ON TOUR | This week's pro golf events

PGA TOUREDS Byron Nelson ChampionshipIrving, Texas
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Courses: TPC at Four Seasons Resort (7,017 yards, par 70) and Cottonwood Valley Course (6,846, par 70).Purse: $5.8 million. Winner's share: $1,044,000.Television: USA (Thursday, 4-6 p.m.; Friday, 3-6 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)Last year: Vijay Singh won the second of four 2003 titles, beating Nick Price by two strokes.Last week: Joey Sindelar won the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte, N.C., for his first tour victory since 1990, beating Arron Oberholser on the second hole of a playoff. Tiger Woods tied for third, a stroke back.Notes: Woods, the 1997 winner, tops the field along with Singh, Masters champion Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els. Mickelson won the 1996 event and lost to Jesper Parnevik in a playoff in 2000. Els won the 1995 tournament. ... Tournament host Byron Nelson is 92. He won a record 11 consecutive events in 1945. ... The final two rounds will be played on the TPC course. Cottonwood Valley's No. 1 green is shaped like Texas, complete with an Oklahoma bunker and Gulf of Mexico pond. ... Japan's Shigeki Maruyama won the 2002 tournament. ... The Colonial is next week in Fort Worth, followed by the St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tenn.
LPGA TOURFranklin American MortgageChampionshipFranklin, Tenn.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.Course: Vanderbilt Legends Club, Ironhorse Course (6,458 yards, par 72).Purse: $900,000. Winner's share: $135,000.Television: ESPN (Friday, 1:30-3:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2-4 p.m.; Sunday, 4-6 p.m.).Last year: Inaugural event.Last week: South Korea's Se Ri Pak won the Michelob Ultra Open to earn the final point she needed to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame. The 22-time tour winner needs to play three more years on the tour to meet the Hall of Fame's 10-year requirement.Notes: Annika Sorenstam and Pak are skipping the tournament. ... Norway's Suzann Pettersen is making her third start since returning from an elbow injury. She tied for 16th last week in Virginia. ... The tour will be in New York the next two weeks for the Sybase Classic in New Rochelle and the LPGA Corning Classic.
-- Associated Press