On the tee
PGA Tour
BMW Championship
Site: Lemont
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, Dubsdread Course (7,326 yards, par 71).
Purse: $7 million. Winner's share: $1.26 million.
FedEx Cup points: 50,000. Winner's share: 9,000.
TV: Golf Channel (Thursday, 1-5 p.m., 7:30-11:30 p.m.; Friday, 2-6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday, 2-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.).
Last year: South Africa's Trevor Immelman won his first PGA Tour title, holing a 32-foot putt on the final hole to beat Tiger Woods and Mathew Goggin by 2 strokes.
Last week: Phil Mickelson won the Deutsche Bank Championship to take the FedEx Cup points lead, beating Woods, Arron Oberholser and Brett Wetterich by 2 strokes. Mickelson closed with a 5-under 66 at TPC Boston, pulling away from Woods on the front nine and holding him off down the stretch Monday for his third victory of the year. Woods, paired with Mickelson, finished with a 67.
Notes: The top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings qualified for the tournament. The playoff field will be cut to 30 for the Tour Championship next week at East Lake in Atlanta. … Woods, third in the playoff standings, won at Cog Hill in 1997, 1999 and 2003. … Steve Stricker, The Barclays winner two weeks ago in the playoff opener, won the 1996 tournament at Cog Hill. He's second in the standings. … Jim Furyk won in 2005, holding off Woods by 2 strokes. … The tournament, previously the Western Open, also will be played at Cog Hill in 2009 and 2011. The 2008 event is set for Bellerive in St. Louis, and the 2010 tournament will be played at Crooked Stick outside Indianapolis.
On the Web: www.pgatour.com
LPGA Tour
NW Arkansas Championship
Site: Rogers, Ark.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Pinnacle Country Club (6,239 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.25 million. Winner's share: $187,500.
TV: Golf Channel (Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturday, 1:30-3 a.m., noon-3 p.m., 9-11 p.m.; Sunday, noon-3 p.m., 9-11 p.m.).
Last year: Inaugural event.
Last week: Sherri Steinhauer won the LPGA State Farm Classic for her eighth tour title, holing a par putt from off the 18th green to beat Christina Kim by a stroke.
Notes: The Solheim Cup is next week in Halmstad, Sweden. … Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa is skipping the tournament.
On the Web: www.lpga.com
USGA / R&A Golf Club of St. Andrews
Walker Cup
Site: Newcastle, Northern Ireland.
Schedule: Saturday-Sunday.
Course: Royal County Down Golf Club (7,181 yards, par 71).
Format: Team match play. Four morning alternate-shot matches and eight afternoon singles matches each day.
TV: ABC (Sunday, 1-3 p.m.).
United States team: Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, Calif.; Billy Horschel, Grant, Fla.; Dustin Johnson, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Chris Kirk, Woodstock, Ga.; Colt Knost, Dallas; Trip Kuehne, Irving, Texas; Jamie Lovemark, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Jonathan Moore, Vancouver, Wash.; Webb Simpson, Raleigh, N.C.; Kyle Stanley, Gig Harbor, Wash. Captain: Buddy Marucci, Villanova, Pa.
On the Web: www.walkercup.org
European Tour
European Masters
Site: Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club (6,857 yards, par 71).
Purse: $2,72 million. Winner's share: $453,710.
TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 8:30-11:30 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 7-10 a.m.).
On the Web: www.europeantour.com