ON TOUR \ This week's golf events

PGA TOURTour ChampionshipAtlanta
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: East Lake Golf Club (7,141 yards, par 70)Purse: $6.5 million. Winner's share: $1.17 millionTelevision: ESPN (Thursday-Friday, noon-5 p.m.), ABC (Saturday, noon-3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.) and ESPN2 (Sunday, noon-1 p.m.)Last year: South Africa's Retief Goosen closed with a bogey-free 64 at East Lake for a four-stroke victory over third-round leader Tiger Woods.Notes: East Lake, the course where Bobby Jones learned to play, is hosting the season-ending event for the top 30 players on the money list for the fifth time. Hal Sutton won the 1998 tournament at East Lake, Phil Mickelson took the 2000 title and Vijay Singh won in 2002. ... Woods won the 1999 tournament at Champions in Houston. ... Chad Campbell won in 2003 at Champions to become the first player to make the event his first victory. ... Mickelson, No. 3 on the money list, is skipping the tournament.
Southern Farm Bureau ClassicMadison, Miss.
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Annandale Golf Club (7,199 yards, par 72)Purse: $3 million. Winner's share: $540,000Television: NoneLast year: Fred Funk won for the first time since the 1988 tournament, birdieing the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Ryan Palmer.Notes: The tournament, postponed in October because of Hurricane Katrina, is the final event for players to secure spots in the top 125 on the money list, the cutoff for 2006 tour cards.
LPGA TOUR/JAPAN LPGA TOURMizuno ClassicOtsu, Japan
Schedule: Friday-SundayCourse: Seta Golf Course (6,450 yards, par 72)Purse: $1 million. Winner's share: $150,000Television: NoneLast year: Annika Sorenstam won the event for the fourth straight year to match Laura Davies' LPGA Tour record for consecutive victories in a tournament. Davies won the Standard Register Ping from 1994-97. Sorenstam, a nine-stroke winner for the second straight year, had a 22-under 194 total -- two off her tour-record 2003 mark at Seta.
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