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Viktor Hovland played the best golf of his life in the final two weeks of the PGA TOUR season, and it paid off Sunday with the biggest trophy of his career -- a FedExCup title along with the $18 million bonus.

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ATLANTA — The PGA Tour season concludes at East Lake Golf Club for the Tour Championship this week, as the top 30 players look to take home the FedEx Cup.

Here is everything you need for the Tour Championship: a preview, full TV schedule, streaming schedule, and complete list of first-round tee times.

Tour Championship Information

Where: East Lake Golf Club (Par 70, 7,346 yards)

When: Aug. 24-27th

Purse: $75 million ($18 million to the winner)

Defending Champ: Rory McIlroy

Tour Championship Preview

The final event of the 2023 season is here as the PGA Tour looks to crown a FedEx Cup champion at the Tour Championship. Players will compete for a $75 million purse, where the winner will take home a whopping $18 million.

This week is different from the BMW Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship. Players start with strokes depending on where they finished on the points standings. Scottie Scheffler will start at 10-under, Viktor Hovland at 8-under, Rory McIlroy at 7-under, Jon Rahm at 6-under and so on.

East Lake Golf Club is a doozy. Multiple par-4s stretch beyond 450 yards, and there are only two par-5s on the course. Keeping it in the fairways will be imperative. Water comes into play on some pivotal holes, so avoiding the penalty areas will be a crucial component to hoisting the FedEx Cup trophy.

McIlroy sits in a strong spot entering the week. Last year, he came from behind and waltzed past Scheffler to win his third FedEx Cup. With nine straight top-9s and his game in form, can the Northern Irishman close it out in Atlanta again?

Scheffler fell short last year, but did he learn his lesson?

Hovland is coming off a historic 61 at Olympia Fields to win the BMW Championship, and he looks dialed in this week. Can he go back-to-back?

Xander Schauffele plays East Lake better than anyone in the field. Only Tiger Woods plays this course better historically. Schauffele won in 2017 and has finished in the top seven in the past six seasons.

So many intriguing storylines are here in Atlanta as the top players in the world will battle it out at East Lake. Of course, they will need to beat the heat too.

How to Watch the Tour Championship

Golf Channel and CBS will share television coverage for the final playoff event this week.

Here is the full schedule:

Thursday, August 24: 1-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Friday, August 25: 1-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Saturday, August 26: 1-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3-7 p.m. ET (CBS)

Sunday, August 27: 12-1:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 1:30-6 p.m. ET (CBS)

How to stream the Tour Championship

The Tour Championship will be available for streaming via ESPN+ from 11:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. For the third round, ESPN+ will stream coverage from noon to 7 p.m. Then on Sunday, streaming airs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

There will be featured group coverage on the streaming services all four days, per the PGA Tour.

Tour Championship Featured Groups

Thursday Feature & Marquee Groups, along with starting scores:

11:15 a.m. ET: Jordan Spieth (E) / Sepp Straka (E) (Marquee Group)

11:45 a.m. ET: Jason Day (-1) / Sam Burns (E) (Featured Group)

11:45 a.m. ET: Collin Morikawa (-1) / Adam Schenk (-1) (Featured Group)

1:39 p.m. ET: Lucas Glover (-5) / Max Homa (-4) (Featured Group)

1:49 p.m. ET: Rory McIlroy (-7) / Jon Rahm (-6) (Featured Group)

Tour Championship Tee Times for Round 1 (ET)

11:26 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka

11:37 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton

11:48 a.m. — Jason Day, Sam Burns

11:59 a.m. — Adam Schenk, Collin Morikawa

12:10 p.m. — Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor

12:21 p.m. — Corey Conners, Si Woo Kim

12:32 p.m. — Sungjae Im, Tony Finau

12:43 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, Tom Kim

12:54 p.m. — Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler

1:05 p.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley

1:16 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick

1:27 p.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman

1:38 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Max Homa

1:49 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm

2 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. You can follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and on Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports for more golf coverage. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough too.

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Tour Championship Leaderboard And Final Round Live Updates - Hovland Wins FedEx Cup by Five Shots Over Schauffele

The 2022/23 PGA Tour season comes to a conclusion this evening at East Lake. Who will lift the FedEx Cup and take the $18m bonus?

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Viktor Hovland fought off a spirited fightback from Xander Schauffele to claim back-to-back victories and the FedEx Cup with a five-shot victory at the Tour Championship.

Starting the day six shots ahead, Hovland started fast, making four birdies in his first six holes either side of a rain delay but was unable to shake off the challenge of Schauffele.

The American, who has never finished below seventh in his six appearances so far at East Lake, also made four birdies in his first six holes and continued to battle away, at one point reducing Hovland's lead down to just three after three birdies in five holes around the turn.

As the rest of the field was left behind, the final pairing offered up something of a prelude for next month's Ryder Cup over the back nine, going blow for blow over the final holes.

The turning point would arrive on the 14th, where Hovland responded from a poor chip to drain a crucial par putt and retain his three-shot advantage. From there, the 25-year-old found three birdies in his final three holes to finish on -27, securing back-to-back wins alongside the $18m winner cheque.

After Schauffele on -22, Wyndham Clark was the next best back at -16. Solid final rounds from Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay saw the pair round out the top five at -14 and -13 respectively. World No.1 Scottie Scheffler finished at T6 on -11.

Relive all the action from the final round of the Tour Championship below:

TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD

• -27: HOVLAND
• -22: SCHAUFFELE
• -14: MCILROY 
• -13: CANTLAY

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Hello and welcome to Golf Monthly's live coverage of the final round of the Tour Championship. After a stellar round on Saturday, the tournament is really Viktor Hovland's to lose. Fresh of his victory last week, the Norwegian has a six-shot advantage at East Lake heading into the final round. 

It will take something special from the chasing pack to stop him. Will that happen? Tune in to find out...

FINAL ROUND TEE TIMES

We've got a few early starters out on the course, but here's a look at when the big contenders get underway for their final round.

Times listed in EDT (BST):

• 12.56pm (5.56pm) -  Adam Schenk, Rory McIlroy
• 1.07pm (6.07pm) -  Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay
• 1.18pm (6.18pm) -  Wyndham Clark, Jon Rahm
• 1.29pm (6.29pm) -  Keegan Bradley, Collin Morikawa
• 1.40pm (6.40pm) -  Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

DIFFICULT EARLY SCORING

Scoring was tricky yesterday and the early signs from those already on the course is that we could be in for similarly tricky scorings.

14 players are out on the course but just two are under par currently for their rounds...

IS XANDER THE MAN TO CHASE DOWN HOVLAND?

If you could have picked someone charged with catching Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele may just be that person.

The American has five top-ten finishes and one victory at this course in his six appearances at the tournament. As well as that, he's yet to shoot over par at East Lake. 

Could he cause a shock here today? A reminder that Scottie Scheffler led by this exact amount heading into the final round last year...and ended up falling short to an electric round from Rory McIlroy.

BIG PAYDAY FOR THE WINNER

It's the biggest purse on the PGA Tour, so here's a quick reminder of the eye-watering sums of money that the top-ten players are set to take home today:

• 1 - $18,000,000
• 2 - $6,500,000
• 3 - $5,000,000
• 4 - $4,000,000
• 5 - $3,000,000
• 6 - $2,500,000
• 7 - $2,000,000
• 8 - $1,500,000
• 9 - $1,250,000
• 10 - $1,000,000

RYDER CUP PICKS TO PLAY FOR

Another strand to today's action is next month's Ryder Cup. Two names in the top five, in particular, will be looking to force the hand of US Captain Zach Johnson ahead of Marco Simone.

