This Week

July 15-21

PGA
Deposit Guaranty Classic, Annandale Golf Club, Madison, Miss.
With a purse of $1.2 million, the Deposit offers less to invest
than any other Tour event

LPGA
JAL Big Apple Classic, Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, N.Y.
Last year Wykagyl was the site of Michele Redman's first and only
tour victory

Senior
Ameritech Senior Open, Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Long Grove, Ill.
Hal Irwin and Gil Morgan will be overshadowed by pro-am
participant Michael Jordan

Europe
British Open, Royal Birkdale Golf Club (below), Southport,
England
British bookies make Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood cofavorites at
11 to 1

PGA Tour
THE DREADED CURSE OF ROYAL QUIRKDALE

During the 1965 British Open at Royal Birkdale, Gary Player
injured himself while stretching in the bathtub. He withdrew
from both tub and tournament. In '76 the Open was delayed when
Royal Birkdale caught fire and flaming gorse singed the course
near the 1st fairway and the 2nd tee. In '83 at Birkdale, Hale
Irwin missed a two-inch putt and lost by a stroke. In '91 a
streaker hugged Jose Maria Olazabal. If you still don't believe
in curses, here's another fact that might sway you: The last
Open winner at Quirkdale was Ian Baker-Finch.
ABC, SATURDAY, 10 AM; SUNDAY, 9:30 AM

WHERE A DEPOSIT'S ALMOST GUARANTEED

With most of the the world's best players at the British, the
PGA Tour's little guys can bank on the Deposit Guaranty. Billy
Ray Brown's victory last summer was worth $180,000, more than he
had won in the previous three years combined. This year's champ
will earn $216,000.
GOLF CHANNEL, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 2:30 PM

LPGA
SLICING UP THE BIG APPLE PIE

Players love the 6,161-yard, par-71 Wykagyl Country Club course
and the added attractions of playing in the Big Apple Classic.
Nancy Lopez has requested five tickets to Broadway's The Lion
King, and Cindy Figg-Currier wants to see Beauty and the Beast.
On the course Se Ri Pak, Annika Sorenstam and Liselotte Neumann
lead the chase for the lioness's share of a $775,000 purse.
NBC, SATURDAY, 2 PM; SUNDAY, 4 PM

Senior Tour
MORGAN'S THE NAME OF THIS GAME

Walter Morgan claimed the Ameritech title in '96. Gil Morgan won
it last year. The '98 champ will need to tame the fierce 432-yard
par-4 16th. The fourth-toughest hole on the Senior tour in '97
has been lengthened 17 yards. Given recent history, one of the
favorites has to be a winless Senior from England, John Morgan.
CBS, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 4 PM

COLOR PHOTO: MATTHEW HARRIS [Royal Birkdale Golf Club course]