This Week July 22-28

?GOLF CHANNEL, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 2 PM

LPGA
Where Eagles Roost On the Home Hole

It's named for a store, not a score, but the Giant Eagle Classic often goes to women who make 3s on the par-5 18th hole at Avalon Lakes. A year ago Tammie Green eagled the 451-yard cream puff in sudden death, but so did Laura Davies. Two holes later Green again eagled the 18th, and Davies, who bogeyed, settled for second. In 1993 Nancy Lopez eagled the 18th to force a playoff with Deb Richard, which Lopez went on to win. Now two-time Eagle giants Green and Michelle McGann vie to become the event's first three-time winner against a high-flying field that includes Annika Sorenstam, Se Ri Pak, Liselotte Neumann and Karrie Webb.

? ESPN2, SATURDAY 2 PM; SUNDAY 3:30 PM

Senior Tour
Home of the Wee Bronze Man

This week's U.S. Senior Open features a tribute to Ben Hogan, who won his first U.S. Open title at Riviera 50 summers ago. On Tuesday, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer were scheduled to unveil a bronze statue of the man who worked so many wonders here that the place was nicknamed Hogan's Alley. On Thursday the Alley fight begins for Hale Irwin, champion of the '76 L.A. Open at the Riv; Gil Morgan, who won the '78 L.A. Open here; and 154 others.

? NBC, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 4 PM

Off Course
Leading the Magnetic Field

After John Huston broke the Tour scoring record at the Hawaiian Open in February, a feat Huston credited in part to magnets in his mattress cover and his shoes, Bill Roper's phone started ringing. Roper is the president of Tectonic Magnets, whose products many athletes believe can ease pain and aid circulation. Last week, when Huston took the first-round lead at the British Open, Roper's business picked up again. "We're getting more publicity than a Fortune 500 company, and it's free," he says. "The phones are coming off the wall." Roper may soon be introducing new spokesjocks to join Senior golfers Bob Murphy and Jim Colbert and Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino on the roster of magnetic celebs. "Right now we're hustling to fill an order from the Dallas Cowboys," says the magnet mogul. "When John Huston does well, we do well."