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• What: WGC-CA Championship

• When: Today-Sunday

• Where: Miami

• Course: Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Blue Course (7,266 yards, par 72)

• TV: Golf Channel (Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday at 11 a.m., Sunday at noon)

• Purse: $8 million. Winner's share: $1.44 million

• Notable: Last year, Tiger Woods successfully defended his title in the Ford Championship at Doral, and also won the American Express Championship — now the CA Championship — for the second straight year. At Doral, Woods bogeyed the final two holes, but still beat David Toms and Camilo Villegas by a stroke. In early October at The Grove in England, Woods won the American Express by eight strokes, his fifth win in the event.

Last week, Vijay Singh won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, closing with consecutive 67s at Bay Hill for a two-shot victory over Rocco Mediate. Singh, 44, became the first multiple winner on the PGA Tour this year, and his 31st victory tied him with Harry "Lighthorse" Cooper for most by foreign-born players. Singh has 19 wins since turning 40. … Woods tied for 22nd last week in Orlando, shooting 64-73-70-76. He won the Buick Invitational in January for his 55th PGA Tour title. … Ernie Els, the 2002 Doral winner, won the 2004 American Express in Ireland for his last PGA Tour victory. … Craig Parry won the 2004 Doral event, holing a 6-iron shot from 176 yards for an eagle to beat Scott Verplank on the first hole of a playoff. … Henrik Stenson won the first WGC event of the year, the Accenture Match Play Championship in February in Marana. The Swede beat U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final.

• What: Safeway International

• When: Today-Sunday

• Where: Superstition Mountain

• Course: Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club, Prospector Course (6,629 yards, par 72)

• TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Saturday, 3:30 p.m., tape delay; Sunday, 4:30 p.m., tape delay)

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

• Notable: Last year, Hall of Famer Juli Inkster won her 31st tour title and first since 2003, closing with a 67 for a two-stroke victory over Sarah Lee. … Meaghan Francella won the MasterCard Classic on March 12 in Mexico in her sixth career tour start, beating two-time defending champion Annika Sorenstam with a birdie on the fourth hole of a playoff. … Sorenstam shot the first 59 in women's tournament history in her 2001 victory at Moon Valley. The former Wildcat, who has 69 tour wins, also won the 2004 and 2005 events at Superstition Mountain. … The top 60 players on the money list are in the 144-player field. … Catriona Matthew is making her first start since the birth of daughter Katie in December. … The Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the season, is next week in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

• What: Madeira Islands Open

• When: Today-Sunday

• Where: Santo da Serra, Madeira Islands

• Course: Santo da Serra Golf Club (6,826 yards, par 72)

• TV: None

• Purse: $930,370. Winner's share: $155, 040

• Notable: Last year, Jean Van de Velde won for the first time since 1993, closing with a double bogey for a one-stroke victory. In the 1999 British Open at Carnoustie, Van de Velde made a triple bogey on the final hole, then lost in a playoff. … Last week, Chapchai Nirat won the TCL Classic in China, shooting 61-66-68-71 for a three-stroke victory over Rafael Echenique. … Scotland's Paul Lawrie, the playoff winner at Carnoustie in 1999, is in the field along with Van de Velde, Scotland's Kenneth Ferrie, Wales' Bradley Dredge, France's Jean-Fran Ecois Remesy and Sweden's Jarmo Sandelin. … Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles west of Morocco. ... Ireland's Des Smyth won the 2001 tournament at 48 years 34 days to become the oldest winner in European tour history. … The Estoril Open of Portugal is next week.

Jim Capono

• March 17, Crooked Tree No. 2, 146 yards, 8-iron. Witnesses: Eric Knapp, Bill Meyers, Bobby Baltierrez