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The final 18 holes of the 2024 Tour Championship are here, and Scottie Scheffler has a firm grasp on the lead. On Saturday, he shot a 5-under 66 to sit at 26-under overall and hold a five-shot lead.
Collin Morikawa played alongside Scheffler and signed for a 4-under 67. He is at 21-under overall and in solo second place. The two-time major winner is the closest to catching Scheffler, but even that won’t be easy.
Xander Schauffele fell down the leaderboard to 16-overall, while Sahith Theegala moved up to 17-under and into solo third after he carded his own 5-under 66.
The biggest comeback at the Tour Championship since the format change in 2019 came from Rory McIlroy in 2022, when he made a six-shot comeback to win his third FedEx Cup.
By history’s logic, the only one within reach is Morikawa. However, the last two years saw Scheffler shoot a 71 and 73 in the final round, so who knows what might happen.
The PGA Tour chose to push up tee times for Round 4 due to possible inclement weather rolling into the Atlanta area on Sunday afternoon. Let’s check out the complete tee times for the final 18 at East Lake.
10:21 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom Hoge
10:32 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Billy Horschel
10:43 a.m. — Aaron Rai, Robert MacIntyre
10:54 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Akshay Bhatia
11:05 a.m. — Tony Finau, Sepp Straka
11:21 a.m. — Byeong Hun An, Tommy Fleetwood
11:32 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Matthieu Pavon
11:43 a.m. — Taylor Pendrith, Justin Thomas
11:54 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley
12:05 p.m. — Rory McIlory, Ludvig Åberg
12:21 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im
12:32 p.m. — Sam Burns, Shane Lowry
12:43 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Adam Scott
12:54 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, Sahith Theegala
1:05 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa
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