PGA TOUR

BMW CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Indianapolis.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Crooked Stick Golf Club (7,497 yards, par 72).

Purse: $8 million. Winner's share: $1.44 million.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, noon-3 p.m.; Saturday, 12:30-3 p.m.; Sunday, 9-11 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.).

Last year: Justin Rose won at Cog Hill in Lemont, Ill., chipping in for birdie on No. 17 en route to a two-shot victory over John Senden.

Last week: Rory McIlroy won the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday in Norton, Mass., for his third PGA Tour victory of the year. The PGA Championship winner rallied to beat Louis Oosthuizen by a stroke.

Notes: The top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings qualified for the third of the four playoff events. The field will be cut to 30 for the Tour Championship on Sept. 20-23 at East Lake in Atlanta. ... McIlroy leads the points race for the $10 million prize with 4,799, followed by Barclays winner Nick Watney (3,468) and regular-season leader Tiger Woods (3,417).

LPGA TOUR

KINGSMILL CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Williamsburg, Va.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Kingsmill Resort, River Course (6,315 yards, par 71).

Purse: $1.3 million. Winner's share: $195,000.


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Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,; Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.).

Last event: Lydia Ko won the Canadian Women's Open on Aug. 26 in British Columbia to become the LPGA Tour's youngest winner and fifth amateur champion. The 15-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander broke the age record of 16 set by Lexi Thompson last year.

Notes: The Michelob Ultra Championship was played at Kingsmill from 2003-09. Cristie Kerr won the event in 2005 and 2009. ... Top-ranked Yani Tseng is skipping the tournament to prepare for her title defense next week in the Women's British Open. ... Annika Sorenstam won the 2008 event for the last of 72 LPGA Tour titles.

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