Play doesn't begin until Friday, but activities surrounding the 12th annual Kroger Senior Classic begin Monday when the qualifying round is played at Beckett Ridge Country Club.

        There's also a Junior Pro-Am at 3:30 p.m. at the Golf Center at Kings Island. A couple of clinics are open to the public.

        The 54-hole, $1.5 million main event is Friday through Sunday. Hubert Green will defend his championship.

        Here's a schedule of events this week at the Golf Center at Kings Island and other venues:

        Monday

        • Qualifying round at Beckett Ridge

        • Breakfast with PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem, 8 a.m.

        • David Ledbetter clinic, driving range, 8:30 a.m.

        • Cadillac walking clinic, back nine, 9 a.m.

        • Dennis Walters Golf Show, driving range, 3 p.m.

        • Marty and Joe Junior Pro-Am, 3:30 p.m.

        Tuesday

        • Special pro-am at TPC at River's Bend, 7:30 a.m.

        • Tour wives Skins Game, back nine, 1 p.m.

        • Reds-Bengals Celebrity Challenge, back nine, 1:30 p.m.

        • Pro-Am pairings party, 6:30-8 p.m., Marriott Northeast

        Wednesday

        • Firstar Pro-Am, 8 a.m, 1:15 p.m.

        • Chipping Challenge, 2 p.m.

        Thursday

        • Firstar Pro-Am, 8 a.m., 1:15 p.m.

        • Super Seniors Pro-Am at Beckett Ridge, 9 a.m.

        Friday

        • First round, Kroger Senior Classic, 8 a.m.

        Saturday

        • Second round, Kroger Senior Classic, 8 a.m.

        • $10,000 Hole-In-One Challenge, all day

        Sunday

        • Final round, Kroger Senior Classic, 8:30 a.m.

        • Awards ceremony, 18th green

        The field:

        Tommy Aaron; Jim Ahern; Isao Aoki; George Archer; Hugh Baiocchi; Miller Barber; Don Bies; John Bland; Bill Brask; Jose Maria Canizares; Bob Charles; Jim Colbert; Charles Coody; Jim Dent; Bob Dickson; Terry Dill; Ed Dougherty; Dale Douglass; Allen Doyle; Bob Eastwood; Vicente Fernandez; Al Geiberger; Fred Gibson; Gibby Gilbert; Ted Goin; David Graham; Hubert Green; Walter Hall; Harold Henning; Mike Hill; Jim Holtgrieve; Simon Hobday; Joe Inman; Hale Irwin; John Jacobs; Barry Jaeckel; Tom Jenkins; Bruce Lietzke; Gene Littler; David Lundstrom; John Mahaffey; Graham Marsh; Terry Mauney; Gary McCord; Mike McCullough; Jerry McGee; Tom McGinnis; Orville Moody; Gil Morgan; Walter Morgan; Bob Murphy; Larry Nelson; Jesse Patino; Gary Player; Jimmy Powell; Don Pooley; Dana Quigley; Sammy Rachels; John Schroeder; Tom Shaw; Jay Sigel; Mike Smith; J.C. Snead; Bruce Summerhays; Leonard Thompson; Rocky Thompson; Jim Thorpe; Howard Twitty; Bobby Wadkins; Lanny Wadkins; Bobby Walzel; Tom Wargo; DeWitt Weaver.

        Four spots will be added after Monday's qualifier.

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