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The PGA Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club starts Thrusday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Atlanta.

Credit: Kevin C. Cox

Credit: Kevin C. Cox

The PGA Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club starts Thrusday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Atlanta.
By Chris Vivlamore
Sept 20, 2018

Tiger Woods will tee off at 12:30 p.m. in Round 1 of the Tour Championship Thursday at East Lake Golf Club. Woods returns to the Tour Championship, with a chance to win the FedEx Cup, for the first time since 2013. He will be paired with Tommy Fleetwood.

Other notable times include Rory McIlroy at 12:40 p.m., Phil Mickelson at 1 p.m., Brooks Koepka and Bubba Watson at 1:30 p.m. and Justin Thomas at 1:40 p.m.

Leaderboard

Tour Championship Round 1 pairings and tee times

11:40 a.m.: Marc Leishman, Patton Kizzire

11:50 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Gary Woodland

Noon: Kyle Stanley, Paul Casey

12:10 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm

12:20 p.m.: Aaron Wise, Kevin Na

12:30 p.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, Tiger Woods

12:40 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele

12:50 p.m.: Patrick Reed, Patrick Cantlay

1 p.m.: Francesco Molinari, Phil Mickelson

1:10 p.m.: Webb Simpson, Jason Day

1:20 p.m.: Billy Horschel, Cameron Smith

1:30 p.m.: Brooks Koepka, Bubba Watson

1:40 p.m.: Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley

1:50 p.m.: Tony Finau, Dustin Johnson

2 p.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Rose

Odds-on favorites

10 favorites to win at East Lake in 2018.

Highlights

About the Author

Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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