Collin Morikawa looks likely to get a captain's pick already but he'll be after one more big round just to make that sure.

The other is Keegan Bradley who it feels like is on the outside looking in at the minute. He's already won twice this season but may well need a big final-round showing at East Lake to make the case to Johnson for one of those six picks.

RORY MCILROY UNDERWAY

He's been struggling with a back injury all week has Rory and currently sits 11 shots back of the lead. He pulled off something magnificent this time last year but 11 shots feels even beyond his best.

He gets underway with Adam Schenk, finding the right rough with his first tee shot.

EARLY BOGEY FOR RORY

The Northern Irishman is blocked off by trees after his opening drive and can't reach the green in two. From the fairway he can't get up and down to save his par and he drops back to -8.

It's a lovely birdie, though, for his playing partner Schenk who moves into solo eighth at -10. What a season he is putting together. 

GLOVER AND HOMA INTO THE TOP TEN

A nice start for the American duo early into their final rounds. Two birdies for Glover, one for Max and the pair are both at T9 on -9.

OPENING BIRDIE FOR SCHEFFLER

Where was any of that yesterday, Scottie? The World No.1 was birdie-shy almost the entirety of Saturday but gets underway at the first on Sunday with a lovely iron approach.

He's got ten feet for birdie and this time makes no mistake. Up to -12 but plenty of work still to do. 

SCHENK HOLES OUT FROM THE FAIRWAY

Wow! What a start from Adam Schenk. It's rare that Rory McIlroy is overshadowed in a pairing but it's happening right now.

A birdie on the first is met by eagle on the third as he holes out from 137 yards on the fairway. Up to -12 and into a share of fifth for him.

He's still yet to win on the PGA Tour and that's probably unlikely to change today, but his breakthrough season continues to go from strength to strength.

6 years ago today, Adam received his PGA Tour card. Today, he is playing in the final round of the Tour Championship. I have a slew of words to share but I’ll spare you all: I’m wearing waterproof mascara today. pic.twitter.com/QuMdBmcJN7 August 27, 2023

LEADER UNDERWAY

A bit of drama before he starts as Viktor Hovland and his caddie appear to take a wrong turn and have to lightly jog to make the first tee on time.

All's well that ends well, though, as he finds the fairway with his drive. Schauffele, too, finds the short stuff as he looks to chase down the Norwegian. 

EARLY BIRDIES FLOWING

Well, I thought it might be similar to yesterday conditions-wise but perhaps not. Scheffler rolls in another birdie - his second of the round - to get to -13 and he's joined there by Adam Schenk whose marvellous front nine gets even better with a 31-foot birdie to move four under thru four.

Morikawa gets off and running with birdie at the first to move to -14 but Keegan Bradley doesn't appear to have got the memo as he makes an opening-hole bogey to drop back to -12.

HOVLAND MAKES AN EARLY MOVE

Just relentless golf from Viktor Hovland who pours in a 15-footer on the first for a birdie to move to -21. He's going to be difficult to catch if he keeps making birdies look as easy as that.

But credit to Schauffele. A beauty of an iron into the green for the American who also makes birdie to keep some sort of pressure on the leader. Up to -15 for him.

PLAY SUSPENDED

Well, not the news we were hoping for. Just as we were getting started, play has been suspended due to "inclement weather." Looks like storms are projected in the area but hopefully East Lake can avoid the worst of it.

The final round of the TOUR Championship was suspended at 1:57 p.m. ET due to inclement weather. August 27, 2023

Some thunder being picked up by the TV cameras. It looks like this delay could be a bit lengthier than anyone initially anticipated. 

Anyway, lets take the opportunity to look back on what golf we have seen so far today and the story right now is Adam Schenk. Five holes, three birdies, one eagle. Not bad. 

Here's a look at that eagle - a hole-out from the fairway:

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RAIN BEGINNING TO CLEAR

No news as of yet regards a restart but signs the rain and clouds appear to be slowing moving away from East Lake. 

There's not a lot of wind out on the course so it may take it's time but hopefully we aren't too far away from getting the golfers back on the course. 

OVER IN EUROPE...

A few signs of fans but still no signs of players so lets take another look back at some other action from today which happened in Europe at the Czech Masters on the DP World Tour.

If today is a big day for the likes of Bradley and Morikawa to force their way into a US captain's pick for the Ryder Cup, then it was no different over in Prague.

A host of big names such as Ludvig Aberg, Nicolai Hojgaard, Adrian Meronk, Yannik Paul and Bob MacIntyre were in contention as they looked to make their case to Luke Donald for a captain's pick onto Team Europe. 

Click here to find out how they got on.

PLAY TO RESUME AT 15:50 ET (20:50 BST)

Finally some good news and a time for the resumption of play. Given the length of the delay, the players are being allowed some time on the range first but it looks like we are looking at a 3:50pm ET restart. 

For the folks in the UK, that's 20:50pm so just over half an hour away.

Update from Atlanta: the range is opening at 3:15 and play expected to resume at 3:50 pm ET. August 27, 2023

PLAY TO RESUME - HOVLAND LEADS BY SIX

We're about 15 minutes away from play resuming so a small reminder of how things stand:

Hovland remains six shots ahead on -21 after a first-hole birdie but faces a putt to save his par on the second. His closest chaser, Schauffele, also made birdie on the first and has a look at birdie on 2 to move up to -15. 

Further back on -14 is Morikawa, while Schenk and Scheffler have each started excellently with the pair sat on -13 and -4 and -2 for their final rounds respectively so far.

PLAY BACK UNDERWAY

The horn goes and we're back just under two hours later! 

A big putt first up for Hovland to save his par on the second...right in the heart of it. No signs of rust from the Norwegian after the time waiting around. Schauffele pushes his birdie putt right off the hole and walks of for a par. 

There was a chance of a two-shot swing there but, in the end, it all remains the same. Hovland leads by six.

CLOSE SHAVE FOR SCHEFFLER

Scottie was getting hot before the weather interval and his iron's are dialled right out the gates with a nice approach into the fifth. From ten feet, though, he can't convert and he remains eight back at -13. 

SCHAUFFELE CUTS LEAD TO FIVE

He just loves this course, does Xander. Another sterling iron into the third green gives him a look at birdie and the American makes no mistake.

He's up to -16 and now just five back of Hovland after he misses his look at birdie. No cause for concern...yet.

SCHENK INTO THE TOP THREE

Not even the near two-hour rain delay has dampened Adam Schenk's spirits today as his magical front nine just keeps getting better. Another birdie pours into the hole at 6 and he's now -5 for his round, 14-under-par for the tournament and into a tie for third! 

BIRDIES FOR HOVLAND AND SCHAUFFELE

The rain from earlier may have made these greens slightly more receptive, and the final pair are putting that two the test. Schauffele's approach into the fourth is great. Hovland's is even better, almost threatening to slam dunk into the hole. 

It's two relatively short birdie efforts...and they both convert. We started the day with a few in contention but this is fast becoming a two horse race - Schauffele hunting down Hovland. 

