GOLF PREVIEw This week’s pro events

PGA TOUR Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

Site:Fort Worth, Texas. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Colonial Country Club (7,054 yards, par 70). Purse: $6.1 million. Winner’s share: $1,098,000. FedExCup points: 25,000. Winner’s share: 4,500.SFlbTelevision: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.). Last year: South Africa’s Rory Sabbatini beat Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer with a 15-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. Last week: Ryuji Imada won the AT&T Classic for his first PGA Tour victory, beating Kenny Perry with a par on the first hole of a playoff. Imada won a year after losing a playoff to Zach Johnson at TPC Sugarloaf. On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com

PGA OF AMERICA Senior PGA Championship

Site: Rochester, N.Y. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Oak Hill Country Club, East Course (7,001 yards, par 70). Purse: TBA ($2 million in 2007). Winner’s share: TBA ($360,000 in 2007). Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, noon-3 p.m.; Friday, 2:30-5:30 a.m., noon-3 p.m.; Saturday, 2:30-5:30 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.). Last year: Zimbabwe’s Denis Watson won at Kiawah Island, taking advantage of Eduardo Romero’s late mistakes. The victory was Watson’s first in the United States since he won three PGA Tour events in 1984.

Last week: Andy Bean won the Regions Charity Classic for his second Champions Tour title, beating Loren Roberts by a stroke in Hoover, Ala. On the Net: http://www.pga.org/seniorpga/2008 Champions Tour site: http://www.pgatour.com

LPGA TOUR LPGA Corning Classic

Site:Corning, N.Y. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Corning Country Club (6,223 yards, par 72). Purse: $1.5 million. Winner’s share: $225,000. Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Friday, 12:30-2:30 a.m., 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 12:30-2:30 a.m., 6:30-9 p.m.; Sunday, 1-3:30 a.m., 6:30-9 p.m.; Monday, 1-3:30 a.m.). Last week: South Korea’s Young Kim won her first LPGA Tour title, beating Paula Creamer and Mi Hyun Kim by three strokes.

Last week: Lorena Ochoa won the Sybase Classic for the third straight year for her sixth victory of the season, holding off five players by a stroke in the rain-shortened tournament. Ochoa has 23 career LPGA Tour victories.

On the Net: http://www.lpga.com

PGA EUROPEAN TOUR BMW PGA Championship

Site: Virginia Water, England. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Wentworth Club, West Course (7,050 yards, par 72). Purse: $7 million. Winner’s share: $1.17 million.SFlbTelevision: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon; Saturday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 10 p.m.-midnight).

NATIONWIDE TOUR Prince George’s County Open

Site: Mitchellville, Md. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: The Country Club at Woodmore (7,059 yards, par 72). Purse: $650,000. Winner’s share: $117,000. Last year: Paul Claxton won the inaugural tournament for his second career Nationwide Tour title, beating Jaco Van Zyl and James Driscoll by a stroke. On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com