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FedEx Cup Playoffs: Tour Championship starting positions for all 30 golfers

The Tour Championship, the finale of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, begins this week in Atlanta. Here are the starting positions for all 30 players.

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The PGA Tour season, at long last, is coming to a close. All that’s left is the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale in the Tour Championship, where (wait for it) $75 million will be up for grabs.

So, how does it all work? We’re glad you asked. We could all use a refresher.

The Tour Championship uses a stroke-based bonus system based on the current FedEx Cup standings , meaning not everyone enters the tournament on the same playing field.

This has been the formula for the past four years, as the Tour changed the format beginning in 2019. The old format crowned a Tour Championship winner and a FedEx Cup Playoffs champion (although sometimes it was the same person), and keeping track of essentially two different tournaments — for players and fans — was, well, confusing.

So now there’s just one champion, who, along with winning the Tour Championship, will also be the FedEx Cup Playoffs champ.

The leader of the FedEx Cup points race starts the Tour Championship, held at East Lake in Atlanta, at 10 under. The top five in the standings is staggered (2nd at eight under, 3rd at seven under, 4th at six under and 5th at five under), and the last 25 players in the field are more bunched (i.e. places 6-10 start at four under, and so on).

Here’s where everyone will start for the playoffs.

Tour Championship starting scores

10 under: Scottie Scheffler Eight under: Viktor Hovland Seven under: Rory McIlroy Six under: Jon Rahm Five under: Lucas Glover Four under: Max Homa, Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick Three under: Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele Two under: Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Corey Conners, Si Woo Kim One under: Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day Even: Sam Burns, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka

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But just because Scheffler has a two-stroke lead over second place — and a much larger lead over others — doesn’t mean he’s bound to run away with this.

Take last year, for example, when Scheffler held the same spot on the leaderboard but was eventually beaten by Rory McIlroy, who started the tournament six shots back and even rebounded from a triple bogey on his first hole of the week to win the whole thing.

You can follow the action from 1-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel on Thursday and Friday. Saturday’s broadcast is 1-3 p.m. on Golf Channel and 3-7 p.m. on CBS, and Sunday’s final round is 12-1:30 p.m. on Golf Channel and 1:30-6 p.m. on CBS.

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ATLANTA – When Viktor Hovland won the Hero World Challenge in December, it put a bow on a year that was defined by close calls but otherwise was short on victory. For some, it would have represented a time to kick back, enjoy the holidays and assume his end-of-the-season winning form would be a springboard to bigger things, but not Hovland. He sought to get better and that meant it was time to re-make himself into a more complete player.

“If you want to get to the next level, you have to look introspectively,” he said. “I think when you try to be honest with yourself and ask yourself, OK, how can I get better, I just basically have to force myself to change a couple of these mindset things.”

All the hard work – to his swing, short game, use of Aim Point and course strategy – paid off, culminating in back-to-back wins and a prize of $18 million as the FedEx Cup champion. On another hot, humid day that led to a nearly two-hour weather delay, Hovland carded a 7-under 63 at East Lake Golf Club and rolled to a five-stroke victory over Xander Schauffele in the 30-man Tour Championship, the 47th event of the 2022-23 season and third and final leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

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“He just keeps his foot on the pedal,” three-time FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy said, “just isn’t scared.”

No fear and a refusal to be complacent are attributes that have made the 25-year-old Norwegian a three-time winner this season and one of the best players in the game. Despite winning the U.S. Amateur in 2018 and finding immediate success on the PGA Tour as one of the best ballstrikers in golf, Hovland grew frustrated with his consistency last season.

“It’s a little frustrating showing up to events when you don’t feel like you have your best stuff,” he said before winning in the Bahamas in December. “You don’t have the confidence over the ball thinking, ‘OK, I’m going to stuff this 7-iron,’ because that’s what I used to do when I first came out here and the last two years basically it’s been pretty deadly from the fairway.”

Hovland’s frustration boiled over and in his search to identify flaws in his game that could help him challenge for world No. 1, he changed swing coaches in January, hiring Joe Mayo, better known in social media circles as the Trackman Maestro.

Viktor Hovland and caddie Shay Knight on the sixth hole during the final round of the 2023 Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. (Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

“It is amazing that a player could win a tournament and not be happy with themselves,” Mayo said of Hovland switching coaches shortly after a win, but Mayo’s seen pros who have attributed a win to “smoke and mirrors.”

Switching coaches can be a risky proposition for a player. It can be a recipe for disaster but Mayo noted that Hovland is too savvy to let that happen.

“He’s not gonna let any instructor screw him up,” Mayo said. “He’s too smart for it. He’s got a great bullshit meter, as I would say.”

Mayo studied 3-D imaging of Hovland’s swing and helped him reestablish a repeatable swing and restore faith in his squeeze cut. Hovland said he’s had his best driving season. East Lake is too difficult to play from its wiry rough but Hovland, who ranked first in driving accuracy for the second straight week, could be aggressive and go flag-hunting.

“His ballstriking is probably top 3 on Tour, especially when he’s playing well,” said Edoardo Molinari, a winner of three DP Tour titles, who doubles as Hovland’s performance coach. “He doesn’t miss a shot.”

His short-game was another story. Early in his career, Hovland admitted his chipping game “sucked.” He ranked 191st in Strokes Gained: Around the Green last season.

