Featured Groups: The Greenbrier Classic

WHITE SULPHER SPRINGS, W.Va. – Expect the unexpected… The Greenbrier Classic always likes to throw us some curveballs. From Stuart Appleby’s 59, to surprise winners like Ted Potter Jr. to flash floods that cancel the entire event! But after a monumental restoration effort we are back at The Old White TPC and continuing the final surge towards the FedExCup Playoffs. This week’s PGA TOUR LIVE coverage gives us the first look at Phil Mickelson without Jim “Bones� McKay on his bag along with the always entertaining Bubba Watson and multiple previous PGA TOUR winners. PGA TOUR LIVE will broadcast between 7 a.m. Eastern and 6:00 p.m. on both Thursday and Friday. The coverage will switch to Featured Holes at 3:00 p.m. Featured Hole Coverage consists of the 15th (Par-3) and 17th (Par-5) on Thursday and Friday.
 PGA TOUR LIVE also will be available on Twitter for approximately 90 minutes, beginning at 7 a.m. Here’s a look at this week’s Featured Groups. Click here to subscribe to PGA TOUR LIVE. Related links: Tee times | Field | Course (Note: FedExCup rankings in parentheses) THURSDAY Russell Henley (19), Hudson Swafford (30), Bill Haas (25): Former FedExCup champion Bill Haas, who has pushed his way to an impressive 25th in this year’s standings without winning, gets two former University of Georgia teammates in Henley and Swafford. The latter pair both have victories this season and are looking to take their game all the way to the TOUR Championship to try to join Haas as FedExCup champs. Tee time: 7:50 a.m. Eastern off 10th tee. Jonas Blixt (52), Patrick Reed (50), Charles Howell III (18): Captain America playing in the week we celebrate America… surely it is going to be a big week for Patrick Reed. Having moved inside the top 50 on the FedExCup race Reed wants to kick start things further with a victory. He is joined by Blixt, a winner at the Zurich Classic earlier this season and a former Greenbrier Classic champion. And then there is Howell III who returned from a rib injury last week in style, finishing second after losing a sudden death playoff. Tee time: 8:00 a.m. Eastern off 10th tee. FRIDAY Kevin Kisner (8), Si Woo Kim (29), Mackenzie Hughes (23): Kisner enters as the man to beat according to our fantasy golf guru Rob Bolton, topping the power rankings. Along for the ride is THE PLAYERS Champion Si Woo Kim who is hoping for a bounce back week after missing the cut last week. Hughes, a winner early in the season, is hoping to add a second title and push his name into Presidents Cup contention. Tee time: 7:50 a.m. Eastern off 10th tee. Bubba Watson (115), Phil Mickelson (40), Danny Lee (48): A new era begins with Phil Mickelson playing without “Bones� on his bag. It has not been the season Bubba Watson wanted but the Greenbrier resident has no better place than home to get things going in the right direction. Instrumental in helping the area recover from last year’s floods. And then there is Lee, who is the defending champion from 2015 and who has found his game of late. His win two yesrs ago catapulted him into the Presidents Cup International Team and he’s gunning for the same again this year. Tee time: 8:00 a.m. Eastern off 10th tee.

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