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(China Daily) Updated: 2017-02-09 14:39

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PGA Tour AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Site: Pebble Beach, California.

Course: Pebble Beach GL (Yardage: 6,816. Par: 72); Spyglass Hill (Yardage: 6,953. Par: 72); Monterey Peninsula CC Shore Course (Yardage: 6,958. Par: 71).

Purse: $7.2 million (First prize: $1,296,000).

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

Defending champion: Vaughn Taylor.

Last week: Hideki Matsuyama won the Phoenix Open.

Notes: The field features Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed and Phil Mickelson ... The world rankings are so close among the top five that Johnson might have a mathematical chance to replace Day at No 1, or he could drop two spots to No 5 ... The amateur field includes a quartet of current and retired NFL quarterbacks - Steve Young, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Alex Smith ... Mickelson, a runner-up last year, gets another chance to tie Mark O'Meara's record of five victories at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am ... Vaughn Taylor has not won in the 28 tournaments he has played since winning at Pebble Beach. His best result is 15th at the Safeway Open in October ... Brandt Snedeker set the 72-hole tournament record two years ago at 265 ... Mickelson, Snedeker and Johnson have each won twice at Pebble over the past 10 years.

Online: www.pgatour.com

Maybank Championship

Site: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Course: Saujana Golf and CC (Yardage: 7,186. Par: 72).

Purse: $3 million.

Television: Thursday, 10 pm to midnight, 2-5 am (Golf Channel); Friday, 2-5 am (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6-10 am (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Marcus Fraser.

Last week: Sergio Garcia won the Dubai Desert Classic.

Notes: Masters champion Danny Willett (No 15) and Rafa Cabrera Bello (No 25) are the only two players from the top 25 in the field ... Anirban Lahiri of India is in the field. He won the Maybank Malaysian Open two years ago, which started his run to get into the Masters for the first time ... Sergio Garcia's victory last week in Dubai was only his second regular European Tour victory since the 2011 Andalucia Masters. The top 10 in the Race to Dubai after next week get into the first World Golf Championship of the year in Mexico City. Graeme Storm is at No. 10 and has a slim lead over Thomas Aiken. Both are playing this week.

Online: www.europeantour.com and www.asiantour.com

PGA Tour Champions All-ianz Championship

Site: Boca Raton, Fla.

Course: The Old Course at Broken Sound Club (Yardage: 6,807. Par: 72).

Purse: $1,750,000 (First prize: $262,500).

Television: Friday, noon to 2:30 pm (Golf Channel); Saturday, 3-5:30 pm (Golf Channel); Sunday, 3-5 pm (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Esteban Toledo.

Last tournament: Bernhard Langer won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship.

Notes: Fred Couples is playing the tournament for the first time. It's also his first official PGA Tour-sanctioned event in south Florida since the Honda Classic in 2006 .... Langer is coming off a milestone victory in the season-opener in Hawaii, which was his 30th career title on the PGA Tour Champions. His only victory in the Allianz Championship was in 2010.

Online: www.pgatour.com/champions

WEB.Com Tour Club Colombia Championship

Site: Bogota, Colombia.

Course: Country Club de Bogota. (Yardage: 7,237. Par: 71).

Purse: $700,000 (First prize: $126,000).

Television: None.

Defending champion: Sebastian Munoz.

Last tournament: Andrew Landry won the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic.

Next week: Panama Claro Championship.

Online: www.pgatour.com/webcom

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