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GOLF A weekly glance at events, statistics and standings PGA Tour Site: Lemont, Ill. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, Dubsdread Course (7,616 yards, par 71). Purse: $7.5 million. Winner’s share: $1.35 million. Television: Golf Channel (Thursday- Friday, 2-5 p.m., 7:30-10:30 p.m.) and NBC (Saturday, 2-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.). Last year: Colombia’s Camilo Vil- legas won his first PGA Tour title, lead- ing wire-to-wire at Bellerive in St. Louis en route to a two-stroke victory over Dudley Hart. Villegas also won the Tour Championship to finish second in the FedEx Cup standings. Last week: Steve Stricker won the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday at TPC Boston, his sev- enth career victory and first with Tiger Woods in the field. Stricker, also the Colonial and John Deere winner this year, moved to a career-high No. 2 in the world ranking and replaced Woods atop the FedEx Cup standings. Stricker birdied the final two holes for a one- stroke victory over Scott Verplank and Jason Dufner. Notes: The top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings advanced to third playoff event. The top 30 will qualify for the Tour Championship — where the points will be reset — in two weeks at East Lake in Atlanta. Stricker has a 909- point lead over Woods and is assured of being no worse than the No. 2 seed in the Tour Championship with a chance to win the $10 million prize. n Woods won at Cog Hill in 1997, 1999, 2003 and 2007. He tied for 11th at TPC Boston, closing with a 63. PGA Tour Statistics Scoring Average 1, Tiger Woods, 68.23. 2, Steve Stricker, 69.16. 3, David Toms, 69.53. 4, Hunter Mahan, 69.56. 5, Zach Johnson, 69.62. 6, Furyk, 69.66. 7, Tim Clark, 69.70. 8, Kenny Perry, 69.77. 9, Lucas Glover, 69.79. 10, Retief Goosen, 69.86. Driving Distance 1, Robert Garrigus, 312.2. 2, Bubba Watson, 310.7. 3, Dustin Johnson, 307.7. 4, Gary Woodland, 307.3. 5, Tag Ridings, 306.4. 6, Nick Watney, 305.7. 7, Angel Cabrera, 304.6. 8, J.B. Holmes, 302.3. 9, Troy Matteson, 301.5. 10, Harrison Frazar, 301.3. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, David Toms, 74.38% 2, Scott McCarron, 73.54%. 3, Joe Durant, 73.52%. 4, Tim Clark, 72.80%. 5, Scott Verplank, 72.44%. 6, Kirk Triplett, 72.08%. 7, Bart Bryant, 71.90%. 8, Brian Gay, 71.85%. 9, Zach Johnson, 71.57%. 10, Patrick Sheehan, 71.09%. Greens in Regulation Pct. 1, John Senden, 70.58%. 2, Joe Durant, 70.37%. 3, Jay Williamson, 69.50%. 4, Jonathan Byrd, 69.49%. 5, Greg Owen, 69.19%. 6, Robert Garrigus, 69.06%. 7, Jason Bohn, 68.98%. 8, Charles Warren, 68.85%. 9, Hunter Mahan, 68.61%. 10, Scott Sterling, 68.60%. Total Driving 1 (tie), Jonathan Byrd and Lucas Glover, 78. 3, John Rollins, 91. 4, Kenny Perry, 94. 5, Boo Weekley, 97. 6, Hunter Mahan, 102. 7, Charles Warren, 105. 8, Tiger Woods, 109. 9, 9, Heath Slocum, 110. 10, and Robert Allenby, 114. Putting Average 1, Steve Stricker, 1.725. 2, Anthony Kim, 1.726. 3, Joe Ogilvie, 1.728. 4, Dean Wilson, 1.730. 5, Luke Donald, 1.731. 6, Charlie Wi, 1,732. 7, Scott Verplank, 1.733. 8, Jason Day, 1.734. 9, Daniel Chopra, 1.735. 10, Harrison Frazar, 1.736. Birdie Average 1, Dustin Johnson, 4.21. 2, Tiger Woods, 4.15. 3, Hunter Mahan, 4.13. 4, Anthony Kim, 4.12. 5, Steve Stricker, 4.06. 6, Jason Day, 4.05. 7, Fred Couples, 4.02. 8, Lucas Glover, 4.01. 9, Jonathan Byrd, 4.00. 10, Joe Durant, 3.98. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Bubba Watson, 70.9. 2, Retief Goosen, 83.6. 3, Phil Mickelson, 99.0. 4, Kevin Stadler, 99.8. 5, Pat Perez, 104.7. 