Elsewhere, there is a bogey for Morikawa who drops back to -13 and leaves Schenk in solo third. That's a tasty payday if he can stay there.

KEEGAN BRADLEY DROPS BACK 

Not the round the American would have wanted to put together today. His second bogey of the day on the front nine and he's now two-over-par for his round and back at -11.

MORE PUTTING WOES FOR SCHEFFLER 

A couple of missed opportunities early in the round for the American and he's now in trouble on the seventh with his ball running through to the back of the green. It's a tricky two-putt but that becomes all the more difficult when the World No.1's first effort comes up way short before drifting down the slope and away from the hole.

In the end, it's a three-putt bogey and he's now ten back of Hovland at -12.

HOVLAND RESTORES SIX SHOT LEAD

It's difficult to put into words the level of ball striking Hovland is displaying right now. The greens are receptive, sure, but, he's got another great look at birdie after a sumptuous iron into the fifth. 

No problem for the Norwegian, who rolls it in for back-to-back birdies to get to -23. 

And the pressure tells on Schauffele who misses his birdie putt just prior. He's been great so far today as well but he's back to how he started the day - six back of the leader. 

PLENTY FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE

This truly has become a two-horse race now. A bogey for Rahm after finding the greenside bunker. A bogey for Morikawa after a short miss. And a bogey, too, for Schenk after a clumsy three putts.

Schauffele the only one standing, trying to chase down Hovland.

DOUBLE BOGEY FOR SCHEFFLER 

Well Scottie wasn't likely to win today but he's now just losing money quickly on these greens. 

The first putt on the eighth is tricky - slow at first before picking up speed - and Scheffler races it by. The par putt is missed...and so is the even shorter bogey putt. Double-bogey six and the World No. 10 is back to -10 where he started the tournament. 

MORE BIRDIES FOR HOVLAND AND SCHAUFFELE

The two players in the final group find the exact same greenside bunker left of the green with their approaches in. 

The rain we've had earlier in the day makes this a far less intimidating proposition for these two on the par-five sixth and they make no mistake, up and down for a pair of birdies and on they go, storming further ahead of the field. 

BOGEYS FOR SCHENK AND RAHM

Schauffele and Hovland look like they are playing a different course at the minute as more players drop shots around them. Rahm gets himself in trouble off the tee and can only hack out of the fairway bunker. In the end, he does well to just drop one shot. 

Schenk, too, drops one as he makes the turn after another three putt on the tenth. 

SCHAUFFELE BACK WITHIN FIVE

Everyone else has vacated from the chase but Xander Schauffele is going nowhere. An aggressive tee shot allows him a wedge into the green and he makes no mistake with the birdie putt. He's -5 thru eight holes and up to -19.

Hovland taps in for his part to remain at -24, but his lead now drops back to five.

MORIKAWA MAKES THE TURN WITH BIRDIE 

He's no longer fighting for the overall title, but there's plenty of money on offer for any of the players that can make a move up the leaderboard. After a quiet few holes, Morikawa bounces back with birdie on the par-three ninth to move alongside Clark on -13.

And he's joined back on 13-under-par by Adam Schenk who pours in another birdie from over 20 feet. He's back into a tie for third. 

HOVLAND SAVES PAR AS FINAL PAIR MAKE THE TURN 

Plenty of work to do for Hovland as his tee shot into the ninth comes up right at the bottom of a huge slope. It's 50ft long but with about 40ft worth of left-to-right break. 

The Norwegian gives it a good go but his effort comes up just short. It's a slightly testy downhiller for par...but he makes no mistake. Schauffele gives his putt a great roll but it just evades the hole. A great effort but the lead remains at five for Hovland. 

CLARK MAKING A MOVE

He wasn't particularly in contention at the start of the day but a three-under-par round has this year's US Open champion up into solo third at -14. 

That could be worth a few dollars if he can stay there come the end of play. 

DOUBLE BOGEY FOR SCHENK

Oooh, that's not ideal. Adam Schenk goes from bunker to bunker on the 14th before a costly three-putt leaves him with a double-bogey six! From a tie for fourth down into seventh at -11 for the American. 

SCHAUFFELE CUTS LEAD TO FOUR 

Xander is running out of holes but by no means giving up the chase. He hits a solid iron into the 11th but is under pressure as Hovland stuffs one in close.

No nerves from the American, though, as he gets the perfect roll on his right-to-left putt, sending it right into the heart of the cup for his eighth birdie of the day. He's up to -20 now.

Hovland with a chance to maintain his five-shot lead...but he can't. Perhaps the first signs of nerves from the Norwegian? Seven holes to go but his lead is now four. 

RORY MAKING A MOVE

Even a bad back can't deter the Northern Irishman. He loves it here at East Lake and is finishing in style here on Sunday. A divine tee shot into the 15th brings him his third birdie in four holes and up to T4 at -13.

Schenk, his playing partner, bounces back nicely after that double bogey with a birdie, too, while Clark further improves his position in third with another birdie to get to -15.

BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES FOR SCHAUFFELE, LEAD NOW JUST THREE

Hovland is in a small spot of bother off the 12th tee as his ball settles into the fairway bunker. Not to worry, he simply sticks it in close and gives himself another look at birdie. 

Schauffele ramps up the pressure with another stellar iron into the green just inside Hovland's effort. And the pressure tells.

Hovland's effort goes by while Schauffele's putt drops for another birdie. In an instant, the hole is now three. 

Some late drama perhaps?

BOGEYS FOR CLARK AND MCILROY 

These two spent the final day at LACC battling it out for the US Open a few months back and they deservedly have their names right up at the top of the leaderboard after a pair of fine seasons. 

They've both made nice moves today but now Clark and McIlroy falter somewhat with bogeys, moving them back to -14 and -12 respectively.

HOVLAND PAR KEEPS HIM THREE AHEAD

Problems off the tee for Schauffele who goes way left over the trees. He recovers nicely to make a par but it's advantage Hovland after he sticks one in close on 13.

It's a good roll...but just catches the lip and rolls by quite some distance! Not the tap-in he would have wanted but it's calmy negotiated by the Norwegian back up the slope to make par and remain three ahead. 

We're supposed to still have a month until the Ryder Cup but this feels like a proper Sunday matchplay singles classic. Hovland 3UP with five to play.

BIRDIE FOR RORY, BOGEY FOR COLLIN 

The two swap places with McIlroy moving into solo fourth after a bounce-back birdie on the penultimate hole. Morikawa, meanwhile, serves up a three-putt at just the wrong time to drop back to -12 and a tie for fifth alongside Cantlay.

Schenk was at -12 but he's now further back at -10 after his second double bogey in four holes at 17.

HUGE PAR SAVE FROM HOVLAND ON 14

The first real sign of emotion from Hovland all day as he lets out an almighty fist pump having saved par! His second shot came up short and the chip onto the green was poor, but the putt...nerveless.

He maintains his three-shot lead with Schauffele making par and that feels like a big moment in this closing stretch. 

What a putt!Viktor Hovland comes up clutch to save par @TOURChamp 💪He leads by 3 with 4 to play. pic.twitter.com/LGGFxLRAUb August 27, 2023

DOUBLE BOGEY FOR MORIKAWA 

The American isn't closing in style and a mistake out of the greenside bunker from the par-three 15th leads to a double bogey and three dropped shots in his last two holes. 

Three-over-par today. Not his finest golf. 

