THIS WEEK’S GOLF TOURNAMENTS

PGA TOUR

TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.

Purse: $7 million. Winner’s share: $1.26 million.

Television: Today-Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 10-11:45 a.m. (Golf Channel); noon-3 p.m. (CBS Sports).

Defending champion: Jordan Spieth.

Last week: Brooks Koepka won the U.S. Open.

Notes: The tournament features the past four major champions — Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed, Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth — along with four of the top seven players in the world ranking. …. Spieth is coming off consecutive missed cuts going into the Travelers Championship as the defending champion. … The tournament is coming off successive victories marked by the celebration — Spieth’s body bump with his caddie after holing a bunker shot in the playoff, and Russell Knox throwing his hat when he made the winning putt on the 18th. … The field includes nine players who have won majors over the past six years — Spieth, Thomas, Reed, Koepka, Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Zach Johnson. … Jim Furyk set the PGA Tour record with a 58 in the final round two years ago. He is playing this year. So is Patrick Cantlay, whose 60 in 2011 is the lowest PGA Tour round ever by an amateur. … Phil Mickelson is the last player to successfully defend at the Travelers in 2001 and 2002.

Next week: Quicken Loans National.

LPGA TOUR

WALMART NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Pinnacle CC, Rogers, Ark.

Purse: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Television: Friday, 3:30-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); SaturdaySunday, noon-3 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: So Yeon Ryu.

Last week: So Yeon Ryu won the Meijer LPGA Classic.

Notes: Stacy Lewis, who graduated from Arkansas, is the only American-born winner in the 10-year history of this event. … This is the second 54-hole tournament on the LPGA Tour in the last three weeks. There will be only one more the rest of the year, the Toto Japan Classic in November. … Ryu avoided going an entire year without winning by capturing the Meijer Classic. … Su Oh closed with a 67 to tie for 13th last week, moving her up a few spots to No. 77 in the world ranking and two spots ahead of Sarah Jane Smith. Oh, Smith and Hannah Green (91) are vying for the last two spots for Australia for the UL International Crown later this year. … Ryu went to No. 1 in the world for the first time when she won in Arkansas last year. Her victory last week moved her up one spot to No. 5.

Next week: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: University Ridge GC, Madison, Wis.

Purse: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Television: Friday, 9:30 a.m.-noon. (Golf Channel); SaturdaySunday, 2-4 p.m. (Golf Channel-Tape Delay).

Defending champion: Fred Couples.

Last tournament: Tom Lehman won the Principal Charity Classic. Notes: Couples is playing for the first time on the PGA Tour Champions since the season opener in Hawaii in January. … The only other tournament he played this year was the Masters. … Steve Stricker is the host of the event that brought golf back to Wisconsin on a regular basis after the Greater Milwaukee Open went away. … Davis Love III is in the field and playing the PGA Tour Champions for only the second time this year, mainly out of support for Stricker. Love’s other event was a tie for 13th at the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge.

Next week: U.S. Senior Open.