ON TOUR This week's pro golf events

British Open
Troon, Scotland
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Royal Troon Golf Club (7,175 yards, par 71).Purse: $7.44 million. Winner's share: $1,338,340.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: Ben Curtis became the first player since Francis Ouimet in the 1913 U.S. Open to win the first major he entered, beating Thomas Bjorn and Vijay Singh by a stroke at Royal St. George's. Tiger Woods and Davis Love III finished two shots back.Notes: Woods, the 2000 champion at St. Andrews, is winless in eight major championships since winning the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black for his seventh major victory in an 11-tournament span. The eight-time major champion tied for 17th in the U.S. Open, 14 strokes behind winner Retief Goosen. ... Americans have won the last five British Opens at Royal Troon, the longest streak at any of the links in the rotation. Arnold Palmer won in 1962, followed by Tom Weiskopf (1973), Tom Watson (1982), Mark Calcavecchia (1989) and Justin Leonard (1997). ... Goosen is coming off consecutive victories in the U.S. Open and European Open. ... Ernie Els, the 2002 winner at Muirfield, has five top-10 finishes in nine appearances in the tournaments. ... The 601-yard, par-5 sixth hole is the longest in British Open history. ... The 2005 event will be played at St. Andrews.
PGA TOUR
B.C. Open
Endicott, N.Y.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: En-Joie Golf Club (6,974 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: Craig Stadler became the first Champions Tour player to win a PGA Tour event, closing with a 63 to overcome an eight-stroke deficit and beat Alex Cejka and Steve Lowery by a stroke.Notes: Stadler's son, Kevin, also is in the field. The younger Stadler has won two Nationwide Tour events in the last three weeks -- the Lake Erie Charity Classic on the same day his father won the Champions Tour's Bank of America Championship, and the Scholarship America Showdown on Sunday in Hudson, Wis. ... Spike McRoy won the 2002 event for his lone PGA Tour title. ... The U.S. Bank Championship is next week in Milwaukee.
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Pete Dye West Virginia Classic
Bridgeport, W.Va.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Pete Dye Golf Club (7,248 yards, par 72).Purse: $600,000. Winner's share: $108,000.Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 1:30-4 p.m.; Friday, 2-4 a.m., 1:30-4 p.m.; Saturday, 3-5 a.m., 5-7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30-4:30 a.m., 5-7:30 p.m.; Monday, 2:30-4:30 a.m.).Last year: Inaugural event.
Associated Press