ON TOUR This week's pro golf events

ROYAL & amp; ANCIENT GOLF CLUBOF ST. ANDREWS
British Open
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Royal St. George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England (7,106 yards, par 71).
Purse: $6.24 million. Winner's share: $1.12 million.
Television: TNT (Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 7-9 a.m.; Sunday, 6-8 a.m.) and ABC (Saturday, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m.).
Last year: South Africa's Ernie Els won at Muirfield, beating France's Thomas Levet in the first sudden-death finish in tournament history. Els beat Levet with a par on the first hole of sudden death after Australians Steve Elkington and Stuart Appleby were eliminated in a four-hole playoff.
Last week: Els won the Scottish Open for the second time in four seasons, beating Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke and Wales' Phillip Price by five strokes. ... Kenny Perry won the Greater Milwaukee Open, his third victory in his last four starts. Steve Allan and Heath Slocum tied for second, a stroke back.
Notes: Tiger Woods, the 2000 winner at St. Andrews, is coming off a victory two weeks ago in the Western Open. Winless in the last four major championships, he's attempting to join Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win the career Grand Slam at least two times over. Nicklaus accomplished the feat three times. ... Els has five international victories this year. In addition to the Scottish Open, he swept the PGA Tour's Hawaii stops and won twice in Australia. ... Greg Norman won the 1993 tournament at Royal St. George's with a record 267 total. ... The 2004 tournament will be played at Troon, and the 2005 event is set for St. Andrews.
LPGA TOUR
Big Apple Classic
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, N.Y. (6,161 yards, par 71).
Purse: $950,000. Winner's share: $142,500.
Television: NBC (Saturday, 2-4 p.m.; Sunday, 1-3 p.m.).
Last year: South Korea's Gloria Park beat compatriot Hee-Won Han with a 6-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.
Last week: Beth Daniel became the oldest winner in LPGA Tour history, birdieing the final two holes to beat Juli Inkster by a stroke in the Canadian Women's Open. At 46 years, 8 months and 29 days, Daniel broke the age record of 46 years, 5 months and 11 days set by JoAnne Carner in the 1985 SAFECO Classic.
Notes: Annika Sorenstam, the 1998 and 2000 winner, is skipping the tournament. ... Daniel won the 1994 tournament, beating Laura Davies in a playoff. ... Rosie Jones won the 2001 event for her fifth title in the state of New York. ... The Evian Masters is next week in France, followed by the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & amp; St. Annes.
PGA TOUR
B.C. Open
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, N.Y. (6,994 yards, par 72).
Purse: $3 million. Winner's share: $540,000.
Television: USA (Thursday-Friday, 4-6 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Spike McRoy won his first PGA Tour title, overcoming a seven-stroke deficit with a final-round 65 for a one-stroke victory over Fred Funk
Last week: Kenny Perry won the Greater Milwaukee Open, his third victory in his last four starts. Steve Allan and Heath Slocum tied for second, a stroke back.
Notes: Joey Sindelar, from Horseheads, N.Y., passed up a spot in the British Open to play in his home event. He won the tournament in 1985 and 1987. ... The Greater Hartford Open is next week, followed by the Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Mich.
-- Associated Press