ON TOUR This week's pro golf events

PGA TOURChrysler ChampionshipPalm Harbor, Fla.
Schedule: Today-SundayCourse: Westin Innisbrook Golf Resort, Copperhead Course (7,315 yards, par 71)Purse: $5 million. Winner's share: $900,000Television: USA (Today-Friday, 4-6 p.m.; Saturday, 3-6 p.m.) and ABC (Sunday, 2-5 p.m.)Last year: South Africa's Retief Goosen won his lone 2003 PGA Tour title, beating Vijay Singh by three strokes.Notes: The tournament is the final full-field event of the season, with the top 30 on the money list advancing to the season-ending Tour Championship next week at East Lake in Atlanta. The top 40 will earn spots in the Masters, and the top 125 will get full 2005 tour exemptions. Jay Haas is 29th on the money list with $1,779,876, followed by Rod Pampling ($1,727,125), Kenny Perry ($1,714,643), Jonathan Kaye ($1,695,332) and Charles Howell III ($1,691,518). Palmer is 37th at $1,581,294. Paul Azinger ($601,438) is 123rd, followed by Kent Jones ($599,909), Olin Browne ($597,034), Craig Barlow ($595,820), Notah Begay III ($583,537), Bob Burns ($581,421), Jason Bohn ($567,930) and Mathias Gronberg ($565,014). ... Singh, trying to become the first $10 million winner in tour history, tops the field along with Goosen, Phil Mickelson, David Toms, Stewart Cink and Mike Weir. Ryder Cup captains Bernhard Langer and Hal Sutton also are playing.
PGA EUROPEAN TOURVolvo MastersSotogrande, Spain
Schedule: Today-SundayCourse: Valderrama Golf Club (6,961 yards, par 71)Purse: $4.8 million. Winner's share: $799,560Television: The Golf Channel (Friday, midnight-2:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 8:30-10 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 8:30-10 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30-noon, 8:30-10 p.m.)Last year: Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson won his third 2003 title, beating Spain's Carlos Rodiles on the fourth hole of a playoff.Notes: The season-ending tournament is limited to the top 60 on the money list. ... South Africa's Ernie Els, skipping the event, has clinched his second straight money title with $5,198,020. ... All 12 European Ryder Cup players are in the field, with Colin Montgomerie seeking his third title and Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Darren Clarke trying to win the tournament for the second time. ... Europe won the 1997 Ryder Cup at Valderrama. ... Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer shared the 2002 title after darkness halted play after two playoff holes.
LPGA TOURCJ Nine Bridges ClassicJeju Island, South Korea.
Schedule: Friday-SundayCourse: The Club at Nine Bridges (6,306 yards, par 72)Purse: $1.35 million. Winner's share: $202,500Television: NoneLast year: South Korea's Shi-hyun Ahn won in her LPGA Tour debut at age 19, beating Se Ri Pak, Laura Davies, Grace Park and Gloria Park by three strokes.Notes: Sorenstam tops the 69-player field made up of 50 LPGA Tour players, 12 Korean LPGA players, one Japanese tour player and six sponsor selections. ... Pak won the 2002 tournament. ... The Mizuno Classic is next week in Japan, followed by the Tournament of Champions in Mobile, Ala., and the season-ending ADT Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla.
NATIONWIDE TOURNationwide Tour ChampionshipPrattville, Ala.
Schedule: Today-SundayCourse: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, Senator Course (7,661 yards, par 72)Purse: $625,000. Winner's share: $112,500Television: The Golf Channel (Today, 2:30-5 p.m., 9-10:30 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 2:30-5 p.m., 10-11:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2-5:30 p.m., 10-11:30 p.m.)Last year: Chris Couch won the season-ending tournament, beating D.J. Brigman by three strokes. Couch finished fourth on the money list to earn a PGA Tour card.Notes: The top 60 players on the money list earned spots in the field, with the final top 20 getting 2005 PGA Tour cards. PGA Tour player Daniel Chopra, a two-time winner this year who is 24th on the money list, is not eligible to play in the tournament, reducing the field to 59 players. Trahan made $90,000 last week to jump from 70th to 26th with $172,405. Jimmy Walker leads the money list with $367,283, followed by D.A. Points ($324,065) and Ryuji Imada ($300,685). Michael Long ($196,693) is 17th, followed by Gavin Coles ($194,621), Nick Watney ($189,488), David McKenzie ($188,956), Chris Tidland ($187,501), Shane Bertsch ($187,046) and Brett Wetterich ($186,137). ... The links-style Senator course is part of a 54-hole facility.
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