Tour Championship

2022 - 8 - 25

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Tiger Woods announces new event in Florida, the PopStroke Tour ... (usatoday.com)

There's more than one Tour Championship in the news this week. While the best players on the PGA Tour are in Atlanta for the Tour Championship at East Lake ...

Limited to 100 players, the field will compete for a $25,000 purse over four rounds (72 holes) of individual stroke play with a cut to the top 100 and ties after 36 holes. Teams will play four founds (72 holes) of stroke play, with a cut to top 50 and ties after 36 holes. The team championship will run Oct. Entries received after the event is full will be placed on an alternate list. Player entries and qualifier site applications will be accepted based on the order of receipt. The event is set to be held Oct.

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Tour Championship LIVE: Updates and highlights from East Lake as ... (Sky Sports)

Scottie Scheffler heads into the week top of the PGA Tours season-long standings; Patrick Cantlay looking to successfully defend the Tour Championship and ...

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2022 Tour Championship TV schedule, FedEx Cup Playoffs ... (CBSSports.com)

Scottie Scheffler is looking to become the first golfer to win five times on the PGA Tour since Justin Thomas in 2017, and he's aiming to do so by completing ...

- Featured Holes 9 & 17 -- TBA - Featured Holes 2 & 15 -- TBA - Featured Holes 9 & 17 -- 1:15 p.m. - Featured Groups -- TBA Be sure to stick with CBS Sports for live coverage throughout the final event of the 2021-22 season. - Featured Holes 2 & 15 -- 12 p.m. Here's how you can watch as much of the Tour Championship as possible between now and Sunday. CBSSports.com is thrilled to bring you wall-to-wall coverage of the Tour Championship all week beginning with Round 1. While attending the FedEx Cup Playoffs can fun and memorable, simply being able to watch high-stakes golf is an incredible treat. Scottie Scheffler is looking to become the first golfer to win five times on the PGA Tour since Justin Thomas in 2017, and he's aiming to do so by completing the richest season in the history of golf. Beyond the money at stake are an immense amount of storylines during a key time in the sport. - Featured Groups -- 11:45 a.m., 1:15 p.m.

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'I'm not a fan': Is the Tour Championship format working? Pros are ... (Golf.com)

Patrick Cantlay watches Xander Schauffele hit a shot from a bunker at East Lake. Welcome to the only PGA Tour event all year played like your country ...

“Golf is just so different to the other sports,” he said. Just kind of feel like I’m just getting ready for a tournament.” Scheffler called his two-stroke lead “nice,” but he said it won’t change how he plays the week. “I’m still just preparing like it’s a regular four-day event and kind of going from there,” he said. I did have a thought that somehow the Playoffs could be match play somehow where it’s a bit more realistic to every other sports playoffs if that’s the way the Tour want to go.” He suggested the gap may be “a little bit unfair.” He went on to the win the tournament, and by extension the FedEx Cup by a stroke over Jon Rahm. He underperformed in the playoffs, missing the cut at the Northern Trust and finishing tied for 63rd at the BMW. “I just think it’s hard to sort of do these extra points in our game. But that year, Dustin Johnson played well enough to keep Schauffele out of the mix and thanks to his start atop the leaderboard, won the tournament by three over Schauffele. “I’ve obviously been on sort of both sides of that fence, too, from a competition standpoint,” Schauffele said Tuesday. “I can’t remember anything off the top of my head if I was ever the one getting strokes.

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Scottie Scheffler remains the man to catch in Tour Championship ... (The Irish Times)

Rory McIlroy suffers a triple bogey seven on his opening hole as he bids to win a record third FedEx title.

He managed his first par of the round at the seventh, but that required a sand save from a greenside trap. Despite catching the rough with his tee shot on the short par five sixth which meant that he couldn’t reach the green, he compensated beautifully with a superbly judged chip and run that eventually dropped in for an eagle. With one swing he shunted himself to the periphery of the tournament.

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Tour Championship 2022 Live Stream (Golf Monthly)

Tour Championship 2022 Live Stream - Here are all the streaming details for the final PGA Tour event this season, the Tour Championship.

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PGA Tour Championship leaderboard 2022: Live golf scores, results ... (Sporting News)

The Sporting News is tracking the latest scoring updates from the PGA Tour Championship in 2022. Here's who is atop the leaderboard on the first day.

2:05 p.m. 1:55 p.m. 2:30-7 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 1-2:30 p.m. 12:45 p.m. Other notable tee times: Jordan Spieth (12:45 p.m.), Cameron Smith and Rory McIlroy (1:45 p.m.), and Xander Schauffele and Sam Burns (1:55 p.m.). 1-6 p.m. There are several options for streaming the PGA Tour Championship. NBC and the Golf Channel will combine to broadcast the 2022 PGA Tour Championship. Scheffler and Cantlay will tee off last at 2:05 p.m. The most compelling pairing will be No.