“Before, when I was standing over every shot, I was like, ‘Don’t duff it, skull it, don’t leave it in the bunker,” Hovland said last week. “Me and a buddy of mine, we made up this saying: Just land it on and keep it on. We set the bar pretty low when we had a chip. Now it’s a lot of fun to be able to open up that face and just slap the ground and put some friction on the ball.”

At the Tour Championship, Hovland ranked first in scrambling as he notched his sixth career PGA Tour title. Mayo said he didn’t even discuss the short game with Hovland during their first month together. On Tuesday of the Genesis Invitational in February, Mayo told his pupil, “Anybody that can put a 4-iron on the back of the ball at 105 miles an hour and hit it 240, are you telling me that you can’t chip a golf ball? I don’t accept that, and I don’t buy it.”

Mayo introduced the short-game package in tiny morsels throught the Players Championship in March. Hovland has improved to 105th in SG: Around the Green this season.

Mayo points out that that figure doesn’t take into account when they started working together. Mayo asked Molinari to run his short game stats from the Players through the FedEx St. Jude Championship and the numbers don’t lie: He’s gained .176 shots, “which puts him at about 55th,” Mayo said.

“That’s been the difference from being still a top-10 player in the world to what he’s done this year,” McIlroy said.

The final ingredient in turning Hovland into his best self this season was improving his course management. He began working with Molinari last year but it was this spring where they made one of their biggest discoveries. After the Masters, where Hovland finished T-7, Mayo asked Molinari to crunch some numbers and discovered that when Hovland attacked greens with pitching wedge through 8-iron, he was short-siding himself 30 percent of the time and the Tour average is 20 percent of the time.

“Sometimes he just misses in spots where no one would get up and down,” Molinari said. “The short game is less of an issue than it is believed to be.” Hovland compared his new-found focus on course management to the game of poker and placing smart bets depending on the hand he’s dealt. He implemented the strategy at the PGA Championship and finished T-2, and it worked to perfection at the Memorial in June, the first of his three wins in his last eight events.

“Anytime you can tilt math to your advantage, that can be huge,” he said. Mayo has beaten into Hovland’s head that in Tiger Woods’s heyday, he made a living off of hitting safely to 20 feet, shooting 70 and winning a bundle of majors.

“It’s called boring golf and if Viktor Hovland plays boring golf, he’s going to be hard to beat,” Mayo said.

A week ago, at the BMW Championship near Chicago, Hovland said he “blacked out for a minute” en route to a final-round 61, which included seven birdies and a back-nine 28 to clip world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick.

At East Lake, where he won the 2018 East Lake Cup men’s stroke play title, which included his first hole-in-one at the par-3 11th, Hovland began the week in second place with a stroke allocation of 8 under in the staggered start. With rounds of 68-64-66, he built a commanding six-stroke lead and he continued his assault on par with four birdies in his first six holes. Schauffele (62) did his best to chip away at the lead, making birdie at seven of his first 12 holes to trim the deficit to three.

“I’ll hold my head up high,” Schauffele said. “It was the most fun I had losing in quite some time.”

Just when it looked like it was about to become a taut affair, Hovland canned a clutch 23-foot par putt at No. 13, the longest putt he made all week, and tacked on birdies at 16 and 17 for good measure to wrap up a bogey-free final round and a total score of 27 under that made the walk to the 18th green a foregone conclusion. It was a testament to how far Hovland’s game has progressed.

“I’m very hard on myself and I felt like even though I had the game to compete, I never truly believed it,” he said. “I’ve just gotten better and better every single year, and with that comes the belief and I feel like the belief was the last missing piece.”

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FedExCup: Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy lead chase at Tour Championship in PGA Tour finale

The PGA Tour season concludes at Atlanta's East Lake Golf Club from Thursday with Rory McIlroy defending his FedExCup title from a starting position of three shots back on Scottie Scheffler; watch the Tour Championship live from 5pm on Sky Sports Golf on Thursday

Wednesday 23 August 2023 16:59, UK

World No 1 Scottie Scheffler will start with a two-shot lead over Viktor Hovland, and three over Rory McIlroy, as the battle to be 2023's FedExCup champion and claim the $18m jackpot reaches its dramatic finale at the winner-takes-all Tour Championship.

The FedExCup Playoffs field has been whittled down from an initial cast of 70 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship a fortnight ago to a final 30 following last week's BMW Championship, where a late birdie blitz from Hovland saw him beat England's Matt Fitzpatrick and FedExCup points leader Scheffler by two strokes.

That all sets up a dramatic final four days of action from Thursday, live on Sky Sports Golf, with all to play for in the season-ending event at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.

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How the Tour Championship works and who starts where

The Tour Championship features a starting strokes system and the score the players hold off the opening tee reflects their position in the year's FedExCup rankings.

Ten strokes separate the 30 players at the start of the event.

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The leader - in this case Scheffler, for the second year in a row - starts on 10 under par with the second-placed player ( Hovland ) on eight under and the third ( McIlroy ) on seven under.

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The fourth-highest player ( Jon Rahm ) tees off on six under and the fifth-highest ( Lucas Glover ) on five under.

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The players ranked from sixth to 10th, which includes Matt Fitzpatrick , are at four under, while 11th-15th, a group featuring Tommy Fleetwood , are at three under.

The next four players to 20th begin at two under, and 21-25 are at one under, while the final five players start the tournament as normal at even par.

At the end of 72 holes on Sunday, the player with the lowest stroke score when combined with his starting strokes will be crowned the FedExCup champion and be the winner of the Tour Championship.

