THIS WEEK’S GOLF TOURNAMENTS

PGA TOUR

THE NORTHERN TRUST

Site: Paramus, N.J.

Course: Ridgewood CC. Yardage: 7,385. Par: 71. Television: Today-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Ch.); Saturday 10-11:45 a.m. (Golf Ch.); noon-3 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 9-10:45 a.m. (Golf Ch.), 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Dustin Johnson.

FedEx Cup leader: Dustin Johnson.

Last week: Brandt Snedeker won the Wyndham Championship.

Notes: This is the first of four FedEx Cup playoff events that conclude with the Tour Championship at East Lake. Points count quadruple for the opening three events and then are reset for the Tour Championship . ... Tiger Woods returns to the FedEx Cup playoffs for the first time in five years. He starts at No. 20 . ... Harris English and Nick Taylor moved into the top 125 to qualify for the playoffs and keep full cards for next year. Seamus Power, who missed the cut at the Wyndham Championship, finished at No. 125 . ... Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Henrik Stenson, Bud Cauley and Patrick Rodgers are not playing, leaving the field at 120 players . ... The top 100 in the FedEx Cup advance to next week at the TPC Boston . ... U.S. Open and PGA champion Brooks Koepka will have his first shot at reaching No. 1 in the world . ... The field includes Ian Poulter and Paul Casey, both just outside qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team with two weeks remaining . ... Matt Kuchar won at Ridgewood in 2010 . ... The tournament returns next year to Liberty National. After that, it will alternate with the TPC Boston . ... Snedeker moved to No. 30 with his victory at the Wyndham Championship.

Next week: Dell Technologies Championship.

LPGA TOUR

CP WOMEN’S CANADIAN OPEN

Site: Regina, Saskatchewan.

Course: Wascana CC. Yardage: 6,675. Par: 71. Television: Today-Friday, 7:30-10:30 a.m. (Golf Ch.); Saturday, noon-3 p.m. (Golf Ch.); Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Ch.).

Defending champion: Sung Hyun Park.

Race to CME Globe leader: Ariya Jutanugarn. Last week: Sung Hyun Park won the Indy Women in Tech Championship.

Notes: Sung Hyun Park joined Ariya Jutanugarn as the only three-time winners on the LPGA Tour this year. No one else has won more than once.

... Lydia Ko has won three times at the Women’s Canadian Open, the first one in 2012 when she was 15, making her the youngest winner in LPGA history . ... Americans won three of the opening four events on the LPGA Tour schedule. Since then, the only American to win was Annie Park on June 10 at the ShopRite Classic . ... Sung Hyun Park became the third player to go over $1 million in earnings, joining Ariya Jutanugarn and So Yeon Ryu . ... Lexi Thompson returned last week after taking three weeks off for emotional and mental fatigue. She tied for 12th. Thompson has gone more than a year without winning . ... The Canadian Women’s Open joined the LPGA schedule in 2001, when Annika Sorenstam won . ... Ariya Jutanugarn, Ryu and Ko share the tournament record score of 265.

Next week: Cambia Portland Classic.

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

BOEING CLASSIC

Site: Snoqualmie, Wash.

Course: The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge. Yardage: 7,172. Par: 72.

Television: Friday-Saturday, 3-5 p.m. (Golf Ch.); Sunday, 4-6 p.m. (Golf Ch.).

Defending champion: Jerry Kelly.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Jerry Kelly.

Last week: Bart Bryant won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.

Notes: Former British Open and Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke makes his PGA Tour Champions debut this week at the Boeing Classic, as does Chris DiMarco . ... Bryant became the first backto-back winner of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open and moved to No. 15 in the Schwab Cup. He credits his turnaround this year to a new putter he bought in June _ at Dick’s Sporting Goods, of all places . ... Bernhard Langer has a streak of nine consecutive rounds under par at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge.

Next week: Shaw Charity Classic.

EUROPEAN TOUR

Site: Prague.

Course: Albatross Golf Resort. Yardage: 7,467. Par: 72.

Television: Today-Friday, 2-4 a.m.; 6-9 a.m. (Golf Ch.); Saturday, 5-9:30 a.m. (Golf Ch.); Sunday, 4-8:30 a.m. (Golf Ch.).

Defending champion: Haydn Porteous.

Race to Dubai leader: Francesco Molinari.

Last week: Paul Waring won the Nordea Masters. Notes: John Daly, Padraig Harrington and Danny Willett are among those in the field this week at Albatross Golf Resort . ... Qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team began a year ago at the Czech Masters. It ends next week in Denmark . ... The field includes three players from Europe’s last Ryder Cup team _ Willett, Thomas Pieters and Lee Westwood. Next week: Made in Denmark.