Golf Glance

Tuesday, May 20, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

PGA TOUR

Colonial

Site: Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Colonial Country Club (7,010 yards, par 70).

Purse: $1.6 million.

Winner's Share: $288,000.

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

Last year: Corey Pavin finished with a 1-under 69 in windy conditions for a two-stroke victory over Jeff Sluman. Pavin, also the 1988 winner, had an 8-under 273 total.

Last week: Tiger Woods won the Byron Nelson Classic for his third title of the year and fifth in 16 PGA Tour events as a pro. Woods closed with a 2-under 68 to match the tournament record of 17-under 263.

Notes: Fuzzy Zoeller is entered along with Woods, marking the first time they have been in a tournament together since Zoeller's racially charged comments during the Masters. ... Woods leads the money list with $1,290,350, also tops the U.S. Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup standings, and has jumped to No. 3 in the world rankings behind No. 1 Greg Norman and No. 2 Tom Lehman. ... Woods signed an endorsement deal with American Express on Monday. MasterCard is the title sponsor of the tournament. ... Colonial's clubhouse features a bronze statue of Ben Hogan, a five-time winner in his hometown event. Hogan is 84. ... Fulton Allem set the tournament record of 20-under 264 in 1993. Keith Clearwater and Lee Janzen also set the course record in 1993, shooting 9-under 61s. ... PGA champion Mark Brooks is a Colonial member. ... The Memorial is next week at Dublin, Ohio, followed by the Kemper Open at Potomac, Md., and the U.S. Open. at Congressional in Bethesda, Md.

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LPGA TOUR

LPGA Skins Game

Site: Frisco, Texas.

Schedule: Saturday-Sunday.

Course: Stonebriar Country Club (6,285 yards, par 72).

Purse: $540,000 (Nos. 1-6, $20,000 each; Nos. 7-12, $30,000; Nos. 13-18, $40,000).

Television: ABC (Saturday, 4-6 p.m.; Sunday, 3:30-6 p.m.).

Players: Laura Davies, Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb, Dottie Pepper.

Last year: Davies won a tour-record $340,000. The English star made a 12-foot birdie putt on No. 14 for 10 skins and a single-hole record $300,000. Sorenstam and Pepper each earned $100,000.

Notes: Sorenstam, a three-time winner this year, finished third last week in the LPGA Championship. The Swedish star leads the money list with $606,079. ... Webb, 22, of Australia, is second on the money list at $448,355. She earned a record $1,002,000 last year, and matched Davies and Pepper for the tour lead with four victories. ... Davies won the Standard Register Ping in March - her record fourth straight victory in the Phoenix tournament. ... Webb won the Susan G. Komen International in April. ... Pepper won the 1995 competition with $290,000, all on the final nine holes. ... ... JCPenney is the title sponsor.

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LPGA Corning Classic

Site: Corning, N.Y.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Corning Country Club (6,062 yards, par 72).

Purse: $650,000.

Winner's share: $97,500.

Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 2:30-5 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 4:30-7 p.m.).

Last year: Rosie Jones closed with a 3-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Val Skinner. Jones had a 12-under 276 total.

Last week: Chris Johnson won the LPGA Championship at Rockland, Del., holing an 8-foot par putt on the second hole of a playoff with Leta Lindley. Johnson and Lindley closed with par 71s for 3-under 281 totals.

Notes: Patty Sheehan set the tournament record of 16-under 272 in 1983, and Patti Rizzo matched it in 1985. ... The Michelob Light Classic is next week at St. Louis, followed by the Oldsmobile Classic at East Lansing, Mich.

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SENIOR PGA TOUR

Bell Atlantic Classic

Site: Malvern, Pa.

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

Course: Chester Valley Golf Club (6,621 yards, par 70).

Purse: $1 million.

Winner's Share: $150,000.

Television: ESPN (Friday, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5:30-7 p.m.).

Last year: Dale Douglass birdied the third hole of a playoff with Tom Wargo and John Schroeder for the 60-year-old's 11th tour title. Douglas, who turned 61 in March, closed with a 2-under 68 for a 4-under 206 total.

Last week: Bruce Crampton won the Cadillac NFL Classic at Clifton, N.J., for his 20th senior title, holing an 8-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff with Hugh Baiocchi. The 61-year-old Australian closed with a 5-under 67 to match Baiocchi at 6-under 210.

Notes: Crampton set a tour record for the longest stretch between victories at 5 years, 2 months, 10 days. ... Lee Trevino, the 1992 and 1994 winner, withdrew before the second round last year because of back spasms. Douglass is the only other two-time winner, also taking the 1990 title. ... Hale Irwin, a four-time winner this year, leads the money list with $785,631. ... The Ameritech Senior Open is next week at Long Grove, Ill., followed by the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland in Nashville, Tenn.

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PGA EUROPEAN TOUR

Volvo PGA Championship

Site: Virginia Water, England.

Schedule: Friday-Monday.

Course: Wentworth Club, West Course (6,957 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.79 million.

Winner's Share: $298,844.

Television: The Golf Channel (Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 8-10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 9-11 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 9-11 p.m.; Monday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 9-11 p.m.).

Last year: Italy's Costantino Rocca closed with consecutive 3-under 69s for a two-stroke victory over England's Nick Faldo and Scotland's Paul Lawrie. Rocca had a 14-under 274 total.

Last week: Sweden's Per-Ulrik Johansson won the English Open, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over countryman Dennis Edlund. Johansson, a four-time European tour winner, had a 19-under 269 total.

Notes: The winner receives a 10-year tour exemption. ... Faldo is making his first European appearance of the year. He won a record fourth title in the event in 1989 at Wentworth, also the site of his two World Match Play victories. ... German star Bernhard Langer won the tournament in 1987, 1993 and 1995. ... The tournament is in its 14th straight year and 17th overall at Wentworth, the tour's home course. ... The Deutsche Bank Open is next week at Hamburg, Germany, followed by the European Grand Prix at Hexham, England.

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OTHER TOURNAMENTS

Japan PGA: Ube Open, Thursday-Sunday, Ube Country Club, Mannenike West Course, Yamaguchi, Japan.

Women Professional Golfers' European Tour: Czech Republic Open, Thursday-Sunday, Praha Karlstejn Golf Club, Prague, Czech Republic.

Japan LPGA: Bridgestone Ladies Open, Friday-Sunday, Kasugai Country Club, Aichi, Japan.

College Women: NCAA Championship, Wednesday-Saturday, Ohio State University, Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio.