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The Round of 16 of the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play takes place Saturday. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action. Live scoring Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW (All times ET) Television: Wednesday-Friday, 2-8 p.m. (Golf Channel). Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-7 p.m. (NBC). PGA TOUR LIVE: Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Matches). Thursday-Friday, 10:15 a.m.-8 p.m. ET (Featured Matches). Saturday, 8:15 a.m.-2 p.m. (Featured Matches). Radio: Wednesday, noon-6 p.m. ET. Thursday-Friday, 2-8 p.m. ET. Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). TOURCast: Get shot-by-shot info in real time with shot tracks and video with TOURCast. TOUR Pulse: Get the PGA TOUR app to utilize TOUR Pulse, which provides users the ability to experience a mix of content, such as video highlights, written hole summaries and stat graphics on every player after every hole they complete. FEATURED MATCHES Saturday 9:19 a.m. ET: Ian Poulter vs. Scottie Scheffler 9:52 a.m. ET: Jordan Spieth vs. Matt Kuchar MUST READS Match recaps: Day 3 Things you might have missed Poulter’s new putter has him back in Round of 16 CALL OF THE DAY

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Steve Stricker will captain the U.S. Ryder Cup Team at Whistling Straits later this year, so he's playing this week partly to keep tabs on the world's greatest players. He played like one of them Thursday. The 459th player in the world, 167th in the FedExCup, reminded everyone that he's still got it at 53, shooting a 6-under 65 in the first round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. RELATED: Full leaderboard | Dissecting the PGA TOUR's nuttiest ace ever "Well, out here I don’t know if I feel like I belong anymore, to be quite honest," he said after taming TPC Scottsdale with his wife, Nicki, as his caddie, and their two daughters, Bobbi and Isabella, tagging along on foot. "These guys, they all hit it 300 plus, 320s, 330s, and I’m just trying to get it in the fairway and get it up to 280. So the game has changed." Apparently, though, not beyond recognition for the veteran from Wisconsin who has been hunkered down in Naples, Florida, with his family since late October. To say this was a surprise would be an understatement. For one thing, Stricker admitted he would have been playing exclusively on PGA TOUR Champions this year had the Ryder Cup not been bumped back to 2021. For another, this is Stricker's 19th start here, with just one top-10 finish, a T7 in 2001. Also, he said after the round he hasn't been putting very well, which is a bit like Yo-Yo Ma admitting he's been having cello issues. Alas, Stricker found something on the perfect greens at TPC Scottsdale, making nearly 100 feet of putts. His 65 was the best round by a player 50 or over since Tom Lehman (65) in 2011. "I know if I can do my thing and roll the ball like I did today," he said, "not get too crazy and try to stuff it when I have a long iron in my hand or something like that, I can do all right. "It’s harder, but I enjoy the challenge." Grouped with fellow PGA TOUR Champions player Jerry Kelly (71) and Padraig Harrington (71), who will captain the European Ryder Cup Team in Wisconsin, Stricker hit 10 of 14 fairways and 13 greens in regulation. He was four for five in scrambling. The three veterans talked about the 50-and-over circuit, where both Kelly and Stricker have thrived and where Harrington is expected to play shortly after turning 50 in August. As if anyone needed a reminder, Thursday underlined just how tough the competition is on that circuit. Stricker bettered second-ranked Jon Rahm (68), third-ranked Justin Thomas (70), fourth-ranked Xander Schauffele (66), sixth-ranked Rory McIlroy (70) and ninth-ranked Webb Simpson (73), the defending champion. Asked what he would say to the young American stars who are in the mix to play on his team, all of whom he beat, Stricker laughed but was careful not to gloat. "Well, it’s only one round," he said. "That’s what I would say, I guess. But it shows that I’m still out here trying to compete with them, trying to play, trying to beat them." Next week the Stricker family will be headed back to Wisconsin. The weather will be ice-cold, but Steve and Nicki haven't seen their parents or their dogs in three months. They're excited. But that's next week. For now, Steve Stricker is enjoying one more moment in the sun.

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A handful of Olympians including Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, and silver medalist Rory Sabbatini highlight the field at the Wyndham Championship, the final regular-season event prior to the FedExCup Playoffs. Jim Herman returns to defend his title from 2020, won in dramatic fashion. FIELD NOTES: Winners of THE PLAYERS Championship teeing it up at the Wyndham Championship include Rickie Fowler, Si Woo Kim (who tied for third last season), and Webb Simpson… Simpson won this tournament in 2011 and thrives in North Carolina… Like Simpson, Patrick Reed made the Wyndham his first TOUR title, winning a thrilling playoff over Jordan Spieth in 2013… Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was a late commit coming off playing the Olympics and the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational… Sponsor exemptions include European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington and Will Zalatoris, who as a Special Temporary Member on TOUR is not eligible for the Playoffs unless he wins the Wyndham… Bill Haas, former Walker Cupper Alex Smalley, 2014 winner Camilo Villegas, and former Georgia star Davis Thompson are also in the field as sponsor exemptions. FEDEXCUP: Winner gets 500 FedExCup points. COURSE: Sedgefield Country Club (Ross), par 70, 7,131 yards (yardage subject to change). Sedgefield, the only Donald Ross original that serves as a regular PGA TOUR venue, opened in the 1920s. The course boasts Ross’ signature small and undulating greens but has yielded five straight winning totals of 20-under or better. STORYLINES: It all comes down to this in terms of the FedExCup standings for 2020-2021. Rickie Fowler is right on the bubble (125th as of last week) and looking for a spot in the Playoffs. He has never failed to qualify for the Playoffs and finished a career-best fourth in the FedExCup in 2015… Patrick Rodgers and Camilo Villegas were 126th and 127th, respectively, just one FedExCup point back of Fowler… Olympian Rafael Campos sits at No.150 and at the Wyndham will look to improve his position or at least hang on to his spot in the 125-150 category for next season… Three golfers jumped inside the top 125 at last season’s Wyndham Championship, led by the surprise winner Jim Herman (192 to 54)… Rory Sabbatini, who won the silver medal in Tokyo after firing a sizzling 61 in the final round, will make his TOUR return at the Wyndham. 72-HOLE RECORD: 258, Henrik Stenson (2017), JT Poston (2019) 18-HOLE RECORD: 59, Brandt Snedeker (1st round, 2018). LAST TIME: Jim Herman, who had made just four cuts since the start of the year, fired a 7-under 63 in the final round of the 2020 Wyndham Championship to top Billy Horschel by one. It was his third PGA TOUR title. Herman, who finished at 21 under, trailed by four entering Sunday’s finale but leapfrogged Horschel with a birdie on 17. He earned a spot in the FedExCup Playoffs, jumping from 192nd to 54th in the standings. Two days earlier he’d had to birdie his final four holes just to make the cut, which led to his career-low 61 on Saturday. Kevin Kisner, Webb Simpson, Doc Redman, and Si Woo Kim tied for third, three back. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 7 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes). Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (Featured Holes). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio).

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