6, Dustin Johnson, 108.0. 7, Chris Riley, 109.8. 8, Zach Johnson, 110.8. 9, Jimmy Walker, 113.4. 10, Andres Romero, 115.7. Sand Save Percentage 1, Luke Donald, 68.55%. 2, Kevin Na, 63.01%. 3, David Mathis, 62.07%. 4, Mark Wilson, 61.36%. 5, Brian Gay, 60.83%. 6, Matt Kuchar, 60.75%. 7, Nick O’Hern, 60.34%. 8, Webb Simpson, 59.86%. 9, Brad Adamonis, 59.81%. 10, Joe Ogilvie, 59.31%. All-Around Ranking 1, Tiger Woods, 182. 2, Steve Stricker, 320. 3, Hunter Mahan, 335. 4, Jason Day, 339. 5, Jonathan Byrd, 372. 6, Dustin Johnson, 378. 7, Zach Johnson, 382. 8, Kevin Na, 393. 9, Lucas Glover, 399. 10, Kenny Perry, 406. PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders 1, Tiger Woods, (15), $8,348,163. 2, Steve Stricker, (20), $6,045,086. 3, Zach Johnson, (23), $4,127,213. 4, Kenny Perry, (22), $4,092,987. 5, Phil Mickelson, (16), $3,939,161. 6, Geoff Ogilvy, (18), $3,693,245. 7, Lucas Glover, (24), $3,474,480. 8, Sean O’Hair, (21), $3,438,993. 9, Y.E. Yang, (21), $3,323,766. 10, Retief Goosen, (18), $3,032,775. LPGA TOUR NW Arkansas Championship Site: Rogers, Ark. Schedule: Friday-Sunday. Course: Pinnacle Country Club (6,274 yards, par 71). Purse: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000. Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; Saturday noon-3 p.m., 8:30-10:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon-3 p.m., 8:30-10:30 p.m.). Last year: South Korea’s Seon Hwa Lee won her third career LPGA Tour title, birdieing the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Jane Park and Meena Lee. Last week: Norway’s Suzann Pet- tersen won the Canadian Women’s Open for her first LPGA Tour win in nearly two years, closing with a 1- under 70 for a five-stroke victory at Priddis Greens in Alberta. Since win- ning five times in 2007, Pettersen had six runner-up finishes, including a playoff loss Aug. 30 in Oregon. Notes: Stacy Lewis won the inaugu- ral tournament in 2007, an unofficial victory after the event was cut to 18 holes because of rain. The then-Uni- versity of Arkansas player shot a 65. U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION/ ROYAL AND ANCIENT GOLF CLUB OF ST. ANDREWS Walker Cup Site: Ardmore, Pa. Schedule: Saturday-Sunday. Course: Merion Golf Club, East Course (6,846 yards, par 70). Television: Golf Channel (Saturday, 3-5 p.m.; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sunday 3-5 p.m., 11 p.m.-1 a.m.). Format: Team match play. Saturday, four morning alternate-shot matches and eight afternoon singles matches; Sunday, four morning alternate-shot matches and 10 afternoon singles matches. United States: Bud Cauley, Jack- sonville, Fla.; Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, Calif.; Brendan Gielow, Muskegon, Mich.; Brian Harman, Savannah, Ga.; Morgan Hoffmann, Saddle Brook, N.J.; Adam Mitchell, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Nathan Smith, Pittsburgh; Cameron Tringale, Laguna Niguel, Calif.; Peter Ui- hlein, Orlando, Fla.; Drew Weaver, High Point, N.C. Captain: George Marucci Jr., Villanova, Pa. Britain and Ireland: Wallace Booth, Scotland; Gavin Dear, Scotland; Niall Kearney, Ireland; Tommy Fleetwood, England; Luke Goddard, England; Matt Haines, England; Eamonn Hodgson, England; Sam Hutsby, England; Chris Paisley, England; Dale Whitnell, Eng- land. Captain: Colin Dalgleish, Scot- land. CHAMPIONS TOUR Next event: Greater Hickory Clas- sic, Sept 18-20, Rock Barn Golf and Spa, Conover, N.C. Last week: Jeff Sluman overcame a six-stroke deficit at Pebble Beach to successfully defend his Walmart First Tee Open title. He aced the fifth hole and finished with a 4-under 68 for a two-stroke victory..