PGA Tour postseason heads to St. Louis and LIV Golf wraps up season in Indiana

BMW CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: St. Louis.

Course: Bellerive CC. Yardage: 7,448. Par: 72.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $3.6 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m. to noon (ESPN), 3-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, noon to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Scottie Scheffler won the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Notes: The second FedEx Cup playoff event is for the top 50 players. The top 30 after this week advance to the Tour Championship, where the winner claims the FedEx Cup and a $10 million prize in official money. ... Scottie Scheffler is $1,034,755 away from overtaking Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour career earnings list. ... Bellerive last hosted the 2018 PGA Championship won by Brooks Koepka. It lasted hosted the BMW Championship in 2008. ... Sungjae Im was the only player who moved into the top 50. He has made it to the BMW Championship every year since he was a rookie in 2019. ... Matt McCarty got the final spot at Bellerive by seven points over Keith Mitchell. ... Seventeen players in the field also played Bellerive in the 2018 PGA Championship. ... Scheffler now has won all three postseason tournaments. ... The BMW Championship currently is the only postseason event that rotates. It will go to Liberty National in New Jersey next year.

Next week: Tour Championship.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

LIV GOLF INDIANAPOLIS

Site: Westfield, Indiana.

Course: The Club at Chatham Hills. Yardage: 7,273. Par: 70.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $4 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 1-6 p.m. (Fox Sports app); Saturday, 2-5 p.m. (FOX); Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (FOX).

Defending champion: Sebastian Munoz.

Points champion: Jon Rahm.

Last tournament: Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf New York.

Notes: This is the final event of the LIV Golf season because the Michigan team championship has been canceled. LIV Golf Indianapolis will serve as the individual and team championship, although Jon Rahm has already wrapped up the individual title for the third straight year. ... Lucas Herbert, Joaquin Niemann and Tyrrell Hatton are in the running to finish third in the individual points race (with Bryson DeChambeau at No. 2). ... 4Aces, Ripper, Crushers and Legion XIII are separated by 13.5 points going into the final team event. ... The 12 events on the LIV schedule are the fewest since there were eight events during the inaugural season that began in June 2022. ... Sebastian Munoz won last year in a playoff over Rahm. ... Rahm was seen playing at National Golf Links on Long Island during the week off after LIV Golf New York. ... The last three LIV Golf events have been wire-to-wire victories by Niemann at Trump Bedminster, Herbert in the U.K. and Hatton in Spain.

Next tournament: End of season.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

CPKC WOMEN'S OPEN

Site: Edmonton, Alberta.

Course: Royal Mayfair GC. Yardage: 6,452. Par: 70.

Prize money: $2.75 million. Winner's share: $412,500.

Television: Thursday-Sunday, 6-7 p.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Brooke Henderson.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Jeeno Thitikul won The Standard Portland Classic.

Notes: This is the final week of qualifying for Americans to make the Solheim Cup team for the Sept. 11-13 matches in the Netherlands. ... Jeeno Thitikul joined Nelly Korda as the only players with three LPGA victories this year. Two of the wins for Korda are majors. ... The Canadian Women's Open took over for the du Maurier Classic in 2001 when it lost its LPGA major status over tobacco sponsorship regulations in Canada. The tournament dates to 1973. ... Brooke Henderson is a two-time winner of the tournament. In 2018, she became the first Canadian winner since Jocelyne Bourassa in 1973. ... Royal Mayfair last hosted the tournament in 2013 when Lydia Ko won for the second straight time, both years as an amateur. ... Nelly Korda is in the field after taking off last week in Portland. ... Haeran Ryu, who joined Korda as a two-time major winner this year, is not playing this week.

Next week: FM Championship.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

NEXO CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Aberdeen, Scotland.

Course: Trump International GC. Yardage: 7,439. Par: 72.

Prize money: $3 million. Winner's share: $500,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel), noon to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel mobile); Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Sunday, 6:30-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Grant Forrest.

Race to Dubai leader: Patrick Reed.

Last week: Jeff Winther won the Danish Golf Championship.

Notes: Patrick Reed is playing for the first time since he tied for 46th in the British Open. Reed leads the Race to Dubai over Rory McIlroy by 308 points. McIlroy is not expected to play on the European tour until the Irish Open next month. ... The field has four players from the top 100 in the world, led by Reed at No. 32. ... John Daly II, the son of two-time major champion John Daly, is in the field. He has played twice on the Korn Ferry Tour this year and the Puerto Rico Open on the PGA Tour. This is his first European tour start. ... The British Masters next week is expecting more LIV Golf players now that LIV's final team championship has been canceled. ... Matthieu Pavon and K.H. Lee are in the field from finishing among the top 200 in the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour last year. Both are former PGA Tour winners. ... The tournament was first played in 2020 as part of a refigured schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic. It returned to the schedule last year.

Next week: British Masters.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

ROGERS CHARITY CLASSIC

Site: Calgary, Alberta.

Course: Canyon Meadows Golf & CC. Yardage: 7,093. Par: 70.

Prize money: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $375,000.

Television: Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 10 p.m. to midnight (Golf Channel-Tape Delay); Saturday-Sunday, 4-5 p.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 5-7 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Richard Green.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stewart Cink.

Last week: Stewart Cink won the Boeing Classic.

Notes: Stewart Cink won for the fifth time this year, making him the first player with at least five PGA Tour Champions titles in one season since Steve Stricker in 2023. He is not playing this week in Canada. ... Three of Cink's nine career victories have been in playoffs. ... Zach Johnson is in the field. He has four victories in his first season on the PGA Tour Champions, but he trails Cink on the Charles Schwab Cup points list by more than $1 million. ... Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark finished third last week at the Boeing Classic for his best finish of the year. It moved him up six spots to No. 14 in the Schwab Cup. ... Canyon Meadows is about 3,500 feet above sea level. ... The tournament dates to 2013. Scott McCarron won in consecutive years (2017-18) and remains the only player to have won the tournament more than once. ... Richard Green of Australia last year and Carlos Franco of Paraguay in 2016 are the only non-Americans to win the Rogers Charity Classic.

