AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Round 3: Leaderboard, tee times, TV times

Rory McIlroy won his third FedExCup this year. Now he could regain the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking. McIlroy could move to No. 1 in the world by either winning or finishing alone in second place at this week’s THE CJ CUP in South Carolina, according to the noted OWGR expert known as Nosferatu (@VC606) on Twitter. He said McIlroy would need some ‘help,’ i.e. a poor finish, from current No. 1 Scottie Scheffler this week, as well. Scheffler has held the top spot in the world ranking since winning the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play on March 27. McIlroy has reached No. 1 eight times in his career and spent a total of 106 weeks in that position. It has been more than two years since he was world No. 1, however. McIlroy last held the top spot in the world ranking from Feb. 9, 2020, to July 18, 2020. Since winning the FedExCup in August, McIlroy has competed three times on the DP World Tour. He has finished no worse than T4 in those three starts. Scheffler, meanwhile, is playing his first individual event since the TOUR Championship, where he lost a six-shot lead to McIlroy in the final round. Scheffler also made his Presidents Cup debut last month at Quail Hollow. Only Tiger Woods (21) and Jordan Spieth (77) needed fewer starts than Scheffler to reach No. 1 in the world. Scheffler did it in his 92nd start as a professional.

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RIDGELAND, S.C. – Brooks Koepka shot a second-round 73 and at 3 over will almost certainly miss the cut at the Palmetto Championship at Congaree. RELATED: Full leaderboard | Hadley surprises, opens with rounds of 65-66 Still, he was hardly despondent. After missing significant time this season with a right knee injury that required surgery, he said he was happy to get the “reps” in going into the U.S. Open. “I’m playing really good,” he said. “I like the way I’m striking the ball. I like the way I’m putting the ball too. Just seemed to be a little bit of speed control.” His playing partners, Congaree ambassadors Keith Mitchell (74, 3 over) and Lucas Glover (73, 7 over), also will most likely fail to advance to the weekend rounds. For the second day, Koepka was in negative numbers in Strokes Gained: Putting. He was 129th in that stat with the afternoon wave still out on the course, and faulted his failure to figure out the speed of the greens. As for the rest of it, Koepka, who won the Waste Management Phoenix Open shortly before his knee operation earlier this season, played well enough. He hit nine of 14 fairways for the second straight day but hit just 10 greens in regulation. He was six of eight scrambling. More importantly, the two-time U.S. Open champion said the knee is feeling fine. “It’s good,” he said. “It’s in a really good spot. I like where it’s at. I’ve done enough rehab, strength’s coming around. I mean, I can almost squat down to read a putt like normal. Didn’t do it too much this week just because I don’t want to screw it up for next week.”

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From Tiger’s return to who wins all the majors and the FedEx Cup — and everything in between — we look ahead through the one-of-a-kind eyes of America’s Caddie.

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