Speaking on Wednesday in the pre-tournament press conference, Scheffler said: "This tournament is a little bit weird because there's starting strokes and I wouldn't say that it is the best format to identify the best golfer for the year.

"Jon Rahm played some of the best golf of anybody this year and he's coming into this tournament fourth and he's four shots back. And, in theory, he could have won 20 times this year and he would only have a two-shot lead.

"I feel like I've joked a decent amount about being (world) number one meaning you don't get any extra strokes and you show up this week and I do get some extra strokes. So it's a bit strange, but it should be a fun week."

Will McIlroy come from behind to win again? And what about in-form Hovland?

With three overall wins since the season-ending playoffs were introduced in 2007, no one has won the FedExCup more often than McIlroy.

He started last year's Tour Championship six strokes adrift of Scheffler but rounds of 67-67-63-66 were enough to take the crown and bumper prize fund by one shot.

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Asked what he learned about losing his six-shot lead in the space of seven holes in last year's final round, Scheffler said: "I don't know if impatient is the right word, but I just didn't get off to a good start and after that, I played really well.

"I remember walking down number eight and kind of just having a talk with myself about, you know, this is why you practice, this is why you prepare, just kind of give yourself a little pump-up speech, and then after that I snapped right back in."

Scheffler and McIlroy will inevitably start as favourites, but Hovland's sensational surge to victory at the BMW Championship last Sunday - which was achieved via a course-record 61 final round - has certainly put the Norwegian into serious contention too.

Asked about Hovland's chances this week, fourth-ranked Rahm said: "I mean, that's an incredible round of golf. If you told me that Scottie was going to shoot five under on Sunday, I would have said there's no chance that doesn't win.

"I would have not expected somebody to come out and shoot nine under. He went off. Yeah, I have a lot of respect for that round of golf.

"He broke the course record that had been broken twice on that week, and to do it to win a golf tournament, it's impressive.

Rahm added: "He's a hell of a player and he showed it."

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PGA Tour Championship: TV channel, live stream, tee times for FedEx Cup tournament

All the excitement of the PGA Tour season concludes this weekend with the Tour Championship.

The top 30 players will battle for the FedExCup in the serenity of Georgia's East Lake Golf Club.

The event's purse is $75 million, with the winner receiving $18 million of that.

Last year, Rory McIlroy won his third championship and FedEx Cup, becoming the first player with that many titles. The Northern Ireland maestro beat out American Scottie Scheffler after making up six strokes in the final round.

McIlroy returns to take on Scheffler, who currently has the lead in the PGA standings. Scheffler is just ahead of Viktor Hovland in second and the defending champion is sitting in third.

The players get a special advantage in the tournament based on their standings.

Here's everything you need to know for the 2023 PGA Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup:

When is the FedEx Cup Tour Championship?

The PGA Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup tees off at 11:30 a.m. ET on Thursday from East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

Play continues through the weekend with coverage of the final round on Sunday.

What TV channel will the Tour Championship be on?

The PGA Tour Championship will be televised on the Golf Channel with late afternoon and evening slots on Saturday and Sunday on CBS.

For full the full broadcast schedule, visit PGATour.com .

How to live stream the Tour Championship?

The PGA Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup will be live streamed on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.

For full the full live stream schedule, visit PGATour.com .

How does the FedEx Cup give players a stroke advantage in the Tour Championship?

The 30 golfers participating in the PGA Tour Championship will have a stroke advantage based on where they were in the standings heading into the tournament. Scottie Scheffler is the top-seeded player, followed by Viktor Hovland, who won the BMW Championship.

Here are the starting scores for the field:

• (-10) Scottie Scheffler
• (-8) Viktor Hovland
• (-7) Rory McIlroy
• (-6) Jon Rahm
• (-5) Lucas Glover
• (-4) Max Homa, Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick
• (-3) Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele
• (-2) Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Corey Conners, Si Woo Kim
• (-1) Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day
• (Even) Sam Burns, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka

What are the tee times and pairings for Round 1 of the Tour Championship?

Jordan Spieth and Sepp Straka are paired to start off the Tour Championship in Round 1 on Thursday. Defending champion Rory McIlroy will play with 2023 Masters winner Jon Rahm and the round concludes with top-seeded Scottie Scheffler taking on Viktor Hovland.

PGA Tour Championship pairings and Round 1 tee times are below:

All times 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

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Scottie Scheffler is a +140 favorite to win the event, according to BetMGM . Despite not registering a win since the 2023 Players Championship in March, Scheffler has consistently finished near the top of the leaderboard this season and enters the Tour Championship with a two-stroke advantage. Three-time FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy (+350) and red-hot Viktor Hovland (+450) round out the top three. Elsewhere, 2023 Masters Champion Jon Rahm is at +800 to win the Tour Championship.

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Understanding the Tour Championship starting positions and scoring system

The PGA Tour’s season-long race for the FedEx Cup comes to an end this week at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, a tournament where the scoring gets a little twist to keep things interesting. Here’s what you need to know.

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Viktor Hovland was the toast of the BMW Championship after his course-record 61 to pip Scottie Scheffler but it is the World No.1 who will tee off in the best position in the Tour Championship after the 30-man field was confirmed.

The season's lucrative Playoff finale for the $18m first prize will once again feature a staggered start beginning in the first round at East Lake in Atlanta where Scheffler starts top of the leaderboard at 10-under before a ball is even hit following the first two Playoffs events.

