This week’s tournaments
PGA TOUR
QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL
SITE: POTOMAC, MD.
Course: TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Yardage: 7,107. Par: 70.
Purse: $7.1 million (First prize: $1,278,000).
Television: ThursdayFriday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 10-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); noon-3-p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 10-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); noon-3:30 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Billy Hurley III.
Notes: This is the first of two straight PGA Tour events that will offer four spots to the British Open for players not already exempt provided they finish among the top 12. … Jon Rahm, who tied for third in his pro debut last year at the Quicken Loans National, is playing in the French Open this week.
LPGA TOUR KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Olympia Fields, Ill. Course: Olympia Fields CC. Yardage: 6,588. Par: 71. Purse: $3.5million (First prize: $525,000). Television: ThursdayFriday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); SaturdaySunday, noon-3 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Brooke Henderson.
Last week: So Yeon Ryu won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Notes: So Yeon Ryu went to No. 1 in the world with her victory last week in Arkansas, the third player to reach No. 1 this year. … Ryu’s victory ended 16 consecutive weeks without a multiple winner. She previously won the ANA Inspiration.
USGA U.S. SENIOR OPEN
Site: Peabody, Mass. Course: Salem CC. Yardage: 6,815. Par: 70. Purse: $3.75 million (First prize: $675,000). Television: ThursdayFriday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (FS1); Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (Fox Sports). Defending champion: Gene Sauers.
Notes: The U.S. Senior Open returns to Salem Country Club for the second time. Bruce Fleisher won in 2001. … Steve Stricker elected to withdraw because of a busy playing schedule. He has played six times in the past seven weeks, including a major on each tour. … Fred Couples won for the 13th time on the PGA Tour Champions last week. He had 15 victories on the PGA Tour.