The eyes of the golf world are on Torrey Pines in San Diego this weekend for the US Open. The Champions Tour, LPGA, and Nationwide Tour all have the week off. In fact, 12 Nationwide Tour members, including round one leader Justin Hicks, are playing in the Open.
Many European Tour players are also in San Diego, but there is a tour event in Saint-Omer in the north of France. It is not televised in North America.
Television coverage of the US Open begins at 3pm both Saturday and Sunday on NBC.
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A full schedule of golf events is planned for this weekend. Below is the television coverage (all times are ET).
Saturday, May 319am – 12pm – European Tour – Celtic Manor Wales Open in Newport Wales – Golf Channel1230pm – 230pm – PGA – Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio – Golf Channel230pm – 5pm – Nationwide Tour – Bank of America Open in Glenville, IL – Golf Channel4pm – 6pm – LPGA – Ginn Tribute in Charleston, SC – NBC630pm – 9pm – Champions Tour – Principal Charity Classic in West Des Moines, IA – Golf Channel
Sunday, June 19am …read more

A full schedule of golf events are planned for this weekend. Below is the television coverage (all times are ET).
Saturday, May 1710am – 1pm – Irish Open at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland – Golf Channel1pm – 4pm – Nationwide Tour – BMW Charity Pro-Am – Golf Channel2pm – 4pm – LPGA – Sybase Classic in Clifton, NJ – ESPN23pm – 6pm – PGA – AT&T Classic at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, GA – CBS630pm – 9pm – Champions Tour – Regions Charity Classic in Birmingham, AL – Golf Channel
Sunday, May 189am – Noon – Irish Open at Adare …read more

Another young golfer to watch this season is Steve Marino. The 27-year-old, University of Virginia graduate finished fourth in last week’s Sony Open and had four top-10 finishes in 2007, ending the season at #63 in the FedEx Cup standings. A native of Oklahoma, Marino is a product of the Nationwide Tour (2005-2006) and was the 1999 Virginia State Amateur Golfer of the Year.

Hockey great Wayne Gretzky joins the list of entertainers and sports stars to host their own PGA Tour event.
The Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic will be held at the Raven Golf Club and the Georgian Bay Club, both located along the shores of Georgian Bay in Ontario Canada, on June 26-29, 2008.  The event will be a part of the Nationwide Tour, a platform that encourages aspiring golfers.
The Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic will pair 160 Nationwide Tour players with 160 celebrities/amateurs, presumably including Gretzky himself.  Proceeds of the event will go to the Wayne Gretzky Foundation, which Gretzky established in 2002 to …read more