That's because the FedExCup points leader begins the championship at 10-under par and the No. 2 player, Hovland, will start at 8-under.

The No. 3 player, Rory McIlroy , starts at 7-under, the No. 4 player starts at 6-under and the No. 5 player starts at 5-under.

Players listed 6-10 start at 4-under, players 11-15 start at 3-under, golfers 16-20 start at 2-under, those 21-25 start at 1-under; and players 26-30 start at even par.

At the end of Sunday, the player with the lowest stroke total over 72 holes when combined with his FedExCup starting strokes will be crowned the FedExCup champion, be credited with an official victory at the Tour Championship, earn a bonus of $18m and a five-year PGA Tour exemption.

Scheffler is in the box seat going into Thursday's first round after a consistent season with two wins from 22 event plus two runner-up finishes, 16 top tens and 20 top 25 finishes as he has pocketed over $21m in prize money. 

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After the American, Hovland starts on eight-under after two wins, one runner-up place and eight top 10s from 22 events for just over $14.1m in prize money. Then next is McIlroy on seven-under with two wins , two runner-up finishes and 12 top 10s from 17 events for $13.9m as he defends his title.

BMW Championship winner Viktor Hovland starts at 8-under, two back of Scheffler

Jon Rahm starts at six-under teeing off with McIlroy after four wins from 19 events for $16.5m in a season that has included one missed cut and one withdrawal. 

In-form Lucas Glover , who won back to back recently, starts at five-under before Max Homa , Patrick Cantlay , Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark and Matt Fitzpatrick start at four-under.

For all the jockeying for position over 72 holes at Olympia Fields Country Club in the BMW, only Fitzpatrick - who has over $8.1m prize money this season - was able to play his way into the Tour Championship as the field was cut from 50 to the final 30.

Despite starting the final round as joint leader, Fitzpatrick, who shot 66, had no complaints with Hovland's win, he said. “Just really pleased again that I played really well final round in contention with world No. 1, and I didn't lose it. Someone else came from behind and won it.”

After Fitzpatrick and Co. tee off , then it is Tommy Fleetwood , Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele at three-under.

Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Corey Conners and Si Woo Kim are two-under. Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk, Collin Morikawa and Jason Day are one-under. While Sam Burns, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Spieth and Sepp Straka start level par.

Tour Championship starting scores:

• -10 Scottie Scheffler
• -8 Viktor Hovland
• -7 Rory McIlroy
• -6 Jon Rahm
• -5 Lucas Glover
• -4 Max Homa, Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick
• -3 Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele
• -2 Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Corey Conners, Si Woo Kim
• -1 Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day
• E Sam Burns, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka

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Everything to know for the 2023 Tour Championship

Thirty golfers will compete for the $18 million top prize, by max molski • published august 22, 2023.

It all comes down to this for the PGA Tour .

The Tour Championship serves as the tour’s final event of the year and a culmination of the FedExCup Playoffs . Oh, and as if the title itself wasn’t enough, the event has a whopping $75 million prize pool – $18 million of which goes to the winner.

Thirty golfers have made it to the Tour Championship after surviving the first two playoff events. Viktor Hovland is coming off a win at last weekend’s BMW Championship, while Lucas Glover won the two tournaments before that. Still, Scottie Scheffler is the man to beat after earning the most FedExCup points this season.

Here is everything to know for the 2023 Tour Championship, including the course, format and how to watch information:

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When is the 2023 Tour Championship?

The 2023 Tour Championship will run from Thursday, Aug. 24, to Sunday, Aug. 27.

Where is the 2023 Tour Championship?

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The tournament will be held at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The club has hosted the Tour Championship annually since 2004.

How to watch the 2023 Tour Championship

Here is the viewing schedule for the 2023 Tour Championship:

Round 1: Thursday, Aug. 24

• 1-6 p.m. ET: Golf Channel/ Peacock

Round 2: Friday, Aug. 25

Round 3: Saturday, Aug. 26

• 1-3 p.m. ET: Golf Channel/ Peacock
• 3-7 p.m. ET: CBS/ Paramount+

Round 4: Sunday, Aug. 27

• 12-1:30 p.m. ET: Golf Channel/ Peacock
• 1:30-6 p.m. ET: CBS/ Paramount+

2023 Tour Championship starting strokes

FedExCup points are converted to starting strokes for the Tour Championship.

The PGA Tour adopted the stroke-based bonus system for the tournament in 2019, giving golfers different scores to start their opening round. The players with the most FedExCup points on the season get a greater advantage to begin the Tour Championship.

The starting strokes range from 10-under, given to the FedExCup points leader, to even, given to the last five golfers to qualify for the event. Here is how the starting strokes have been assigned for 2023:

• 10-under: Scottie Scheffler
• 8-under: Viktor Hovland
• 7-under: Rory McIlroy
• 6-under: Jon Rahm
• 5-under: Lucas Glover
• 4-under: Max Homa, Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 3-under: Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele
• 2-under: Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Corey Conners, Si Woo Kim
• 1-under: Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day
• Even: Sam Burns, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka

2023 Tour Championship tee times

Opening round tee times for the Tour Championship are determined by starting strokes, so Scheffler and Hovland will be the last players to begin their rounds on Thursday.

