ON TOUR This week's pro golf events

PGA TOURSt. Jude ClassicMemphis, Tenn.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: TPC at Southwind (7,030 yards, par 71).Purse: $4.7 million. Winner's share: $846,000.Television: USA (Thursday-Friday, 4-6 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)Last year: David Toms won the second of two 2003 titles, closing with a 64 for a three-stroke victory over Nick Price.Last week: Left-hander Steve Flesch won the Colonial on his 37th birthday, beating Chad Campbell by a stroke.Notes: Al Geiberger shot the first 59 in PGA Tour history in his 1977 victory at Colonial Country Club. ... John Cook won the 1996 tournament with a record 26-under 258 total, shooting 64-62-63-69. ... John Daly is making his 11th start of the year. He won the Buick Invitational in February for his fifth PGA Tour victory. ... The Memorial is next week in Dublin, Ohio, followed by the Buick Classic in Harrison, N.Y., and the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, N.Y.
PGA OF AMERICASenior PGA ChampionshipLouisville, Ky.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Valhalla Golf Club (6,990 yards, par 71).Purse: TBA ($2 million in 2003). Winner's share: TBA ($360,000 in 2003).Television: ESPN2 (Thursday, noon-4 p.m.; Friday, noon-2 p.m.), ESPN (Friday, 4-6 p.m.) and NBC (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 1-4 p.m.)Last year: John Jacobs became the oldest senior major winner (58) since the Champions Tour started in 1980, winning at Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pa.Last week: D.A. Weibring won the Allianz Championship for his second senior title, beating Tom Jenkins by three strokes in West Des Moines, Iowa.Notes: Jay Haas is making his first Champions Tour start. The nine-time PGA Tour winner turned 50 in December, but has remained on the PGA Tour. He has four top-10 finishes in 11 PGA Tour events this year and is 25th on the money list with $1,082,757. ... Jack Nicklaus, the 1991 champion, designed the PGA of America-owned Valhalla course. Tiger Woods won the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla, and Mark Brooks took the 1996 PGA on the Louisville course, also the site of the 2008 Ryder Cup. ... Created at the suggestion of Bobby Jones, the tournament was first played in 1937 at Augusta National. ... Sam Snead won six times, the last in 1973 with a record 20-under 268 total at PGA National. ... Hale Irwin swept the 1996-98 titles at PGA National. ... The 2005 tournament will be played at Laurel Valley in Ligonier, Pa.
LPGA TOURLPGA Corning ClassicCorning, N.Y.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Corning Country Club (6,062 yards, par 72).Purse: $1 million. Winner's share: $165,000.Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 4-6:30 p.m., 9:30-11 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 3-5 a.m., 4-6:30 p.m., 10-11:30 p.m.; Monday, 3-5 a.m.)Last year: Juli Inkster won the 29th of her 30 tour titles, closing with a career-best 10-under 62 -- matching the lowest final round ever by an LPGA winner -- for a tournament-record 24-under 264 total. Lorie Kane finished second, four strokes back.Last week: Sherri Steinhauer won the Sybase Classic in New Rochelle, N.Y., for her sixth LPGA Tour victory. South Korea's Grace Park finished second, two strokes back.Notes: Annika Sorenstam tops the field a year after upstaging the event with her historic appearance in the Colonial. Last year, Sorenstam became the first woman in 58 years to play in a PGA Tour event, missing the cut in the Colonial the week of the Corning tournament. She has two victories this year to push her LPGA Tour total to 50. ... The Kellogg-Keebler Classic is next week in Aurora, Ill., followed by the McDonald's LPGA Championship -- the second major championship of the season -- in Wilmington, Del.
PGA EUROPEAN TOURVolvo PGA ChampionshipVirginia Water, England
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Wentworth Club, West Course (7,147 yards, par 72).Purse: $4.48 million. Winner's share: $746,875.Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 8-9:30 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 8:30-10 p.m.; Saturday, 9:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m., 8:30-10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; 8:30-10:30 p.m.)Last year: Spain's Ignacio Garrido beat South Africa's Trevor Immelman with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.Last week: Immelman won the Deutsche Bank Open, birdieing the final hole to beat 2003 winner Padraig Harrington by a stroke.Notes: Wentworth resident Ernie Els tops the field along with Vijay Singh, Darren Clarke, Ben Curtis, Nick Faldo, Retief Goosen, Colin Montgomerie, Jose Maria Olazabal and Adam Scott. ... Montgomerie won the 1998-00 tournaments and also took the 1999 World Match Play on the "Burma Road" layout. ... Faldo is the only four-time champion, winning in 1978, '80, '81 and '89. ... The Wales Open is next week at Celtic Manor, followed by the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles in Scotland.
-- Associated Press