Site: Melbourne, Australia.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Victoria Golf Club (6,886 yards, 6,297 meters, par 71).
Purse: $1.52 million. Winner's share: $273,200.
Last year: Tiger Woods won at Kingston Heath, closing with a 4-under 68 for the last of his 82 official worldwide victories. Greg Chalmers was second, two strokes back.
Last week: Italy's Francesco Molinari won the HSBC Champions in China for his first World Golf Championship title, holding off top-ranked Lee Westwood by a stroke. Woods tied for sixth, leaving him winless in a U.S. PGA Tour season for the first time in his career. ... Australia's David Bransdon won the Australasian Tour's WA PGA Championship at Bunbury, matching the course record with a closing 8-under 64 for a two-stroke victory.
Notes: Last year, the presence of a woman alleged to have been Woods' guest at his Melbourne hotel led to revelations of infidelities that derailed his professional life and ended his marriage to Elin Nordegren. Woods is making his second-to-last start of the year. He also will play in own Chevron World Challenge on Dec. 2-5 in Thousand Oaks, California. His sixth-place tie last week in China was only his third top 10 of the year and his best finish since a tie for fourth at the U.S. Open. ... Australian stars Geoff Ogilvy, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby and Aaron Baddeley also are in the field along with Sergio Garcia and Camilo Villegas. Allenby won in 2003 and 2005, and Baddeley took the 2007 title. ... The par-4 opening hole is 257 yards. ... The NSW PGA Championship is next week at Wollongong.
Online: http://www.australianmasters.com.au
PGA Tour Australasia site: http://pgatour.com.au
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Site: Singapore.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Courses: Sentosa Golf Club, The Serapong (7,300 yards, 6,675 meters, par 71) and The Tanjong (6,577 yards, 6,014 meters, par 72).
Purse: $6 million. Winner's share: $1 million.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 1:30-5 a.m., 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.).
Last year: England's Ian Poulter led wire-to-wire, beating Liang Wenchong by a stroke.
Last week: Italy's Francesco Molinari won the HSBC Champions in China for his first World Golf Championship title, holding off top-ranked Lee Westwood by a stroke. Tiger Woods tied for sixth, leaving him winless in a PGA Tour season for the first time in his career.
Notes: Phil Mickelson is making his fourth straight appearance in the event. He has an endorsement deal with tournament sponsor Barclays. ... Poulter and Molinari also are in the field along with two-time winner Adam Scott, U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, U.S. PGA Championship winner Martin Kaymer, Padraig Harrington, Y.E. Yang, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Europen Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie. ... The final two rounds will be played on The Serapong course. ... The tours will team again next week for the Hong Kong Open. The European Tour's season-ending Dubai World Championship is from Nov. 25-28.
Online: http://www.europeantour.com
Asian Tour site: http://www.asiantour.com
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Site: Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Courses: Walt Disney Resort, Magnolia Course (7,516 yards, 6,873 meters, par 72) and Palm Course (7,010 yards, 6,410 meters, par 72).
Purse: $4.7 million. Winner's share: $846,000.
Last year: Stephen Ames won the season-ending event for the second time in three years, closing with an 8-under 64 and beating Justin Leonard and George McNeill on the second hole of a playoff.
Last week: Italy's Francesco Molinari won the HSBC Champions in China for his first World Golf Championship title, holding off top-ranked Lee Westwood by a stroke. Tiger Woods tied for sixth, leaving him winless in a PGA Tour season for the first time in his career.
Notes: The tournament ends the Fall Series. The top 125 on the money list will earn full 2011 exemptions. The next 25 will receive conditional status. Woody Austin is 123rd with $727,352, followed by. No. 124 Michael Allen ($726,631), No. 125, Troy Matteson ($723,328), No. 126 Briny Baird ($710,337), No. 127 Aron Price ($704,102), No. 128 Bob Estes ($701,158) and No. 129 Michael Connell ($694,884). ... Ames is sidelined by a back injury. ... Stewart Cink is making his first start since the Ryder Cup. ...In 2008, Davis Love III won the last of his 20 U.S. PGA Tour titles, finishing with a 64 for a one-stroke victory. ... The final two rounds will be played on the Magnolia Course.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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Site: Guadalajara, Mexico.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Guadalajara Country Club (6,638 yards, 6,070 meters, par 72).
Purse: $1.1 million. Winner's share: $220,000.
Last year: Michelle Wie won her first U.S. LPGA Tour title, beating Paula Creamer by two strokes. Wie shot 70-66-70-69.
Last week: Top-ranked Jiyai Shin won the Mizuno Classic in Japan for her second U.S. LPGA Tour victory of the season and eighth overall, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over Yani Tseng.
Notes: Tournament host Ochoa is making her first tour start since retiring in April. The Mexican star has 27 U.S. LPGA Tour victories. She grew up playing at Guadalajara Country Club, still her home course. ... Wie won the Canadian Women's Open in August for her second tour title. ... Tseng has a 14-point lead over Ai Miyazato in the player of the year race. Shin, skipping the tournament, and Na Yeon Choi are tied for third, 18 points behind Tseng. In 2008, Angela Stanford won the inaugural tournament, beating Annika Sorenstam and Brittany Lang by a stroke. ... The tour is off the next two weeks. The season-ending LPGA Tour Championship is Dec. 2-5 at Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida.
Online: http://www.lpga.com
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