HOVLAND LEADS BY THREE WITH THREE TO PLAY

The par-three 15th next for the final pair and they both safely carry it beyond the flag to give themselves outside looks for birdie. 

Hovland is further away, and it's a big right-to-lefter which he nurses down to the hole nicely. A solid par for him. Schauffele needs to be aggressive and try steal one here...but it's on the wrong line right from the start. 

No harm with a par but he's only got three holes left now and still trails by three. 

MCILROY IN THE CLUBHOUSE

Rory ends with a birdie on the par-five last to get up to -14 for the tournament and safely inside the top-five after a four-under-par 66. That's a great performance given the problems with his back that plagued his first two rounds. 

A great end to another remarkably consistent season for him. His playing partner, Schenk misses out on a birdie and currently sits at T8 which also represents a fantastic season for the up-and-coming American.

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HOVLAND MAKES BIRDIE TO GO FOUR AHEAD WITH TWO REMAINING

What a couple of holes from Viktor Hovland. A huge par save on the previous hole is followed by a superb iron shot into the 16th green to give him a great look at birdie.

Schauffele has a go for birdie before that but his effort comes up short and Hovland takes full advantage, rolling his 10-foot putt down the slope and into the cup for his first birdie of the back nine to move to -25.

He now leads by four with two left and that, should be that.

BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES AS HOVLAND EXTENDS LEAD TO FIVE

Simply relentless. It looked at one stage that this might go right down to the wire. 

Not any more. 

Hovland rolls in another birdie on the 17th and now, he heads the 18th tee with almost the same size lead as he started the day with. Schauffele sees his effort roll past and he settles for a par. 

He's played his part and made this final round a real test for the Norwegian, but the task was just too much and he's ran out of steam on these final holes. 

UP THE LAST THEY GO...

Safely on the fairway for Hovland on the par-five 18th and he can now enjoy this final work. His work is done and he will surely be your 2023 FedEx Cup champion.

VIKTOR HOVLAND WINS THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP!

Schauffele second comes up short of the green but it's a lovely up and down to find yet another birdie. A final-round 62 is some achievement and he's pushed Hovland all the way today.

The Norwegian's second shot also comes up short, rolling back into the sand. Can he get up and down for a final birdie?

You bet he can. Remarkable golf from Hovland who himself shots a seven-under-par 63 to win the Tour Championship by five shots and claim the FedEx Cup for the first time! 

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Simply remarkable golf from Hovland today. We saw last year from Scottie Scheffler how tricky it can be to close out these tournaments but the Norwegian was simply faultless and refused to take a backwards step.

A lot of credit, too, must go to Xander Schauffele who continues his magnificent record here with a final-round 62. He fell five shots short in the end but it felt and was a lot closer than that for large parts of the final round.

THANKS FOR TUNING IN!

Well, what a way to end the season. I didn't expect as entertaining a final round as that but thanks to Schauffele and Hovland we were treated to a real thriller.

Thanks for tuning in, until next time!

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How to watch the 2022 Tour Championship: TV schedule, streaming, tee times

The 2022 Tour Championship kicks off Thursday at East Lake.

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The 2022 Tour Championship, the grand finale of the FedEx Cup Playoffs , takes place Aug. 25-28 at East Lake in Atlanta. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the Tour Championship all week long.

How to watch the Tour Championship

After 40-plus tournaments and two playoff events, the PGA Tour season which began last fall finally comes to an end this week at the Tour Championship. But a full field of players won’t be making the trip to Atlanta. Instead, just the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings following last week’s BMW Championship earn a tee time at East Lake.

Those 30 players will battle for the enormous $18 million first-place prize and the title of 2022 FedEx Cup champion, with second place receiving $6.5 million, 10th place earning $1 million and 30th place getting a cool $500,000.

How do the FedEx Cup Playoffs work? Here’s a quick explainer

And a long list of the game’s best players are among those making the trip. Those players include four-time major champion Rory McIlroy , World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler , defending FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay , Jordan Spieth , Justin Thomas , Adam Scott and more.

If you’re not one of the lucky fans who will be in attendance, it’s ok: you can watch wall-to-wall coverage all week long from the comfort of your home. Golf Channel and NBC will provide the traditional TV coverage Thursday-Sunday, and numerous live-streaming options are available via ESPN+.

You can find out detailed information on how to watch the 2022 Tour Championship below.

Tour Championship basics

What: 2022 Tour Championship Where: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Ga. When: Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 25-28 Purse: $18 million winner’s share Last year’s champion: Patrick Cantlay

How to watch the Tour Championship on TV

You can watch the 2022 Tour Championship on TV via Golf Channel and NBC. Golf Channel will air the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday and early coverage on Saturday and Sunday. NBC will air broadcasts for the third and final rounds.

Here’s the full Tour Championship TV schedule (all times ET):

Thursday, Aug. 25: 1-6 p.m. (Golf Channel) Friday, Aug. 26: 1-6 p.m. (Golf Channel) Saturday, Aug. 27: 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); 2:30-7 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Aug. 28: 12-1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); 1:30-6 p.m. (NBC)

How to watch the Tour Championship online, streaming

You can watch the 2022 Tour Championship online with PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ . PGA Tour Live will stream extensive coverage of the event from 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, and 12:30-7 p.m. ET on Saturday and 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. ET on Sunday, in addition to featured group coverage. Sign up for an ESPN+ account here to start streaming .

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2022 Tour Championship tee times: Round 1 (ET)

11:45 a.m. – Aaron Wise

11:55 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, Adam Scott

12:05 p.m. – K.H. Lee, J.T. Poston

12:15 p.m. – Corey Conners, Brian Harman

12:25 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge

12:35 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa

12:45 p.m. – Jordan Spieth, Joaquin Niemann

12:55 p.m. – Max Homa, Hideki Matsuyama

1:05 p.m. – Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick

1:15 p.m. – Scott Stallings, Justin Thomas

1:25 p.m. – Sungjae Im, Jon Rahm

1:35 p.m. – Tony Finau, Sepp Straka

1:45 p.m. – Cameron Smith, Rory McIlroy

1:55 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Sam Burns

2:05 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay

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Viktor Hovland wins Tour Championship and takes FedEx Cup title

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Viktor Hovland played the best golf of his life in the final two weeks of the PGA Tour season, and it paid off Sunday with the biggest trophy of his career — a FedEx Cup title along with the $18 million bonus.

Staked to a six-shot lead, Hovland didn’t flinch under a relentless challenge from Xander Schauffele . The 25-year-old Norwegian stayed on the attack and closed with a seven-under 63 for a five-shot victory in the Tour Championship at East Lake.

Hovland capped off his best season with three victories. Even more staggering is that he played his final tournaments — the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields and the Tour Championship — in 36-under par.

Schauffele made him work for that $18 million and got to within three shots with seven holes to play. Hovland ended the suspense with a 25-foot par putt on the 14th hole, and he put Schauffele away with a 10-foot birdie putt on the 16th.

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Schauffele and Hovland put on a superb show. Playing in the last group, on a day that was delayed nearly two hours by thunderstorms, they had the best scores of the day.

Hovland was the No. 2 seed going into the Tour Championship, meaning he started at eight-under par. Hovland posted a 19-under 261 — the same score as Schauffele, who started the tournament at three-under par.

