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FROM THE TIPS 2014 PGA & LPGA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS* CHAMPIONS TOUR June 20—22 Encompass Championship North Shore CC Glenview, IL July 24—27 Senior Open Championship Royal Portcawl GC Bridgend, WAL PGA OF AMERICA May 22—25 75th Senior PGA Championship Harbor Shores GC Benton Harbor, MI August 7—10 96th PGA Championship Valhalla Golf Club Louisville, KY September 25—28 40th Ryder Cup Gleneagles Golf Club Perthshire, Scotland October 14—15 32nd PGA Grand Slam of Golf Port Royal Golf Course Southampton Parish, BER PGA TOUR April 10—13 Masters Tournament Augusta National Augusta, GA July 10—13 John Deere Classic TPC Deere Run Silvis, IL July 17—20 The Open Championship Royal Liverpool GC Hoylake, England September 4—7 BMW Championship Cherry Hills CC Cherry Hills, CO September 11—14 TOUR Championship East Lake GC Atlanta, GA USGA June 12—15 U.S. Open Pinehurst Resort & CC Pinehurst, NC June 19—22 U.S. Women’s Open Pinehurst Resort & CC Pinehurst, NC July 10—13 U.S. Senior Open Oak Tree National GC Edmond, OK LPGA TOUR April 3—6 Kraft Nabisco Championship Mission Hills CC Rancho Mirage, CA June 21—23 Four Winds Invitational/Symetra Blackthorn Golf Club South Bend, IN July 10—13 RICOH Women’s British Open Royal Birkdale GC Southport, Lancashire, UK August 14—17 Wegman's LPGA Championship Monroe Golf Club Pittsford, NY September 11—14 The Evian Championship Evian Masters GC Evian-les-Bains, France 2014 REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS & LOCAL EVENT HIGHLIGHTS May 3—4 Annual Will County Amateur Championship Balmoral Woods, Crete, IL May 5 CDGA Open Local Qualifying George Dunne National, Oak Forest, IL May 27 14th CDGA Amateur Public Links Championship Whisper Creek GC, Huntley, IL May 27 June 9 June 23 U.S. Senior Open Qualifying Village Links of Glen Ellyn, Glen Ellyn, IL July 7 U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifying Ravisloe CC, Homewood, IL August 5 August 7 Sept. 15—17 *For more information visit: pga.com; pgatour.com; usga.org; lpga.com; EncompassChampionship.com.

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