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topicnews · August 27, 2024

Tour Championship starting positions and tee times: Where will golfers open on the leaderboard at East Lake?

Tour Championship starting positions and tee times: Where will golfers open on the leaderboard at East Lake?

With two playoff events under its belt, the PGA Tour will arrive in East Lake this week to wrap up the season with the Tour Championship and conclude the race for the FedEx Cup.

The rankings will look a bit strange, at least on Thursday.

The Tour Championship will have a staggered start to the rankings, giving top-ranked Scottie Scheffler a significant advantage in Atlanta. Scheffler, who has won six times on Tour this season, will begin the week at 10 under par.

“I try not to treat it any differently. Like I said, the format of the starting shots is a little different. It’s not a traditional golf tournament,” Scheffler said Tuesday.

“But at the end of the day, the format is what it is. I’m going to try to approach it the same way I approach other tournaments, which is to go to the first tee and do my best to execute my shot, just like I would at the Masters, the RBC Heritage or Palm Springs. Every tournament, I go to the first tee, see my shot and try to hit it, and then I go from there.”

Xander Schauffele, who finished second overall, will start this week at 8 under par. Hideki Matsuyama starts at 7 under par and Keegan Bradley – who won the BMW Championship on Sunday to secure a spot in the East Lake field – starts at 6 under par. This system will apply until the final five players in the 30-man field, who will start at even par.

The tournament winner receives the FedEx Cup, which comes with a bonus of $25 million and a five-year exemption from the PGA Tour.

Here’s a look at the starting leaderboard and early tee times for the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

1. Scottie Scheffler -10

2. Xander Schauffele -8

3. Hideki Matsuyama -7

4. Keegan Bradley -6

5. Ludvig Aeberg -5

6. Rory McIlroy -4

7. Collin Morikawa

8. Wyndham Clark

9. Sam Burns

10. Patrick Cantlay

11. Sungjae Im -3

12. Sahith Theegala

13. Shane Lowry

14. Adam Scott

15. Tony Finau

16. Ben An -2

17. Viktor Hovland

18. Russell Henley

19. Akshay Bhatia

20. Robert MacIntyre

21. Billy Hoerschel -1

22. Tommy Fleetwood

23. Sepp Straka

24.Matthieu Pavon

25. Taylor Pendrith

26. Chris Kirk E

27. Tom Hoge

28. Aaron Rai

29. Christiaan Bezuidenhout

30. Justin Thomas

All times ET

11:16 am – Christiaan Bezuitenhout, Justin Thomas

11:27 am – Tom Hoge, Aaron Rai

11:38 am — Taylor Pendrith, Chris Kirk

11:49 am – Sepp Straka, Matthieu Pavon

12:00 pm — Billy Horschel, Tommy Fleetwood

12:16 pm — Akshay Bhatia, Robert MacIntyre

12:27 p.m. — Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley

12:38 pm – Tony Finau, Ben An

12:49 pm – Shane Lowry, Adam Scott

1:00 p.m. – Sungjae Im, Sahith Theegala

1:16 p.m. — Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay

1:27 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark

1:38 p.m. – Ludvig Åberg, Rory McIlroy

1:49 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley

2:00 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele

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