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PGA TOUR Deutsche Bank Championship Site: Norton, Mass. Schedule: Friday-Monday. Course: TPC Boston (7,202 yards, 71). Purse: $7.5 million. Winner’s share: $1.35 million. Television: Channel (Friday- Saturday, 2-5 p.m., 7:30-10:30 p.m.) and NBC (Sunday, 2-5 p.m.; Monday, 1-5 p.m.). Last year: won his sec- ond straight FedEx Cup event en route to the title, closing with an 8-under 63 for a tournament-record 22-under 262 total. He also won the 2004 event at TPC Boston. Last week: won The Barclays at Liberty National in Jersey City, N.J., holing a 20-foot par putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory over , , Padraig Harrington and . Slocum jumped from 124th — the second-to- last spot in the FedEx Cup opener — to third in the points race. Notes: The top 100 in the FedEx Cup standings advanced to the second playoff event. The field will be cut to 70 for the BMW Championship next week at Cog Hill in Lemont, Ill., and to 30 for the at East Lake in . n Singh is winless this year and has only three top-10 finishes in 20 starts. He missed the cut in The Bar- clays to drop to 78th in the FedEx Cup standings. PGA Tour FedExCup Leaders Through Aug. 30 Rank Name Points YTD Money 1. Tiger Woods 4,381 $8,183,163 2. Steve Stricker 3,105 $4,695,086 3. Heath Slocum 2,855 $1,885,815 4. 2,229 $4,033,088 5. 2,075 $4,071,137 6. Y.E. Yang 1,869 $3,308,316 7. 1,863 $2,981,977 8. 1,844 $2,996,145 9. 1,742 $3,442,942 10. 1,712 $3,885,911 11. Ernie Els 1,683 $1,891,407 12. 1,603 $3,441,995 13. 1,571 $2,738,640 14. Padraig Harrington 1,558 $1,727,752 15. 1,530 $2,675,661 16. Sean O’Hair 1,474 $3,221,493 17. 1,464 $2,815,275 18. 1,458 $2,636,715 19. 1,435 $2,612,155 20. 1,425 $2,461,657 21. 1,282 $2,340,501 22. 1,248 $2,214,825 23. 1,208 $1,752,039 24. 1,208 $1,945,280 25. 1,170 $1,857,922 26. 1,163 $2,499,041 27. 1,161 $2,582,181 28. 1,151 $2,166,817 29. 1,146 $1,915,672 30. 1,141 $1,674,350 31. 1,116 $2,198,658 32. 1,116 $1,837,696 33. 1,100 $1,592,408 34. 1,040 $1,875,743 35. 1,028 $1,930,577

PGA Tour Statistics Through Aug. 30 Scoring Average 1, Tiger Woods, 68.16. 2, Steve Stricker, 69.25. 3, David Toms, 69.46. 4, Hunter Mahan, 69.50. 5 (tie), Tim Clark and Zach Johnson, 69.62. 7, Kenny Perry, 69.71. 8, Jim Furyk, 69.72. 9, Lucas Glover, 69.74. 10, Robert Allenby, 69.80. Driving Distance 1, , 312.2. 2, , 310.6. 3, , 307.3. 4, Dustin Johnson, 307.2. 5, Tag Ridings, 306.4. 6, Nick Watney, 305.8. 7, Angel Cabrera, 305.1. 8, J.B. Holmes, 303.2. 9, Charley Hoffman, 301.5. 10, 2 tied with , 301.3. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, David Toms, 74.25%. 2, , 73.52%. 3, Scott McCarron, 73.47%. 4, Tim Clark, 72.39%. 5, , 72.08%. 6 (tie), and , 71.90%. 8, Brian Gay, 71.77%. 9, , 71.09%. 10, Zach Johnson, 71.01%. Greens in Regulation Pct. 1, , 70.83%. 2, Joe Durant, 70.37%. 3, Greg Owen, 69.56%. 4, , 69.53% 5, , 69.50%. 6, , 69.31%. 7, Robert Garrigus, 69.06%. 8, , 68.94%. 9, Charles Warren, 68.85%. 10, D.J. Trahan, 68.71%. Total Driving 1, Lucas Glover, 73. 2, Jonathan Byrd, 76. 3, John Rollins, 94. 