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The scramble for positioning at East Lake
Country Club, site of the PGA Tour Championship, began last week
with Glover claiming the victory for the second consecutive
week, one shot better than McIlroy.
Patrick Cantlay, edged out by Glover at the FedEx St. Jude
Championship in a playoff last Sunday in Memphis, Tenn., will
tee off one group ahead of McIlroy and Glover with Max Homa, who
are scheduled to take the opening tee box at 10:54 a.m. ET on
Thursday. Cantlay is the defending champion of the BMW
Championship and currently stands fifth in the Cup standings
with Homa at No. 6.
Only the top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings are still alive for
the tour title.
Glover, 43, was No. 112 in the playoff standings before wins at
the Wyndham Championship and St. Jude Championship lifted him
all the way to No. 4. McIlroy is third. They tee off at 11:10
a.m. EDT, followed by Open Championship winner Brian Harman and
Tommy Fleetwood.
No. 1 Jon Rahm and No. 2 Scottie Scheffler tee off together at
1:38 p.m. ET, a group ahead of Rickie Fowler and Keegan Bradley
(1:49 p.m. ET).
The winner of the no-cut event takes home $3.6 million of an
elevated $20 million purse and 2,000 FedExCup points.
The top 30 in the FedExCup standings at the end of the final
round Sunday advance to the Tour Championship.
--Field Level Media
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