National Childhood Cancer Foundation

* Where: Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks * When: Today through Sunday * Tickets: $40 for Wednesday and Thursday Pro-Am rounds; $50 for first round on Friday; $60 for second and third rounds on Saturday and Sunday. Six-day pass ($200) and Weekend Pass for Friday-Sunday ($150) are also available. All tickets include parking. Ticket information: (805) 379-2664. * Fast fact: 20 of the PGA Tour's top golfers will compete in two-man teams for a $1,100,000 purse.

* Where: Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks * When: Today through Sunday * Tickets: $40 for Wednesday and Thursday Pro-Am rounds; $50 for first round on Friday; $60 for second and third rounds on Saturday and Sunday. Six-day pass ($200) and Weekend Pass for Friday-Sunday ($150) are also available. All tickets include parking. Ticket information: (805) 379-2664. * Fast fact: 20 of the PGA Tour's top golfers will compete in two-man teams for a $1,100,000 purse.

The float that represented the city of Arcadia in Wednesday's Tournament of Roses parade didn't receive an official award. But to members of Arcadia's Tournament of Roses Assn., the modest pink, red and yellow-flowered float won for itself two prizes that may have been even more important: its long-term survival and a new purpose of being.

The float that represented the city of Arcadia in Wednesday's Tournament of Roses parade didn't receive an official award. But to members of Arcadia's Tournament of Roses Assn., the modest pink, red and yellow-flowered float won for itself two prizes that may have been even more important: its long-term survival and a new purpose of being.

"Sondheim: Our Time," a musical revue of songs by Stephen Sondheim, will be presented on Sunday at 3 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Hudson Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. The revue, featuring an independent company of performers ages 15 to 17 led by producer Justine Huxley and director Brandon Baruch, is a benefit for the National Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Daisy Foundation. Tickets are $12 for students and $14 for adults.

Golf's so-called off-season continues today with the start of another tournament, the $1.1-million Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout, where the defending champion knows what is at stake and what isn't. "If I do win, it's not like I won the U.S. Open," Fred Couples said. Couples and Brad Faxon will defend their title at Sherwood Country Club. They scored a two-stroke victory over Mark O'Meara and Curtis Strange last year with a 54-hole total of 26-under-par 190.

National Childhood Cancer Foundation, a national charity based in Arcadia, needs volunteers to fill orders for holiday cards. Contact Peggi Preston at (626) 447-1674, Ext. 225. * Caring for Babies With AIDS in Los Angeles needs volunteers to assist the staff in caring for children and to help with fund-raisers. Information: (323) 931-9828, Ext. 114. * Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital in Marina del Rey needs volunteers to pack or deliver meals for its Meals on Wheels program.

The Angels coaching staff is going to bat for thousands of youngsters who were disappointed by the abrupt ending of the baseball season. They will host a clinic at Anaheim Stadium on Saturday to give hitting and fielding pointers to Junior Angels fan club members who were upset last month when their trip to Anaheim Stadium for the Angels-Indians game was canceled by the players' strike.

With $1.1 million on the line, the Franklin Funds Shark Shootout is so thick with tension that you couldn't drive a golf cart through it. Not really, says Nick Price. "It's the end of the year, there's really no pressure," said Price, whose earnings of $1.48 million topped the PGA Tour money list. "All the pressures of the year are gone. It's great to put the emphasis on the guys' enjoying themselves."

Aug. 27 was to be Patrick Stebbins' big day. As a proud new member of the Junior Angels Club, the 7-year-old was set to attend his first major league baseball game, to watch the California Angels take on the Cleveland Indians.

Exactly how many people would, if given the chance, dress their dogs in costumes and parade them through town in front of friends and strangers? A lot, as was vividly demonstrated in the annual dog parade through downtown Saturday morning. There were about 1,800 dogs, some dressed as sumo wrestlers, Julius Caesar, Indian chiefs and Carmen Miranda. Several thousand people turned out to cheer on the pooches and their owners as they strolled down the main drag.