Schauffele did everything he could. He was six shots behind when he left East Lake on Saturday evening, knowing that his only hope was to put as much pressure on Hovland as he could over the front nine.

Schauffele shot 30. Hovland nearly matched him birdie for birdie, posting a 31 that included a key 15-foot par save on No. 2 after the two-hour delay from thunderstorms that slightly softened the East Lake turf.

Schauffele, for all his California chill, was simply relentless. He holed an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-three 11th hole and followed with a 12-foot birdie on the 12th, cutting the lead to three shots with seven holes to play.

It felt like the margin was even smaller considering how well Schauffele was playing, and Hovland having missed three birdie chances from 10 feet or closer.

The putt that mattered came at the 14th, the toughest hole at East Lake. Hovland came up short of the green, about 100 feet from the flag, and his pitch was weak and stopped just inside 25 feet from the hole.

He poured it in the heart and pumped his fist stronger than he had all day. The clincher was another pure short iron, this one to 10 feet on the 16th for birdie. At that point, the engraver went to work on the silver FedEx Cup trophy.

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Hovland ended the season with wins at the Memorial and two FedEx Cup playoff events, including the one that mattered.

U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark won the B-Flight, closing with a 65 to finish third, 11 shots behind. That was worth a $5 million bonus. Rory McIlroy had a 65 to finish fourth and collect $4 million, while Patrick Cantlay (66) was alone in fifth to earn $3 million.

The next time Hovland and Schauffele meet is for no prize money at all — the Ryder Cup in Rome in a month’s time.

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When the PGA Tour changed the format for the Tour Championship, it was supposed to make the proceedings at East Lake much clearer. No longer would there be two different winners, one for the FedEx Cup and one for the Tour Championship, which had happened twice in the last three seasons. One winner, one grand prize, and no more confusion.

Unfortunately for the tour, the new format, which we've yet to actually see, has created just as much if not more confusion than the old format, at least for the casual fan. Things are going to look a little strange on Thursday in Atlanta, where Justin Thomas will begin a tournament with the lead without having hit a shot yet. How's it all going to work? We answered every burning question.

What will the leader board look like?

The leader board is based off where the top 30 players who qualified for East Lake finished in the standings. Justin Thomas' win at the BMW Championship vaulted him into the No. 1 overall spot, meaning he will begin the Tour Championship with a two-shot lead over Patrick Cantlay, who locked up the second spot in the standings thanks to his runner-up finish at Medinah. Brooks Koepka, who was the clear No. 1 when the playoffs began, has dropped to third. Here's what the full leader board will look like with "starting strokes" before the first shot is struck Thursday:

-10 — Justin Thomas

-8 — Patrick Cantlay

-7 — Brooks Koepka

-6 — Patrick Reed

-5 — Rory McIlroy

-4 — Jon Rahm, Matt Kuchar, Xander Schauffele, Webb Simpson, Abraham Ancer

-3 — Gary Woodland, Tony Finau, Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama

-2 — Paul Casey, Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker, Rickie Fowler, Kevin Kisner

-1 — Marc Leishman, Tommy Fleetwood, Corey Conners, Sungjae Im, Chez Reavie

Even — Bryson DeChambeau, Louis Oosthuizen, Charles Howell III, Lucas Glover, Jason Kokrak

So there are no longer two different winners?

Correct. Since the FedEx Cup Playoffs' inception in 2007, there have been four instances of separate Tour Championship/FedEx Cup winners, including two of the last three seasons. Last year was the most notable occurrence, as it was Tiger Woods who claimed the Tour Championship while Justin Rose, who finished with a final-round three-over 73, won the FedEx Cup. This year, there will be only one winner, and it could be any of the 30 players in the field. In previous years, chances of a player in 30th place winning the FedEx Cup were slim, but this year that player (Jason Kokrak) could win the whole thing if he can come from 10 shots down to start the week.

But wait, what if Jason Kokrak shoots 14-under for the week, and Justin Thomas shoots five-under but has the lower total at 15 under? Kokrak can beat Thomas by nine shots over four days and lose?

That's right. If Kokrak shoots rounds of 65, 67, 68 and 66 to post 14 under for the week, and Justin Thomas goes 69, 69, 70 and 67 to get to 15 under, Thomas would be the winner even though Kokrak was nine shots lower for the week. That is the advantage Thomas earned himself with his BMW victory that got him the No. 1 spot.

Will there be two separate leader boards?

The PGA Tour will keep a separate leader board just for the four rounds played at East Lake without "starting strokes" and Official World Golf Ranking points will be awarded based off that. It's unclear whether that leader board will be shown on the broadcast, but it seems doubtful that it would, because it will only create more confusion.

What will the winner receive? And the rest of the payouts?

The other big change this year is to the payout, otherwise known as the FedEx Cup bonus money, a record $70 million if you include the $10 million that was distributed among the Wyndham Rewards top 10 winners. There is no longer a purse for the Tour Championship, just bonus money given based off a player's finish at East Lake. This year's winner will receive $15 million, a $5 million increase from the previous top prize. The runner-up will earn $5 million, and every player at East Lake will make at least $395,000. Below are the payouts for each player finishing inside the top 10:

1st place - $15 million

2nd place - $5 million

3rd place - $4 million

4th place - $3 million

5th place - $2.5 million

6th place - $1.9 million

7th place - $1.3 million

8th place - $1.1 million

9th place - $950,000

10th place - $830,000

What happens if there is a tie?

If players are tied for first at the end of the Tour Championship, there will be a sudden death playoff to determine the FedEx Cup winner. If players further down the leader board are tied, the FedExCup bonus distribution will be allocated using the same method the tour currently uses to distribute prize money in the event of a tie. The total money for each tying position will be averaged and that average will be distributed to each player in the tying position.

Will it count as an official victory for the Tour Championship winner?

Yes, even though the winner may not shoot the lowest 72-hole total for the week, it will count as an official PGA Tour victory.

What else does the Tour Championship winner get?

The winner also receives a spot in the 2020 Sentry Tournament of Champions as well as a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour.

What if a player withdraws from the Tour Championship or is disqualified?

If a player WDs or gets DQ'd, he automatically finishes in 30th place.

Who are the notable players that did not qualify?

Tiger Woods, the defending champion at East Lake, will not get to defend his title because he finished outside the top 30 (42nd) in the FedEx Cup standings. For the second straight season, Jordan Spieth will also miss out on East Lake, as he finished in 44th on the points list. Past FedEx Cup champions Billy Horschel, Henrik Stenson and Jim Furyk all failed to qualify this year, as did Open Championship winner Shane Lowry, who began the BMW Championship in 25th place but fell to 33rd thanks to a T-48 at Medinah. Jason Day, who struggled for much of 2018-'19, also did not finish in the top 30.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Valhalla Golf Club has done it again. For all the griping about low scores and lack of strategy, the venue that has hosted some of the most thrilling PGA Championships has set the stage for yet another electric Sunday.

Not only are two players tied for the 54-hole lead, but 13 others are just 5 shots back and six are within 3 strokes. Of those 15 players inside the top 10, 10 are looking for their first major victory, while the rest are hoping to add to their totals.

Just like in 2000 when Tiger Woods beat Bob May in a playoff or like we witnessed in 2014 when Rory McIlroy came storming back to win his fourth major, Sunday's final round looks to have plenty of ingredients to provide yet another classic.

