ON TOUR | This week's golf events

PGA EUROPEAN TOURWorld Match Play ChampionshipVirginia Water, England
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Wentworth Club, West Course (7,072 yards, par 72).Purse: $4.38 million. Winner's share: $1,795,600.Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 7:30-10 p.m.; Friday, 2:30-4:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 8-9:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3-4:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Monday, 1-2:30 a.m.).Draw (seedings in parentheses): Ernie Els (1), South Africa, vs. Scott Drummond (16), Scotland; K.J. Choi (8), South Korea, vs. Angel Cabrera (9), Argentina; Padraig Harrington (5), Ireland, vs. Chris Riles (12), United States; Mike Weir (4), Canada, vs. Thomas Levet (13), France; Retief Goosen (3), South Africa, vs. Jeff Maggert (14), United States; Todd Hamilton (6), United States, vs. Lee Westwood (11), England; Miguel Angel Jimenez (7), Spain, vs. Steve Flesch (10), United States; Vijay Singh (2), Fiji, vs. Bernhard Langer (15), Germany.Last year: Els won the tournament for a record-tying fifth time, beating Denmark's Thomas Bjorn 4 and 3 in the championship match.Notes: Els has a home overlooking the 16th hole. ... Arnold Palmer and Seve Ballesteros also are five-time winners in the event. ... All matches are 36 holes. ... Drummond won the Volvo PGA at Wentworth in May. ... The tour will be in Spain the next two weeks for the Madrid Open and the season-ending Volvo Masters at Valderrama.
PGA TOURChrysler Classic of GreensboroGreensboro, N.C.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Forest Oaks Country Club (7,311 yards, par 72).Purse: $4.6 million. Winner's share: $828,000.Television: USA (Thursday-Friday, 4-6 p.m.; Saturday 3-6 p.m.) and ABC (Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).Last year: Japan's Shigeki Maruyama won his third PGA Tour title, beating Brad Faxon by five strokes.Notes: Sam Snead won the tournament a tour-record eight times from 1938-65, including consecutive victories in 1949-50 and 1955-56. His 1965 victory made him the tour's oldest winner at 52 years, 10 months, 8 days. ... Davis Love III, the 1992 winner who shares the course record of 62, oversaw a $3.5 million course renovation project before the tournament last year. ... Ryan Moore, the U.S. Amateur and NCAA champion from UNLV, received a sponsor exemption. He also won the U.S. Public Links and Western Amateur this year. ... Rocco Mediate won the 1993 and 2002 tournaments. ... The Funai Classic is next week in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
LPGA TOURSamsung World ChampionshipPalm Desert, Calif.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Bighorn Golf Club, Canyons Course (6,472 yards, par 72).Purse: $825,000. Winner's share: $206,250.Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 5-7 p.m.; Friday, midnight-2 a.m., 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, midnight-2 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 4-6 p.m.).Last year: Sweden's Sophie Gustafson closed with an 8-under 64 for a two-stroke victory in the elite 20-player event at The Woodlands in Texas.Notes: Annika Sorenstam won the 1995, 1996 and 2002 tournaments, finishing a tournament-record 22 under in her six-stroke victory in 2002 at Hiddenbrooke in Vallejo, Calif. ... Juli Inkster won in 1997, 1998 and 2000. ... Michelle Wie received a sponsor exemption. ... The tour is off next week. Play will resume Oct. 29-31 with the CJ Nine Bridges Classic in South Korea.
CHAMPIONS TOURSBC ChampionshipSan Antonio
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.Course: Oak Hills Country Club (6,671 yards, par 71).Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's share: $225,000.Television: The Golf Channel (Friday, 5-7:30 p.m., 9:30-11:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5-7:30 p.m., 9-11:30 p.m.).Last year: Craig Stadler won the third of his three 2002 Champions Tour titles, beating Bob Gilder by four strokes.Notes: The tournament is the final full-field event of the year, with the top 30 on the money list securing 2005 exemptions and spots next week in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Sonoma, Calif. ... Stadler tied for 28th last week after winning his previous three events. ... The event moved to Oak Hills in 2002 after 17 seasons at The Dominion.
PGA EUROPEAN TOURMallorca ClassicPula, Balearic Islands
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Pula Golf Club (6,568 yards, par 70).Purse: $1.2 million. Winner's share: $206,100.Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 12:15-2:30 p.m.).Last year: Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez won by a stroke after countryman Jose Maria Olazabal double-bogeyed the 17th hole and bogeyed the 18th.Notes: Spaniards Sergio Garcia and Olazabal top the field. ... Jimenez is skipping his title defense to play in the World Match Play Championship.
Source: Associated Press