GOLF TOURS

GOLF TOURS
At a glance
LPGA TOUR
What: ADT ChampionshipWhere: West Palm Beach, Fla.Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Trump International Golf Club (6,506 yards, par 72)Purse: $1 million. Winner's share: $215,000Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 2-4:30 p.m.; Friday, midnight-2:30 a.m., 4:30-7 p.m.; Saturday, 1-3 a.m., 4:30-7 p.m.; Sunday, 1-3 a.m.) and CBS (Sunday, 1-3 p.m. or 3:30-6 p.m.)Last year: Meg Mallon won the season-ending tournament for her lone 2003 title, beating Annika Sorenstam by a stroke.Notes: Sorenstam is coming off a victory two weeks ago in Japan in the Mizuno Classic, her record-tying fourth straight win in the event. She also secured her seventh player of the year award with the victory -- her seventh LPGA Tour title of the season and 55th overall. The Swede also has two international victories this year. ... The tournament is limited to the top 30 players on the money list. Diaz earned a spot Sunday, jumping from 36th to 27th with her second-place finish. Becky Morgan was 30th, $29,963 ahead of Stacy Prammanasudh for the final position. ... Se Ri Pak, ninth on the money list, is skipping the tournament. ... Sorenstam will join Tiger Woods, Fred Couples and Adam Scott in The Skins Game next weekend in La Quinta, Calif.
WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
What: World CupWhere: Seville, SpainSchedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Real Club de Golf de Sevilla (7,140 yards, par 72)Purse: $4 million. Winners' shares: $700,000 per player.Television: ESPN (Thursday-Friday, 7-10 a.m., 1:30-4:30 p.m.) and ABC (Saturday, 4:30-7 p.m.; Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)Format: Two-man teams representing 24 countries. First and third rounds, best ball; Second and fourth, alternate shot.Top teams: Argentina, Angel Cabrera-Eduardo Romero; Australia, Stephen Leaney-Nick O'Hern; England, Paul Casey-Luke Donald; France, Thomas Levet-Raphael Jacquelin; Ireland, Padraig Harrington-Paul McGinley; Japan, Shigeki Mauryama-Hidemichi Tanaka; Spain, Sergio Garcia-Miguel Angel Jimenez; South Africa, Rory Sabbatini-Trevor Immelman; Sweden, Fredrick Jacobson-Joakim Haeggman; United States, Scott Verplank-Bob Tway.Last year: South Africa's Immelman and Sabbatini won in Kiawah Island, S.C., beating England's Casey and Justin Rose by four strokes.Notes: The United States has won 23 times, the last by Tiger 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. ... In 2002, Maruyama and Toshimitsu Izawa gave Japan its first victory since 1957, beating Americans Phil Mickelson and David Toms by two strokes in Mexico. ... Jose Maria Olazabal designed the course. ... The 2005 event will be played at Arnold Palmer-designed Victoria in Portugal.
JAPAN GOLF TOUR
What: Dunlop PhoenixWhere: Miyazaki, JapanSchedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Phoenix Country Club (6,917 yards, par 71)Purse: $1.9 million. Winner's share: $378,600Television: NoneLast year: Denmark's Thomas Bjorn beat Japan's Daisuke Maruyama by two strokes. Bjorn also won the 1999 tournament.Notes: Tiger Woods tops the field along with Bjorn, Stewart Cink, Aaron Baddeley, K.J. Choi, Carlos Franco and Robert Allenby. Woods, second to Colin Montgomerie on Sunday in a skins competition in South Korea, will return to the United States next week for The Skins Game in La Quinta, Calif. He'll join Annika Sorenstam, Fred Couples and Adam Scott in the made-for-TV event. ... David Duval won the 2001 event. ... The Casio World Open is next week, followed by the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup.
PGA TOUR/PGA EUROPEAN SENIORS TOUR
What: UBS CupWhere: Kiawah Island, S.C.Schedule: Friday-SundayCourse: Kiawah Island Club, Cassique Course (6,945 yards, par 72)Purse: $3 million. Winners' shares: $150,000 per playerTelevision: The Golf Channel (Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.)Format: United States vs. Rest of the World, 12-man teams (six players age 40-49, six 50 and older). Friday, six alternate-shot matches; Saturday, six best-ball matches; Sunday, 12 singles matches.United States: Arnold Palmer (playing captain), Fred Couples, Ray Floyd, Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Scott Hoch, Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Craig Stadler, Curtis Strange, Hal Sutton and Tom Watson.Rest of the World: Gary Player (playing captain), John Chillas, Rodger Davis, Barry Lane, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Carl Mason, Mark McNulty, Colin Montgomerie, Peter Senior, Sam Torrance and Ian Woosnam.Last year: The United States retained the Cup with a 12-12 draw at St. Simons, Island, Ga. Scott Hoch rallied from two holes down with five to play to tie Eduardo Romero in the final match.Notes: The United States won the inaugural event in 2001 on the nearby Ocean Course and also took the 2002 title at St. Simons. ... Montgomerie, coming off a skins victory over Tiger Woods last week in South Korea, was 3-1 in Europe's 181/2-91/2 Ryder Cup victory at Oakland Hills. ... Kite was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday night. Charlie Sifford, Marlene Stewart Streit and Isao Aoki also were inducted. ... Haas and son Bill tied for fourth last week in the Franklin Templeton Shootout. ... McNulty won the final two Champions Tour events to cap a three-victory rookie season on the 50-and-over circuit. ... The Watson-designed Cassique course opened in 2000.
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