Here are five questions ahead of the final 18 holes:

What is it about Valhalla that's creating such a crowded leaderboard?

Paolo Uggetti: Unsurprisingly, Justin Thomas , who's from Louisville, has explained the phenomenon of Valhalla well this week. Between the soft greens due to rain and the way the golf course forces the best players in the world to play it a single way (drive it well, putt it great) in order to succeed, Valhalla inevitably causes a leaderboard bottleneck.

"It just doesn't matter what golf course you put us on, on planet Earth," Thomas said. "If the greens are soft, we're going to tear it up. It just doesn't have anything to defend itself."

And tear it up they have. 15 players are double-digits under par heading into Sunday -- more than twice as many as there ever have been at a major championship. Two players, Shane Lowry and Xander Schauffele, have shot major-low rounds already this week thanks to hot putting performances, and it feels like the winner Sunday will be determined by who can catch fire on the greens.

"It's hard to separate yourself," Hovland said. "You're going to have to make a bunch of birdies and roll a bunch of putts in."

"It's going to come down to a lot more than [putting], but it kind of feels that way with the greens being receptive and the fairways being receptive," Schauffele said. "Hopefully it being a little bit -- even drier, the ball might roll a little bit more. So yeah, it might come down to something like that."

Mark Schlabach: There's no question the soft conditions have helped the best golfers in the world. The 69.55 scoring average in the third round was the lowest average score to par (-1.45) in PGA Championship history.

There are six players within two shots of the lead entering the final round. Anyone in that group -- and probably a few guys behind them -- is capable of putting together a great round to capture the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday. Schauffele carded a 9-under 62 on Thursday. Seven golfers posted 65s on Friday. Lowry put up another 62 on Saturday.

Hovland said there are some easy holes on the course and a few difficult ones where you have to hit into the middle of the greens and hope for a par.

"I think just the greens being soft and having zoysia around the greens, like it's hard to separate yourself," Hovland said. "If you miss in certain spots, guys seem to be able to spin it out of the bunker and spin it out of the fairway, so you can kind of get away with some bad shots.

"But if you catch fire, you can shoot a low score, which a couple of guys have done, but it's hard to do that every single day, so that's why I think you see the bunched scores."

Who has been the biggest surprise on the leaderboard so far?

Uggetti: It has to be Viktor Hovland . Just last week, Hovland was talking about how far away from good golf he felt. After splitting from his swing coach Joe Mayo, Hovland has been lost in the wilderness of swing tweaks and adjustments. The 2023 Tour Championship winner had no choice but to go back to Mayo this past week ahead of the PGA Championship, and it seems to have worked.

"I'm surprised in the sense that -- just how far away I felt last week," Hovland said Saturday. "But I'm not surprised in the way that I'm here because, like, I never doubted my abilities. It was just kind of my machinery was not working very well. But now we're moving in the right direction."

Hovland admitted that his swing immediately felt better once returning to work with Mayo, adding that Mayo simply gave him one swing feel to work on over and over and it has paid dividends. Even though he thought he could do some "damage" this week, actually competing was not something he thought was possible. Now, with a real chance at his first major, he's trying to maintain perspective.

"This has exceeded all expectations," Hovland said. "My life is going to be pretty good if I don't win tomorrow, and I'm going to have a few more chances after this, as well. All I'm going to do is just show up, do the best I can and we'll see how it goes."

Whether Hovland wins tomorrow or not, the fact that he is even in contention this quickly after changing his swing should scare the rest of the golf world going forward.

Schlabach: How about Scotland's Robert MacIntyre . He's a two-time winner on the DP World Tour and was a member of the European Ryder Cup team that spanked the U.S. squad in Rome last year.

But MacIntyre has struggled since moving to the U.S. to try to compete regularly on the PGA Tour. He missed five cuts and had just one top-10 finish in his first 10 starts. As a result, he has slipped to 84th in the world.

MacIntyre, 27, said earlier this week that he was homesick and missed his family and friends, so he went back to Scotland for three weeks and didn't touch his club. When MacIntyre returned to the U.S., he paired up with Thomas Detry to tie for eighth in the Zurich Classic team event and tied for 13th in the Myrtle Beach Classic last week.

"Everyone knows I've been struggling with living in America since January," MacIntyre said. "It's been difficult. I went home there for three weeks. Spent a lot of time with friends and family and everyone that really matters to me, and I came back out wanting to play golf. If you're wanting to play golf, you're going to practice hard, you're going to enjoy it."

MacIntyre is enjoying himself this week -- he's tied for seventh at 12 under, 3 strokes behind the leaders.

Who outside the top 10 could still contend tomorrow?

Uggetti: Does Justin Thomas count? Technically, Thomas is tied for 10th, but he is 5 shots back, which is actually 2 shots closer than he was when going into Sunday of the 2022 PGA Championship. At Southern Hills that year, Thomas shot 3 under and was able to get into a playoff that he won for his second career major.

It's no secret that the two-time major winner has struggled since that win in 2022, and though he has been adamant that a return to form is closer than it may appear, it hasn't been until this week that the golf world has seen the proof that Thomas can still compete at a high level.

"This week has exceeded all my expectations," Thomas said. "It's been better. It's been more fun. It's been more enjoyable than anything I really thought or could have imagined. I'm very, very excited for tomorrow, and it should be a lot of fun."

If Thomas wants a legitimate shot tomorrow, he'll likely have to shoot far lower than 3 under given the way Valhalla is playing. Any kind of hometown advantage or familiarity with the golf course may come into play, but in the end, Thomas would have to put together one of the best rounds of his career to truly get into contention. Of those players who are 5 shots back or more, however, he could be the one to do it.

Schlabach: Is it the last guy who won a Wanamaker Trophy at Valhalla -- Rory McIlroy in 2014? He'll start the final round 7 shots behind the leaders at 8 under. At one point Saturday, McIlroy was right there after making four straight birdies on Nos. 7-10.

But Rory made a couple of bogeys on the back nine and only one more birdie for a 3-under 68. The odds of him ending a nearly 10-year drought without a major championship victory are pretty long, but how many times have we seen him throw a low number on Sunday? His putter will have to get hot -- he was only 2-for-9 on putts outside 10 feet in the third round.

Which player has the most at stake tomorrow?

Uggetti: There is an obvious name at the top of the leaderboard, but I'm going to zag here and go with Collin Morikawa .

Does he have two majors already? Yes. But after winning the 2020 PGA and the 2021 Open Championship, the golf world was ready to crown him the sport's next star. Since then, Morikawa has had four top-10s at majors but also two missed cuts. He has also notched only one PGA Tour win since 2021 at the 2023 Zozo Championship.

This year's Masters was a low point for Morikawa, who was in the final group alongside Scottie Scheffler -- just 1 stroke back -- but shot a 74 to completely eject himself from contention.

"I felt sharp in everything, but I feel like I could have had a little bit of self-talk before I went out on that first tee and really just not got ahead of myself," Morikawa said Saturday of his Masters Sunday performance. "Tomorrow I'm just going to put everything I have out there and see how it plays out."

There's no question Morikawa has the talent to keep winning majors and at 27 years old, he'll likely continue to have more opportunities to do so. Adding a third major, however, would bolster his résumé and position him back on track to be one of the sport's best. When asked Saturday if he feels like he has been forgotten, Morikawa said yes.

