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This Week in Golf: At a glance Feb. 7-10

PGA TOUR

PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM

Site: Pebble Beach, Calif.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links (6,816 yards, par 72), Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Shore Course (6,838 yards, par 70) and Spyglass Hill Golf Club (6,953 yards, par 72).

Purse: $6.5 million. Winner’s share: $1.17 million.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 3-6 p.m., 6:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Friday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 3-6:30 p.m.).

Last year: Phil Mickelson overcame a six-stroke deficit to win the event for the fourth time.

Last week: Mickelson won the Phoenix Open for the third time, shooting 60-65-64-67 to match the tournament record of 28-under 256.

Notes: Mickelson has 41 career victories. He also won at Pebble Beach in 1998, 2005 and 2007. In 2007, he matched the tournament record of 20-under 268 set by Mark O’Meara in 1997. … Dustin Johnson, the 2009 and 2010 champion, won the season-opening Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. …The Northern Trust Open is next week at Riviera in Los Angeles, followed by the World Golf Championships-Match Play Championship in Marana, Ariz.

CHAMPIONS TOUR

ALLIANZ CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Boca Raton, Fla.

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

Course: The Old Course at Broken Sound (6,807 yards, par 71).

Purse: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 12:30-2:30 a.m., 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30-4:30 a.m., 7-9:30 p.m.; Monday, 2:30-4:30 a.m.).

Last year: Corey Pavin won his first Champions Tour title, beating Peter Senior with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.

Last event: John Cook won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric in Hawaii on Jan. 20. He beat David Frost with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff.

Notes: The tournament is the first full-field event of the year. … Rocco Mediate and Bart Bryant are making their first starts on the 50-and-over tour. … Steve Elkington is making second Champions Tour start. He tied for ninth in the Mitsubishi Electric. … The tour will remain in Florida next week for the ACE Group Classic is Naples.

EUROPEAN TOUR/SUNSHINE TOUR

JOBURG OPEN

Site: Johannesburg, South Africa.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Courses: Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, East Course (7,592 yards, par 72) and West Course (7,237 yards, par 71).

Purse: $1.75 million. Winner’s share: $277,550.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

Last year: South Africa’s Branden Grace won the first of his four 2012 European Tour titles, beating England’s Jamie Elson by a stroke.

Last week: Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher won the Dubai Desert Classic for his second European Tour title. South Africa’s Richard Sterne was second, three strokes back.

Notes: Grace is in the field along with countrymen Charl Schwartzel, the 2010 and 2011 winner, and Sterne, the 2008 champion. … The tours will team again next week for the Africa Open at East London.

Associated Press


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