Here is a look at all of the tee times for Round 1:

• 11:26 a.m. ET: Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka
• 11:37 a.m. ET: Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton
• 11:48 a.m. ET: Jason Day, Sam Burns
• 11:59 a.m. ET: Adam Schenk, Collin Morikawa
• 12:10 p.m. ET: Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor
• 12:21 p.m. ET: Corey Conners, Si Woo Kim
• 12:32 p.m. ET: Sungjae Im, Tony Finau
• 12:43 p.m. ET: Xander Schauffele, Tom Kim
• 12:54 p.m. ET: Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
• 1:05 p.m. ET: Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley
• 1:16 p.m. ET: Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 1:27 p.m. ET: Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman
• 1:38 p.m. ET: Lucas Glover, Max Homa
• 1:49 p.m. ET: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm
• 2 p.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland

2023 Tour Championship prize pool

Here is how the $75 million prize pool will be allocated at the 2023 Tour Championship:

• 1st: $18 million
• 2nd: $6.5 million
• 3rd: $5 million
• 4th: $4 million
• 5th: $3 million
• 6th: $2.5 million
• $7th: $2 million
• 8th: $1.5 million
• 9th: $1.25 million
• 10th: $1 million
• 11th: $950,000
• 12th: $900,000
• 13th: $850,000
• 14th: $800,000
• 15th: $760,000
• 16th: $720,000
• 17th: $700,000
• 18th: $680,000
• 19th: $660,000
• 20th: $640,000
• 21st: $620,000
• 22nd: $600,000
• 23rd: $580,000
• 24th: $565,000
• 25th: $550,000
• 26th: $540,000
• 27th: $530,000
• 28th: $520,000
• 29th: $510,000
• 30th: $500,000

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2023 Tour Championship format: Starting strokes, handicaps and cut rules

The 2023 Tour Championship format has been announced for the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup finale played at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, which is played Aug. 24-27.

The Tour Championship is the only PGA Tour stroke-play event that will use a handicap system. The Tour Championship field is comprised of 30 players, competing over 72 holes.

The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings after the BMW Championship qualify for the event, and they're slotted with starting strokes based on their FedEx Cup ranking.

The top seed starts the tournament at 10 under par, with the No. 2 seed at 8 under par, and so on, all the way down to Nos. 26-30 starting at even par. This means the lowest-seeded players will have to overcome a 10-stroke disadvantage during four rounds of golf.

For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, points are doled out based on how players score in the 72-hole tournament without starting strokes.

2023 Tour Championship starting strokes and handicaps

The player with the lowest total -- combining their starting strokes and on-course play -- after 72 holes wins both the tournament and the FedEx Cup. There is no cut in this tournament.

The format is designed to create an incentive for players to get into the season finale as highly ranked in the FedEx Cup as possible, while also making it straight-forward for fans to understand who is going to win the FedEx Cup without thinking about points and math.

In the event of a tie in points after 72 holes, the Tour Championship playoff format becomes a sudden-death stroke-play affair, with the player earning the fewest strokes on a playoff hole advancing or winning the tournament. The Tour Championship winner earns the FedEx Cup, the $18 million first-place prize, a five-year PGA Tour exemption and entry into all four major championships in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

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TOUR Championship 2023 LIVE: UK tee times, field, format, starting strokes and how to follow FedEx Cup finale

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• Published : 12:39, 27 Aug 2023
• Updated : 12:39, 27 Aug 2023

The 2023 PGA Tour season will come to end this afternoon at the prestigious and lucrative TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club.

Viktor Hovland raced through the field with a stunning final round 61 to claim glory at the BMW Championship last weekend.

The PGA Tour’s best are now in Atlanta, Georgia for the season-ending TOUR Championship where only 30 players will tee it up.

The tournament is unique in that each player in the small field begins the week with starting strokes based on their current Fedex Cup ranking.

That means world number one Scottie Scheffler will tee it up on Thursday morning at 10 under while Hovland will start two strokes back and Rory McIlroy in third on 7 under.

Scheffler had a six shot lead going into the final day of the TOUR Championship last year but threw it away as McIlroy stunned the field to claim Fedex Cup glory once again.

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This season’s best 30 players will now take to the beautiful test that is East Lake as they battle it out for the $18million prize.

TOUR Championship: Date and how to follow 

The tournament is being held from Thursday, August 24 to Sunday, August 27.

It will take place at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. The course is a par 70 and measures 7,346 yards in length.

Play for the opening two rounds will begin at 4:26pm UK time while the action will get underway at 5pm over the weekend. 

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talkSPORT 2 will have live commentary of all the action on each day of the tournament.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click  HERE for the live stream .

You can also listen via the  talkSPORT app , on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

Sky Sports Golf will also have live coverage of the action throughout the week  here .

TOUR Championship: Field and tee times

The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings will make up the field in Atlanta.

Scheffler will hold a huge advantage over his rivals as he starts the week at 10 under par.

The top five is then made up of Hovland, McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Lucas Glover.

The likes of Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Max Homa and Brian Harman will be looking for big weeks and climb the leaderboard.

Tyrrell Hatton, Jordan Spieth and Sepp Straka faced nervy final rounds at the BMW but did enough to make up the final spots in the season finale.

The field will play in pairs based on their FedEx Cup rankings meaning Scheffler will be alongside Hovland and McIlroy will play with Rahm.

The full tee times have been confirmed and can be found here .

TOUR Championship: What has been said?

Following his stunning win in Chicago last week, Hovland said: “To shoot 61 and shoot 28 on the back nine at this golf course and under the circumstances, I have nothing that beats that.

"I was thinking if I post a score like I did yesterday (65) I could at least have a chance, but it's hard when you have so many guys in front of you that are really good and playing awesome.