"I feel like people aren't rooting for me out here," Morikawa said. "They like a good story. Xander hasn't won one, other guys, whatever it may be. But, you know, I could care less."

Schlabach: Schauffele. He's probably the most talented golfer in the world without a major championship victory, and he's right there in contention again.

In 27 starts in majors, Schauffele has 20 top-20 finishes, 12 top-10s and 6 top-5s. He finished eighth at the Masters. He has been knocking on the door in the big four since 2017 and needs to kick it in on Sunday.

"It would mean a lot," Schauffele said. "At the end of the day, it's just a result. Winning a tournament is just a result. All I can focus on are good golf shots and striking good putts. At the end of the day, wherever the cards fall, they fall. Yeah, it would mean a lot, obviously."

This is the ninth time that Schauffele has held the lead or co-lead after 54 holes. He went 2-for-8 in the past.

Schauffele knows he's going to have to go low on Sunday with so many great players in striking distance. He followed up his 62 with back-to-back 68s. Those rounds were good but not spectacular.

"I mean, I said it yesterday, it's funny, so there's blood in the water," Schauffele said. "Everyone kind of laughed, and then Shane Lowry almost shot 61 today. Yeah, I imagine someone in that threshold now that it's been done twice is going to shoot something low and post a number early. I imagine that's going to happen."

Who is your winner?

Uggetti: Hear me out. Just a few months ago, we all thought Hovland was one of the best players in the world. He looked every bit the part, and it felt like the sky was the limit. Did he make some regrettable decisions about his swing? It appears so. Has he now fixed them all? No, but his performance this week makes me believe that not too much has changed since he won the 2023 Tour Championship the way that he did.

What's more: he has yet to truly get hot with his putter. On Saturday, Hovland missed several makeable birdie putts by mere inches. If a couple of those drop, he's suddenly leading this tournament too.

This week, Hovland is 51st in the field in feet of putts made and has only gained 2.96 strokes on the field with his putting (23rd). Maybe that performance holds and he's not able to make a run tomorrow. But during a week when the greens are this soft and easy and everyone seems to think that whoever can make the most putts Sunday will win, there's also a chance Hovland finds his groove on the greens.

"When there's that many guys close to the leaderboard, you have to just be in the frame of mind that, okay, I'm going to have to roll some putts in," Hovland said. "Obviously the winner of this tournament is going to make a couple of birdies [on harder holes] but that's probably not going to come from stuffing a 5-iron in there. It's going to come from rolling in a 25-footer ... We're still going to be patient and play smart, and hopefully we get a few putts going in early and kind of ride that momentum."

Schlabach: Give me Morikawa. I'm not entirely sure I trust his putting, but he has been there and done that in majors, winning the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park and the 2021 Open Championship at Royal St. George's in England. He believes he was two bad holes away from winning a green jacket at the Masters in April.

Morikawa's putter is sometimes a liability, but it has been hot this week -- he is 22nd in strokes gained putting and tied for first around the green. That's a short game that will stand the test of 18 more holes.

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2024 NCAA baseball tournament bracket: College World Series schedule, dates, regional matchups

The road to the college world series in omaha begins friday.

On Monday, the selection committee announced the field of 64 for the 2024 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, which we'll unveil in a moment. Before we jump in, you should know that the structure of the NCAA Baseball Tournament is a bit different from the more familiar hoops variant. 

Here's what you need to know on that front.

NCAA Baseball Tournament format

• The first round of play is known as the regional and it's a double-elimination format. Each of the 16 No. 1 seeds hosts its respective four-team regional, when possible. Each of the 16 regionals is seeded one through four. In each region, No. 1 faces No. 4, and No. 2 faces No. 3 on the first day of action. The winners of those two games then play each other, while the losers play an elimination game.
• The winner of each regional advances to the super regional. The super regional, which includes a total of 16 teams, is a best-of-three series format.
• The winners of the super regionals -- eight teams in all -- advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
• The College World Series is a double-elimination format until the final two teams are left standing. At that point, the slates are wiped clean and it's a best-of-three series to determine the national champion. 

NCAA Tournament, College World Series dates

• Regionals : May 31-June 1
• Super Regionals : June 6-8 or 7-9
• College World Series starts : June 14
• College World Series finals : June 22-24

The field of 64 includes eight national seeds, which you may consider the pre-tourney favorites to reach Omaha. Here are this year's eight national seeds: 

• Texas A&M
• North Carolina
• Florida State

If a national seed wins its regional, then it hosts the super regional when possible. Otherwise, the sites of the super regionals will be announced after the regional round concludes. Regional play gets underway on Friday, June 2. Now, here are the matchups for all 16 regionals, plus a reminder that each region is seeded one through four and is hosted by one of the 16 national seeds. You'll note that every top-eight seed this year comes from the SEC or ACC. 

Now for the regional matchups that make up the opening round. 

Athens Regional

Hosted by No. 7 national seed Georgia

• No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Army
• No. 2 UNC-Wilmington vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech

Bryan-College Station Regional

Hosted by No. 3 national seed Texas A&M

• No. 1 Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Grambling
• No. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 3 Texas

Chapel Hill Regional

Hosted by No. 4 national seed North Carolina.

• No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 4 Long Island
• No. 2 LSU vs. No. 3 Wofford

Charlottesville Regional

Hosted by No. 12 national seed Virginia

• No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 4 Penn
• No. 2 Mississippi State vs. No. 4 St. John's

Clemson Regional

Hosted by No. 6 national seed Clemson

• No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 High Point
• No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 3 Coastal Carolina

Corvallis Regional

Hosted by No. 15 national seed Oregon State

• No. 1 Oregon State vs. No. 4 Tuland
• No. 2 UC-Irvine vs. No. 4 Nicholls

Fayetteville Regional

Hosted by No. 5 national seed Arkansas

• No. 1 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Southeast Missouri State
• No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 3 Kansas State

Greenville Regional

Hosted by No. 16 national seed East Carolina

• No. 1 East Carolina vs. No. 4 Evansville
• No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 VCU

Knoxville Regional

Hosted by No. 1 national seed Tennessee

• No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Northern Kentucky
• No. 2 Southern Mississippi vs. No.3 Indiana 

Lexington Regional

Hosted by No. 2 national seed Kentucky

• No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 4 Western Michigan
• No. 2 Indiana State vs. No. 3 Illinois 

Norman Regional

Hosted by No. 9 national seed Oklahoma 

• No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts
• No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 UConn 

Raleigh Regional

Hosted by No. 10 national seed NC State

• No. 1 NC State vs. No. 4 Bryant
• No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 3 James Madison

Santa Barbara Regional

Hosted by No. 14 national seed UC-Santa Barbara

• No. 1 UC-Santa Barbara vs. No. 4 Fresno State
• No. 2 San Diego vs. No. 3 Oregon

Stillwater Regional

Hosted by No. 11 national seed Oklahoma State

• No. 1 Oklahoma State vs. No. 4 Niagara
• No. 2 Nebraska vs. No. 3 Florida

Tallahassee Regional

Hosted by No. 8 national seed Florida State

• No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 4 Stetson
• No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Central Florida

Tucson Regional

Hosted by No. 13 national seed Arizona

• No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Grand Canyon
• No. 2 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 3 West Virginia

Here's a link to NCAA.com's full bracket , which includes region vs. region pairings for the super regionals. Now for some quick hit takeaways on the 64-team field laid out above: 

• It's possible we'll have a repeat this year, as reigning champion LSU is indeed part of the field of 64. College baseball hasn't had a repeat national champion at the Division I level since South Carolina in 2010 and 2011.
• The SEC this year set an all-time record with 11 tournament teams. Next in line this year is the ACC with eight bids. 
• High Point, Niagara, and Northern Kentucky are all appearing in the Division I tournament for the first time ever. 
• Vanderbilt owns the longest active streak of tournament appearances. This year's bid pushes that streak to 18 straight. 

