Week 6 Approach Shots: Stonebrae Classic

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THURSDAY MORNING NOTE: Tee times have been delayed 2˝ hours due to fog around TPC San Francisco Bay. For updates, be sure to check the leaderboard.

FROM CAJUN TO CALI: The second of four new Nationwide Tour events on the 2009 schedule takes place this week as Tour players travel from Louisiana to the San Francisco Bay area for the Stonebrae Classic. The event will be held at TPC San Francisco Bay at Stonebrae in Hayward, Calif. The par-71 course, designed by David McLay Kidd, opened in 2007.

Quick Facts

WHAT: Sixth of 29 Nationwide Tour events WHEN: April 2-5 WHERE: Hayward, Calif. COURSE: TPC San Francisco Bay WHAT'S AT STAKE: $600,000 purse ($108,000 for winner) KEY LINKS: Tee times | Leaderboard | Tournament page | "THE 25"

The Stonebrae Classic joins the Michael Hill New Zealand Open, the Christmas in October Classic and the Soboba Classic as first-year Tour events this season. The Stonebrae Classic and the Soboba Classic are the only two Nationwide Tour events contested in California.

The Tour played last year in Livermore for the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship, won by Aron Price.

PLAYER NOTES: There's another quality field assembled for this week's Stonebrae Classic. Four of the first five winners on the 2009 season will be on hand along with 24 former PGA TOUR winners who have collected a total of 40 TOUR titles during their careers.

Recent winners Alex Prugh of Spokane, Wash., (Michael Hill New Zealand Open) and Steven Alker of New Zealand (HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship) return to the Tour this week after bypassing last week's Louisiana stop. Prugh was home in Washington attending his brother's wedding. Alker, whose win earned him a Tour exemption through 2010, was attending to personal matters in support of his move to the States to play the Nationwide Tour fulltime. Prugh is No. 2 on the money list and Alker No. 4.

With five events in the books, Vance Veazey is currently the leading money winner on the Nationwide Tour. The Memphis, Tenn., native and current resident got his season off to the perfect start when he won the Tour opener, the Panama Digicel Championship, in early February. He had another good finish last weekend at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open, a T3, which pushed him from fourth to No. 1. Veazey has a $7,974 advantage over No. 2 Prugh and is in the field this week.

Weather forecast for Stonebrae Classic

THURSDAY, Rd. 1 FRIDAY, Rd. 2 SATURDAY, Rd. 3 SUNDAY, Rd. 4 Mostly sunny Temp: 58 high/49 low Partly cloudy Temp: 58 high/47 low Sunny Temp: 60 high/48 low Partly cloudy Temp: 58 high/49 low

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Stonebrae Classic charity

Jordan and Kyra: The Jordan & Kyra Memorial Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to pediatric cancer research and family care. It was created in memory of Jordan Stuart and Kyra Pillsbury, two Bay Area children who lost their battles with brain tumors, but whose spirit and courage continue to inspire others. George Mark Children's House: Unlike any other institution that cares for children, none is more dedicated to helping the entire family before, during and after their child's illness, and life, is over. As the first children's respite and end-of-life facility in the country, the house's services are provided free of charge, for as long as the families need them, however long that may be.