This week's golf tours

BellSouth Classic

Site: DULUTH, GA.

N SCHEDULE: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: TPC AT SUGARLOAF (7,259 YARDS, PAR 72).

N PURSE: $3.8 million. Winner's share: $684,000.

Television: USA (THURSDAY-FRIDAY, 3-5 P.M.) AND NBC (SATURDAY, 1-4 P.M.; SUNDAY, 2-4:30 P.M.).

N LAST YEAR: Scott McCarron won the rain-delayed tournament, beating Mike Weir by three strokes. McCarron, also the 1997 winner, shot 72-73 in the windswept, 36-hole Sunday finale.

Last week: VIJAY SINGH WON THE HOUSTON OPEN FOR HIS FIRST PGA TOUR TITLE SINCE THE 2000 MASTERS, BEATING DARREN CLARKE BY SIX STROKES WITH A TOURNAMENT-RECORD 22-UNDER 266 TOTAL.

N NOTES: The Masters is next week, with Tiger Woods skipping the BellSouth Classic to prepare for his title defense in the first major championship of the year. Phil Mickelson, coming off a 28th-place tie and five-putt meltdown two weeks ago in The Players Championship, is in the field along with Singh, British Open winner David Duval, U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen, PGA winner David Toms, Davis Love III and Colin Montgomerie. ... Mickelson won in 2000, beating Gary Nicklaus in a playoff after the fourth round was canceled. ... Duval, a four-time All-America selection at Georgia Tech, won the 1999 event. ... Greg Norman designed the TPC at Sugarloaf. ... There have been 14 different winners this year, the longest run without a repeat champion since 1994.

Office Depot Championship

Site: TARZANA, CALIF.

N SCHEDULE: Friday-Sunday.

Course: EL CABALLERO COUNTRY CLUB (6,394 YARDS, PAR 72).

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

Television: ESPN2 (FRIDAY, 1-3 P.M.; SATURDAY-SUNDAY, 4-6 P.M.).

N LAST YEAR: Annika Sorenstam came from 10 strokes back to win at Wilshire Country Club, completing the biggest turnaround in LPGA history for her fourth straight victory. Taking advantage of Pat Hurst's back-nine collapse, Sorenstam closed with a 66 and beat Mi Hyun Kim with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

Last week: SORENSTAM RETAINED HER TITLE IN THE KRAFT NABISCO CHAMPIONSHIP, HOLDING OFF FELLOW SWEDE LISELOTTE NEUMANN BY A STROKE FOR HER FOURTH MAJOR TITLE.

N NOTES: Sorenstam has 33 LPGA Tour victories, including the season-opening Takefuji Classic. She also won the Australian Ladies Masters in February. ... Karrie Webb and Se Ri Pak also are in the field. ... The full name of the tournament is The Office Depot Hosted by Amy Alcott. Alcott has 29 victories in her Hall of Fame career. ... South Korea's Grace Park won the 2000 tournament in Murrels Inlet, S.C. ... After a week off, the tour will resume April 18-21 with the Longs Drugs Challenge in Lincoln, Calif.

Legends of Golf

Site: ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA.

N SCHEDULE: Friday-Sunday.

Course: World Golf Village, The King & The Bear Course (6,606 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2 MILLION.

N WINNER'S SHARE: $150,000.

Television: ESPN (FRIDAY, NOON-2 P.M.) AND ABC (SATURDAY-SUNDAY, 1-3 P.M.).

N LAST YEAR: Andy North and Jim Colbert successfully defended their Legends Division title, holding off David Graham and Bruce Fleisher by three strokes. Jim Albus and Simon Hobday won the Legendary Division for players 60-69.

Last week: DAVE EICHELBERGER WON THE RAIN-SHORTENED EMERALD COAST CLASSIC, BEATING DOUG TEWELL BY TWO STROKES. AT 58, EICHELBERGER IS THE TOUR'S OLDEST WINNER SINCE COLBERT WON THE 2001 SBC SENIOR CLASSIC AT 60.

N NOTES: The tournament is an official event, with the Legends Division switching from a team format to stroke play. ... Sam Snead and Gardner Dickinson won the inaugural event in 1978, sparking interest that led to the creation of the senior tour in 1980. ... Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Tom Kite, Larry Nelson, Lanny Wadkins, Ben Crenshaw and Fuzzy Zoeller top the field. ... Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer designed the course, part of the World Golf Village. ... The tour is off the next two weeks. Play will resume April 25-28 with The Tradition, the first major championship of the year.

-- From wire reports