Tour Championship

[mcfc_nick]

should be decent, im picking watney to win it.

oh and also...Ryan Moore - why are you wearing a tie you freak

[Williamevanl]

Oh thanks for the reminder. I'm taking Dustin,Rose,Stricker.

[sean_miller]

Do you think there will be any smooth swings in the 1:25 pairing?

[Frank-0-Sport]

Greetings ...

As most should already know, the Fed Ex Cup Grand Prize is worth $10 Million, along with a 5-year PGA Tour exemption.

Meanwhile, a Tour Championship win is itself worth $1,350,000, along with a 3-year PGA Tour exemption. Not too bad if you can't win the really big one.

Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport

[golfro]

Dustin Johnson for the win, Jason Day 2nd, Matt Kuchar 3rd

[Chilli Dipper]

The sixth hole at East Lake is a man-eater.

[ERdiesel]

I realize that this is a weekday and only the first round, but is it just me or is there hardly anyone attending this event today in person? Seems pretty empty as far as spectators are concerned. I didn't really watch the past few years, but is this typical for the so called "Tour Championship"? How sad.

[PiustheDrGolf]

Phil / DJ / JD

[Judah Ben-Hur]

I hope this isn't cheating because it already started. lol

I'll take Paul Casey to win it all.

I just watched Ernie on 12 missing a putt. That ball had a weird dimple on it sitting next to the hole. (HD baby!)

[Shorty]

I'm betting that Bubba Watson doesn't make one of those videos where he tries to show what a fun and crazy guy he is after his first round. Funny that.

[Chilli Dipper]

I realize that this is a weekday and only the first round, but is it just me or is there hardly anyone attending this event today in person? Seems pretty empty as far as spectators are concerned. I didn't really watch the past few years, but is this typical for the so called "Tour Championship"? How sad.

It's only the first round, it's a limited-field tournament, and East Lake is an urban course that doesn't have the spectator infrastructure to host massive crowds (every fan must enter via a shuttle originating from the Turner Field parking lot, several miles away). The tour probably didn't allot many Thursday passes.

[Frank-0-Sport]

Greetings ...

Well, Phil Mickelson - Click for scorecard - had his usual up and down day.

Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport

[DarkPrince]

Well I had already wanted Paul Casey to win before his round, and I still want him to win after this round haha. I just want him to actually win rather than just dying off on sunday.

[Zeph]

It's nice to see Furyk hitting 3 irons on the 200 yard par 3s. You can be one of the best without hitting the 7 iron 180 yards.

Tim Clark too, he's brilliant with his woods.

[colin007]

It's nice to see Furyk hitting 3 irons on the 200 yard par 3s. You can be one of the best without hitting the 7 iron 180 yards.

lol, i know, i hit my 9 iron 135 and now i have an inferiority complex.

[augafan48]

Nothing against the guys in the lead, but here's the top 5 after round two, Furyk, Donald, Ogilvy, Choi, and Goosen. I mean does it get any more boring for the tv spectator? These guys rarely even crack smiles...... hopefully some of the younger guys can make a run tomorrow

[Shorty]

Nothing against the guys in the lead, but here's the top 5 after round two, Furyk, Donald, Ogilvy, Choi, and Goosen. I mean does it get any more boring for the tv spectator? These guys rarely even crack smiles...... hopefully some of the younger guys can make a run tomorrow

Look at the list of 30 players. Who did you have in mind? Seriously. Ben Crane? Ryan Palmer?

I agree that a lot of these guys are boring, but they don't crack any less smiles than any of the younger players and are probably a damn sight more interesting. Ogilvy is seen as an intellectual merely because he is capable of string several sentences together, but do you want to see Bubba Watson swearing and frowning before he realises he comes across as a sour bore and that he'd better put out another wacky video that seems to get the guys here so excited or do you think it would be fun to see Jeff Overton pouting and muttering to himself. I want to see good golf, and I'm yet to see any younger players make the gane more "fun" to watch no matter how much of a run they're making. Perhaps it would be fun to watch Ryan Moore looking as if he's stumbling from one charity shop to another, before claiming that his natty ties are a nod to the game's traditions, or Dustin Johnson (known on this site as "Dustin") loping around. Unfortunately, Fowler isn't there and we miss out on the thrill of seeing him with his hat on backwards in the interview room. Geez - these guys are incredibly dull. But it's good watching them play. There are very few real personalities in the game now, which is proven by the fact that their "personalities" only amount to what they wear, like Moore or Fowler. Did you notice how the boring Stricker suddenly became cool when Tiger Woods referred to him as "Strick"? I'd like to see Scott, Clark and Els battling it out.

[Zeph]

I vote that they stop giving names to the grass used on golf courses. I'm tired of hearing about bermuda and kikuyu every time the players are faced with a greenside chip or pitch on courses which feature this grass.

Early tee times on sunday:

The third round of THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola got under way on a gorgeous and sunny Saturday morning at 9:05 a.m. The early wake-up calls were necessary because NBC is committed to broadcast the Stanford-Notre Dame football game at 3:30 p.m. NBC’s coverage of THE TOUR Championship runs from 12-3:30 p.m. Turns out, Sunday now will be another early start due to the threat of storms in the afternoon. The first tee time will be at 9 a.m. with an expected finish of 3 p.m. The coverage on NBC will be tape-delayed. Gates will open to the public at 8 a.m.