4, Kenny Perry, 99. 5, , 102. 6, Charles Warren, 104. 7, Hunter Mahan, 108. 8, Heath Slocum, 111. 9 (tie), Tiger Woods and Robert Allenby, 115. Putting Average 1, Anthony Kim, 1.726. 2 (tie), and Luke Donald, 1.728. 4, Dean Wilson, 1.730. 5, Steve Stricker, 1.732. 6, , 1,734. 7, Harrison Frazar, 1.736. 8 (tie), and , 1.737. 10, , 1.738. Birdie Average 1, Dustin Johnson, 4.16. 2, Anthony Kim, 4.14. 3, Tiger Woods, 4.12. 4, Hunter Mahan, 4.09. 5, , 4.08. 6, Jason Day, 4.06. 7, Jonathan Byrd, 4.04. 8, Lucas Glover, 4.01. 9, Joe Durant, 3.98. 10, Steve Stricker, 3.97. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Bubba Watson, 66.7. 2, Retief Goosen, 84.5. 3, Phil Mickelson, 91.8. 4, Dustin Johnson, 102.0. 5, Kevin Stadler, 106.2. 6, , 109.8. 7, Sergio Garcia, 112.5. 8, , 113.4. 9, Andres Romero, 115.7. 10, , 117.0. Sand Save Percentage 1, Luke Donald, 68.91%. 2, Kevin Na, 64.08%. 3, Brian Gay, 62.39%. 4, David Mathis, 62.07%. 5, , 60.16%. 6, , 60.14%. 7, , 59.81%. 8, , 59.80%. 9, Ian Poulter, 59.52%. 10, Joe Ogilvie, 59.31%. All-Around Ranking 1, Tiger Woods, 194. 2, Jonathan Byrd, 351. 3 (tie), Steve Stricker and Hunter Mahan, 361. 5, David Toms, 377. 6, Lucas Glover, 389. 7, Jason Day, 391. 8, Dustin Johnson, 393. 9, Kenny Perry, 394. 10, Tim Clark, 405. ——— LPGA TOUR Canadian Women’s Open Site: Calgary, Alberta. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club (6,445 yards, par 71). Purse: $2.75 million. Winner’s share: $412,500. Television: (Saturday, 10:30 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sunday, 8:30-11 p.m.). Last year: Australia’s Katherine Hull won her first LPGA Tour title, taking advantage of Yani Tseng’s final-round meltdown for a one-stroke victory at Ottawa Hunt. Hull, six strokes behind Tseng at the start of the round, beat Se Ri Pak by a stroke. Tseng shot a 77 to finish two strokes behind. Last week: M.J. Hur won the Safe- way Classic at Pumpkin Ridge in Or- egon for her first tour title. The South Korean rookie beat with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. Michele Redman was elimi- nated on the first extra hole. Notes: Michelle Wie tied for fourth at Pumpkin Ridge, shooting 68-71-66 to finish two strokes out of the playoff. Two weeks ago in the , she led the winning U.S. team with a 3-0-1 record. n Karrie Webb won the 1999 du Maurier Classic at Priddis Greens. . . . won the final du Mau- rier in 2000 at Royal Ottawa, then won the Canadian Women’s Open in 2002 and 2004. ——— CHAMPIONS TOUR Walmart First Tee Open Site: Pebble Beach, Calif. Schedule: Friday-Sunday. Courses: (6,837 yards, par 72) and Del Monte (6,367 yards, par 72). Purse: $2.1 million. Winner’s share: $315,000. Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; 11 p.m.-1 a.m., Satur- day 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30-3:30 a.m., 6-8:30 p.m.; 11:30 p.m.-2 a.m.) Last year: won the sec- ond of his two 2008 victories, closing with a 67 for a five-stroke victory over and . Last week: won the in Snoqualmie, Wash., for his third victory of the year, birdie- ing the final two holes for one-stroke victory over Mark O’Meara.