PGA TOUR's Houston Open

Site: Humble, Texas.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Redstone Golf Club, Tournament Course (7,457 yards, par 72).

Purse: $5.7 million. Winner’s share: $1,026,000.

Television (all times PDT): Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, noon-3 p.m., 5:30-8:30 p.m.) and NBC (Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday, noon-3 p.m.).

Last year: Johnson Wagner won his first tour title, finishing with a 1-under 70 for a two-stroke victory over Chad Campbell and Geoff Ogilvy.

Last week: Tiger Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his first victory since last June when he won the U.S. Open and had reconstructive surgery on his left knee a week later. He made a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat Sean O’Hair by a stroke and match his largest PGA Tour comeback. Five strokes behind O’Hair entering the final round, Woods shot a 3-under 67. It was his third win at Bay Hill with a birdie putt on the 18th hole. Last year, he made a 25-footer to win by one.

Notes: The Masters is next week at Augusta National. … Woods is skipping the tournament that has attracted eight of the top 10 players in the world ranking — No. 2 Phil Mickelson, No. 3 Sergio Garcia, No. 4 Geoff Ogilvy, No. 5 Padraig Harrington, No. 6 Vijay Singh, No. 7 Robert Karlsson, No. 8 Camilo Villegas and No. 10 Henrik Stenson. Ernie Els also is in the field along with Anthony Kim, Darren Clarke, Paul Casey, Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy and Presidents Cup captains Greg Norman and Fred Couples, a former University of Houston star and the 2003 winner. … Mickelson is coming off a victory three weeks ago in the CA Championship. He also won at Riviera. … Ogilvy also is a two-time winner this year, taking the Mercedes-Benz and Accenture Match Play. … Singh won in 2002, ’04 and ’05. … Davis Love III needs a win to play in the Masters, as does Puyallup's Ryan Moore. … Rees Jones designed the course. David Toms served as the player consultant.

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

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LPGA TOUR's Kraft Nabisco Championship

Site: Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course (6,673 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Television (all times PDT): ESPN2 (Thursday-Friday, 2-5 p.m.; Saturday, 3-5 p.m.) and CBS (Sunday, noon-3 p.m.).

Last year: Lorena Ochoa won her second straight major to run her season-opening victory streak to three. The top-ranked Mexican star finished with a 5-under 67 to beat Suzann Pettersen and Annika Sorenstam by five strokes.

Last week: Karrie Webb won the J Golf LPGA International in Phoenix for her 36th LPGA Tour title and first in two years. The Australian closed with a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over South Korea’s Jiyai Shin.

Notes: Ochoa opened her season with a victory in the Honda LPGA Thailand, her 25th LPGA Tour title. She followed with a sixth-place tie in Singapore in the HSBC Women’s Champions, tied for second in the MasterCard Classic in Mexico and tied for 15th last week in Phoenix. … Michelle Wie is making her third start of the year. She finished second in the season-opening SBS Open in Hawaii and tied for 57th last week in Phoenix, shooting 73-76-74-73. … Morgan Pressel won in 2007 to become the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history at 18 years, 10 months, 9 days. … In 2006, Webb holed a 116-yard shot for eagle on the par-5 18th, then beat Ochoa in a playoff with birdie on the same hole. Webb won in 2000 by a tournament-record 10 strokes. … The event, first played in 1972 as the Colgate Dinah Shore, became a major championship in 1983.

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

PGA EUROPEAN TOUR's Estoril Open

Site: Cascais, Portugal.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Oitavos Dunes (6,893 yards, par 71).

Purse: $1.66 million. Winner’s share: $277,115.

Television (all times PDT): Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 8-11 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 7-10 a.m.).

Last year: France’s Gregory Bourdy won his second European Tour title, beating England’s David Howell with a par on the third hole of a playoff. Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth was eliminated on the second extra hole.

Last week: Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen won the Andalucia Open for his second victory in his last nine European tour starts, closing with an even-par 72 to beat Scotland’s David Drysdale by three strokes. Kjeldsen shot a course-record 62 in the third round.

Notes: In 2007 at Oitavos Dunes, Spain’s Pablo Martin became the first amateur winner in European tour history, edging France’s Raphael Jacquelin by a stroke. Martin played at Oklahoma State. … The Masters is next week at Augusta National, followed by the China Open and Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea.

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

NATIONWIDE TOUR's Stonebrae Classic

Site: Hayward, Calif.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: TPC San Francisco Bay at Stonebrae (7,118 yards, par 71).

Purse: $600,000. Winner’s share: $108,000.

Television (all times PDT): Golf Channel (Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.; Friday, 9:30-11:30 p.m., 3:30-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9-11 p.m., 3:30-6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9-11 p.m., 4-6:30 p.m.; Monday, 9-11 p.m.).

Last year: Inaugural event.

Last week: Bubba Dickerson won the Louisiana Open for this first Nationwide Tour title, beating Brian Vranesh with a 14-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. Dickerson won the 2001 U.S. Amateur.

Notes: Tacoma's Michael Putnam is playing this week. … The David McLay Kidd-designed course opened in 2007. … Last year in the final Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship at Wente Vineyards, Australia’s Aron Price beat J.J. Killeen with a par on the second hole of a playoff.

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

OTHER MEN's TOURNAMENTS
• SUNSHINE TOUR: Vodacom Origins of Golf Free State, Wednesday-Friday, Bloemfontein Golf Club, Bloemfontein, South Africa. On the Net: http://www.sunshinetour.com

OTHER WOMEN's TOURNAMENTS
• DURAMED FUTURES TOUR: iMPACT Invitational, Friday-Sunday, LPGA International, Legends Course, Daytona Beach, Fla. On the Net: http://www.duramedfuturestour.com
• JAPAN LPGA TOUR: Yamaha Ladies Open, Friday-Sunday, Katsuragi Golf Club, Shizuoka, Japan. On the Net: http://www.lpga.or.jp