GOLF \ This week’s event

PGA TOUR

Travelers Championship

Site: Cromwell, Conn.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: TPC River Highlands (6,844 yards, par 70).

Purse: $6 million. Winner’s share: $1.08 million.

FedExCup points: 25,000. Winner’s share: 4,500.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).

Last year: J.J. Henry became the first Connecticut player to win the tournament, closing with a 67 for a three-stroke victory over Hunter Mahan and Ryan Moore. Henry is from Fairfield.

Last week: Angel Cabrera beat Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by a stroke in the U.S. Open, closing with a 1-under 69 at difficult Oakmont to give Argentina its first major championship in 40 years. Cabrera had two of just eight sub-par rounds in the tournament and finished at 5-over 285. The only other Argentine to win a major was Roberto de Vicenzo in the 1967 British Open at Hoylake.

Notes: Phil Mickelson, the 2001 and 2002 winner, withdrew Monday because of his left wrist injury. ... In 2005, Rhode Island native Brad Faxon matched the course record with a closing 61 and beat Tjaart van der Walt with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. ... Notah Begay III won in 2000 with a River Highlands-record 20-under 260 total. ... The Buick Open is next week in Grand Blanc, Mich., followed by the AT&T National at Congressional in Bethesda, Md.

On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com

LPGA TOUR

Wegmans LPGA

Site: Pittsford, N.Y.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Locust Hill Country Club (6,221 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.

Television: ESPN2 (Friday-Saturday, 2-4 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30-5 p.m.).

Last year: South Korea’s Jeong Jang won her second tour title, beating Paraguay’s Julieta Granada by a stroke. Jang also won the 2005 Women’s British Open.

Last event: Norway’s Suzann Pettersen won the LPGA Championship on June 10 for her first major title, closing with a 5-under 67 to hold off Karrie Webb by a stroke at Bulle Rock in Maryland. Pettersen also won the Michelob Ultra Open in May.

Notes: The U.S. Women’s Open is next week at Pine Needles in Southern Pines, N.C. ... Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa is in the field along with Pettersen, two-time champion Webb, Morgan Pressel, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Juli Inkster, Brittany Lincicome, Natalie Gulbis and Nancy Lopez. ... In 2005, Ochoa overcame a five-stroke deficit with seven holes to play to beat Creamer by four strokes. Ochoa birdied six of the last seven holes. ... Lopez won in 1979, ’80 and ’81. ... Gulbis is returning from a back injury that forced her to withdrew after the first round of the Ginn Tribute and miss the LPGA Championship.

On the Net: http://www.lpga.com

CHAMPIONS TOUR

Bank of America Championship

Site: Concord, Mass.

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

Course: Nashawtuc Country Club (6,741 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.65 million. Winner’s share: $247,500.

Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 1-3 p.m.; Saturday, 12:30-2:30 a.m., 1-4 p.m., 10 p.m.-midnight; Sunday, 1-4 p.m., 10 p.m.-midnight).

Last year: The tournament was canceled because of rain and flooding.

Last event: Jay Haas won the Principal Charity Classic on June 10 in West Des Moines, Iowa, for his third victory of the season.

Notes: In 2005, Mark McNulty beat Tom Purtzer with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. Don Pooley was eliminated on the first extra hole. ... The Commerce Bank Championship is next week in East Meadow, N.Y., followed by the U.S. Senior Open at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis.

On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com

PGA EUROPEAN TOUR

BMW International Open

Site: Nord-Eichenried, Germany.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Munich Nord-Eichenried Golf Club (6,963 yards, par 72).

Purse: $2.68 million. Winner’s share: $446,228.

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

Last year: Sweden’s Henrik Stenson beat Ryder Cup teammate Padraig Harrington and Retief Goosen with an eagle on the first hole of a playoff.

On the Net: http://www.europeantour.com

NATIONWIDE TOUR

Knoxville Open

Site: Knoxville, Tenn.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Fox Den Country Club (7,110 yards, par 72).

Purse: $475,000. Winner’s share: $85,500.

Television: None.

Last year: Hunter Haas won the tournament for the second time in three years. Gary Christian and Parker McLachlin tied for second, five strokes back.

Last week: Former Ryder Cup player Chris Riley won the Rochester Area Charities Showdown at Somerby, beating NCAA champion Jamie Lovemark of Southern California with a par on the second hole of a playoff. Lovemark was attempting to become the first amateur to win a Nationwide Tour event.

Notes: The tournament is one of four remaining events from the tour’s first season. Springfield, Mo.; Wichita, Kan.; and Boise, Idaho, also have had events since 1990. ... The Peek’n Peak Classic is next week in Findley Lake, N.Y., followed by the Legend Financial Group Classic in Highland Heights, Ohio, and the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational in Columbushe Net: http://www.pgatour.com