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Tiger Woods announces PopStroke Tour Championship set for late ... (GolfDigest.com)

For the second consecutive day Woods announced a new initiative, this time a putting championship for teams and individuals at a Florida PopStroke facility.

Entries will be accepted in the order in which they’re received, and any received after the cutoff will be placed on an alternate list. It also will be four rounds of stroke play with a cut after 36 holes. There will be a cut after 36 holes. One scheduled to open in Houston later this year and two in Arizona are planned for Scottsdale and Glendale. Tiger Woods hasn’t hit a competitive golf shot since the second round of the Open Championship last month at the Old Course in St. The event will be sponsored by TaylorMade.

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Living single at the TOUR Championship (pgatour.com)

In the opening round of the 2022 TOUR Championship, Aaron Wise makes birdie on the par-5 18th hole. ATLANTA – One is the loneliest number.

He was in last at the 2021 TOUR Championship, set to play the final round as a single, when he and caddie Gary Matthews emptied the bag. He shot 74 and is three-over for the tournament, in last place. “Well, we got out there and we had the standard bearer kid put a red ‘18’ by my name, and people started to flock to our group going, ‘Hey, this guy came out of nowhere and he’s tearing it up!’” Andrade laughed. After shooting a third-round 85 at the 2015 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, Tiger Woods played his first solo round on TOUR and shot 74. Luckily I was having a good day, and just kind of stayed in my groove and stayed to myself, and it worked out well.” Another time, Andrade had missed the cut at the Greater Milwaukee Open and was at a Brewers game with Brad Faxon. Niemann played in a tournament-record 1:53 and shot 72, prompting merriment, and running, amongst his fans. Michael Greller, who caddies for Jordan Spieth, said the only time they’ve played without anyone else was in the third round of the 2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, after Justin Rose withdrew with a back injury on the fourth hole. The Wise group, if you can call it that, was made up of him and his caddie, the walking scorer, and the standard-bearer. Still, despite needing a few holes to find a rhythm, he settled in nicely and made five birdies, no bogeys on a course softened by copious rain. It was kind of tough to find the rhythm. Or a “single” if you prefer, like a yellow square of Kraft cheese.

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Tiger Woods announces official putting comp with a massive cash ... (Australian Golf Digest)

Tiger Woods has announced the creation of the PopStroke Tour Championship to be held October 26-28.

Entries will be accepted in the order in which they’re received, and any received after the cutoff will be placed on an alternate list. It also will be four rounds of stroke play with a cut after 36 holes. There will be a cut after 36 holes.

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Tour Championship - first round recap: How Scottie Scheffler ... (Sky Sports)

Scottie Scheffler heads into the week top of the PGA Tours season-long standings; Patrick Cantlay looking to successfully defend the Tour Championship and ...

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2022 Tour Championship leaderboard breakdown: Scottie Scheffler ... (CBSSports.com)

Already a four-time winner on the PGA Tour this year, Scheffler started at 10 under with everyone else chasing. He is aiming to become the first golfer since ...

His 63-63 start at Riviera earlier this season lingers in my mind, and he finished second in this field from tee to green on Thursday. More importantly for McIlroy, he somehow is only eight back of the lead on a day when he finished second to last in driving in the field. Throw in the fact that he's been playing some terrific golf toward the latter part of the summer, and it's clear that Schauffele is the most fearsome of all the contenders Scheffler will try and hold off over the next 54 holes. This is a little bit of who Scheffler is; it doesn't always look perfect, but he's been one of the best scorers of the year and will try to become the first golfer since Justin Thomas in 2017 to lead the PGA Tour with five wins in a season. The next closest of the players in this field is McIlroy at 2.7 in 32 rounds, which is where Justin Thomas is as well. Scottie Scheffler entered with a lead and left with an even bigger lead, and now he goes into the next three days trying to win the richest prize -- $18 million for first -- in PGA Tour history.

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2022 Tour Championship format: Starting strokes, handicaps and ... (Golf News Net)

The 2022 Tour Championship format is the only PGA Tour event on the schedule to use a handicap starting strokes system. We explain how it works.

The Tour Championship winner earns the FedEx Cup, the $18 million first-place prize, a five-year PGA Tour exemption and entry into all four major championships in 2023, 2024 and 2025. -4 The Tour Championship field is comprised of 30 players (29 now that Will Zalatoris has withdrawn), competing over 72 holes.

