2009 Calendar For Sporting Events
July 7 - 80th MLB All-Star Game -
Busch Stadium
St. Louis
July 10-12 - Davis Cup - Quarterfinals
July 11 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Chicagoland Speedway,
Joliet, Illinois
July 13-19 - British Open Men's Golf Championship -
Westin Turnberry Resort (Alisa Championship Course), Scotland, UK
(The third major of the season)
- PGA's U.S Bank Championship, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- ATP's Catella Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden
- ATP's Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany
- WTA's Internazionali femminili di tennis di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- WTA's ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic
July 20-26 - LPGA's Evian Masters, Evian-Les-Baines, France
- ATP's Indianapolis Tennis Championships, Indianapolis, Indiana
- ATP's Hamburg Open, Hamburg, Germany
- WTA's Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portoroz, Slovenia
- WTA's Gatein Ladies at Bad Gastein, Austria
through - - Churchill Downs Opens
July 25 Spring meet - 52 days of racing
Louisville, Kentucky
through - - Belmont Park Opens
July 26 Spring/Summer Meet - 64 days of racing
Elmont, New York
- WTT Pro League season begins
- 96th Tour de France
July 26 - Baseball Hall of Fame Induction
Cooperstown, NY
- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
Indianapolis, Indiana
July 29- - Saratoga Race Course Opens
September 7 Saratoga Race Course Meet - 36 days of racing
Saratoga, NY
July 29 - 14th MLS All-Star game -
at at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah
July 27 - - PGA's Buick Open, Grand Blanc, Michigan
August 2
- ATP's Countrywide Classic, Los Angeles, California
- ATP's Allianz Suisse Open, Gstaad, Switzerland
- ATP's Studena Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia
- ATP's Orange Warsaw Open, Warsaw, Poland
- Ricoh Women's British Open
Royal Lytham &St. Annes, Lancashire, England
- WTA's Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, California
- WTA's Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey
August
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August 2 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Pocono Raceway,
Long Pond, Pennsylvania
August 3-9 - WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Akron, Ohio
- PGA's Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Reno, Nevada
- ATP's Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington D.C.
- WTA's East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles, California
August 8 - Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony
August 9 - Pro Football Hall of Fame Game - Canton, Ohio
- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen International,
Watkins Glen, New York
August 10-16 - 90th PGA Championship -
Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, Minnesota
(Golf's final major of the season)
- ATP's Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada
- WTA's Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
Cincinnati, Ohio
August 16 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Michigan International Speedway,
Brooklyn, Michigan
August 17-23 - PGA's Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, North Carolina
- The Solheim Cup, Sugar Grove, Illinois
- ATP's Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
Cincinnati, Ohio
- WTA's Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada
August 21-30 - 63rd Little League Baseball World Series
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
August 22 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Bristol Motor Speedway,
Bristol, Tennessee
August 24-30 - PGA's The Barclays, Jersey City, New Jersey
- LPGA's Safeway Classic, Portland, Oregon
- ATP/WTA's Pilot Pen, New Haven, Connecticut
August 24- - US Open - Flushing, New York
September 6 (Tennis' last major of the season)
September
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Sept. 1-7 - PGA's Deutsche Bank Championship, Boston
- LPGA's CN Canadian Women's Open, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sept. 6 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Atlanta Motor Speedway,
Hampton, Georgia
Sept. 7 - Labor Day
Sept. 8-13 - PGA's BMW Championship, Lemont, Illinois
Sept. 10-14 - NFL Kickoff Weekend
Sept. 11- - Belmont Park re-opens
Oct. 25 Belmont Park Fall Championship Meet - 33 days of racing
Elmont, New York
Sept. 12 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Richmond International Raceway,
Richmond, Virginia
Sept. 13 - WNBA regular season ends
Sept. 14-20 - LPGA's Samsung World Championship
- WTA's Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China
- WTA's Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada
Sept. 18-20 - Davis Cup - Semifinals
Sept. 20 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at New Hampshire Motor Speedway,
Loudon, New Hampshire
