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PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: BMW Championship (Keegan Bradley)
THIS WEEK: Tour Championship, Atlanta, Aug. 29-Sept. 1
Course: East Lake Golf Membership (Par 71, 7,490 Yards)
Purse: $100M (Winner: $25M)
Defending Champion: Viktor Hovland
FedEx Cup Chief: Scottie Scheffler
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: 1-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday: 1-2:30 p.m. (GC), 2:30-7 p.m. (NBC); Sunday: Midday-1:30 p.m. (GC), 1:30-6 p.m. (NBC)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 11:15 a.m.-6 p.m. ET; Saturday: Midday-7 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
X: @TOURChamp
STARTING STROKES
The participant with the bottom complete strokes over 72 holes when mixed together with his FedEx Cup Beginning Strokes will win the season championship.
10 below: Scottie Scheffler
8 below: Xander Schauffele
7 below: Hideki Matsuyama
6 below: Keegan Bradley
5 below: Ludvig Aberg
4 below: Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay
3 below: Sungjae Im, Sahith Theegala, Shane Lowry, Adam Scott, Tony Finau
2 below: Byeong Hun An, Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley, Akshay Bhatia, Robert MacIntyre
1 below: Billy Horschel, Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith
Even: Chris Kirk, Tom Hoge, Aaron Rai, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Justin Thomas
NOTES: The winner earns a $25 million bonus and a five-year PGA Tour exemption. … Bradley jumped into the highest 30 together with his win on the BMW. Additionally enjoying their means into the sector have been Adam Scott (No. 14), Tommy Fleetwood (No. 22) and Chris Kirk (No. 26). Brian Harman, Jason Day, Davis Thompson and Denny McCarthy fell exterior of the highest 30. Justin Thomas was the ultimate participant to qualify for this week’s area at No. 30. … Tiger Woods set the event scoring report of 257 in 2007.
BEST BETS: Scheffler (+110 at DraftKings) is the primary participant to enter the Tour Championship at No. 1 within the standings three consecutive years. He completed T2 in 2022 and T6 in 2023. The six-time winner and Olympic gold medalist in 2024 is coming off a disappointing T33 final week. … Xander Schauffele (+230) completed second to Hovland final yr and has a pair of top-5s within the first two playoff legs. … Hideki Matsuyama (+1100) withdrew final week attributable to a again harm however did win the FedEx St. Jude following his bronze medal. … Rory McIlroy (+1600) is searching for a report fourth FedEx Cup title and has completed exterior the top-10 simply as soon as up to now seven years. He has not been in prime type of late however did publish a T11 final week and is at all times harmful at East Lake. … Keegan Bradley (+3500) began the playoffs at No. 39 however leapt to No. 4 with final week’s victory. Two of the previous three BMW winners have gone on to assert the FedEx Cup title.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Procore Championship, Napa, Calif., Sept. 12-15
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: AIG Girls’s British Open (Lydia Ko)
THIS WEEK: FM Championship, Norton, Mass., Aug. 29-Sept. 1
Course: TPC Boston (Par 72, 6,598 Yards)
Purse: $3.8M (Winner: $570,000)
Defending Champion: Inaugural occasion
Race to the CME Globe chief: Nelly Korda
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV/Streaming: Thursday: 3:30-6:30 p.m. ET (all Peacock/Worldwide); Friday: 3:30-6:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday: 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. ET; Saturday: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sunday: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
X: @FM_Champ_
NOTES: The 144-player area will probably be reduce to the highest 65 and ties after 36 holes. … TPC Boston was designed by Arnold Palmer and redesigned in 2007 by Gil Hanse. It has hosted 17 PGA Tour occasions, together with the FedEx St. Jude Championship in 2020.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: The Solheim Cup, Gainesville, Va., Sept. 13-15
PGA Tour Champions
LAST TOURNAMENT: The Ally Problem (Stewart Cink)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Charles Schwab Cup chief: Ernie Els
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Ascension Charity Traditional, St. Louis, Sept. 6-8
LIV Golf League
LAST TOURNAMENT: Greenbrier (Particular person: Brooks Koepka; Group: Smash GC)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
2024 Leaders: Gamers, Joaquin Niemann; Group, Crushers GC
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Chicago, Bolingbrook, Unwell., Sept. 13-15
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