On the tee

PGA Tour

Buick Invitational

Site: San Diego.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Courses: Torrey Pines, South Course (7,569 yards, par 72) and North Course (6,874 yards, par 72).

Purse: $5.2 million. Winner's share: $936,000.

FedEx Cup points: 25,000. Winner's share: 4,500.

TV: Golf Channel (Thursday, 2-5 p.m., 8-11 p.m.; Friday, midnight-3 a.m., 2-5 p.m., 8-11 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m.).

Last year: Tiger Woods ran his PGA Tour winning streak to seven, closing with a 6-under 66 for a 2-stroke victory over Charles Howell III. Woods won for the third straight year at Torrey Pines and the fifth time overall.

Last week: D.J. Trahan won the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic for his second PGA Tour victory, shooting a 7-under 65 to beat Justin Leonard by 3 strokes.

Notes: Woods is making his first start of the year. The Buick endorser grew up in Cypress, 80 miles north of Torrey Pines. He will play the Dubai Desert Classic next week. … Phil Mickelson won his hometown tournament in 1993, 2000 and 2001. He's also making his first start of the year. … John Daly won the 2004 tournament, beating Luke Donald and Chris Riley on the first hole of a playoff. Daly hit a 100-foot bunker shot to 4 inches to set up his winning birdie. … The final two rounds will be played on the South Course, site of the U.S. Open in June.

On the Web: www.pgatour.com

Champions Tour

Turtle Bay Championship

Site: Kahuku, Hawaii.

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

Course: Turtle Bay Resort, Arnold Palmer Course (7,044 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.6 million. Winner's share: $240,000.

TV: Golf Channel (Friday, 5:30-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 5:30-8 p.m.; Sunday, midnight-2:30 a.m., 6-9 p.m.; Monday, midnight-2:30 a.m.

Last year: Fred Funk had the most-lopsided victory ever in a 54-hole Champions Tour event, finishing with consecutive 8-under 64s for an 11-stroke win. The 50-year-old Funk had a tournament-record 23-under 193 total.

Last week: Funk won the season-opening MasterCard Championship, birdieing the final two holes for a 7-under 65 and a 2-stroke victory over Allen Doyle.

Notes: Hale Irwin won the 2005 tournament to become the first player to win a PGA Tour-sanctioned event five straight times. He has six overall victories in the event.

On the Web: www.pgatour.com

European Tour

Qatar Masters

Site: Doha, Qatar.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Doha Golf Club (7,110 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $414,950.

TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.).

Last year: South Africa's Retief Goosen eagled the final hole for a 3-under 69 and a 1-stroke victory over Australia's Nick O'Hern.

Last week: Germany's Martin Kaymer won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship for his first European Tour victory, closing with a 2-over 74 for a 4-stroke victory over England's Lee Westwood and Sweden's Henrik Stenson.

Notes: Goosen tops the field along with American Scott Verplank, Englishmen Westwood, Luke Doland, Paul Casey and Ian Poulter, Australia's Adam Scott, Spain's Sergio Garcia and Scotland's Colin Montgomerie. … Qatar, a little smaller than Connecticut, is on an oil-rich Persian Gulf peninsula off eastern Saudi Arabia.

On the Web: www.europeantour.com