The PGA Tour Championship rolls into its second round Friday, and the game’s 30 surviving golfers all have the chance to call themselves 2017 champions — or better, earn the FedEx Cup and the $10 million that comes with it.
TOUR Championship 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV schedule, and how to watch Round 2 online
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The golfer who finishes Sunday’s event with the most FedEx Cup points will take home the season-long title and its eight-figure check. For top-five players Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Marc Leishman, and Jon Rahm, a win secures the Cup. For everyone else, things get a bit more complicated.
For 30th-ranked Patrick Cantlay to win, for example, he’d need the field to finish pretty much in the opposite order of its current rankings. The scenarios remain similarly bleak until you hit the top 15.
But while Sunday’s titlist may or may not earn a boatload of cash, he’ll earn the title of PGA Tour Champion by taming the East Lake Golf Club. East Lake, located just miles from downtown Georgia, is a classic southern course. Water obstacles define the 7,300-yard track, punishing errant tee shots and altering approaches throughout the round. Tightly manicured, undulating greens will make two-putts a chore.
On Thursday, Kyle Stanley shot 6-under 64 to lead after the first day. There’s a logjam behind him with four players at 4-under, including Brooks Koepka, and another five at 3-under. Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas are both included in that T6.
Friday’s second round coverage
Television:
1 to 6 p.m. — Golf Channel
Online streams:
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)
3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream
Radio:
1 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208 and streamed here)
TEE TIMES
Only 30 players made the cut for this week’s event, the last in a series that will crown the 2017 PGA Tour champion. Several notable names are absent from Friday’s start list, including Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, and Phil Mickelson.
Here are the tee times and pairings for Round 2 of the Tour Championship. All times are Eastern.
11:50 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Kevin Chappell
12 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, Patrick Cantlay
12:10 p.m. — Sergio Garcia, Charley Hoffman
12:20 p.m. — Brian Harman, Jhonattan Vegas
12:30 p.m. — Adam Hadwin, Marc Leishman
12:40 p.m. — Jason Day, Matt Kuchar
12:50 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, Patrick Reed
1 p.m. — Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson
1:10 p.m. — Kevin Kisner, Pat Perez
1:20 p.m. — Jason Dufner, Tony Finau
1:30 p.m. — Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas
1:40 p.m. — Gary Woodland, Jon Rahm
1:50 p.m. -- Paul Casey, Russell Henley
2 p.m. — Daniel Berger, Brooks Koepka
2:10 p.m. — Kyle Stanley, Webb Simpson
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