"Catching heat on the back nine was what I had to do."

Scheffler added: "It's a pretty amazing round of golf to win this tournament like that.

"I still don't understand how the scores were so low this week. I don't know, this place seems pretty hard to me, but guys are just ripping it up. 61 is a fantastic round, especially with Sunday pressure, and the way he finished was a really fantastic round.

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"I'm just a bit frustrated. I think that would be the way to describe it.

“I mean, Viktor went out and really just beat me today and played a fantastic round. I can hold my head high - I did my best out there today and fought hard. Just ultimately came up a couple of shots short."

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How to Watch the Masters on CBS and ESPN

Here is how to watch the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, LIV Golf, DP World Tour, Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Champions every week.

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Augusta National Golf Club: The Masters

Site: Augusta, Georgia.

Course: Augusta National GC. Yardage: 7,555. Par: 72.

Prize money: TBA ($18 million in 2023).

Field size: 89 players .

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7:30 p.m. (ESPN); Saturday, 3-7 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 2-7 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Jon Rahm.

Notes: The Masters is the first time all the major champions over the last five years are competing together since the British Open last July. ... Jon Rahm will try to join Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus as the only back-to-back winners. ... Rory McIlroy tries for the 10th time to complete the career Grand Slam. The last to do it was Woods, who added the last leg at the British Open in 2000 on his first try. ... Among the newcomers to the Masters are U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark and Ludvig Aberg, the No. 9 player in the world. The last player to win the Masters on his first attempt was Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. ... Woods has played only 24 holes in one tournament going into the Masters. ... Scottie Scheffler is the biggest betting favorite at the Masters since Tiger Woods in 2013. ... Clark and Scheffler (twice) are the only winners this year who were among the top 10 in the world when they won.

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Next year: April 10-13, 2025.

Last week: Akshay Bhatia won the Valero Texas Open.

Next week: RBC Heritage and Corales Puntacana Championship.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Nelly Korda won the T-Mobile Match Play.

Next week: The Chevron Championship.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

DP World Tour

Last tournament: Keita Nakajima won the Hero Indian Open.

Next tournament: ISPS Handa Championship on April 25-28.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

LIV Golf League

Last week: Dean Burmester won LIV Golf Miami.

Next tournament: LIV Golf Adelaide on April 26-28.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

PGA Tour Champions

Last tournament: Retief Goosen won The Galleri Classic.

Next week: Invited Celebrity Classic.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steven Alker.

Korn Ferry Tour

Last week: Steven Fisk won the Club Car Championship at The Landings.

Next week: Lecom Suncoast Classic.

Points leader: Mason Andersen.

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Sunshine Tour: The Tour Championship, Serengeti Estates, Gauteng, South Africa. Defending champion: Jaco Ahlers. Online: 

Japan LPGA: KKTcup Vantelin Ladies Open, Kumamoto Kuko CC, Kumamoto, Japan. Defending champion: Akie Iwai. Online: 

Korea LPGA: Mediheal Hankookilbo Championship, Sky72 Resort, Incheon, South Korea. Defending champion: Joomi Lee. Online: 

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Masters 2024 Leaderboard: First round scores for golf leaders at Augusta

Follow  live updates from all the Masters action here or check out our  hole-by-hole analysis of Tiger Woods' first round  at Augusta National. 

The best golfers in the world have once again converged at Augusta National Golf Club in search of the coveted green jacket. This is the 88th edition of the annual Masters Tournament , so will we see a brand new winner or will one of the 18 former winners playing in this year's tournament claim the championship yet again?

Day 1 proved to be exhilarating. Not only did we see the early tournament favorite, Scottie Scheffler , prove why so many people were backing him to win, but a few dark horses emerged as well. LIV's Bryson DeChambeau leads the entire field after Day 1, shooting 7-under par on Thursday. Other golfers who weren't given great odds to start the tournament like Danny Willet (-5) and Nicolai Højgaard (-4) also played some incredible rounds. Even Tiger Woods had some great moments and moves into Day 2 ranking inside the top-20 at 1-under.

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Three more days are left in this year's tournament, with one round played each day. The cut will happen after Day 2, and only the top-50 players on the leaderboard will advance into Saturday and Sunday. It's unforgiving, but what else can you expect from a tournament as heralded as The Masters.

Here is everything that happened during Day 1 of the 2024 Masters Tournament.

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Masters Leaderboard 2024:

• Bryson DeChambeau, -7
• Max Homa, -6
• Scottie Scheffler, -6
• Nicolai Højgaard, -5
• Cameron Davis, -4
• Danny Willet, -4
• Ryan Fox, -3
• Neal Shipley(a), -2
• Tommy Fleetwood, -2
• Matthieu Pavon, -2
• Cameron Young, -2
• Corey Conners, -2
• Byeong Hun An, -2

Masters Leaderboard: Full updated scores for Augusta leaders

Weather in Augusta, Georgia delays Masters start

The start of the Masters' first round was delayed Thursday morning due to rainy and windy conditions.

Thunderstorms are likely to end around 10 a.m. ET, and the first round is now scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. ET.

2024 Masters Tournament morning tee times: Day 1 Thursday

Note: The start of the Masters' first round was delayed due to poor weather conditions. The following tee times have been updated accordingly.

