ON THE FAIRWAYS | THIS WEEK'S PRO GOLF EVENTS

PGA TOURBuick InvitationalSan Diego
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourses: Torrey Pines, South Course (7,604 yards, par 72) and North Course (6,874 yards, par 72)Purse: $5.1 million. Winner's share: $918,000Television: USA (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 3-6:30 p.m.)Last year: Tiger Woods won his first PGA Tour stroke-play title since October 2003, beating Tom Lehman, Luke Donald and Charles Howell III by three strokes. Woods also won at Torrey Pines in 1999 and 2003.Notes: Woods is making his first start of the season. The Buick endorser grew up in Cypress, 80 miles north of Torrey Pines. He'll play in the Dubai Desert Classic next week. ... John Daly won the 2004 tournament, beating Donald and Chris Riley on the first hole of a playoff. Daly hit a 100-foot bunker shot within 4 inches to set up his winning birdie. ... Phil Mickelson won his hometown tournament in 1993, 2000 and 2001. He's coming off a fifth-place tie last week in his season debut in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. ... The final two rounds will be played on the South Course, site of the 2008 U.S. Open. ... The FBR Open is next week in Scottsdale, Ariz., followed by the AT & amp;T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
CHAMPIONS TOURTurtle Bay ChampionshipKahuku, Hawaii
Schedule: Friday-SundayCourse: Turtle Bay Resort, Arnold Palmer Course (7,044 yards, par 72)Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's share: $225,000Television: The Golf Channel (Friday, 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-3:30 a.m., 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Monday, 1-3:30 a.m.)Last year: Hale Irwin became the first player to win a PGA Tour-sanctioned event five straight times, beating Dana Quigley by five strokes. Irwin has six overall victories in the event.Notes: The 60-year-old Irwin has a tour-record 44 victories. ... Loren Roberts has two victories in seven career starts on the 50-and-over tour. ... The Champions Skins Game will be played Monday, Feb. 6 at Wailea. Under a format change, defending champion Jack Nicklaus will be paired with Tom Watson in the alternate-shot event. The teams of Irwin-Gary Player, Arnold Palmer-Peter Jacobsen and Quigley-Raymond Floyd also will compete.
PGA EUROPEAN TOUR/ASIAN TOURQatar MastersDoha, Qatar
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Doha Golf Club (7,374 yards, par 72)Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon)Last year: Ernie Els overcame a five-stroke deficit in the final round to win his second straight tournament, shooting a 7-under 65 for a one-stroke victory. The South African won the Dubai Desert Classic the previous week.Notes: Els and second-ranked Vijay Singh top the field along with Darren Clarke, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter. ... Els has made 68 consecutive cuts on the European tour, one short of the record set by Bernhard Langer in 1996. Els began his run in the 2000 Johnnie Walker Classic. ... Qatar, a little smaller than Connecticut, is on an oil-rich Persian Gulf peninsula off eastern Saudi Arabia. ... The Dubai Desert Classic is next week, with Tiger Woods topping the field.
NATIONWIDE TOURPanama ChampionshipPanama City, Panama
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Panama Golf Club (7,042 yards, par 70)Purse: $550,000. Winner's share: $99,000Television: NoneLast year: Vance Veazey won his third Nationwide Tour title, holding off Shane Bertsch, Jim McGovern, Jon Mills and Camilo Villegas by a stroke.
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