2014 Quicken Loans National: Tee times, pairings for Sunday’s round

It’s been an up-and-down season for Patrick Reed in 2014. He started the year about as well as anyone, including a pair of wins. Things unraveled, however, following his win at the Cadillac Championship, and he missed five cuts in his next eight events, with his best finish during that stretch a tie for 35th. Now, he has a chance to turn things around and he will open the final round of the Quicken Loans National with a two-stroke lead.

Reed began the third round tied for the lead and, while many players in the afternoon wave struggled mightily, he was able to card an even-par round of 71 to stay atop the leaderboard. The late groups got crushed by a very difficult Congressional track in the third round, with no one in the final five groups carding a round under par. If the conditions are similar on Sunday, Reed and the rest of the players near the lead will have a long grind to stay there. A total of 20 players will begin the final round in the red. That includes Seung-yul Noh, who is tied for second place at 4-under. Noh will join Reed in the final pairing on Sunday, with the two scheduled to tee off at 2:25 p.m. ET.

Marc Leishman and Freddie Jacobson are also 4-under to open the round and they will be paired in the second-to-last group. Justin Rose at 3-under, Bill Haas at 2-under and Billy Horschel at 1-under are among the other notable players in the red. Rose will be paired with Ben Martin in the final round, while Horschel will play with 20-year-old Oliver Goss. Haas, the defending champion, will tee off at 1:35 p.m., playing with Brendon Todd.

The stakes on Sunday are higher than just competing for a piece of the $6.5 million purse. Four players who finish in the top 12 will also receive a bid to the British Open. Reed, Leishman, Rose and a few others have already sealed their bids, but for players like Noh, Jacobson, Richard Lee and others, a solid finish could net them an invite to The Open.

Television coverage will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday. That should allow viewers to watch most of the afternoon wave play live, minus the 30-minute blackout from 2:30 to 3 p.m. when the broadcast shifts from Golf Channel to CBS. Here is a complete look at the final-round tee sheet. All times Eastern: