland; Max Orrin, England; Kevin Phelan, Ireland; Garrick Porteous, England; Rhys Pugh, Wales; Neil Raymond, England; Callum Shinkwin, England; Jordan Smith, England. Captain: Nigel Edwards, Wales.

Last matches: Britain and Ireland won 14-12 in 2011 at Royal Aberdeen in Scotland for its first victory since 2003. The U.S. leads the series 34-1-8.

Notes: The matches, first played in 1922 at National Golf Links of America, are named in honor of former USGA President George Herbert Walker President George H.W. Bush's grandfather and President George W. Bush's great-grandfather. ... Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Amateur last month to become the first English champion since 1911. He's a freshman at Northwestern. ... The 35-year-old Smith played on the United States' winning teams in 2009 and 2011. ... At 45, White is the oldest player in the event. ... The 2015 matches will be played at Royal Lytham and St. Anne's in England, and the 2017 event is set for The Los Angeles Country Club.

Online: http://www.usga.org

Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews site: http://www.randa.org

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US PGA TOUR

Next event: BMW Championship, Sept. 12-15, Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois.

Last week: Sweden's Henrik Stenson won the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday at TPC Boston to take the FedEx Cup lead. Steve Stricker was second, two strokes back.

Online: http://www.pgatour.com

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US LPGA TOUR

Next event: Evian Championship, Sept. 12-15, Evian Masters Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France.

Last week: Norway's Suzann Pettersen won the Safeway Classic for the second time in three years, taking advantage of Yani Tseng's final-round collapse. Pettersen beat Stacy Lewis by two strokes at Columbia Edgewater in Portland, Ore. Tseng, the third-round leader, finished with a 78.

Online: http://www.lpga.com

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OTHER TOURNAMENTS

MEN

CHAMPIONS TOUR: Montreal Championship, Friday-Sunday, La Vallee du Richelieu Golf Club, Rouville Course, Sainte-Julie, Quebec. Online: http://www.pgatour.com

WEB.COM TOUR: Chiquita Classic, Thursday-Sunday, River Run Country Club, Davidson, North Carolina. Online: http://www.pgatour.com

JAPAN GOLF TOUR: Fujisankei Classic, Thursday-Sunday, Fujizakura Country Club, Yamanashi, Japan. Online: http://www.jgto.org

PGA TOUR CANADA: Cape Breton Celtic Classic, Thursday-Sunday, The Lakes Golf Club, Ben Eoin, Nova Scotia. Online: http://www.pgatourcanada.com

EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR: WinstonGolf Senior Open, Friday-Sunday, Winston Open Course, Vorbeck, Germany. Online: http://www.europeantour.com

EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR: Open Blue Green Cotes d'Armor Bretagne, Thursday-Sunday, Golf Blue Green de Pleneuf Val Andre, Pleneuf, France. Online: http://www.europeantour.com

eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR: River Landing Open, Wednesday-Saturday, River Landing Country Club, River Course, Wallace, North Carolina. Online: http://www.egolfprofessionaltour.com

WOMEN

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR: Helsingborg Open, Thursday-Sunday, Vasatorp Golf Club, Helsingborg, Sweden. Online: http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com

JAPAN LPGA TOUR: Golf 5 Ladies, Friday-Sunday, Alpen Golf Club, Bibai Course, Hokkaido, Japan, Japan. Online: http://www.lpga.or.jp