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Rory McIlroy hits opening tee shot out of bounds, makes triple to ... (Golf Channel)

Rory McIlroy began the Tour Championship needing to make up six strokes on the world No. 1. That hill became a mountain after one hole on Thursday. McIlroy hit ...

"I can go out and shoot a really good score tomorrow, but if Scottie is seven or eight [shots] or whatever he is ahead of me, then it makes things really difficult. I tried to guide sort of this little peeler into the fairway at the first and complete double-crossed, body stopped." It added up to a 3-under 67, with only four pars on the day. The 2019 FedExCup champion began the staggered-scoring event at 4 under par and immediately dropped to minus-1, nine back of leader Scottie Scheffler. McIlroy hit his opening tee shot out of bounds on the par-4 first at East Lake Golf Club. Rory McIlroy began the Tour Championship needing to make up six strokes on the world No.

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Rory McIlroy fights back after 'worst possible start' at Tour ... (Irish Examiner)

East Lake Golf Club on the outskirts of metro Atlanta and Royal Portrush on the North Atlantic will never be confused for one another. But they've both, ...

But if I go out and shoot a good score tomorrow and Scottie has a lackluster day, then he brings a lot of guys in it, and over 36 holes anything can happen. “I won the Deutsche Bank a few years ago; I was 4-over through three in Boston and ended up winning that tournament,” he said. The golf course is really soft and really gettable, so I knew there was a lot of holes out there that you could birdie. I would have been happy just to get back to even par after the first few holes, but to shoot 3-under was great.” McIlroy’s round included the opening triple, eight birdies, four bogeys, one eagle and only four pars. I tried to guide sort of this little peeler into the fairway at the first and complete double-crossed, body stopped. This misfire couldn’t be attributed to nerves but instead a short-lived torrential downpour of rain that coincided with his appointment at the first tee.

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Scheffler sizzles, Rory digs deep at Tour Championship (RTE.ie)

Rory McIlroy improved his starting score of -4 by three shots with a 67 but is eight behind leader Scottie Scheffler in a tie for sixth at the PGA Tour ...

Scheffler began the FedEx Cup finale, where players are given a starting score based on their season's performance, on 10 under but pushed that out to -15 with a superb 65. McIlroy's rollercoaster round began with a triple-bogey but also featured an eagle and four birdies in his last five holes. Rory McIlroy improved his starting score of -4 by three shots with a 67 but is eight behind leader Scottie Scheffler in a tie for sixth at the PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Scottie Scheffler finishes with 3 straight birdies, leads Tour ... (ESPN)

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler might have had a roller coaster of an opening round Thursday at the Tour Championship if only he had been paying ...

He had never disclosed it and wasn't entirely comfortable getting into the details except to say he was in pain. Because of those things, you just have to try your best to stay in the present and not get ahead of it. He dropped only one shot, going from bunker over the green at the par-3 ninth and having to make an understated 10-foot putt to escape with bogey. It was really hard for me to make a swing on Sunday. "I was just trying to go out and shoot a good number." Schauffele is dangerous as ever, and his record at East Lake is astounding for someone who has never left Atlanta in possession of a trophy. He teed off in a downpour and hooked his tee shot over the fence and out of bounds. He would love nothing more than to finish it off, and he played that way. He still managed a 67 and joined McIlroy at 8 shots back. "Not the best way to start," McIlroy said. East Lake wasn't quite a real lake, but overnight rain and the downpour made for a good walk spoiled. He led by as many as 6 shots on the front nine.

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2022 Tour Championship tee times: Round 2 pairings for Friday (Golf.com)

Tee times for Round 2 of the 2022 Tour Championship on Friday in Atlanta, featuring Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and more.

Sign up for an account to get into the action today. 1:55 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:35 p.m. 12:25 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 12:05 p.m. Pricing may vary. In Thursday’s round he didn’t just make the most of his advantage, he grew it significantly. You can find full Round 2 tee times for the tournament at the bottom of this post.

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Rory McIlroy is quietly putting together one of the more psychopathic ... (GolfDigest.com)

For those of you who do not live on Golf Twitter (lucky you), a quick explainer: a "pyscho scorecard," a term coined by our good friend Shane Bacon, ...

And all he did after that was birdie the eighth to climb all the way back to four under, even par for the day. This includes Rory McIlroy, a two-time winner of the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup who normally feasts at East Lake, which made him a popular come-from-behind pick this week. For those of you who do not live on Golf Twitter (lucky you), a quick explainer: a "pyscho scorecard," a term coined by our good friend Shane Bacon, is a scorecard that features all kinds of chaos.

