On the tee: Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
PGA Tour
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Site: Palm Desert, Calif.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Courses: The Classic Club (7,305 yards, par 72), Arnold Palmer Private Course at PGA West (6,930 yards, par 72), LaQuinta Country Club (7,060 yards, par 72) and Palmer Course at SilverRock (7,553 yards, par 72).
Purse: $5.1 million. Winner's share: $918,000.
FedEx Cup points: 25,000. Winner's share: 4,500.
TV: Golf Channel (today-Friday, 2-5 p.m., 8-11 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m., 9 p.m.-midnight).
Last year: Charley Hoffman won his first PGA Tour title, beating John Rollins with a 4-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. Hoffman finished regulation with a birdie and an eagle.
Last week: K.J. Choi won the Sony Open in Hawaii, leading wire-to-wire for a 3-stroke victory over Rory Sabbatini. The South Korean star has 7 PGA Tour victories, at least one in each of the last four years.
Notes: Phil Mickelson, the 2002 and 2004 winner, is skipping the tournament. Mickelson and Tiger Woods will open the season next week in the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines -- also the site of the U.S. Open. … The final round will be played at The Classic Club. … David Duval shot a 59 on the Palmer course in the final round of his 1999 victory. … Joe Durant set the PGA Tour's 90-hole record in 2001 with a 36-under 324 total. … Arnold Palmer won the inaugural event in 1960 and added victories in 1962, '68, '71 and '73.
On the Web: www.pgatour.com
Women's World Cup of Golf
Site: Sun City, South Africa.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Gary Player Country Club (6,466 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.4 million. Winners' shares: $140,000 per player.
TV: Golf Channel (Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturday, 2-3:30 a.m., noon-3 p.m.; Sunday, 3-4:30 a.m., noon-3 p.m.; Monday, 3-4:30 a.m.).
Format: Two-player teams representing 20 countries. Friday, best play; Saturday, alternate shot; Sunday, best ball.
U.S. team: Juli Inkster and Pat Hurst
Last year: Julieta Granada and Celeste Troche gave Paraguay its first Women's World Cup title, combining for a 7-under 65 in best-ball play for a 7-stroke victory over the United States' Inkster and Hurst.
Notes: In 2006, Sweden's Annika Sorenstam and Liselotte Neumann teamed to beat Scotland's Catriona Matthew and Janice Moodie by 3 strokes. … The LPGA Tour will open the season Feb. 14-16 with the SBS OPEN at Turtle Bay in Hawaii.
On the Web: www.womensworldcupofgolf.com
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Champions Tour
MasterCard Championship
Site: Kaupulehu-Kona, Hawaii.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Hualalai Resort Golf Club (7,097 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.8 million. Winner's share: $300,000.
TV: Golf Channel (Friday, 5:30-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 6:30-9 p.m.; Sunday, 12:30-3 a.m., 6:30-9 p.m.; Monday, 12:30-3 a.m.).
Last year: Hale Irwin won the elite season-opening tournament, beating Jim Thorpe and Tom Kite by 5 strokes for his tour-record 45th victory and first in 15 months. Irwin, then 61, closed with a 7-under 65 for a 23-under 193 total.
Notes: Fred Funk opened the season on the PGA Tour, tying for 25th in the Mercedes-Benz Championship and 10th Sunday in the Sony Open. He won on each tour last year, taking the Champions Tour's Turtle Bay Championship and the PGA Tour's Mayakoba Golf Classic.
On the Web: www.pgatour.com
European Tour
Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
Site: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Abu Dhabi Golf Club, National Course (7,500 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2 million. Winner's share: $334,795.
TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 8:30-11:30 a.m.).
Last year: England's Paul Casey closed with a 65 for a 1-stroke victory over Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez and Sweden's Peter Hanson. Casey finished at 17-under 271.
Last week: South Africa's Richard Sterne won the Joburg Open for his third European Tour title, beating countryman Garth Mulroy and Sweden's Magnus Carlsson with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff.
Notes: Casey tops the field along with British Open champion Padraig Harrington, Adam Scott, Luke Donald, Colin Montgomerie, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, David Howell and Darren Clarke.
On the Web: www.europeantour.com