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This Week in Golf - March 18th through March 21st

Mon 15th, March 2010

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - PGA TOUR - TRANSITIONS CHAMPIONSHIP, Innisbrook, Tampa Bay, Florida - After snapping a four-year PGA Tour winless streak at last year's Transitions Championship, Retief Goosen will be back to defend his title this week at Innisbrook.

Goosen closed with a one-under 70 in the final round last year, which was good for a one-stroke victory over Charles Howell III and Brett Quigley. It marked the two-time U.S. Open champion's first PGA Tour win since the 2005 International.

Including Goosen, who is a two-time champion, all of the tournament's past winners are scheduled to play this week. The others are Sean O'Hair, Mark Calcavecchia, Carl Pettersson, Vijay Singh, John Huston and two-time champion K.J. Choi.

It marks the second time the tournament has been called the Transitions Championship. It was previously the Tampa Bay Classic from 2000-02, the Chrysler Championship from 2003-06 and the PODS Championship from 2007-08.

Golf Channel will carry the tournament the first two days, with NBC broadcasting on the weekend.

Next week is the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where Tiger Woods made a birdie on the final hole last year to beat O'Hair by a shot and capture the tournament for a sixth time.

Woods hasn't played an official round since winning a tournament in Australia last November.

EUROPEAN TOUR

HASSAN II GOLF TROPHY, Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco - While the tournament has been around for more than 40 years, this week marks the first time the Hassan II Golf Trophy will be part of the European Tour schedule.

Recent winners have included Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington and Sam Torrance, although none of those players is scheduled to be in the field this week.

American Erik Compton, the two-time heart transplant recipient, earned a sponsor's exemption to play the event he won in 2005. Three-time champion Santiago Luna of Spain was also invited back.

The event is a pro-am format with professionals and amateurs paired together. The first two rounds will be played on both the Red and Blue courses at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, while the final two rounds will be played on the Red Course.

Golf Channel will have three hours of coverage for all four rounds.

Next week is the Open de Andalucia, where Soren Kjeldsen parlayed a 62 in the third round to a four-shot win last year.