GOLF This week’s events

WORLD CUP Shenzhen, China

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Mission Hills Resort, Blackstone Course (7,511 yards, par 72).

Purse: $7.5 million. Winners’ shares: $1.2 million each.

Television: Golf Channel (Today, 10:30 p.m.-3:30 a.m.; Thursday-Saturday, 3-6 p.m., 10:30 p.m.-3:30 a.m.; Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).

Format: Two-man teams representing 28 countries. First and third rounds, best ball; Second and fourth, alternate shot.

Top teams: Australia: Brendan Jones, Richard Green; China: Liang Wen-chong, Zhang Xin-jun; England: Ian Poulter, Justin Rose; France: Raphael Jacquelin, Gregory Bourdy; Germany: Martin Kaymer, Alex Cejka; Ireland: Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell; Italy: Francesco Molinari, Edoardo Molinari; Japan: Yuta Ikeda, Tetsuji Hiratsuka; Netherlands: Joost Luiten, Robert-Jan Derksen; Scotland: Martin Laird, Stephen Gallacher; South Africa: Charl Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen; Spain: Alvaro Quiros, Miguel Angel Jimenez; Sweden: Robert Karlsson, Alexander Noren; United States: Matt Kuchar, Gary Woodland; Wales: Jamie Donaldson, Rhys Davies.

PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA/ONEASIA TOUR AUSTRALIAN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Coolum, Australia

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Hyatt Regency Coolum (6,849 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.48 million. Winner’s share: $265,800.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Saturday, noon-3 p.m.; Sunday, noon-1 p.m.).

Last year: Australia’s Peter Senior won the rain-delayed tournament in a Monday finish, beating countryman Geoff Ogilvy with a par on the second hole of a playoff.

EUROPEAN TOUR/ SUNSHINE TOUR SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN Johannesburg

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate (7,761 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.35 million. Winner’s share: $213,730.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon).

Last year: Ernie Els won the national open for the fifth time, beating South African countryman Retief Goosen by a stroke.

Associated Press