ON THE FAIRWAYS This week’s golf events

PGA TOUR Texas Open San Antonio

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: LaCantera Golf Club, Resort Course (6,881 yards, par 70).

Purse: $4.5 million. Winner’s share: $810,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 4-7 p.m., 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Friday-Sunday, 6-8 a.m., 4-7 p.m., 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Monday, 6-8 a.m.).

Last year: Justin Leonard won the event for the third time to match Arnold Palmer’s record, beating Jesper Parnevik with a 10-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff. The Texan also won in 2000 and 2001.

LPGA TOUR Longs Drugs Challenge Danville, Calif.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Blackhawk Country Club (6,185 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.2 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 7:30-10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 4:30-6 a.m., 7:30-10 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30-4 a.m., 7:30-10 p.m.; Monday, 1:30-4 a.m.).

Last year: Norway’s Suzann Pettersen won the third of her five 2007 victories, beating top-ranked Lorena Ochoa with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. Pettersen shot 75-65-64-73.

CHAMPIONS TOUR Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship Timonium, Md.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Baltimore Country Club/Five Farms, East Course (7,037 yards, par 70).

Purse: $2.6 million. Winner’s share: $390,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 1:30-4 p.m.; Friday, 1:30-4 a.m., 1:30-4 p.m.; Saturday, 1:30-4 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 4-6 p.m.).

Last year: Loren Roberts won his third senior major title, finishing with a 3-under 67 for a six-stroke victory over Tom Watson.

PGA EUROPEAN TOUR Madrid Masters Madrid, Spain

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Club de Campo Villa de Madrid (6,970 yards, par 71).

Purse: $1.36 million. Winner’s share: $227,480.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon).

Last year: Inaugural event.

NATIONWIDE TOUR WNB Golf Classic Midland, Texas

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Midland Country Club (7,380 yards, par 72).

Purse: $525,000. Winner’s share: $94,500.

Television: None.

Last year: Brad Adamonis outlasted Tjaart van der Walt in a playoff that matched the second-longest overtime session in Nationwide Tour history, parring all eight extra holes to win his first tour title. Ron Whittaker dropped out on the first playoff hole, and Vance Veazey was eliminated on the second.

Associated Press