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PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Valero Texas Open (Corey Conners)
THIS WEEK: The Masters, April 11-14
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Ga. (Par 72, 7,475 yards)
Purse: $11 million (Winner: $1.98 million)
Defending champion: Patrick Reed
FedEx Cup leader: Matt Kuchar
Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7:30 p.m. (ESPN);
Saturday-Sunday, 3-7 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 2-7 p.m. (CBS).
The 87 players in the field ties the fewest since 1997. Conners
was the last player to qualify with his victory on Sunday. ...
Only the top 50 and ties, and players within 10 strokes of the
lead, will make the 36-hole cut. ... The highest ranked former
Masters champion in the field is No. 12 Tiger Woods (four-time
winner). He has opened with a sub-70 opening round just once in
21 appearances. ... Third-ranked Rory McIlroy is attempting to
become the sixth player to win the career grand slam (Gene
Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Woods), and
the first to win the Masters and The Players Championship in the
same season since 2001. ... Jordan Spieth does not have a top 10
finish since last year's Open Championship, but he has also not
finished worse than T11 in five previous Masters appearances.
... Reed is attempting to become only the fourth Masters
champion to successfully defend his title, joining Jack Nicklaus
(1965, 1966), Nick Faldo (1989, 1990) and Woods (2001, 2002) .
... All 50 of the top-ranked players in the world are in the
field. ... World No. 1 Justin Rose has not missed a cut in 13
starts at the Masters.
NEXT WEEK: RBC Heritage, Harbour Town GL, Hilton Head, S.C.
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: ANA Inspiration (Jin Young Ko)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
NEXT TOURNAMENTL LOTTE Championship, Ko Olina, Hi, April 17-20
CHAMPIONS TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Rapiscan Systems Classic (Kevin Sutherland)
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Bernhard Langer
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Mitsubishi Electric Classic, Duluth, Ga., April
19-21
--Field Level Media
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