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05/24/2010 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - PGA TOUR - CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL AT COLONIAL, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas - Once again, the buzz this week focuses on a possible change atop the world rankings.
Phil Mickelson is in the field this week at Colonial and can overtake Tiger Woods for the No. 1 spot in the world with a victory. Mickelson won this title in 2000 and again in 2008, so the possibility of a change is very real. He also had the chance to become No. 1 at the Players Championship, but that didn't happen.
Mickelson's pursuit of No. 1 is at the forefront this week, but the defending champion is no slouch in the rankings either.
Steve Stricker, No. 4 in the world, defeated Tim Clark, who won the Players Championship a few weeks back, and Steve Marino in a playoff to walk off with the title in 2009.
Stricker is scheduled to compete this week, although his last tour event was the Masters. He won the Northern Trust Open earlier this year, but has been out of action since Augusta with a right shoulder injury.
This week's field is strong, not just because of Mickelson and Stricker. Angel Cabrera, Paul Casey, Stewart Cink, Clark, John Daly, Lucas Glover, Hunter Mahan, Kenny Perry, Vijay Singh, Henrik Stenson and Y.E. Yang are all scheduled to compete.
Jason Day, who won the Byron Nelson on Sunday, is also on tap to appear.
It was here seven years ago that Annika Sorenstam became the first woman in 58 years to play in a PGA Tour event. She missed the cut on a sponsors' exemption with rounds of 71-74.
Colonial Country Club has hosted this event since the tournament's inception in 1946. No other course has held a U.S. Open, a Tournament Players Championship and an annual PGA Tour event. In 1991, Colonial added the U.S. Women's Open to that unique repertoire. This is the second oldest PGA Tour event still being played at its original site. The Masters at Augusta National is the oldest.
The Golf Channel has the action on Thursday and Friday and CBS takes over on the weekend.
Next week it's Jack's event, the Memorial. Tiger Woods won last year, but with his neck injury, it's not known if he will be in the field to defend his title.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, Colorado Golf Club, Denver, Colorado - It's the first major championship on the Champions Tour this week and it's a PGA Tour player who will be defending his title.
Michael Allen won last year's Senior PGA Championship at Canterbury Golf Club in Ohio. He has teed it up 10 times in 2010 on the PGA Tour, with his best finish a tie for fifth in late January at the Farmers Insurance Open. However, Allen has missed the cut in five of his last seven starts.
Allen has also made four appearances on the Champions Tour this year. He finished third at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai the week before the Farmers Insurance Open.
Allen would be one of the favorites this week, but not the No. 1 favorite. That status still belongs to the money leader this year on the Champions Tour, Fred Couples.
Couples has three victories this year on the 50-and-over circuit, but hasn't visited the winner's circle since late March at the Cap Cana Championship. In the meantime, Couples took sixth at the Masters and has two top-12s on the Champions Tour.
Bernhard Langer, Jay Haas, Loren Roberts and Eduardo Romero will all be in the hunt as well.
The first two rounds are on the Golf Channel, then NBC has the final two rounds.
Next week is the Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines, Iowa. Mark McNulty won last year's title.
EUROPEAN TOUR
MADRID MASTERS, Club de Campo, Madrid, Spain - There will be a strong Spanish contingent this week in Madrid, headlined by Sergio Garcia.
Garcia will shoot for his fourth European Tour title on home soil, but will be joined in the field by fellow Spaniards Alvaro Quiros and Miguel Angel Jimenez, both winners this year on tour, as well as Rafael Cabrera Bello and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.
The strong homeland group will be trying to take down defending champion Ross McGowan, who will be defending his first title on the European Tour.
McGowan fired a 60 on Saturday and had a seven-shot cushion heading into the final round. He won by three at Centro Nacional de Golf, but he will be defending on a different course.
Also in the field this week is Luke Donald, who tied for second Sunday at the BMW PGA Championship. He was tied for the lead on the 17th hole, but took a double-bogey. Donald birdied the last to lose by a stroke, but there are Ryder Cup points on the line, so everyone will be looking to cash in on a chance to make Colin Montgomerie's team.
The Golf Channel has all four rounds.
Next week is the Celtic Manor Wales Open. Jeppe Huldahl won last year's title at the site of this year's Ryder Cup.
LPGA TOUR
BRASIL CUP 2010, Itanhanga Golf Club, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - This is an unofficial, 36-hole event in Brazil that highlights some of the best players on tour.
Last year, Catriona Matthew shot a pair of 69s and won the tournament by five strokes over Kristy McPherson. Both players are in the field starting Saturday.
The 2009 event featured 15 players with a $500,000 purse, but this year's championship will have 27 golfers and a $700,000 purse.
Rio de Janeiro is the host city of the 2016 Olympics and that year, golf will make its debut.
There is no television coverage of this unofficial event.
In two weeks, it's the LPGA State Farm Classic in Springfield, Illinois. In- Kyung Kim walked off with the title last year when she beat Se Ri Pak by a stroke.
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Kansas City, MO - Kansas City has not officially named Matt Cassel its starting quarterback, but there can be no doubt now.
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After praising his leadership and work ethic through spring workouts, the Chiefs announced Tuesday they had signed the 27-year-old Cassel to a multiyear contract. Terms were not disclosed, but he will almost certainly be one of the highest-paid members of the team.
"We are excited to be able to reach a long-term agreement for Matt Cassel to be a Kansas City Chief for many years to come," owner and board chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement. "His proven leadership on and off the field will be a tremendous asset to the organization."
Patriots made him their franchise player, meaning his salary for this season will be about $15 million.
New head coach Todd Haley, taking over for Herm Edwards after a 2-14 season, refused to name a starter at any position during offseason workouts. But it was obvious to everyone the team belonged to Cassel.
"I go out there each and every day with that focus that I'm the starter," Cassel said during a June minicamp. "Competition brings out the best in everybody."
The signing will come as welcome news to Cassel's new coaches and teammates. Amiable and hardworking, online football betting he appeared to win over everyone at minicamp.
"I think he's got some unique leadership qualities. I think his teammates like him and have respect for him. I think he's doing a pretty good job on the field, too," Haley said last month. "He's doing everything that I'm asking him, that our coaches are asking him to do. I don't have one single complaint how he's carrying himself."
After one workout, wide receiver Devard Darling declared Cassel "a breath of fresh air."
"He has a lot of swagger, a lot of confidence. It's good for us," said Darling. "We trust in him that he's going to go out there and lead us all the way."
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Trapped on the bench behind Heisman winners Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart at USC and then unable to unseat Super Bowl MVP Brady at New England, Cassel seemed destined to be a backup all his life. As Brady was helped off the field last September, Cassel seized the opportunity he'd been waiting for since high school.
In his only sustained action since his teens, he hit 349 of 555 passes for 3,949 yards at New England. He had 23 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions as the Patriots, who had gone unbeaten through the regular season the year before, finished 11-5 and out of the playoffs.
Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, who had been Bill Belichick's assistant in New England, engineered the trade after the Patriots became convinced that Brady would recover fully from his knee operation.
"Since Matt arrived in Kansas City, he has embraced the team and the community," Pioli said. "His work ethic, his ability and competitive presence is what we expect from our players."
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