Golf Glance
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PGA TOUR
TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Cromwell, Conn.
Course: TPC River Highlands. Yardage: 6,841. Par: 70.
Purse: $6.6 million (First place: $1,188,000).
Television: CBS Sports (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.); Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m.).
Defending champion: Bubba Watson
Last week: Jimmy Walker won the PGA Championship for his first major.
Notes: The tournament, typically played the week after the U.S. Open, moved to the first week in August because of the Olympics. ... Bubba Watson is turning down opening ceremonies at the Olympics to defend his title. This was his first victory, and the only one his father saw him win on TV before dying. ... Matt Kuchar and Patrick Reed also are in the field, making three of the four Americans who are in the Olympics. Reed is No. 10 in the Ryder Cup standings, while Kuchar is at No. 11. Watson now is No. 9. ... Three other Olympians are in the field - Padraig Harrington, Alex Cejka and Soren Kjeldsen. ... Rickie Fowler, at No. 12 in the Ryder Cup standings, has not finished in the top 10 at a major since 2014. ... Harrington moved to No. 129 in the FedEx Cup with his tie for 13th in the PGA Championship. This will be his last chance to secure a spot in the top 125 because he will spend two weeks in Rio for the Olympics. ... Jimmy Walker now has won in each of the last four years on the PGA Tour. ... Jason Day became the first player to post all four rounds in the 60s in consecutive PGA Championships. ... The tournament has gone to a playoff six of the last 12 times.
Next week: John Deere Classic.
Online: www.pgatour.com
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EUROPEAN TOUR
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT ENERGY PAUL LAWRIE MATCH PLAY
Site: North Berwick, Scotland
Course: Archerfield Links GC. Yards: 6,978. Par: 72.
Purse: 1 million euros.
Television: None.
Defending champion: Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
Last week: Jimmy Walker won the PGA Championship and Chan Shih-chang of Taiwan won the King's Cup.
Notes: The 64-man field features knockout elimination. ... Chris Wood is the highest-ranked player in the field. ... Peter Uihlein in the field. The former U.S. Amateur champion has been out since May because of wrist surgery and last played the Volvo China Open after opening with a 72. ... Tyrrell Hatton missed the cut in each of the four majors he played until a tie for 25th last year in the PGA Championship. This year, he tied for fifth in the British Open and tied for 10th in the PGA Championship. Both earn him spots in those majors next year. ... Paul Lawrie, the British Open champion from 1999 at Carnoustie, is the tournament host. He also is a vice captain for the Ryder Cup. ... This is the fifth official match play event to have been played on the European Tour. The others were the PGA Match Play Championship (1972-79), the Epson Grand Prix of Europe (1986-89), the WGC-Dell Match Play (1999-current) and the World Match Play Championship (last played in 2014).
Next week: The Olympics.
Online: www.europeantour.com
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PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
3M CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Blaine, Minn.
Course: TPC Twin Cities. Yardage: 7,100. Par: 72.
Purse: $1.75 million (First place: $262,500).
Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Defendinig champion: Kenny Perry.
Last tournament: Paul Broadhurst won the Senior British Open.
Notes: Kenny Perry last year was the fourth straight winner to finish below a 54-hole score of 200. ... Since joining the PGA Tour Champions in May, John Daly is leading in driving distance at 303.5 yards. He is the only player on the senior circuit averaging more than 300 yards off the tee. ... Billy Andrade is No. 2 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings without having won this year. ... Bernhard Langer leads the money list with $1,592,981. That's nearly $700,000 more than Andrade in second place. By comparison, Langer's earnings would place him No. 51 on the PGA Tour money list. ... The U.S. Senior Open next week is the fifth and final major on the PGA Tour Champions schedule.
Next week: U.S. Senior Open.
Online: www.pgatour.com/champions
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WEB.COM TOUR
DIGITAL ALLY OPEN
Site: Overland Park, Kan.
Course: Nicklaus GC at LionsGate.
Purse: $650,000 (First prize: $108,000).
Television: None.
Defending champion: Martin Piller.
Last week: Stephan Jaeger opened with a 58 and won the Ellie Mae Classic with a 72-hole score of 250 to shatter the tour's record.
Next week: Price Cutter Charity Championship.
Online: www.pgatour.com/webcom
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UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION
U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR
Site: Springfield, Pa.
Course: Rolling Green GC
Dates: Wednesday-Sunday
Television: Fox Sports 1 (Wednesday-Friday, 3-6 p.m.; Saturday, 1-4 p.m.); Fox Sports (Sunday, 1-4 p.m.)
Defending champion: Hannah O'Sullivan.
Notes: The U.S. Women's Amateur is one of the original three USGA championships, first played shortly after the inaugural U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open in 1895. ... The winner receives the Cox Trophy, presentned in 1896 by Robert Cox, a member of Britain's Parliament. It is the only USGA trophy donated by a person from another country and is the oldest surviving trophy for a USGA championship. ... JoAnne Gunderson Carner won her second U.S. Women's Open at Rolling Green in 1976. ... Among those exempt from qualifying are 2015 runner-up Sierra Brooks and NCAA champion Virginia Elena Carta of Duke.
Next year: San Diego CC in Chula Vista, Calif.
Online: www.usga.org/womensam
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LPGA TOUR
Last week: Ariya Jutanugarn won the Ricoh Women's British Open, becoming the first Thai to win a major.
Next tournament: The Olympics on Aug. 17-20.
Online: www.lpga.com
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OTHER TOURS
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Mackenzie Tour Canada: ATB Financial Classic, Country Hills GC, Calgary, Alberta. Defending champion: Daniel Miernicki. Online: www.pgatour.com/canada
Challenge Tour: Swedish Challenge, Katrineholms GC, Katrineholm, Sweden. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: www.europeantour.com/challengetour