This Week
SENIOR PGA TOUR
Toshiba Senior Classic
When--Friday-Sunday.
Where--Newport Beach Country Club (6,598 yards, par 71).
Purse--$1.5 million. Winner’s share: $225,000.
Television--PAX (Friday, 2-4 p.m., delayed) and CNBC (Saturday-Sunday, 2:30-4:30 p.m.).
Last year--Spain’s Jose Maria Canizares beat Gil Morgan with a birdie on the ninth extra hole in the second-longest playoff in Senior PGA Tour history.
Last week--Tom Kite won the SBC Senior Classic in Valencia, beating Tom Watson on the second hole of a playoff. Watson holed a 123-yard chip for an eagle on the final hole of regulation.
Notes--Kite also won the season-opening MasterCard Championship in Hawaii. He leads the money list with $608,600 in five starts, followed by Hale Irwin with $510,500 in four events.... The Siebel Classic is next week in San Jose.
On the Net: www.pgatour.com
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PGA TOUR
Honda Classic
When--Today-Sunday.
Where--TPC at Heron Bay (7,268 yards, par 72); Coral Springs, Fla.
Purse--$3.5 million. Winner’s share: $630,000.
TV--USA (Today-Friday, 4-6 p.m., delayed) and Channel 4 (Saturday-Sunday, noon-3 p.m.).
Last year--Sweden’s Jesper Parnevik won his fifth PGA Tour title, beating Mark Calcavecchia, Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy and New Zealand’s Craig Perks by a stroke.
Last week--South Africa’s Ernie Els won the Genuity Championship in Miami, holding off Tiger Woods by two strokes after taking an eight-stroke lead into the final round.
Notes--Woods is taking the week off, while Els is playing in the Dubai Desert Classic.... Phil Mickelson is coming off consecutive missed cuts and a first-round loss in the Match Play Championship.... The Bay Hill Invitational is next week, followed by the Players Championship.
On the Net: www.pgatour.com
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PGA EUROPEAN TOUR
Dubai Desert Classic
When--Today-Sunday.
Where--Emirates Golf Club, Majlis Course (7,185 yards, par 72); Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Purse--$1.5 million. Winner’s share: $250,000.
TV--The Golf Channel (Today-Sunday, 8-11 a.m., 5-7:30 p.m.).
Last year--Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn took advantage of Woods’ final-hole collapse for a two-stroke victory.
Notes--Els tops the field along with Bjorn, Mark O’Meara, Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie, Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke, England’s Nick Faldo and Spain’s Seve Ballesteros.
On the Net: www.europeantour.com
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