ON THE FAIRWAYS \ This week’s pro golf events

PGA TOUR
BMW Championship
Lemont, Ill.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, Dubsdread Course (7,326 yards, par 71).
Purse: $7 million. Winner’s share: $1.26 million.
FedEx Cup points: 50,000. Winner’s share: 9,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 2-6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Friday, 3-7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 2-6 p.m.)
Last year: South Africa’s Trevor Immelman won his first PGA Tour title, holing a 32-foot putt on the final hole to beat Tiger Woods and Mathew Goggin by two strokes.
Last week: Phil Mickelson won the Deutsche Bank Championship to take the FedEx Cup points lead, beating Woods, Arron Oberholser and Brett Wetterich by two strokes. Mickelson closed with a 5-under 66 at TPC Boston, pulling away from Woods on the front nine and holding him off down the stretch Monday for his third victory of the year. Woods, paired with Mickelson, finished with a 67.
Notes: The top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings qualified for the tournament. The playoff field will be cut to 30 for the Tour Championship next week at East Lake in Atlanta. The FedEx Cup winner will get a $10 million deferred prize. ... Woods, third in the playoff standings, won at Cog Hill in 1997, 1999 and 2003. ... Steve Stricker, The Barclays winner two weeks ago in the playoff opener, won the 1996 tournament at Cog Hill. He’s second in the standings. ... Jim Furyk won in 2005, holding off Woods by two strokes. ... The tournament, previously the Western Open, also will be played at Cog Hill in 2009 and 2011. The 2008 event is set for Bellerive in St. Louis and the 2010 tournament will be played at Crooked Stick outside Indianapolis.

LPGA TOUR
LPGA NW Arkansas Championship
Rogers, Ark.

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Pinnacle Country Club (6,239 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.25 million. Winner’s share: $187,500.
Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 12:30-3 p.m.; Saturday, 2:30-4 a.m., 1-4 p.m., 10 p.m.-midnight; Sunday, 1-4 p.m., 10 p.m.-midnight).
Last year: Inaugural event.
Last week: Sherri Steinhauer won the LPGA State Farm Classic for her eighth tour title, holing a par putt from off the 18th green to beat Christina Kim by a stroke.

U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION/ROYAL
& ANCIENT GOLF CLUB OF ST. ANDREWS
Walker Cup
Newcastle, Northern Ireland

Schedule: Saturday-Sunday.
Course: Royal County Down Golf Club (7,181 yards, par 71).
Format: Team match play. Four morning alternate-shot matches and eight afternoon singles matches each day.
United States: Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, Calif.; Billy Horschel, Grant, Fla.; Dustin Johnson, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Chris Kirk, Woodstock, Ga.; Colt Knost, Dallas; Trip Kuehne, Irving, Texas; Jamie Lovemark, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Jonathan Moore, Vancouver, Wash.; Webb Simpson, Raleigh, N.C.; Kyle Stanley, Gig Harbor, Wash. Captain: Buddy Marucci, Villanova, Pa.
Britain and Ireland: Jonathan Caldwell, Northern Ireland; Rhys Davies, Wales; Nigel Edwards, Wales; David Horsey, England; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Llewellyn Matthews, Wales; Jamie Moul, England; John Parry, England; Lloyd Saltman, Scotland; Daniel Willett, England. Captain: Colin Dalgleish, Scotland.
Television: ABC (Sunday, 2-4 p.m.)

PGA EUROPEAN TOUR
European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club (6,857 yards, par 71).
Purse: $2,72 million. Winner’s share: $453,710.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8-11 a.m.)
Last year: Wales’ Bradley Dredge closed with a 4-under 67 for an eight-stroke victory. Michelle Wie finished last, missing the cut with rounds of 78 and 79.
Last week: Marc Warren won the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, birdieing the second hole of a playoff with Simon Wakefield to become the first Scottish winner in tournament history.

NATIONWIDE TOUR
Utah EnergySolutions Championship
Sandy, Utah

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Willow Creek Country Club (7,104 yards, par 72).
Purse: $500,000. Winner’s share: $90,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 1-3 p.m.; Friday, 2:30-4:30 a.m., 1-3 p.m.; Saturday, 4-5:30 a.m., 1-4 p.m.; Sunday, 3:30-5 a.m., 1-4 p.m.; Monday, 3:30-5 a.m.)
Last year: Craig Kanada won his first Nationwide Tour title in 212 starts since 1991. Gavin Coles, Ken Duke, Bryce Molder and Michael Putnam finished a stroke back.
Last event: Jimmy Walker overcame a seven-stroke deficit in the final round to win the National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic on Aug. 26. Walker closed with a 67 to beat Justin Hicks and Matthew Jones by a stroke. Third-round leader Parker McLachlin finished with a 77 to tie for fourth.

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