Next week: The Ally Challenge.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

ADVENTHEALTH CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Kansas City, Missouri.

Course: Blue Hills CC. Yardage: 7,383. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, noon to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2-3 p.m. (Golf Channel mobile); Saturday, 2-3 p.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 2-5 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Previous winner: S.H. Kim.

Points leader: Ross Steelman.

Last week: Ross Steelman won the Albertson Boise Open.

Next tournament: Simmons Bank Open on Sept. 10-13.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

Epson Tour: Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic, Wildhorse GC, Pendleton, Oregon. Previous winner: Erika Hara. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

United States Golf Association: U.S. Senior Women's Open, Barton Hills CC, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Television: Saturday-Sunday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 10 p.m. to midnight (Golf Channel-Tape Delay). Defending champion: Becky Morgan. Online: https://www.usga.org/

Japan Golf Tour: Jumbo Ozaki Memorial Tournament, Kusatsu CC, Gunma, Japan. Defending champion: Kazuki Higa. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

Challenge Tour: Vierumaki Finnish Challenge, Cooke Course, Vierumaki, Finland. Previous winner: David Law. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/hotelplanner-tour/

PGA Tour Americas: Manitoba Open, Elmhurst Golf & CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Previous winner: Online: https://www.pgatour.com/americas

Japan LPGA: CAT Ladies, Daihakone CC, Kanagawa, Japan. Defending champion: Kokona Sakurai. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: KLPGA Championship, Fortune Hills CC, Pocheon, South Korea. Defending champion: Jungmin Hong. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

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Captain Jon Rahm, of Legion XIII, hits on the 13th hole during the final round of LIV Golf Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Bedminster, N.J. (Montana Pritchard/LIV Golf via AP)

Scottie Scheffler holds the winning trophy after the final round of the St. Jude Championship golf tournament, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Home Depot’s sales improved during its second quarter as customers focused on smaller projects during the summer months with the U.S. housing sector still mired in a slump.

Revenue increased to $47.86 billion from $45.28 billion, edging out the $47.24 billion that Wall Street had expected, according to a survey by FactSet.

Globally, sales at stores open at least a year, a key indicator of a retailer’s health, climbed 1.7%. In the U.S., comparable store sales rose 1.3%.

“We saw broad based demand across the business as customers continued to engage in smaller projects,” Chief Financial Officer Richard McPhail said in prepared remarks Tuesday.

Customer transactions slipped 1% in the quarter, but the amount shoppers spent rose to $92.50 per average receipt from $90.01 a year earlier.

Healthy spending on smaller projects during the quarter is encouraging, said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData.

“From our data, the number of smaller projects undertaken during the quarter increased by 1.5% over the prior year,” Saunders said in an email. “This may sound unimpressive, but it represents a step change from the declines of previous periods."

But Saunders also pointed out a potential weakness that is impacting almost all businesses where credit is sometimes required.

“The number of bigger-ticket projects undertaken remains down, falling by 2.1% over last year,” he said. "Concerns around financing and a previous lack of moving activity both remain major drags on the bigger-ticket segment.”

Homeowners that are currently considering taking out loans using home equity are realizing that it is considerably more expensive now compared with the ultra-low rates Americans could count on in the early 2020s. A home project that seemed within reach at a 4% to 5% borrowing rate looks a lot more daunting at 8% or higher.

While the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell slightly for the first time in six weeks, it is still up from last year and borrowing costs remain steeper than they were a year ago.

The U.S. housing market has been in a slump dating back to 2022, the year mortgage rates began climbing from historic lows that fueled a homebuying frenzy at the start of this decade.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed again in July as record prices and the highest mortgage rates in a year prove to be an insurmountable hurdle for many prospective buyers. Existing home sales fell 1.7% last month from June, the National Association of Realtors said last week.

Home prices continue to rise and hit unprecedented levels for the month of July, NAR said. The U.S. median sales price increased 2% from a year earlier, to $434,100.

For the three months ended Aug. 2, Home Depot earned $4.77 billion, or $4.79 per share. A year earlier the home improvement retailer earned $4.55 billion, or $4.58 per share.

Excluding one-time items, earnings were $4.92 per share. That’s much better than the $4.73 per share that Wall Street predicted.

McPhail, along with Ann-Marie Campbell, senior executive vice president, are overseeing operations while CEO Ted Decker takes a temporary medical leave of absence. The company said last week that it expects Decker to return within the next few months.

Home Depot also announced Tuesday that it is launching express delivery nationwide. The service will get orders to customers within three hours or less. It will be available for a small flat fee in the U.S., with no subscription or membership required.

The Atlanta company has posted solid back-to-back quarterly performances this year though many Americans have struggled to buy a home. Despite the solid performance, Home Depot stuck with its earlier sales growth guidance for fiscal 2026 of between 2.5% and 4.5%. It also left unchanged its expectations that comparable sales will be flat to up 2%.

Home Depot said that its outlook includes tariff refunds, which are expected to partially offset higher fuel, energy, and other product input costs throughout the year. Last year, the company said that it didn't expect to raise prices because of tariffs, but executive Billy Bastek said at the time that some products that were on Home Depot shelves may disappear.

The company's stock gained slightly in early morning trading.

FILE - Exterior view of a Home Depot in Uniontown, Pa., on Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)