Originally created 05/18/05

Upcoming events



Upcoming events in the golf world:

PGA TOUR

COLONIAL

SITE: Fort Worth, Texas

SCHEDULE: Thursday-Sunday

COURSE: Colonial Country Club (7,054 yards, par 70)

PURSE: $5 million

WINNER'S SHARE: $900,000

TELEVISION: USA (Thursday-Friday, 4-6 p.m.) and CBS-Ch. 12 (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)

LAST YEAR: Left-hander Steve Flesch won on his 37th birthday, beating Chad Campbell by a stroke for his second tour title.

LAST WEEK: Ted Purdy won the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, closing with 5-under-par 65 for a one-stroke victory over rookie Sean O'Hair. Tiger Woods missed the cut, ending his record streak at 142 tournaments. Woods' streak included 31 tournaments that didn't have a cut, leaving him two short of Nelson's record off 113.

LPGA TOUR

SYBASE CLASSIC

SITE: New Rochelle, N.Y.

SCHEDULE: Thursday-Sunday

COURSE: Wykagyl Country Club (6,161 yards, par 71)

PURSE: $1.25 million

WINNER'S SHARE: $187,500

TELEVISION: ESPN2 (Thursday, 2-4 p.m.; Friday, 1:30-3:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2-4 p.m.; Sunday, 3-5 p.m.)

LAST YEAR: Sherri Steinhauer won her sixth LPGA Tour title, beating Grace Park by two strokes.

LAST WEEK: Annika Sorenstam won her 60th LPGA Tour title, a 10-stroke victory in the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship. The 34-year-old Swede tied Patty Berg for third place on the LPGA Tour victory list, behind only Kathy Whitworth (88) and Mickey Wright (82).

CHAMPIONS TOUR

BRUNO'S MEMORIAL CLASSIC

SITE: Hoover, Ala.

SCHEDULE: Friday-Sunday

COURSE: Greystone Golf and Country Club, Founder's Course (7,092 yards, par 72)

PURSE: $1.55 million

WINNER'S SHARE: $232,500

TELEVISION: The Golf Channel (Friday-Sunday, 6-8:30 p.m., 10 p.m.-midnight)

LAST YEAR: Bruce Fleisher won his 18th Champions Tour title, opening with 64 and adding two 68s for a tournament-record seven-stroke victory.

LAST WEEK: Jim Thorpe won the Blue Angels Classic for his second straight victory, holing a 4-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff with Morris Hatalsky.

PGA EUROPEAN TOUR

IRISH OPEN

SITE: Maynooth, Ireland

SCHEDULE: Thursday-Sunday

COURSE: Carton House Golf Club, The Montgomerie Course (7,301 yards, par 72)

PURSE: $2.52 million

WINNER'S SHARE: $420,730

TELEVISION: The Golf Channel (Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Sunday, 4-6 p.m.).

LAST WEEK: Brett Rumford won at County Louth, beating Padraig Harrington and Raphael Jacquelin by four strokes.

LAST WEEK: Thomas Bjorn won the British Masters for his first PGA European Tour title since 2002, beating David Howell with a par on the second hole of a playoff. Brian Davis was eliminated on the first extra hole.

NATIONWIDE TOUR

HENRICO COUNTY OPEN

SITE: Richmond, Va.

SCHEDULE: Thursday-Sunday

COURSE: The Dominion Club (7,089 yards, par 72)

PURSE: $450,000

WINNER'S SHARE: $81,000

TELEVISION: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 1:30-4 p.m., 8:30-11 p.m.; Friday, 1:30-4 p.m.; Saturday, 3-4:30 a.m., 1:30-4 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30-3 a.m., 1:30-4 p.m.; Monday, 1:30-3 a.m.).

LAST YEAR: Daniel Chopra shattered the Nationwide Tour scoring record, shooting 65-63-65-65 for 30-under-par 258.

LAST WEEK: Chris Couch won the Rheem Classic, matching the Hardscrabble Country Club course record with a closing 10-under-par 60 for a five-stroke victory.