WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSIPS

HSBC CHAMPIONS

Site: Shenzhen, China.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Mission Hills Golf Club, Olazabal Course (7,320 yards, par 72).

Purse: $7 million. Winner’s share: $1.2 million.

Television: Golf Channel (Wednesday, 11 p.m.-4 a.m.; Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 11 p.m.-4 a.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., 11 p.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.).

Last year: Germany’s Martin Kaymer rallied to win at Sheshan International.

Last weekend: Nick Watney won the CIMB Classic in Malaysia, closing with a course-record 10-under 61 in the unofficial PGA Tour event.

Notes: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are skipping the event. … The tournament is in its eighth season and fourth as a WGC event. The winner will get credit for an official PGA Tour victory and, if a regular PGA Tour member, receive a three-year tour exemption. The prize money doesn’t count in the PGA Tour official earnings. … Phil Mickelson won the 2007 and 2009 titles.

CHAMPIONS TOUR

CHARLES SCHWAB CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Desert Mountain Club, Cochise Course (7,026 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2.5 million. Winner’s share: $440,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Saturday, 4:30-7 p.m.; Sunday, 3:30-6 p.m.).

Last year: Jay Don Blake won the season-ending tournament by two strokes in San Francisco. Tom Lehman took the season points title and $1 million annuity.

Last weekend: David Frost won the AT&T Championship in San Antonio.

Notes: The top 30 on the money list qualified for the event. … Bernhard Langer leads the Charles Schwab Cup standings, 211 points ahead of Lehman.

LPGA TOUR/JAPAN LPGA TOUR

MIZUNO CLASSIC

Site: Shima, Japan.

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

Course: Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club (6,506 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.2 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Last year: Japan’s Momoko Ueda beat China’s Shanshan Feng with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff. Ueda also won the 2007 event.

Last weekend: Norway’s Suzann Pettersen won the Taiwan Championship for her second straight LPGA Tour victory.

Notes: Japanese star Ai Miyazato, a two-time winner this season on the LPGA Tour, is skipping the tournament. Pettersen also is taking the week off. … Top-ranked Yani Tseng is in the field along with No. 2 Stacy Lewis, No. 3 Na Yeon Choi, No. 4 Park, No. 5 Feng, No. 7 Jiyai Shin and No. 10 Mika Miyazato.

Associated Press