Golf: Toshiba Senior Classic

What: Toshiba Senior Classic

Who: 78 Senior PGA Tour professionals; 54 holes of stroke play with no

cuts

Where: Newport Beach Country Club, 1600 East Pacific Coast Highway,

Newport Beach

Par: 35-36--71; 6,584 yards

When: March 4-10, 2002 (three-round Senior Tour play is March 8-10)

Purse: $1.5 million; winner receives $225,000

TV coverage: Friday, March 8 -- 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (tape delayed on

PAX-TV); Saturday, March 9 -- 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (live on CNBC);

Sunday, March 10 -- 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (live on CNBC).

Past champions:

2001 -- Jose Maria Canizares

2000 -- Allen Doyle

1999 -- Gary McCord

1998 -- Hale Irwin

1997 -- Bob Murphy

1996 -- Jim Colbert

1995 -- George Archer (at Mesa Verde Country Club)

Course designers: Ted Robinson (1985), Harry Rainville (1973) and

William Bell (1952).

Managing charity: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

Tournament chairmen: Hank Adler and Jake Rohrer

Tournament director: Jeff Purser

Monday qualifier: March 4 at Goose Creek Golf Club in Mira Loma.

Tickets:

Advance purchase (good any day), $15

Single day (Monday through Sunday at gate), $18

Week-long grounds badge (Monday through Sunday, grounds only), $50

Season clubhouse badge (Monday through Sunday, grounds and clubhouse),

$100

For tickets, call (949) 660-1001, or purchase tickets online at

www.ToshibaSeniorClassic.com.