What: Tour Championship in Atlanta.
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday (Ch. 11)
Course: East Lake Golf Club (7,319 yards, par 70)
Purse: $8 million (winner's share: $1.44 million)
Defending champion: Bill Haas
What: Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Ala.
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel)
Course: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator (6,460 yards, par 72)
Purse: $1.3 million (winner's share: $195,000)
Defending champion: Lexi Thompson
Next event: SAS Championship, Oct. 5-7, Prestonwood Country Club, Cary, N.C.
PGA: The top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings qualified for the event. The top five -- Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Nick Watney, Phil Mickelson and Brandt Snedeker -- can take the $10 million FedEx Cup prize with a victory. The other 25 players have a chance to win the playoff title with a victory, but would need help from the players at the top of the standings. ... The Ryder Cup is next week at Medinah in Illinois.
LPGA: Jiyai Shin, who won the Women's British Open last week, is not playing this week. Top-ranked Yani Tseng is in the field along with Lexi Thompson, Stacy Lewis, Suzann Pettersen, So Yeon Ryu, Brittany Lincicome and Michelle Wie.
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