CNBC will televise 33 Senior PGA Tour events beginning next year, as part of a four-year agreement, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem announced April 25. U.S. Open tickets Tickets for 2001 U.S. Open at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., will be accepted by mail order from June 19-July 31, according to the U.S. Golf Association. The Open is June 11-17. A random drawing of all mail orders received will be held in August. The championship has sold out for 14 consecutive years.
Limit is four tickets per day.
LPGA commissioner Ty Votaw said the event is the first step at reintroducing the tour to the Washington market. A future regular season event is a possibility, Votaw told the Washington Post . In brief . . . N.J. Also, Philadelphia CC will host the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur. Mike Money, director of finance for Mizuno USA, died April 15.