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Two rounds remain until the 2024 FedEx Cup winner emerges. The second round saw a 68.7 scoring average and eight rounds of 67 or better. East Lake played slightly harder, but it did not matter for Scottie Scheffler.
He seemed unstoppable on Friday, hitting fairway after fairway and avoiding massive mistakes.
Scheffler followed up his first-round 6-under 65 with a 5-under 66 and now sits at 21-under overall, having started the tournament at 10-under. Not even a weather delay could slow him down on Friday.
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He leads Collin Morikawa, who is in second place, by four shots. Morikawa shot the low round of the tournament so far, shooting an 8-under 63 on Friday.
Xander Schauffele is in third place after he bounced back to shoot a 7-under 64. Schauffele sits at 16-under. Sahith Theegala moved up five spots on the leaderboard after shooting a 5-under 66. Theegala, whose entire family is cheering him on this week, is tied for fourth with Wyndham Clark and Adam Scott at 12-under.
So, with moving day now upon us, here are the tee times for round three.
Tour Championship Round 3 Tee Times (ET):
12:11 p.m. — Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk
12:22 p.m. — Viktor Hovland, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
12:33 p.m. — Byeong Hun An, Robert MacIntyre
12:44 p.m. — Sepp Straka, Keegan Bradley
12:55 p.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Tom Hoge
1:11 p.m. — Aaron Rai, Russell Henley
1:22 p.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Tommy Fleetwood
1:33 p.m. — Matthieu Pavon, Justin Thomas
1:44 p.m. — Taylor Pendrith, Shane Lowry
1:55 p.m. — Sungjae Im, Rory McIlroy
2:11 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Ludvig Åberg
2:22 p.m. — Sam Burns, Tony Finau
2:33 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Adam Scott
2:44 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, Sahith Theegala
2:55 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa
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