ON TOUR \ This week's pro golf events

INTERNATIONALHSBC ChampionsShanghai, China
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Shanghai Sheshan International Golf Club (7,140 yards, par 71)Purse: $5 million. Winner's share: $833,300Television: The Golf Channel (Today, 11:30 p.m.-3:30 a.m.; Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon, 8-10:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.-3:30 a.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon, 8-10:30 p.m., 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon, 8-11:30 p.m.)Last year: Inaugural eventNotes: Tiger Woods tops the field along with Vijay Singh, Padraig Harrington, Michael Campbell, Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood. ... Woods, coming off a second-place finish Sunday in the Tour Championship in Atlanta, led the PGA Tour with six victories and earnings of $10,628,024. He will be in Japan next week for the Dunlop Phoenix and also will play in the PGA Grand Slam, Skins Game and Target World Challenge. ... Singh won four PGA Tour titles this year and finished second on the money list with $8,017,336. ... The tournament is sanctioned by the European, Asian, Australasian and Sunshine tours along with the China Golf Association.
LPGA TOURTournament of ChampionsMobile, Ala.
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove, Crossings Course (6,253 yards, par 72)Purse: $850,000. Winner's share: $138,000Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 2-4:30 p.m.; Friday, 3:30-5 a.m., 2-4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 4-5:30 a.m., 2-4:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3-4:30 a.m., 2-4:30 p.m.; Monday, 1-2:30 a.m.)Last year: Heather Daly-Donofrio won her second career LPGA Tour title, beating Laura Diaz by four strokes. Daly-Donofrio had a 19-under 269 total.Notes: Annika Sorenstam, the 1997 winner at Westin Hills, is skipping the tournament to rest for the season-ending ADT Championship next week in West Palm Beach, Fla. ... The 45-player field includes tournament winners from the last four years and Hall of Famer Pat Bradley. ... South Korea's Se Ri Pak won the 2001 and 2002 events, finishing with a tournament-record 20-under 268 total in 2002.
PGA TOURFranklin Templeton ShootoutNaples, Fla.
Schedule: Friday-SundayCourse: Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Tiburon Golf Club (7,288 yards, par 72)Purse: $2.6 million. Winners' shares: $315,000 eachTelevision: USA (Friday, 4-6 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday, 1-3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1-3 p.m. or 4-6 p.m.)Format: Two-man teams. Friday, modified alternate shot; Saturday, best ball; Sunday, scramble.Team pairings: Greg Norman-Steve Elkington, Hank Kuehne-Jeff Sluman, John Daly-Tim Herron, Fred Couples-Adam Scott, Mark O'Meara-Nick Price, Fredrik Jacobson-Jesper Parnevik, Fred Funk-Jason Gore, Peter Jacobsen-Scott McCarron, Kirk Triplett-Jay Haas, John Huston-Kenny Perry, Paul Azinger-Olin Browne and Mark Calcavecchia-Loren Roberts.Last year: Kuehne and Sluman successfully defended their title, birdieing four of the last five holes to beat Justin Leonard and Steve Flesch by two strokes.
Notes: Norman, the tournament host, designed the 36-hole Tiburon ("shark" in Spanish) facility. ... The event is in its fifth year at Tiburon after a year in Miami and 11 at Sherwood in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Associated Press