PGA Tour

THE BARCLAYS

Site: Paramus, N.J.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Ridgewood Country Club (7,319 yards, par 71).

Purse: $7 million. Winners share: $1.26 million.

FedEx Cup points: 190,000. Winners share: 11,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 4:30-8:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 3-5 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday, noon-3 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.).

Last year: Steve Stricker won the FedEx Cup playoff opener for his first victory since 2001. Stricker birdied four of the last five holes to beat K.J. Choi by two strokes at Westchester Country Club.

Last week: Swedens Carl Pettersson won the Wyndham Championship in his adopted hometown of Greensboro, N.C., beating Scott McCarron by two strokes.

Notes: The event moves to Ridgewood after 41 seasons at Westchester Country Club. The tournament will be played on the Championship Course, a composite of the A.W. Tillinghast-designed East, Center, and West nines. … The top 144 players in the season points race qualified for the tournament. Top-seeded Tiger Woods, sidelined by a knee injury, and seven other players are skipping the event. With Woods out, Kenny Perry tops the FedEx Cup points list with 99,500 points, followed by Phil Mickelson (99,250), British Open and PGA winner Padraig Harrington (99,000), Anthony Kim (98,750), Stewart Cink (98,625) and Vijay Singh (98,500). No. 144 Lee Janzen has 92,070 points. … The top 120 after The Barclays will be eligible for the Deutsche Bank Championship next week in Norton, Mass. The field will then be cut to 70 for the BMW Championship at Bellerive in St. Louis, and to 30 for the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta. … Harrington won the 2005 event, holing a 65-foot eagle putt on the final hole to beat Jim Furyk by a stroke. … Rich Beem finished third last week, closing with two 63s, to jump from 166th to 114th in the standings. … Tom Watson won the 2001 Senior PGA at Ridgewood, also the site of the 1935 Ryder Cup, 1974 U.S. Amateur (Jerry Pate) and 1990 U.S. Senior Open (Lee Trevino). Byron Nelson was an assistant pro at the course.

On the Net: www.pgatour.com

LPGA Tour

SAFEWAY CLASSIC

Site: Portland

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

Course: Columbia Egdewater Country Club (6,397 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.7 million. Winners share: $255,000.

Television: ESPN2 (Friday-Saturday, 1-3 p.m.; Sunday, 12:30-2:30 p.m.).

Last year: Mexican star Lorena Ochoa won by five strokes for her third straight victory and the sixth of her eight 2007 titles.

Last week: Australias Katherine Hull won the Canadian Womens Open for her first LPGA Tour title, taking advantage of Yani Tsengs final-round meltdown for a one-stroke victory at Ottawa Hunt. Hull, six strokes behind Tseng at the start of the round, beat Se Ri Pak by a stroke. Tseng shot a 77 to finish two strokes behind.

Notes: Ochoa is winless in six starts since the Sybase Classic in May, her sixth victory in her first nine events. She tied for fourth last week in Ottawa, shooting 66-68-74-73. … Annika Sorenstam is in the field. She is leaving the tour after the season. … Pat Hurst won the 2006 tournament.

On the Net: www.lpga.com

Champions Tour

BOEING CLASSIC

Site: Snoqualmie, Wash.

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

Course: TPC Snoqualmie Ridge (7,183 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.6 million. Winners share: $240,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 3:30-5:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Saturday, 3:30-6 p.m., 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Sunday, 3:30-6 p.m., 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m.).

Last year: Zimbabwes Denis Watson won in a tour-record seven-man playoff. Watson eagled the second extra hole to beat Craig Stadler and R.W. Eaks. Gil Morgan, Joe Ozaki, Dana Quigley and David Eger were eliminated on the first playoff hole.

Last week: Fred Funk won the Jeld-Wen Tradition for his first Champions Tour major, closing with a 3-under 69 for three-stroke victory over Mike Goodes at the Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Ore. Funk, also the winner of the season-opening MasterCard Championship in Hawaii, had a 19-under 269 total.

Notes: Watson has two victories this year. … Jack Nicklaus designed the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. … Tom Kite beat Keith Fergus in a playoff in 2006 after finishing second behind Eger in 2005 in the inaugural event.

On the Net: www.pgatour.com

USGA

U.S. AMATEUR

Site: Pinehurst, N.C.

Schedule: Through Sunday.

Course: Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, No. 2 (7,281 yards, par 70) and No. 4 (7,030 yards, par 70).

Television: Golf Channel (Today, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 9:30-11:30 p.m.; Thursday, 9-11 a.m., 9:30-11:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 7-9 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 7-9 p.m.).

Last year: Colt Knost won at The Olympic Club in Daly City, Calif., beating Michael Thompson 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. Knost and Ryan Moore (2004) are the only players to win the Amateur and U.S. Public Links in the same year.

Notes: After two rounds of stroke-playing qualifying on both courses, the top 64 players will advance to match play on the Donald Ross-designed No. 2 course. … Michael Campbell won the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst. … Knost, now a professional, won the Nationwide Tours Springfield, Mo., event last month to lock up a spot on the 2009 PGA Tour. … Tiger Woods swept the 1994-96 titles. … The 2009 event will be played at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla., and the 2010 tournament is set for Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash.

On the Net: www.usamateur.org

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