A weekly look at the newsmakers on the Nationwide Tour leading up to the 14th annual Cox Classic, July 23 to July 26 at Champions Run:
This week: Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic, The Georgian Bay Club, Clarksburg, Ontario, and Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay, Thornbury, Ontario. Purse: $800,099, winner’s share $144,018. TV: Golf Channel. It’s the last tournament before the Cox Classic.
Last week: No tournament.
Steve Friesen watch: The former Lincoln High and Nebraska standout starts the second half of the season in 61st place on the money list with $43,484 in 12 events. He’s in the field in Canada.
Check out: Roger Tambellini, the 2005 Cox Classic runner-up. By tying for second at the Players Cup in West Virginia, the Southern Cal graduate had just his second top-10 finish of the season, but it sent him from 41st to 17th on the money list with $106,743.
— Stu Pospisil
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