All of the above leads up to the College World Series at Omaha's Charles Schwab Field. So who ya got?

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Grayson Murray, Winner of Two PGA Tour Titles, Dies at 30

Murray, who was outspoken about his depression and alcohol abuse, had begun a comeback after several volatile years, winning this year’s Sony Open in Hawaii.

By Emmett Lindner

Grayson Murray, the professional golfer who won two PGA Tour titles and was outspoken about his battles with depression and alcohol, died on Saturday. He was 30.

His death was confirmed in a statement on Saturday by the PGA Tour. He died by suicide, according to a PGA Tour statement that was released on Sunday on behalf of his parents.

“We have spent the last 24 hours trying to come to terms with the fact that our son is gone,” the statement said. “It’s surreal that we not only have to admit it to ourselves, but that we also have to acknowledge it to the world.”

After a successful 40-foot putt to win the Sony Open in Hawaii in January, Murray rose to 46th in the Official World Golf Ranking, a career high. The event marked the height of a comeback run after several volatile years as Murray struggled with his mental health.

In a news conference after winning the Sony Open, Murray said that for a time he would drink during tournament weeks.

“Best thing and worst thing that ever happened to me was winning my rookie year, but also feeling like I was invincible,” he said. “I’m a different man now, and I would not be in this position right now, today, if I didn’t put that drink down eight months ago.”

He added that he had attended rehabilitation for a month. “I hope I can inspire a lot of people going forward that have their own issues,” he said. Murray had failed to gain PGA Tour status for several months last year after a series of off-course events mirrored a decline in his play.

An alcohol-related incident at a hotel bar in Hawaii in 2021 led to his suspension from the PGA Tour. Afterward, he posted to social media.

“Why was I drunk?” he wrote, adding that he was an “alcoholic that hates everything to do with the PGA Tour life and that’s my scapegoat.”

The golfer Phil Mickelson, who has struggled with a gambling addiction , responded at the time on social media , saying “If I can help in any way I’d be happy to.”

This year, Murray played well enough to qualify for the Masters Tournament and P.G.A. Championship. On Friday, he withdrew from the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, citing an illness.

Grayson Murray was born on Oct. 1, 1993, in Raleigh, N.C., according to an ESPN biography. Mr. Murray is survived by his parents, Eric and Terry, and his brother, Cameron, and sister, Erica, according to the statement.

He attended Wake Forest, East Carolina and Arizona State Universities, and at 16 he became the second-youngest player to enter the Korn Ferry Tour, according to the PGA Tour.

He continued to gain prominence, playing in the U.S. Open at the age of 19 and clinching a win at the 2017 Barbasol Championship, sinking a five-foot putt for a one-stroke victory.

After losing his PGA Tour card for the 2023 season, and following an angry outburst directed at Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour’s commissioner, he seemed to have found his swing again. He won two Korn Ferry Tour tournaments last year, regaining his PGA Tour eligibility, and finished in the top 10 at two events.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Because of an editing error, the headline on an earlier version of this article misstated the winning record of Grayson Murray. He won two PGA Tour titles, not tours.

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Michael Thorbjornsen earns PGA TOUR card as No. 1 player in PGA TOUR University Class of 2024

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CARLSBAD, California – After completing his four-year career at Stanford on Sunday at the NCAA Championship, Michael Thorbjornsen officially secured his PGA TOUR card as the No. 1 player in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2024. Thorbjornsen may accept PGA TOUR membership upon turning professional, and he will be eligible for all open, Full-Field PGA TOUR events for the remainder of the 2024 season and the 2025 season.

Though Stanford missed Sunday’s 54-hole cut at the NCAA Championship, Thorbjornsen’s PGA TOUR University record stood above his peers'. Over the last two years, the 22-year-old posted three victories and made the cut in four professional events, highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Travelers Championship near his hometown of Wellesley, Massachusetts.

“PGA TOUR U is, I think, one of the best programs in all of sports,” said Thorbjornsen. “What they’ve done, creating a pathway to the PGA TOUR and to these different Tours underneath it, it’s huge. It gives students and us golfers reasons to stay for four years, and you can’t really pass up on the opportunities that they present to you.”

Michael Thorbjornsen's road to the U.S. Open

Thorbjornsen began the 2023-24 season on the sideline, as he missed the entire fall campaign with a stress fracture in his back. When he returned to the Cardinal lineup in February, he finished T71 and T17, respectively, in his first two starts, relinquishing the No. 1 spot to Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht. Thorbjornsen returned to the top of PGA TOUR University after winning the Cabo Collegiate, and the victory started a sprint to the finish that included five consecutive top-10s entering this week’s national championship.

Thorbjornsen also missed the 54-hole cut in the individual competition this week after rounds of 74-75-78 on the North Course at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, but he was assured of finishing No. 1 in PGA TOUR University after Lamprecht was subbed out of Georgia Tech’s lineup after the first round due to a back injury.

“Christo has been a huge part in my success this spring pushing me, even though we’re not together and I rarely see him,” said Thorbjornsen. “Finishing in that No. 1 spot is massive, so just doing everything you can every single day, making sure you’re getting one percent better every single day, is huge.”

Players talk PGA TOUR rookie Michael Thorbjornsen

The Rocket Mortgage Classic (June 27-30) is the first Full-Field Event for which he is eligible, and he plans to compete in U.S. Open Final Qualifying on June 3 at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, New Jersey. Additionally, as a PGA TOUR member, Thorbjornsen will be eligible to receive sponsor exemptions into Signature Events such as the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (June 6-9) and Travelers Championship (June 20-23).

Thorbjornsen joins Texas Tech’s Ludvig Åberg (2023), Texas’ Pierceson Coody (2022) and Florida State’s John Pak (2021) as the No. 1 players in PGA TOUR University. Last year, Åberg became the first player to earn PGA TOUR membership as PGA TOUR University’s No. 1 player, and in his first year as a professional, the Swede won the DP World Tour’s Omega European Masters, competed for the European Ryder Cup Team and won the PGA TOUR’s RSM Classic.

'Are you mic'd up?' Ludvig Aberg and Michael Thorbjornsen prepare for Travelers

“Ludvig, even though he’s been on TOUR for say a year now, he’s top 10 in the world, he’s done unbelievable things recently,” said Thorbjornsen. “We’re good friends, we competed a lot last year, so he’s someone I look up to but I’m also trying to beat him as well.”

The rest of the PGA TOUR University Class of 2024 will be finalized upon the conclusion of Monday’s final round of stroke play at the NCAA Championship. Players finishing 2nd-5th (exempt) and 6th-10th (conditional) will earn Korn Ferry Tour membership, while players 11th-25th will be exempt on PGA TOUR Americas for the remainder of the 2024 season.

GOLF Channel will have live coverage of Monday’s final round (6-10 p.m. ET), as well as match play on Tuesday and Wednesday.