10:30 a.m.: Erik van Rooyen, Jake Knapp

10:42 a.m.: Jose Maria Olazabal, Taylor Moore, Santiago de la Fuente (A)

10:54 a.m.: Danny Willett, Austin Eckroat, Stephan Jaeger

11:06 a.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Luke List, Christo Lamprecht (A)

11:18 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Thorbjorn Olesen, Bryson DeChambeau

11:30 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Corey Conners, Jasper Stubbs (A)

11:42 a.m.: Sergio Garcia, Chris Kirk, Ryan Fox

11:54 a.m.: Lucas Glover, Byeong Hun An, Harris English

12:06 p.m.: Phil Mickelson, Sepp Straka, Tony Finau

12:18 p.m.: Nick Taylor, Joaquín Niemann, Russell Henley

12:36 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Rickie Fowler

12:48 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas

1 p.m.: Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Nick Dunlap

1:12 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele

1:24 p.m.: Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Cameron Smith

1:36 p.m.: Lee Hodges, Adrian Meronk, Grayson Murray

1:48 p.m. Camilo Villegas, Denny McCarthy, Cameron Davis

2 p.m.: Mike Weir, Ryo Hisatsune, Neal Shipley

2:12 p.m. Vijay Singh, Si Woo Kim, Emiliano Grillo

2:24 p.m.: Fred Couples, Adam Hadwin, Stewart Hagestad

2:42 p.m.: Justin Rose, Eric Cole, Peter Malnati

2:54 p.m.: Akshay Bhatia, J.T. Poston, Shane Lowry

2024 Masters Tournament schedule and how to watch

The Masters begins Thursday, April 11 and run through Sunday, April 14.

Round 1: Thursday, April 11

• Starting at 10:30 a.m. ET
• TV coverage: 3:00-7:30 p.m. ET
• Channel: ESPN
• Streaming: Masters.com (simulcast), CBSSports.com (desktop and mobile), CBS Sports App (desktop and mobile), ESPN+, Paramount+

How to watch: Catch Masters action with an ESPN+ subscription

Round 2: Friday, April 12

• Starting at 8:30 a.m. ET

Round 3: Saturday, April 13

• Starting at 10:00 a.m. ET
• TV coverage: 3:00-7:00 p.m. ET
• Channel: CBS
• Streaming: CBSSports.com (simulcast), Paramount+ (simulcast), CBS Sports app (simulcast)

Round 4: Sunday, April 14

• TV coverage: 2:00-7:00 p.m. ET

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🐓 SOUTH CAROLINA — UNBEATEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!

With undefeated South Carolina jolted onto an unfamiliar backfoot, coach Dawn Staley looked toward her bench to remedy an early 11-point deficit to Iowa — more specifically, she looked toward Tessa Johnson.

The freshman guard outshone her six-point scoring average all tournament long and was a revelation in relief for the Gamecocks. With a team-high 19 points and three triples, Johnson led South Carolina to a slim halftime lead and a dominant third quarter, helping the Gamecocks claim their second national title in three years, 87-75, and cap off a perfect season.

The role players were rolling from the opening tip, as Kate Martin and Sydney Affolter gave Iowa a quick 7-0 lead, but Caitlin Clark scored 13 in a row from all over the court. The newly crowned AP Player of the Year drained a pair of 3s, was fouled on two more attempts and converted at the rim to give her Hawkeyes a 20-9 lead by the first media timeout. Clark finished with 30 points (10 of 28 shooting), eight rebounds and five assists in her last college game.

Iowa's centers Hannah Stuelke and Addison O'Grady admirably limited star Gamecock post Cardoso to just 2 of 6 shooting in the first quarter, but the Brazilian behemoth partnered with Johnson and inevitably found her opening. Johnson — who led the Gamecocks' 36-0 bench scoring advantage — took up the mantle for South Carolina and its top-ranked defense. The freshman guard poked away a pair of steals, turning each into transition baskets, before Cardoso finished through contact to tie the game at 27.

That top-ranked defense also took exception to Clark's early mastery, and a savvy defensive play from Raven Johnson dispossessed Clark and gave the Gamecocks an easy two points before halftime.

South Carolina bottled up this late-half momentum for a roaring start out of the locker room. Chloe Kitts ensured her spot on the floor with two straight baskets out of the intermission, and Te-Hina Paopao nailed a pull-up jumper to give her Gamecocks a 55-46 lead and force Iowa coach Lisa Bluder to burn a quick timeout. 

Cardoso also hauled a career-high 17 rebounds, leading an overwhelming South Carolina rebounding effort that started to wear on the Hawkeyes. The Gamecocks enjoyed a 24-11 rebounding advantage in the second half, including six offensive boards, and a plus-6 advantage in second chance points helped South Carolina maintain its lead.

Paopao nailed a 3 to begin the fourth quarter, one of her three long-range bombs Sunday, and a familiarly balanced South Carolina scoring attack — seven Gamecocks made at least three field goals — proved too much for a late Hawkeyes rally. 

🗣️ South Carolina closing in on national title, perfect season

The Gamecocks can taste it! After a valiant Iowa fightback cut the Hawkeye deficit to just four, a measured response from South Carolina saw the Gamecocks back up 10 after a Raven Johnson free throw with just 90 seconds to go.

Iowa will look for a miracle comeback, while South Carolina looks for the finishing touches on a 38-0 season.

🚨 Five minutes remaining: Iowa eyeing comeback

➡️ into the 4th: south carolina leads by nine, 🚫 danger zone: south carolina extends lead into double figures.

While the Hawkeyes have hung around admirably throughout the third quarter, an emphatic South Carolina run has the Gamecocks threatening to pull away inside the final 11 minutes. 