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2022 Tour Championship tee times, pairings: FedEx Cup Playoffs ... (CBSSports.com)

It all comes down to this. The best players on the PGA Tour -- 29 of them, to be exact -- continue play Friday in the second round of the 2022 Tour ...

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Triple, eagle highlight Rory McIlroy's topsy-turvy start to TOUR ... (pgatour.com)

ATLANTA – Rory McIlroy is seeking history at this week's TOUR Championship as he tries to become the first three-time winner of the FedExCup.

He went on to win the tournament by five shots, becoming the first player on record (since the TOUR started keeping hole-by-hole records in 1983) to win a TOUR event after starting with a quad or worse. “I'm back to playing the golf that I'm used to playing and the golf that I know that I can play,” McIlroy said two weeks earlier at the first event of the FedExCup Playoffs, the FedEx St. Kim is the last player to shoot under par after starting his round with a triple or worse, shooting an opening 67 at Sedgefield Country Club after making a quadruple-bogey on the first hole. McIlroy didn’t make his first par until the seventh hole, sandwiching a bogey on the fourth hole between birdies on Nos. But, with nothing left to lose, McIlroy attacked a vulnerable East Lake layout that had been softened by the same rain that fell as he started his round. ATLANTA – As the rain doused East Lake on Thursday during a brief shower, Rory McIlroy tried to squeeze his opening tee shot into the first fairway.

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Scottie Scheffler Extends Lead He Was Handed at the Start of the ... (Sports Illustrated)

The Tour Championship isn't your normal PGA Tour stop, however. It holds the distinction as being the only tournament where the player who shoots the lowest ...

It’s one of the bigger events for us and because of that, you have to try your best to stay present and not get ahead of yourself.” “If I go out and shoot a good score tomorrow and Scottie and a lackluster day, he brings a lot of guys back in and anything can happen over 36 holes,” McIlroy said. “I was 4 over through three holes in Boston and won the Deutsche Bank a few years ago,” McIlroy said. One of those players was Rory McIlroy, whose round was alternately sizzling—rats, Roget says to change that to thermogenic!—and fizzling. “It’s a bit strange, so that’s why I talk about not looking at the leaderboards,” Scheffler said. But in this case, the world’s best player is on a roll and he already has only four players within seven shots thanks to his automatic 10-under-par starting point. For all its faults, the handicapped start is the best version so far, enabling viewers to quit caring about esoteric point totals and understand who’s leading and by how much. That doesn’t work because the PGA Tour doesn’t run any of the four major championships. The FedEx Cup season-long points race results in a unique—and uniquely uncomfortable—staggered start this week, the better to reflect which players have had better seasons. The flaw or the beauty in the staggered start rides with Scheffler, the No. Love ‘em or hate ‘em—bigger purses for smaller fields, mainly, and double the money-for-nothing Player Impact Program—the changes were necessary to stick a hot fork in rival LIV Golf’s direct-deposit program. Funny, that idea that seems less relevant now that there’s no longer a need to rig things to ensure that Tiger Woods (semi-retired) and Phil Mickelson (fully banished) are in contention going into the weekend for the tour’s season-ending, lollapalooza grand finale.

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PGA Tour Championship tee times, TV coverage, live streams ... (Sporting News)

The 2021-22 PGA Tour season comes to an end this weekend. Here's what you need to know about the Tour Championship tee times, TV channels and more.

1 p.m. to 6 p.m. 12:35 p.m. 12:25 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 12:05 p.m. For a complete viewing schedule, check the table below. 25, through Sunday, Aug. - Dates: Thursday, Aug. It's the final event in the 2021-22 PGA Tour season. Scheffler widened the lead he held heading into the round under the Tour Championship's unique format. Even with Zalatoris' absence, there are plenty of stars competing at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

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Scottie Scheffler extends FedExCup advantage and moves five clear ... (Sky Sports)

Scottie Scheffler bolstered his hopes of FedExCup victory by extending his lead at the Tour Championship, as Rory McIlroy battled back from a nightmare ...

"Not the ideal way to start, but proud of how I bounced back from that," McIlroy said. Live coverage continues Friday from 5.30pm on Sky Sports Golf. "I am treating it like a four-day event, and just like any other one I'm going to go out there and try and put myself in position to win the tournament."

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Strong finish gives Scottie Scheffler five-shot lead at Tour ... (The Irish Times)

Everyone is still looking up at Scottie Scheffler after one round of the Tour Championship. The world number one began the final leg of the FedEx Cup ...

