Golf Glance

Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005 | 3 a.m.

Site: La Quinta, Calif.

Schedule: Wednesday-Sunday.

Courses: Arnold Palmer Private Course at PGA West (6,930 yards, par 72), Tamarisk Country Club (7,003 yards, par 72), Bermuda Dunes Country Club (6,962 yards, par 72) and La Quinta Country Club (7,060, par 72).

Purse: $4.7 million. Winner's share: $846,000.

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

Last year: Phil Mickelson won in his first start of the year, beating Skip Kendall on the first hole of a playoff to end an 18-month winless streak.

Last week: Tiger Woods won the Buick Invitational for his first PGA Tour stroke-play title since October 2003. Tom Lehman, Luke Donald and Charles Howell III tied for second, three strokes back. Woods also won at Torrey Pines in 1999 and 2003.

Notes: Mickelson tied for 56th last week in San Diego in his first start of the year. ... Left-handed players have won the tournament three straight years, with Mickelson also winning in 2002 and Mike Weir taking the 2003 title. Mickelson and Weir also have won the Masters the last two years. ... 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. ... The final round will be played on the Palmer course. Palmer won the inaugural event in 1960 and added victories in 1962, 1968, 1971 and 1973. ... Davis Love III is making his first start of the year. ... Craig and Kevin Stadler are in the field along with Jay and Bill Haas, marking the first time two father-son pairs have played in a PGA Tour event. ... Craig Stadler, Jay Haas, Peter Jacobsen, Tom Kite, Lanny Wadkins and Mark McCumber are skipping the Champions Tour event in Hawaii to play in the tournament. Jay Haas is 100 under in his last four appearances in the event. ... The FBR Open is next week in Scottsdale, Ariz., followed by the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Tour leaders: Money, Woods, $1,214,000. Scoring, Howell, 67.91 per round. Putting: Ernie Els, 1.680 per green reached in regulation. Greens in regulation, Sergio Garcia, 81.9 percent. Eagles, Shigeki Maruyama and Jason Bohn, 48.0 holes per eagle. Birdies, Woods, 5.88 per round. Sand saves, Donald, 100.0 percent. Driving distance: Harrison Frazar, 303.6 yards. Driving accuracy, Bart Bryant, 85.3 percent. Total driving: Charles Warren, 31 total placings in distance and accuracy categories. All-Around, Ernie Els, 138 total placings in all categories.

On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com

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CHAMPIONS TOUR

Turtle Bay Championship

Site: Kahuku, Hawaii.

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

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

Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's share: $225,000.

Television: The Golf Channel (Friday, 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, midnight-2:30 a.m., 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Monday, midnight-2:30 a.m.).

Last year: No tournament.

Last week: Dana Quigley won the season-opening MasterCard Championship for the second time in three years, beating Tom Watson with a par on the third hole of a playoff at Hualalai. Watson is 1-7 in playoffs on the Champions Tour.

Notes: Hale Irwin won the last event at Turtle Bay in November 2003, his tour-record fourth straight victory in the tournament and fifth overall. ... The 57-year-old Quigley, a nine-time winner on the Champions Tour, is playing in the 264th consecutive event he has been eligible for since 1997, and 250th in a row overall. ... Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Lee Trevino are in the field. ... The Champions Skins Game is next week at Wailea. Watson, the defending champion, will join Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Craig Stadler in the made-for-TV competition.

On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com

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PGA EUROPEAN TOUR/ASIAN TOUR

Caltex Masters

Site: Singapore.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Masters Course (7,207 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1 million. Winner's share: $150,000.

Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 9-11 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon).

Last year: Scotland's Colin Montgomerie won his 28th European tour title, closing with a 65 for a three-stroke victory over American Greg Hanrahan.

Last week: South Africa's Tim Clark won the South African Open, beating countryman Charl Schwartzel and France's Gregory Havret by six strokes at Durban Country Club. Clark also won the 2002 tournament on the Durban course.

Notes: Montgomerie and European Ryder Cup teammates Lee Westwood and David Howell top the field along with Thomas Bjorn, Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee and China's Zhang Lian-Wei, the 2003 winner. ... The European tour will team with the Australasian circuit the next two weeks for the Heineken Classic at Royal Melbourne and the New Zealand Open.

PGA European Tour site: http://www.europeantour.com

Asian Tour site: http://www.asiantour.com

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NATIONWIDE TOUR

Panama Championship

Site: Panama City, Panama.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Panama Golf Club (6,818 yards, par 70).

Purse: $525,000. Winner's share: $94,500.

Television: None.

Last year: Jimmy Walker won the first of two 2004 titles, beating Tom Scherrer by five strokes. Walker led the tour's 20 PGA Tour qualifiers, topping the money list with $371,346 and earning Player of the Year honors.

Last event: Nick Watney won the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship on Oct. 31 in Prattville, Ala. He finished fifth on the money list to earn a PGA Tour card.

Notes: The tournament opens the developmental tour's 16th season. ... After a two-week break, the tour will resume with the Jacobs Creek Open in Australia and the New Zealand PGA Championship. The first U.S. event is the Louisiana Open on March 24-27.

On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com

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OTHER TOURNAMENT

SUNSHINE TOUR: Dimension Data Pro-Am, Thursday-Sunday, Gary Player Country Club and Lost City Golf Course, Sun City, South Africa. On the Net: http://www.sunshinetour.com