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The high two gamers on the planet will play not less than yet another spherical collectively this PGA Tour season, as Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy will make up the ultimate pair of the primary spherical of the Tour Championship.
Scheffler and McIlroy completed 1-2 within the FedEx Cup standings following Scheffler’s victory on the BMW Championship on Sunday. The Texan and Northern Irishman additionally performed collectively on Thursday and Friday on the BMW.
The Tour Championship had used a staggered begin primarily based on ‘beginning strokes’ since 2019, during which No. 1 within the season-long standings would start the match at 10 underneath par, No. 2 could be 8 underneath and so forth. That was eradicated this yr — all 30 gamers within the discipline will start at even par, and the highest participant after 72 holes will win each the match and the FedEx Cup.
Despite that change, the PGA Tour opted to pair golfers up for the primary spherical primarily based on the factors standings.
Scheffler and McIlroy will tee off at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday at East Lake Golf Club, with Scheffler vying to win back-to-back FedEx Cups and McIlroy aiming for the fourth of his profession.
Just earlier than them are one other duo that is seen loads of each other this summer time. U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun and Englishman Justin Rose are 3-4 within the factors standings and can tee off collectively at 1:49 p.m.
Spaun and Rose went to a playoff on the FedEx St. Jude Championship two weeks in the past, with Rose profitable on the third gap. Then they had been paired collectively to begin the BMW.
Other notable pairings are No. 5 Tommy Fleetwood of England and No. 6 Ben Griffin; Harris English and Justin Thomas; Cameron Young and Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg; Collin Morikawa and Norway’s Viktor Hovland; and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan and Irishman Shane Lowry.
–Field Level Media