Philadelphia, PA -- (Sports Network) - USGA - U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN, Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - InBee Park carded four rounds under par last year to cruise to a four-stroke win at the U.S. Women's Open.

The title was Park's first on the LPGA, but it was her second USGA championship. Park won the 2002 U.S. Girls' Junior. With the victory, Park became the youngest winner of the Women's Open at 19 years, 11 months and 18 days old.

Helen Alfredsson, who was the 1993 runner-up, finished second again after struggling to a two-over 75 in the final round. Her 75 was four strokes worse than Park's closing 71 and that was the winning margin.

Only twice in the last 10 years has this championship needed extra holes. Annika Sorenstam outlasted Pat Hurst in a 2006 playoff and Hilary Lunke bested Angela Stanford and Kelly Robbins in a 2003 playoff.

Those extra sessions were 18-hole playoffs, but the playoff format has now shifted to a three-hole playoff. The shift from 18 holes to a three-hole playoff started in 2007.

Last year, the championship was contested at Interlachen Country Club in Minnesota.

The Women's Open moves to Saucon Valley this year. This will be the sixth USGA Championship that Saucon has hosted. The most recent USGA Championships contested at Saucon were the 1992 and 2000 U.S. Senior Opens.

This will be the 78th USGA Championship contested in Pennsylvania and the seventh Women's Open in the Keystone State. The last time the Women's Open was in Pennsylvania was 1992 when Oakmont Country Club hosted the championship.

There are 24 USGA champions in the field this week including former Women's Open champions Laura Davies (1987), Juli Inkster (1999, 2002), Cristie Kerr (2007), Birdie Kim (2005), Meg Mallon (1991, 2004), Se Ri Pak (1998), Park (2008) and Karrie Webb (2000, 2001).

There are three reigning USGA champions playing at Saucon this week -- Park, Amanda Blumenherst (2008 Women's Amateur) and Alexis Thompson (Girls' Junior). Blumenherst has since turned professional and qualified through a sectional qualifier.

ESPN will have four hours of coverage on Thursday and Friday, while NBC takes over for the final two rounds. NBC will air three hours of action each of the final two days.

The LPGA tour will take a week off before returning to action in France with the Evian Masters, where Alfredsson was a playoff winner over Na Yeon Choi and Angela Park last year.

PGA TOUR

JOHN DEERE CLASSIC, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois - Kenny Perry managed just a one-under 70 in the final round last year, but it was good enough to get him into a playoff with Jay Williamson and Brad Adamonis.

Perry made par on the first extra hole to collect his third win of the 2008 season. The win helped Perry accomplish his goal of making the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

That was the fourth playoff in the last 10 years. Perry is back to defend his title and will look to join David Frost as the only back-to-back winners of this event.

Players will need to make lots of birdies this week as just thee times in tournament history has the winner not reached double figures under par.

This will be the sixth straight year this tournament has served as the final tune-up for the season's third major, the British Open Championship.

The Golf Channel and CBS split coverage of the four rounds this week.

There are two events next week. Padraig Harrington is the two-time defending champion at the British Open Championship and Richard S. Johnson is the reigning champion at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee.

EUROPEAN TOUR

BARCLAYS SCOTTISH OPEN, Loch Lomond Golf Club, Glasgow, Scotland - With the season's third major a week away, the Barclays Scottish Open will again serve as the final tune-up in Europe.

With the British Open Championship next week, the Barclays field is stacked with 22 of the top 50 players in the world as well as 10 major champions. Those 10 major champions combined for 22 major championships over the last 24 years.

There was an equally impressive field at Loch Lomond last year and they watched Graeme McDowell close with rounds of 66-68 to earn a two-stroke win over James Kingston.

The win was McDowell's second of the 2008 season and his fourth on the European Tour. The victory was huge for McDowell.

"After winning the Ballantine's Championship, the victory at Loch Lomond guaranteed my place in the Ryder Cup Team and cemented my place in the top 50 of the world ranking," McDowell said.

Among the major champions in the field this week is reigning Masters champion Angel Cabrera as well as Retief Goosen and Ernie Els, who combined to win three of the four titles at Loch Lomond from 2000-2003 with Els winning in 2000 and 2003.

The Golf Channel will broadcast three hours of coverage for all four rounds. The season's third major championship is next week as Padraig Harrington heads to Turnberry as the two-time defending British Open champion.

CHAMPIONS TOUR

3M CHAMPIONSHIP, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota - R.W. Eaks ran away with the 3M Championship last year as he collected a six-stroke victory.

Eaks opened and closed with rounds of seven-under 65, to go along with a 63 in the second round. His three-day total of 193 smashed the old tournament record by four shots. Ed Dougherty posted 197 en route to winning the 2000 title.

Ranked as one of the top stops on the Champions Tour, the 3M Championship will offer free admission all three days this year.

"Giving back is the right thing to do," said Hollis Cavner, tournament director. "We've received such tremendous support from fans and corporate partners over the past 17 years."

This will mark the tournament's eighth year at the TPC Twin Cities. Arnold Palmer and new Champions Tour member Tom Lehman collaborated on the design. Lehman, however, is not in the field this week.

The 1996 British Open champion will compete at Turnberry next week in the British Open, and will stick around for the Senior British Open the following week.

The Golf Channel will have tape-delayed coverage of all three rounds.

After a week off, the Champions Tour will return with the second of its five majors as Bruce Vaughan will defend his title at the Senior British Open.

NATIONWIDE TOUR

FORD WAYNE GRETZKY CLASSIC, The Georgian Bay Club, Clarksburg, Ontario - The Nationwide Tour heads North of the Border this week for the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic.

Two weeks after sharing the first-round lead at the U.S. Open, Justin Hicks broke through with a playoff win last year. Hicks only got into the event because the tournament is a pro-am with 160 professionals getting into the field.

Otherwise, he would not have been in the field. Once there, Hicks posted a two-under 69 in the final round to force a playoff with Casey Wittenberg. Hicks only needed par on the first extra hole to claim the win.

He will defend his title this week and attempt to snap the tour's streak of never having a repeat winner.

The Golf Channel has two hours of coverage Thursday and Friday, then three hours of action on Saturday and Sunday.

The Nationwide Tour is off next week, then returns the following week with the Cox Classic, where Ryan Hietala won last year.

CANADIAN TOUR

SASKATCHEWAN OPEN, Dakota Dunes Golf Links, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - The Saskatchewan Open marks its second year on the Canadian Tour this week. Overall, it will be the 62nd year of the tournament.

Last year, Josh Geary earned his first tour win with a final-round, six-under 66. That gave him a one-stroke win over third-round leader George Bradford, who closed with an even-par 72.

Eight of the 10 tournament winners from this year's schedule are in the field this week.

There is no television coverage. The Canadian Tour shifts to Manitoba next week for the Canadian Tour Players Cup, where Wes Heffernan was a winner last year.