Poston shot early rounds of 65 to rise up from the back of the pack to get to five-under, where they were tied with Collin Morikawa (66) and Tom Hoge (66). Cameron Young (67), Justin Thomas (67), Sam Burns (69), Spaniard Jon Rahm (67) and Sepp Straka of Austria (68) were tied for ninth at six-under. After starting in second at right-under, Cantlay struggled all afternoon and headed to the last hole two over. But not the ideal way to start, but proud of how I bounced back from that." Per the FedEx Cup scoring format, Scheffler started with a two-stroke advantage over Cantlay after the pair finished first and second in FedEx Cup points. Patrick Cantlay (70) tied Niemann for fourth at the end of the round.

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McIlroy 8 behind leader at Tour Championship (Radio Kerry)

Rory McIlroy is in a tie for sixth on 7 under par, 8 shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler after round one of the PGA Tour's Tour Championship in Atlanta.

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Rory McIlroy thought of Tom Kim after horrific start to Tour ... (Golfmagic.com)

Rory McIlroy was 4-over-par through two holes of the Tour Championship on Thursday but battled back to card an incredible score of 3-under-par.

"I sort of thought of Tom Kim a few weeks ago in Greensboro. "I won the Deutsche Bank a few years ago. Even he was tired of the twists and turns he experienced at East Lake. Add a bogey on the 2nd hole and he levelled his worst-ever two-hole start to an event in his PGA Tour career. I tried to guide sort of this little peeler into the fairway at the 1st and complete double-crossed, body stopped," McIlroy said in Atlanta. He shot 1-over on the front nine with one par.

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How to watch the Tour Championship on Friday: Round 2 live ... (Golf.com)

Only three rounds remain to determine a new Tour Championship winner and FedEx Cup champion, not to mention the massive $18 million prize that comes with it.

[PGA Tour Live on ESPN+](https://go.web.plus.espn.com/c/3208296/931309/9070) from 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. [SIGN UP FOR PGA TOUR LIVE ON ESPN+ TO STREAM THE ENTIRE 2022 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP ONLINE](https://go.web.plus.espn.com/c/3208296/931309/9070) Sign up for an account to get into the action today. 1:55 p.m. 1:45 p.m. ET on Friday. [$18 million](https://golf.com/news/insane-bonus-money-fedex-cup-2022/) prize that comes with it. Here’s what you need to know to watch Round 2 on TV or online. Pricing may vary. [Scottie Scheffler](https://golf.com/news/odd-glare-punched-putter-scottie-schefflers-day-different/), who has held the No. Open champion [Matt Fitzpatrick](https://golf.com/instruction/matt-fitzpatricks-20220us-open-win/) occupies third place at nine under after matching Schauffele’s score. [Xander Schauffele](https://golf.com/news/xander-schauffele-genesis-scottish-open-win/) is in a distant second at 10 under after an incredible round of 64 on Thursday, and U.S.

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Scottie Scheffler's lead grows, Rory McIlroy's weird day and a pair of ... (usatoday.com)

Scottie Scheffler's lead grows and Rory McIlroy's weird day among Thursday takeaways from the 2022 Tour Championship at East Lake.

“We got a little unfortunate that we teed off in that big downpour earlier in the day. But yes, it’s weird walking up seven and I’m 1 under on the round, and I look up and it says 10 under is leading. Fortunately, he sank a 6-foot par putt at the seventh. Niemann capped off his first round by draining a 19-foot eagle putt at the last. Rory McIlroy experienced the weirdest round of his life on Thursday. He shot 66, a stroke better than his career scoring average at the course of 67.2 in 21 rounds. The 23-year-old Chilean is making his third appearance at the Tour Championship. “It’s a bit strange,” Scheffler said of starting the round at 10 under with a two-stroke lead. “I just really worried about hitting the fairway on every hole,” he said. What would it mean to Scheffler to cap off his season with the FedEx Cup trophy on Sunday? His lead grew to as many as six strokes at one point as Patrick Cantlay, the defending FedEx Cup champion and winner of last week’s BMW Championship, managed to only shoot even-par 70. Schauffele, who won the Tour Championship in 2017 and has never finished worse than T-7 in his previous five starts here, continued his stellar play at East Lake.

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2022 Tour Championship purse, prize money: Payout for each golfer ... (CBSSports.com)

History and a whole lot of money will be on the line this week at East Lake.

Meanwhile, BMW Championship winner Patrick Cantlay will attempt to replicate last season's run to the FedEx Cup title where he collected $15 million for his troubles. To put into perspective the size of this prize pool, it is just slightly less than that of the Players Championship, Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. A record-setting year on the PGA Tour will end in record fashion as the largest prize pool in league history will be up for grabs this week at the 2022 Tour Championship.

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