Last-minute equipment changes ahead of the 2019 TOUR Championship

The World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play continues Thursday from Austin Country Club. Day 2 will feature group play once again, and among those competing are Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, and Scottie Scheffler. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including PGA TOUR LIVE and newly expanded and extended coverage on ESPN+. Click here for more details. Scores Full tee times Bracket HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Wednesday-Friday, 2 p.m.-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (NBC) Radio: Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m.-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) For outside of the U.S., click here for GOLFTV powered by the PGA TOUR PGA TOUR LIVE PGA TOUR Live is available exclusively on ESPN+ • Main Feed: primary tournament-coverage featuring the best action from across the course • Marquee Group: new “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group • Featured Groups: traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups • Featured Holes: a combination of par-3s and iconic or pivotal holes FEATURED MATCHES THURSDAY Marquee Match Collin Morikawa, Sergio Garcia Featured Match Xander Schauffele, Lucas Herbert Webb Simpson, Bubba Watson Featured Holes No. 4 (par 3), No. 7 (par 3), No. 11 (par 3), No. 13 (par 4) MUST READS Match recaps from Wednesday: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Upset city in Austin (again) First day at WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play serves up plenty of storylines Five matches to watch Thursday at WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Bryson DeChambeau rides rules relief in injury return, floats long drive appearance after Masters Five Things to Know: Austin Country Club What do the numbers say about match play?

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JACKSON, Miss. – Byeong Hun An was born in South Korea but has lived in Florida since he was a teenager, so he’s grown to love hot weather and Bermudagrass. That’s one reason this week’s Sanderson Farms Championship has suited him so well. After shooting back-to-back 66s, An held the lead when he walked off the Country Club of Jackson’s 18th green on Friday afternoon. RELATED: Tee times | Leaderboard He played 25 holes Friday after lightning caused the first round to be suspended for several hours. The second round wasn’t scheduled to be completed until Saturday morning. His good play can only help his Presidents Cup candidacy. An, who finished 15th in the International Team’s final standings, is likely on the short list of candidates for one of Ernie Els’ four picks. Those will be announced in the first week of November. “I hope I’m way up there,â€� An said. “I need to step it up a little bit. It’ll be nice if I make the team. That definitely was my main goal for whole this year and the next couple events. A decent week this week or next couple weeks definitely I think would help.â€� An should earn a pick if he keeps hitting it the way he did over the first 36 holes this week. He missed just five greens and was in the top 10 in average proximity to the hole (25 feet, 4 inches). He’s made just one bogey in two rounds, after hitting his second shot into the water on the par-5 fifth hole in the second round. He’s even par on the par-5s this week, but 11 under on the par-4s. He could have gone even lower. Besides not taking advantage of the par-5s, he’s missed four putts from 4-8 feet this week. He’s also holed three putts from outside 15 feet. “I’ve been putting a lot better the last couple events, so as long as the putts keep dropping, let’s see if I can win this season,â€� said An, who finished 53rd in the FedExCup last season. Ten years ago, An became the youngest U.S. Amateur champion in history. He was 17 years old when he beat Ben Martin in the final at Southern Hills, breaking a record once held by Tiger Woods. An has three worldwide wins, including the 2015 BMW PGA Championship, but is seeking his first on the PGA TOUR. He has three runners-up and one third-place finish in 97 starts on the PGA TOUR. Last month, he held the 54-hole lead at the Wyndham Championship. It was the third time he started Sunday with the lead, and while he has yet to convert, his 67 was his lowest final round after starting the day with the lead. He was passed by J.T. Poston’s final-round 62 at Sedgefield Country Club. Poston became the first player since Lee Trevino to win while going bogey-free over 72 holes. Poston also is in contention at the Sanderson Farms Championship. He shot 64 to take the first-round lead, then shot 70 to sit two behind An.  An finished T47 last week in the season-opening Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. He’s playing more fall events this year after falling too far behind in the FedExCup race last season. “That’s why I decided to play last week, this week, and then these four in a row, to get a fast start,â€� he said. “I’m definitely heading the right way.â€�

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Ollie Schniederjans was still a little raw, and a little hurt. Two hours earlier, with the eyes of the world watching intently, he had worked his way into a tie at the top at THE PLAYERS Championship. Two hiccups on the back nine, though, including a triple-bogey 6 at the most famous hole in American golf, had given him an even-par 72 and a T16 finish. “I cost myself a lot of money on 17,â€� he said, “so that’s hard to deal with right now.â€� Now, though, he looks ahead to this week’s Valspar Championship, and, big-picture, he likes what he sees. Because Ollie Schniederjans 2.0 is finally achieving liftoff. He has a new swing coach (Butch Harmon), a new trainer (Brendan McLaughlin, who also works with Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson), and a new caddie (Damon Green, formerly with Zach Johnson). At TPC Sawgrass, Schniederjans, who stands out for his conspicuous lack of headwear and his feathery brown bangs, was even sporting a new mustache. “Just since today,â€� he said after the wild final round. “Yesterday I had a goatee.â€� Not long ago, it appeared Schniederjans didn’t need to change anything. He was a member of golf’s heralded Class of 2011—Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas were co-valedictorians—and marked for greatness as he mowed through the amateur ranks and was an All-American at Georgia Tech. But his early professional career fizzled. While Spieth and Thomas were racking up a combined 20 PGA TOUR titles, Schniederjans was running in place. He was 60th in the FedExCup in 2017, when he had his best chance to win before finishing runner-up at the Wyndham Championship, and 98th last season. If anything, he felt himself getting worse. “I wasn’t hitting it good enough,â€� he said at THE PLAYERS. “I couldn’t work it both ways. I couldn’t get it in the air real well. I lost a lot of speed last year.â€� What’s more, he added, he was stubbornly clinging to his old ways. “A lot of time was wasted,â€� he said, “and energy was wasted just trying to figure things out on my own.â€� He went to see Harmon for the first time in December, traveling to the renowned teacher’s home base in Las Vegas. He began working with Green at the Sony Open in Hawaii, in January, and made a second pilgrimage to Vegas for another full-day visit with swing coach Harmon. All the while, McLaughlin was overseeing his new program to strengthen his body for golf. That’s a lot of changes all at once, and the results were slow to come. Schniederjans came into last week languishing at 193rd in the FedExCup and 239th in the Official World Golf Ranking. He kept at it, though, not content to be mediocre and unwilling to quit before the changes had had a chance to take hold. They did so at THE PLAYERS, where Schniederjans, who took up golf at the relatively advanced age of 12, seemed to play better as he got closer to the lead. “That was the one thing Zach was good at, too,â€� caddie Green said. “We’ve talked about it a lot, how you have to be the guy who wants the ball and wants to take the shot at the end of the game. He really does, and you could see it. I’ve been telling him for the last month, ‘You’re going to peak at TPC, I can just feel it.’ Just tryin’ to get in his head and give him a little confidence.â€� Schniederjans has certainly never lacked drive; he burns to be one of the best in the world and is constantly having Green film his swing. Green calls him “an old soul for a 25-year-old,â€� such is his low-key, studied approach to improvement. His physical tools are also impressive. It’s one thing to reach the par 5s in two shots at TPC Sawgrass, but quite another to reach with a 9-iron, like Schniederjans. (He’s 11th on TOUR in driving distance, averaging 309.5 yards.) “He’s got around 125 mph ball speed, which is sick,â€� Green said. “If he can hit a few more fairways and improve on his putting, which let us down a little at TPC, he’s gonna do damage.â€� Schniederjans’ big weekend at THE PLAYERS was the long-awaited affirmation that he’s on the right path. With the leaders faltering early, he birdied three of the first six holes to tie for the lead, rising to the occasion like old times. This was exactly what was predicted for him. Alas, he double-bogeyed the 10th, rallied with three birdies, then rinsed his tee shot on 17, the resulting 6 a buzz-kill at the end of an otherwise electric weekend run. Still, these are early days, and the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook, which has given us first-time winners like Adam Hadwin, Kevin Streelman and Gary Woodland, awaits. Schniederjans calls caddie Green a huge help, and says the same for Harmon and McLaughlin. He’s got the right support team, and his decision to change everything is finally paying off. “I played extremely well – I had two terrible holes that cost me the tournament,â€� he said. “I know when I get in the mix, I can get the job done. I’ve just got to keep putting myself in this position.â€�

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