This Week in Golf

WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Charlotte.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Quail Hollow Club (7,562 yards, par 72).

Purse: $7.1 million. Winner’s share: $1,278,000

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).

Last year: J.B. Holmes won for the first time since brain surgery. Jim Furyk was second, a shot back.

Last week: Rickie Fowler won The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. He played the final six holes in regulation in 6 under, then he outlasted Kevin Kisner (Aiken, S.C.) and Sergio Garcia in a playoff. Fowler, the 2012 Wells Fargo winner, and Garcia are skipping this week’s tournament. Kisner is entered.

Notes: Top-ranked Rory McIlroy is in the field. He won in 2010 for his first PGA Tour title, finishing with a 10-under 62. … Holmes won the Houston Open in April. … In 2017 when Quail Hollow hosts the PGA Championship, the Wells Fargo Championship will be at Eagle Point in Wilmington.

KINGSMILL CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Williamsburg, Va.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Kingsmill Resort, River Course (6,379 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.3 million. Winner’s share: $195,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 9-11 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5-7 p.m.).

Last year: Lizette Salas won her first tour title, closing with a 71 for a four-stroke victory.

Last event: Inbee Park won the North Texas Shootout on May 3.

Note: Top-ranked Lydia Ko has two LPGA Tour victories this year and won a Ladies European Tour event at home in New Zealand.

REGIONS TRADITION

Site: Birmingham, Ala.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Shoal Creek (7,145 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2.3 million. Winner’s share: $345,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3-5 p.m.).

Last year: Kenny Perry won his third straight Champions Tour major, beating Mark Calcavecchia by a stroke.

Last event: Ian Woosnam won the Insperity Invitational on May 3 in Texas for his first Champions Tour title.

Note: The tournament, the first of the tour’s five majors, is in its fifth season at Jack Nicklaus-designed Shoal Creek. …The Senior PGA Championship will be next week in French Lick, Ind.

SPANISH OPEN

Site: Barcelona, Spain.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Real Golf Club El Prat (7,326 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.68 million. Winner’s share: $279,570.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 5:30-7:30 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 7:30-11:30 a.m.).

Last year: Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez won at 50 years, 133 days to break his record as the oldest European Tour champion.

Last week: South Africa’s George Coetzee won the Mauritius Open for his second European Tour victory of the season.

Note: Spain’s Sergio Garcia is coming off a playoff loss Sunday in Florida in The Players Championship. He won in 2002 at El Cortijo.

BMW CHARITY PRO-AM

Site: Greer, S.C.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Courses: Thornblade Club (7,024 yards, par 71); Green Valley Country Club (7,030 yards, par 72); The Reserve at Lake Keowee (7,112 yards, par 72).

Purse: $675,000. Winner’s share: $121,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 7-9 p.m.).

Last year: Max Homa shot an 8-under 63 for a one-stroke victory.

Last event: Smylie Kaufman won the United Leasing Championship on May 3 in Indiana.

Notes: The final round will be at Thornblade Club. … Play will resume May 28-31 with the Rex Hospital Open in Raleigh.

SYMETRA TOUR: Mission Health Wellness Classic, Friday-Sunday, Country Club of Asheville, Asheville.

Associated Press

This story was originally published May 12, 2015 at 6:36 PM with the headline "This Week in Golf."