Els misses Volvo Masters

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The final event of the European golf season "" Volvo Masters of Andalucia "" is being played this week without Ernie Els who has decided to skip the final event. Retief Goosen has also dropped out of the match to be held in Valderrama, Spain.

The tournament is reserved for the top 60 on the Money List and Els played at the event twice in the past "" in 1993 and 1998. Goosen, Europe's No. 1 player in 2001 and 2002, gave the tournment a miss last year.

Seve in trouble

Seve Ballesteros may have run into trouble with the European Tour once again. The Spanish star, who missed the season due to injuries, is in the midst of a controversy over an alleged assault on another Spanish golfer during a recent amateur event in Pedrena, Spain.

At the tournament, the three-time British Open champion is said to have hit Jose Maria Zamora. Zamora, who is also a tournament director on the European Tour, has reported the incident to European Tour officials.

The two have clashed at last year's Italian Open when Zamora, who was a Tour official, gave Ballesteros a penalty for slow play. Ballesteros refused to adjust his card or accept the penalty. He was subsequently fined by the Tour.

UBS teams announced

The United States and the Rest of the World teams for the annual $ 3 million UBS Cup have been announced. The four-day, Ryder Cup-style event will be played on The Kiawah Island Club's Classique golf course from November 18. Each UBS Cup team consists of six players between the ages of 40 and 49 and six other players aged 50 and over.

Fred Funk and Tom Kite have been added to captain Arnold Palmer's US team, which also includes US Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton. The Rest of the World team will have Gary Player, Bernhard Langer Sam Torrance, Colin Montgomerie, among others.

World Cup in Portugal

The 2005 World Cup will be held at the Arnold Palmer-designed Victoria Course at Vilamoura in Portugal's southern Algarve region from November 17 to 20.

The event, featuring 24 countries and represented by two players each, will travel to Portugal for the first time. This year's World Cup, with South Africa as the defending champions, takes place in Seville, between November 18 and 21.