ON THE LINKS

ON THE LINKS
Golf events this week
Hyundai Team Matches
Schedule: Saturday-Sunday.
Course: The Golf Links at The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & amp; Spa, Dana Point, Calif. (PGA Tour, 6,582 yards; LPGA Tour, 6,094 yards; Champions Tour, 6,548 yards; par 70).
Purse: $1.2 million. Winner's shares: $100,000 and a 2003 Hyundai XG350L per player.
Television: ABC (Saturday, 1:30-3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2-4 p.m.).
Format: Match play, best ball. Four two-player teams in PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Champions Tour divisions.
Teams: PGA Tour, Fred Couples-Mark Calcavecchia, Peter Jacobsen-Scott McCarron, Rich Beem-Peter Lonard, Jerry Kelly-Chris Smith; LPGA Tour, Janice Moodie-Lorie Kane, Juli Inkster-Dottie Pepper, Laura Diaz-Heather Bowie, Grace Park-Beth Bauer; Champions Tour, Allen Doyle-Dana Quigley, Bruce Fleisher-David Graham, John Jacobs -Jim Thorpe, Doug Tewell-Bruce Lietzke.
Last year: Couples and Calcavecchia won the PGA Tour title, beating 2000 winners Tom Lehman and Duffy Waldorf 1-up. Moodie and Kane topped the LPGA Tour, ending Inkster and Pepper's string of four straight titles. Doyle and Quigley won the senior division.
Notes: Pepper is returning to play after missing most of the season because of a left shoulder injury. She teamed with Inkster to win in 1996-97 and 1999-00. ... Park won the World Ladies Match Play two weeks ago in Japan and was second last week behind Annika Sorenstam in the Mizuno Classic. ... The LPGA Tour will complete its official season next week with the 30-player ADT Championship at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Fla. ... Greg Norman's Franklin Templeton Shootout also is next week at Tiburon in Naples, Fla., with McCarron and partner Brad Faxon seeking their third straight victory.
UBS Warburg Cup
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Sea Island Golf Club, Seaside Course, St. Simons Island, Ga. (6,945 yards, par 70).
Purse: $3 million. Winner's shares: $150,000 per player.
Television: The Golf Channel (Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 8 p.m.-2 a.m.).
Format: United States vs. Rest of the World, with each 12-man team consisting of six players age 40-49 and six 50 and older. Friday, six alternate-shot matches; Saturday, six best-ball matches; Sunday, 12 singles matches.
United States: Arnold Palmer (captain), Paul Azinger, Raymond Floyd, Fred Funk, Bob Gilder, Scott Hoch, Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Tom Lehman, Mark O'Meara, Curtis Strange, Tom Watson.
Rest of the World: Gary Player (captain), South Africa; Isao Aoki, Japan; Rodger Davis, Australia; Denis Durnian, England; Seiji Ebihara, Japan; Nick Faldo, England; Stewart Ginn, Australia; Barry Lane, England; Bernhard Langer, Australia; Eduardo Romero, Argentina; Sam Torrance, Scotland; Ian Woosnam, Wales.
Last year: Palmer beat Player 2 and 1 in the United States' 12 1/2-11 1/2 victory in the inaugural matches in Kiawah Island, S.C.
Notes: Five recent Ryder Cup participants are competing -- Azinger, Hoch, Langer and captains Strange and Torrance. ... Langer and Watson are coming off victories in season-ending events. Langer shared the Volvo Masters title with Ryder Cup teammate Colin Montgomerie after darkness stopped a playoff Sunday in Spain. Watson won the Senior Tour Championship in Oklahoma City on Oct. 27. ... Irwin won his third senior money title at a record age of 57, finishing with four victories and a record $3,028,304 in official earnings. He also made $450,000 in the Senior Skins Game. ... The tournament is sanctioned by the PGA European Senior Tour.
-- Associated Press