ON TOUR

ON TOUR
This week's pro golf events
WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
World Cup
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Kiawah Island (S.C.), The Ocean Course (7,296 yards, par 72).
Purse: $4 million. Winners' shares: $500,000 each.
Television: ESPN (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m.) and ABC (Saturday, 1-3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1-4 p.m.).
Format: Two-man teams representing 24 countries. First and third rounds, best ball; Second and fourth, alternate shot.
Top teams: Argentina, Eduardo Romero and Angel Cabrera; Australia, Stuart Appleby and Stephen Leaney; England, Paul Casey and Justin Rose; Ireland, Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley; Japan, Shigeki Maruyama and Hidemichi Tanaka; South Korea, K.J. Choi and S.K. Ho; Scotland, Paul Lawrie and Alastair Forsyth; South Africa, Trevor Immelman and Rory Sabbatini; Sweden, Fredrik Jacobson and Niclas Fasth; United States, Jim Furyk and Justin Leonard; Wales, Bradley Dredge and Ian Woosnam.
Last year: Maruyama and Toshimitsu Izawa gave Japan its first victory since 1957, beating Americans Phil Mickelson and David Toms by two strokes in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Last week: Chad Campbell became the first player to make the Tour Championship his first victory, finishing with a tournament-record 16-under 268 total at Champions in Houston. Charles Howell III was second, three strokes back. Vijay Singh tied for fifth to win the PGA Tour money title, ending Tiger Woods' four-year reign. ... Harrington halved his match with Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal to clinch Britain-Ireland's 15-13 victory over Continental Europe in the Seve Trophy in Spain.
Notes: The United States has won 23 times, the last by Woods and David Duval in 2000 in Argentina. ... The International Golf Association ran the event from its inception in 1953 as the Canada Cup through 1999. ... The United States won the 1991 Ryder Cup on The Ocean Course. ... The 2004 tournament will be played in Seville, Spain. ... The Presidents Cup matches are next week in South Africa.
LPGA TOUR
LPGA Tournament of Champions
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove, Crossings Course (6,253 yards, par 72), Mobile, Ala.
Purse: $750,000. Winner's share: $122,000.
Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m., 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m.).
Last year: South Korea's Se Ri Pak successfully defended her title, beating Sweden's Carin Koch and Scotland's Catriona Matthew by four strokes. Pak had a tournament-record 20-under 268 total.
Last week: Annika Sorenstam wrapped up her sixth LPGA Tour player of the year award, winning the Mizuno Classic by nine shots for her sixth victory of the year. She had a 24-under 192 total to break the tour record for a 54-hole event by three strokes.
Notes: Sorenstam is skipping the tournament. She will return to the tour next week for the season-ending ADT Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla. ... The 32-player field includes tournament winners from 2001-03 and active Hall of Fame members.
EXHIBITION
Franklin Templeton Shootout
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Fla. (7,288 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2.4 million. Winners' shares: $225,000 each.
Television: USA (Friday, 1-3 p.m.) and CBS, Saturday, (1-3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1-3 p.m. or 4-6 p.m.).
Format: Two-man teams. Friday, alternate shot; Saturday, best ball; Sunday, scramble.
Team pairings: Greg Norman-Steve Elkington, Rocco Mediate-Lee Janzen, Kenny Perry-Scott Hoch, Rich Beem-Mark Calcavecchia, Craig Stadler-Peter Jacobsen, Mark O'Meara-John Cook, Shaun Micheel-Chad Campbell, Matt Kuchar- Fred Funk, Tom Kite-John Huston, Jeff Sluman-Hank Kuehne, Brad Faxon-Scott McCarron, Paul Azinger-Olin Browne.
Last year: Former Florida Southern teammates Janzen and Mediate beat Kuchar and David Gossett by a stroke.
Last week: Campbell became the first player to make the Tour Championship his first victory, finishing with a tournament-record 16-under 268 total at Champions in Houston.
Notes: Norman, the tournament host, designed the 36-hole Tiburon ("shark" in Spanish) facility. ... The event is in its third year at Tiburon after a year in Miami and 11 at Sherwood in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
-- Associated Press