Golf Glance
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
WOMEN'S GOLF
Site: Rio de Janeiro
Course: Olympic Golf Course. Yardage: 6,245. Par: 71.
Purse: None.
Television: Golf Channel (Wednesday-Friday, 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday, 6 a.m-3 p.m.)
Defending champion: Margaret Abbott (1900).
Last week: Justin Rose won the gold, Henrik Stenson won the silver and Matt Kuchar won the bronze in men's golf.
Notes: Women's golf is part of the Olympic program for only the second time and not since 1900 at Compiegne Club north of Paris. ... The format is 72 holes of stroke play, and a playoff will be used to determine the three medals. ... Miriam Nagl of Brazil was chosen to hit the first tee shot. ... Three amateurs qualified for the women's event - Leona Maguire of Ireland, Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland and Tiffany Chan of Hong Kong. ... Maguire's twin sister, Lisa, is caddying for her this week. Both play college golf at Duke. ... Nine of the top 10 in the women's world ranking are in the field. The exception is Ha Na Jang, but only because South Korea had already filled its allotment of four players.
Next time: Tokyo in 2020.
Online: www.olympic.com/golf
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PGA TOUR
WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Greensboro, N.C.
Course: Sedgefield CC. Yardage: 7,127. Par: 70.
Purse: $5.6 million. (First prize: $1,008,000).
Television: CBS Sports (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.); Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 5-7 p.m.; Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m.).
Defending champion: Davis Love III.
Last week: Ryan Moore won the John Deere Classic.
Notes: This is the final week to get into the top 125 in the FedEx Cup and qualifying for the playoffs. Whee Kim tied for third in the John Deere Classic and moved up 29 spots to No. 125, one point ahead of Scott Stallings. ... Seven players who competed at the Olympics in Rio are in the field, led by Rickie Fowler, who is No. 30 in the FedEx Cup and No. 12 in the Ryder Cup standings. The top eight qualify for the Ryder Cup after the following week at The Barclays. ... From No. 119 to No. 150 in the FedEx Cup, the only players not at the Wyndham Championship are Will Wilcox (No. 136), Padraig Harrington (No. 137) and Jamie Donaldson (No. 147). Harrington is exempt next year from his 2015 victory in the Honda Classic. ... Camilo Villegas is No. 150. He won the Wyndham Championship two years ago. ... Love is not playing as he recovers from hip surgery.
Next week: The Barclays.
Online: www.pgatour.com
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UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION
U.S. AMATEUR
Site: Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Course: Oakland Hills CC
Television: Fox Sports (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.); FS1 (Wednesday-Friday, 3-6 p.m.).
Defending champion: Bryson DeChambeau.
Last week: Gene Sauers won the U.S. Senior Open.
Notes: Gunn Yang is the only former U.S. Amateur in the field. He won in 2014. ... Nine players in the field played in the U.S. Open at Oakmont, though none of them made the cut. ... Ricky Barnes won the U.S. Amateur in 2002 the last time it was held at Oakland Hills. ... The finalists receive an exemption to the Masters and U.S. Open provided they remain amateur. ... Tiger Woods (1994-96) is the last U.S. Amateur champion to have won a major. ... The U.S. Amateur will be played next year at Riviera in Los Angeles.
Next event: U.S. Mid-Amateur and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur on Sept. 10-15.
Online: www.usamateur.com
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EUROPEAN TOUR
D+D REAL CZECH MASTERS
Site: Prague
Course: Albatross Golf Resort.
Purse: 1 million euros.
Television: Golf Channel (Sunday, 7-11:30 a.m.).
Defending champion: Thomas Pieters.
Last week: No tournament.
Notes: Thomas Pieters won the first of his two European Tour titles last year. He is coming off a fourth-place finish in the Olympics. ... The field is the strongest in its three-year history, featuring Lee Westwood, Andy Sullivan and Matthew Fitzpatrick. ... Qualifying for the Ryder Cup ends in two weeks for Europe. Fitzpatrick currently holds the ninth and final automatic spot, though Russell Knox (6.6 ranking points behind) is not playing on the PGA Tour this week and has no more qualifying events left on his schedule. ... John Daly is playing the European Tour for the first time since the Qatar Masters in late January. ... Pieters, Jaco Van Zyl and Nino Bertasio are the only players in the field who were in Rio for the Olympics. Van Zyl skipped the final two majors to prepare for the Olympics and last played a European Tour event in early July at the French Open.
Next week: Made in Denmark.
Online: www.europeantour.com
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WEB.COM TOUR
NEWS-SENTINEL OPEN
Site: Knoxville, Tenn.
Course: Fox Den CC. Yardage: 7,071. Par: 71.
Purse: $550,000 (First prize: $99,000).
Television: None.
Defending champion: Patton Kizzire.
Last week: Mackenzie Hughes won the Price Cutter Charity Championship.
Next week: Winco Foods Portland Open.
Online: www.pgatour.com/webcom
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PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
Last week: Gene Sauers won the U.S. Senior Open.
Next tournament: Boeing Classic.
Online: www.pgatour.com/champions
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OTHER TOURS
MEN
Challenge Tour: Rolex Trophy, Geneva GC, Geneva. Defending champion: Nacho Elvira. Online: www.europeantour.com/challengetour
Mackenzie Tour Canada: National Capital Open, Hylands GC, Ottawa, Ontario. Defending champion: Sam Ryder. Online: www.pgatour.com/canada
European Senior Tour: Scottish Senior Open, Archerfield GC, Gullane, Scotland. Defending champion: Paul Broadhurst. Online: www.europeantour.com/seniortour
WOMEN:
Symetra Tour: PHC Classic, Brown Deer Park GC, Milwaukee. Defending champion: Annie Park. Online: www.symetratour.com
Legends Tour: The Legends Championship, French Lick Resort, French Lick, Ind. Defending champion: Juli Inkster. Online: www.thelegendstour.com