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PGA Tour

Honda Classic

Site: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: PGA National Resort and Spa, Champion Course (7,158 yards, par 70).

Purse: $5.5 million. Winner's share: $990,000.

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

TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-5 p.m., 8:30-10:30 p.m.) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m.).

Last year: Mark Wilson won his first PGA Tour title, beating Jose Coceres with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff. Boo Weekley and Camilo Villegas were eliminated on the second extra hole, the first hole Monday after darkness suspended play Sunday.

Last week: Tiger Woods won the Accenture Match Play Championship for his fifth straight victory and 15th World Golf Championships win, beating Stewart Cink 8 and 7 in 36-hole final at Dove Mountain. Woods, the holder of all three WGC titles, passed Arnold Palmer for fourth place on the PGA Tour victory list with 63. … Brian Gay won the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico for his first PGA Tour title, beating Steve Marino by 2 strokes. Gay was making his 293rd tour start.

Notes: Ernie Els is making his first appearance in the event since 1999. He's coming off a 6-and-5, first-round loss to Jonathan Byrd at Dove Mountain.

On the Web: www.pgatour.com

LPGA Tour

HSBC Women's Champions

Site: Singapore.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Tanah Merah Country Club, Garden Course (6,547 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000.

TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 2-3 p.m., 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Sunday, midnight-1 a.m., 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Monday, midnight-1 a.m.).

Last year: Inaugural event.

Last week: Paula Creamer won the Fields Open in Hawaii for her fifth LPGA Tour title, birdieing four of the final five holes for a 1-stroke victory over South Korea's Jeong Jang.

Notes: Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa is making her first start of the season after skipping the opening two events in Hawaii. She won eight times last year and earned a tour-record $4,364,994. … Annika Sorenstam won the season-opening SBS Open at Turtle Bay for her 70th LPGA Tour title and first since September 2006. She finished fourth Sunday in the Fields Open.

On the Web: www.lpga.com

European Tour

Johnnie Walker Classic

Site: New Delhi, India.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: DLF Golf & Country Club (7,156 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $429,708.

TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 8:30-11:30 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8:30-11:30 a.m., 6:30-9:30 p.m.).

Last year: South Africa's Anton Haig won his first European Tour title at age 20. He birdied the first hole of a playoff with compatriot Richard Sterne and England's Oliver Wilson at Blue Canyon in Thailand.

On the Web: www.johnniewalkerclassic.com www.europeantour.com

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