Caitlin Clark curbed a tough shooting quarter with a gusty take to the rim, pulling her Hawkeyes within just two, but South Carolina then launched a 3-point shooting barrage. Ashlyn Watkins started the run with a conversion at the rim, but Tessa Johnson and Bree Hall connected from long range to cap off the 8-0 run. 

Johnson continued a stellar afternoon — her 15 points lead the Gamecocks — with a 3-pointer from the left corner, and South Carolina grew its lead to 68-57 with just over a minute left in the third quarter. 

💥 Third-quarter explosion: South Carolina roars out of halftime

After putting a pesky NC State squad away Friday with a dominant 29-6 third quarter, South Carolina looks on course for a similar surge out of the locker room. Chloe Kitts, who was limited to just nine minutes, ensured her spot on the floor with two straight baskets out of the intermission, and Te-Hina Paopao nailed a pull-up jumper to give her Gamecocks a 55-46 lead and force Iowa coach Lisa Bluder to burn a quick timeout. 

6-0 RUN TO OPEN UP THE THIRD QUARTER !! 🐔 55 | 46 🐤 pic.twitter.com/m9YqcS8Sfe — South Carolina Women's Basketball (@GamecockWBB) April 7, 2024

🚧 Defense to offense: Raven Johnson ends half with big steal and score

In a high-scoring affair that saw each team threatening to crack 50 points, it was ultimately a key defensive play that gave South Carolina some rare separation and a jolt of momentum heading into the locker room. 

Caitlin Clark sauntered up the floor with the ball and a chance to give her Hawkeyes a slim lead entering halftime, but the superstar was ultimately dispossessed by Raven Johnson, who flew down the floor uncontested and converted a layup. Johnson's bucket gave South Carolina a 49-46 lead, erasing a Hawkeye advantage as large as 11.

Here's a look at the complete halftime breakdown for both sides — and stay tuned for a thrilling second half:

😵‍💫 Back and forth: Iowa, South Carolina trade punches into second quarter

After a 7-0 burst from South Carolina leveled the game at 27, the teams have traded haymakers in a thrilling start to the second quarter. 

Tessa Johnson and Kamilla Cardoso have shouldered the second quarter load for the Gamecocks, scoring all but two of South Carolina's points in the period, and a pair of baskets at the rim for the Brazilian star sandwiched a Tessa triple and gave South Carolina a 36-34 lead.

Everybody say YEAHHHH T3SSA!! 📺 @ABCNetwork pic.twitter.com/xPpqHCvB6h — South Carolina Women's Basketball (@GamecockWBB) April 7, 2024

Iowa punched right back, however, as Hannah Stuelke handled a beautiful feed from Caitlin Clark and finished through contact, giving her Hawkeyes a narrow lead entering the second quarter media timeout. 

😤 Tessa takeover: Johnson helps pull the Gamecocks level

👏 to their feet: cleveland crowd applauds clark's magnificent first quarter.

After corralling a loose ball to close out the first 10 minutes, Caitlin Clark received a rousing ovation from a partisan Hawkeye crowd after a nearly flawless first quarter. Clark finished the period with 18 points, including a deep, contested 3-pointer to send Iowa into the first quarter break with a 27-20 lead. 

Kate Martin also contributed an impressive seven-point performance, and Iowa centers Hannah Stuelke and Addison O'Grady have done excellent work containing star Gamecock post Kamilla Cardoso to just 2 of 6 from the field. 

🔥 She's on fire: Clark scores 13 by first media timeout

Caitlin Clark has clearly shaken off her Rust Belt rust since arriving in Cleveland, as after a slow start in Friday's national semifinal the Hawkeye megastar has been nearly flawless against South Carolina. 

The role players were rolling from the opening tip, as Kate Martin and Sydney Affolter gave Iowa a quick 7-0 lead, but Clark has scored Iowa's last 13 from all over the court. The newly crowned AP Player of the Year drained a pair of 3s, was fouled on two more attempts and converted at the rim to give her Hawkeyes a 20-9 lead with 4:45 left in the first quarter. 

Rangeeeee 🎯 @CaitlinClark22 x #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/V7kMi4O7Ll — Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB) April 7, 2024

🚨 Live in Cleveland: Iowa-South Carolina underway

One of the most anticipated championship bouts in women's college basketball history is officially underway, as South Carolina's Kamilla Cardoso won the opening tip and her Gamecocks secured the first possession. The NCAA.com team is live in Cleveland for up-to-the-minute  updates on stats, scores and more , so make sure to follow along all day long.

Here's a look at the starting lineups for each side:

👀 Autumn Johnson previews the game

NCAA.com correspondent Autumn Johnson is on the floor with warmups well underway in Cleveland, offering her thoughts on the national championship game set to unfold: 

. @autumnjohnsontv gives us a preview of today's Championship match up and breaks down both teams keys to win. #WFinalFour pic.twitter.com/uR0tTzuEpJ — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) April 7, 2024

🤩 All eyes on her: Crowd greets Caitlin Clark ahead of national championship

What projects to be a partisan Iowa crowd made their presence felt more than two hours before tip-off Sunday, as thousands lined up around Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse to catch a glimpse of star Hawkeye Caitlin Clark entering the arena. 

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley also arrived to a warm reception, and all the stars are in the building for a thrilling national championship clash.

📊 Statistical breakdown

Here's how the teams stack up against each other based on past performance: