This week’s golf schedule
PGA TOUR
TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Atlanta.
Course: East Lake. Yardage: 7,346. Par: 70.
Prize money: $60 million. Winner’s share: $15 million. Television: Today-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 10-11:30 a.m. (Golf Ch.), 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 9-10:30 a.m. (Golf Ch.), 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Dustin Johnson.
FedEx Cup leader: Patrick Cantlay.
Last week: Patrick Cantlay won the BMW Championship. Notes: In the third year of its current format, Cantlay as the No. 1 seed will start the tournament at 10-under par with a two-shot lead over Tony Finau. Bryson DeChambeau will start three shots behind, followed by Jon Rahm (6 under) and Cameron Smith (5 under). It goes in groups of fives after that, with the last five players to get in starting at even par . ... Seven players who reached the Tour Championship did not win a tournament this season . ... Phil Mickelson is the only major champion this season who did not reach the FedEx Cup finale. He barely got into the BMW Championship and then tied for last . ... This is the final week of competition before Steve Stricker announces his six captain’s picks for the Ryder Cup . ... Patrick Reed started the postseason at No. 22, didn’t play the opening two events because of health issues and narrowly made it to East Lake as the No. 30 seed.
LPGA TOUR
SOLHEIM CUP
Site: Toledo, Ohio.
Course: Inverness Club. Yardage: 6,903. Par: 72. Television: Saturday, 4:30-9:30 a.m. (Golf Channel), 9:30-11:30 a.m. (NBC), 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Ch.); Sunday, 4:30-9:30 a.m. (Golf Ch.), 9-10:30 a.m. (NBC), 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Ch.); Monday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Golf Ch.). Defending champion: Europe.
Series: United States leads 10-6.
Captains: Catriona Matthew (Europe), Pat Hurst (U.S.). Notes: Catriona Matthew will try to become the first European captain to win consecutive Solheim Cup competitions . ... Since the Solheim Cup began in 1990, Europe’s only victory on American soil was in 2013 at Colorado Golf Club . ... The Americans have three Solheim Cup rookies in Mina Harigae, Jennifer Kupcho and Yealimi Noh . ... Lexi Thompson and Lizette Salas have played in every Solheim Cup since 2013, making them the most experienced American players at Inverness. Women’s British Open champion Anna Nordqvist is playing in her seventh Solheim Cup.