On the tee
PGA Tour
PODS Championship
Site: Palm Harbor, Fla.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Cooperhead Course (7,340 yards, par 71).
Purse: $5.3 million. Winner's share: $954,000.
FedEx Cup points: 25,000. Winner's share: 4,500.
TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 2-5 p.m., 7:30-10:30 p.m.) and NBC (Saturday, 2-5 p.m.; Sunday, 2-5:30 p.m.).
Last year: Mark Calcavecchia won his 13th PGA Tour title, overcoming an opening 75 with rounds of 67, 62 and 70 to beat Heath Slocum and John Senden by a stroke. Slocum had a chance to force a playoff on the final hole but missed a 4-foot birdie putt.
Last week: Ernie Els ended a nearly four-year PGA Tour victory drought, beating Luke Donald by a stroke in the Honda Classic at PGA National. Els pushed his PGA Tour victory total to 14 with his first win since the 2004 American Express Championship.
Notes: Tiger Woods will return to the tour next week for the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando. … Els and Calcavecchia are in the field along with Retief Goosen, Geoff Ogilvy, Steve Stricker, David Toms, Paul Casey, Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Stuart Appleby and Charles Howell III.
On the Web: www.pgatour.com
Champions Tour
Toshiba Classic
Site: Newport Beach, Calif.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Newport Beach Country Club (6,584 yards, par 71).
Purse: $1.7 million. Winner's share: $255,000.
TV: Golf Channel (Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Saturday, 5:30-8 p.m.; Sunday, midnight-2:30 a.m., 5:30-8 p.m.; Sunday, midnight-2:30 a.m.).
Last year: Jay Haas won the first of his four 2007 titles, closing with a 65 for a tournament-record 19-under 194 total. R.W. Eaks finished second, 2 strokes back.
Last week: Fuzzy Zoeller and Peter Jacobsen rallied to win the Champions Skins Game on Feb. 24 in Hawaii, taking 6 skins and $320,000 in alternate-shot play.
Notes: Scott Hoch is coming off consecutive victories in Florida in the Allianz Championship and The ACE Group Classic. He tied for 65th Sunday in PGA Tour's Honda Classic. … Sandy Lyle is making his Champions Tour debut. The two-time major champion turned 50 on Feb. 9. … Mark O'Meara is making his first start of the year on the 50-and-over tour.
On the Web: www.pgatour.com
European Tour
Malaysian Open
Site: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Kota Permai Golf and Country Club (6,972 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2 million. Winner's share: $333,600.
TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 8:30-11:30 a.m.).
Last year: Sweden's Peter Hedblom won his first European Tour title since 1996, closing with a 4-under 68 for a 1-stroke victory over France's Jean-Francois Lucquin at Saujana Golf and Country Club.
Last week: New Zealand's Mark Brown won the Johnnie Walker Classic for his first European Tour victory and second straight win in India. He won Asian Tour's SAIL Open the previous week at Jaypee Greens.
On the Web: www.europeantour.com