Sept. 21-27 - PGA's The Tour Championship, Atlanta
- LPGA's Longs Drugs Challenge, Danville, California
- ATP's Open de Moselle, Metz, France
- ATP's BCR Open Romania, Bucharest, Romania
- WTA's Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea
- WTA's Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
through- - Arlington Park Race Course Opens
Sept. 27 98 days of racing
Arlington Hts, Illinois
Sept. 27 - 36th Berlin Marathon
- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Dover International Speedway,
Dover, Delaware
Sept. 28 - - Navistar LPGA Classic, Prattville, Alabama
Oct. 4
- ATP's Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand
- WTA's Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan
October
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October 4 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Kansas Speedway,
Kansas City, Kansas
October 5-11 - ATP's China Open, Beijing, China
- ATP's AIG Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan
- Bell Micro LPGA Classic, Mobile, Alabama
- WTA's China Open, Beijing, China
October 11 - 32nd Chicago Marathon
- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California,
Fontana, California
October 12 - Columbus Day
- Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
October 12-18 - Kapalua LPGA Classic, Maui, Hawaii
- ATP's Shanghai Masters, Shanghai, China
- WTA's Generali Ladies Linz, Austria
- WTA's Japan Women's Open, Osaka, Japan
October 17 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Lowe's Motor Speedway,
Concord, North Carolina
October 18 - 34th Amsterdam Marathon
October 19-25 - China LPGA event
- ATP's Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
- ATP's IF Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden
- WTA's Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
October 25 - MLS Regular Season Ends
- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Martinsville Speedway,
Martinsville, Virginia
October 26 - - LPGA's Hana Bank-KOLON Championship, Incheon, South Korea
November 1
- ATP's BA-CA Tennis Trophy, Vienna, Austria
- ATP's St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia
- ATP's Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France
- WTA's FORTIS Championships Luxembourg, Luxembourg
October 28- - Aqueduct re-opens
through
December 31 Aqueduct Fall Meet - 39 days of racing
Ozone Park, New York
October 31 - Halloween
November
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November 1 - Daylight Saving Time ends
- 40th New York City Marathon
- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Talladega Superspeedway,
Talladega, Alabama
November 2-8 - LPGA's Mizuno Classic, Mie, Japan
- ATP's Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
- ATP's Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland
- Sony Ericsson Championships, Doha, Qatar
November 3 - Election Day
November 6-7 - 26th Breeders' Cup World Championships
hosted by Oak Tree Racing Assocation
at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California
November 8 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Texas Motor Speedway,
Fort Worth, Texas
November 9-15 - ATP's BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France
- LPGA's Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Guadalajara, Mexico
November 15 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Phoenix International Raceway,
Avondale, Arizona
November 15-22 - Grey Cup Playoffs
November 21-23 - Davis Cup Final
November 22 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Homestead-Miami Speedway,
Homestead, Florida
November 22-29 - Barclays ATP Finals, London, England
- LPGA Tour Championship, Houston, Texas
November 26 - Thanksgiving
November 29 - 97th Grey Cup - Calgary
December
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December 4-6 - Davis Cup - Final
December 5 - Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
December 12 - SWAC Championship Game
Legion Field, Birmingham, AL
December 19 - 2nd St. Petersburg Bowl
Big East vs Conference-USA - St. Petersburg, FL
at Tropicana Field - 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)
December 22 - Winter begins
December 24 - Christmas Eve
December 25 - Christmas Day
December 26 - Boxing Day (Canada - Many Regions)
- 9th Meineke Car Care Bowl
ACC vs Big East - Charlotte, NC
at Bank of America Stadium - 4:30 pm ET (ESPN)
- 8th Emerald Bowl
ACC vs Pac-10 - San Francisco
at AT&T Park - 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)
December 27 - 12th Music City Bowl
SEC vs ACC - Nashville, TN
at LP Field - 8:15 pm ET (ESPN)
December 29 - 2nd EagleBank Bowl
ACC vs Navy, Army - Washington DC
at RFK Stadium - 4:30 pm ET (ESPN)
- 20th Champs Sports Bowl
ACC vs Big Ten - Orlando, FL
at Citrus Bowl - 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)
December 31 - New Year's Eve
- 42nd Chick-fil-A Bowl
ACC vs SEC - Atlanta
at Georgia Dome - 7:30 pm ET (ESPN)