ON THE FAIRWAYS | This week's pro golf events


May 17, 2006 at 12:00a.m.


PGA TOURColonialFort Worth, Texas
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Colonial Country Club (7,054 yards, par 70)Purse: $6 million. Winner's share: $1,008,000.Television: USA (Thursday-Friday, 4-6 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)Last year: Kenny Perry won the event for the second time in three years, matching his tournament record with a 19-under 261 total en route to a seven-stroke victory.
LPGA TOURSybase ClassicNew Rochelle, N.Y.
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Wykagyl Country Club (6,227 yards, par 71)Purse: $1.3 million. Winner's share: $195,000.Television: ESPN2 (Thursday-Friday, 1-3 p.m.; Saturday, 2-4 p.m.; Sunday, 3-5 p.m.)Last year: Paula Creamer beat Jeong Jang by a stroke to become the second-youngest winner (18 years, 9 months) in LPGA Tour history -- and the youngest winner of a full event. Marlene Hagge won the 1952 Sarasota Open 14 days after her 18th birthday and took the Bakersfield Open two months later. Both of those tournaments were 18-hole events. Creamer won the Evian Masters in July and also won two events in Japan.
PGA EUROPEAN TOURIrish OpenMaynooth, Ireland
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: Carton House Golf Club, The Montgomerie Course (7,301 yards, par 72)Purse: $2.84 million. Winner's share: $473,870.Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)Last year: Wales' Stephen Dodd won his second European tour title, beating David Howell with a birdie on the first extra hole.
NATIONWIDE TOURHenrico County OpenGlen Allen, Va.
Schedule: Thursday-SundayCourse: The Dominion Club (7,166 yards, par 72)Purse: $450,000. Winner's share: $81,000.Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 1:30-4 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 1:30-3 a.m., 1:30-4 p.m.; Monday, 1:30-3 a.m.)Last year: Chad Collins won his first Nationwide Tour title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over Tom Scherrer.
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