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Day 3 gets underway today at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action on Friday. Day 3 matches/tee times Day 3 scoring HOW TO FOLLOW TELEVISION: Wednesday-Friday, 2-8 p.m. (Golf Channel). Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (GC), 2-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (GC), 3-7 p.m. (NBC). PGA TOUR LIVE: Wednesday-Friday, 10:15 a.m.-8 p.m. ET (Featured Matches). Saturday, 9:45 a.m.-2 p.m. (Featured Matches). International subscribers (via GOLF.TV): Wednesday-Friday, 14:15 to 00:00 GMT. Saturday, 13:45 to 18:00. RADIO: Wednesday-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). NOTABLE MATCHES Jason Day vs. Phil Mickelson, 10:31 a.m. ET Tiger Woods vs. Patrick Cantlay, 11:15 a.m. ET Dustin Johnson vs. Hideki Matsuyama, 1:05 p.m. ET Bubba Watson vs. Jordan Spieth, 3:39 p.m. ET MUST READS Day 2 match recaps: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Group scenarios for Day 3 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play: Day 3 match previews, picks Why every match matters What the pros are playing with at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Tiger faces uphill battle Friday at Match Play Texas ties: How Kite and Crenshaw met CALL OF THE DAY

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2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, End of Round 2. Top 10 win probabilities: Matthew Fitzpatrick (1, -9, 17.6%) Patrick Cantlay (T2, -7, 16.2%) Jon Rahm (T2, -7, 15.6%) Billy Horschel (T2, -7, 6.9%) Justin Rose (T7, -5, 5.3%) Brooks Koepka (T7, -5, 4.9%) Rory McIlroy (T13, -4, 4.5%) Webb Simpson (T7, -5, 4.2%) Cameron Smith (T2, -7, 4.1%) Hideki Matsuyama (T13, -4, 2.9%) Top strokes-gained performances: Putting: Matthew Fitzpatrick +3.2 Around-the-green: Bubba Watson +2.2 Approach: Jim Furyk +3.6 Off-the-tee: Rory McIlroy +1.8 Total: Matthew Fitzpatrick +6.1 NOTE: These reports are based off the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live “Make Cut�, “Top 20�, “Top 5�, and “Win� probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, or to see how each golfer’s probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model’s home page.

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Tommy Fleetwood is a big fan of the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. “If you like golf, you should like this golf course,â€� Fleetwood said. “It’s just about as fair as you’re going to get a test.â€� The Englishman was rarely challenged on a breezy Thursday, too, as he fired a 65 to set the early pace at THE PLAYERS Championship. When the morning wave was complete Fleetwood owned a one-stroke lead over Brian Harman and Ben An. Rory McIroy – who has finished sixth or better in his last six starts — was alone in fourth after a 67 while Brendan Steele and Rory Sabbatini were another stroke behind. Xander Schauffele, who leads the FedExCup standings, shot a first-round 70. For Fleetwood, it was his fifth straight subpar round on the Stadium Course where he tied for seventh last year. He went out in 30, closing with three straight birdies, and then added another in the 12th hole for the round of 7 under. Fleetwood came to the PGA TOUR’s signature event riding the momentum of a tie for third at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. He held a share of the lead at Bay Hill through two rounds but shot a 76 on Saturday and played catch-up after that. On Thursday, the 28-year-old was dialed in tee to green. He hit 10 of 14 fairways and all but two greens in regulation while taking just 26 putts. Fleetwood said keeping the ball in play off the tee was instrumental in his success. “The course feels different then,â€� Fleetwood said. “Like if you’re in the fairway all the time, the course feels very, very different, and it’s a massive key.” “Then I just started picking a few shots up, and then you get on a run like 7, 8, 9, and it feels great after that. Just one of them would feel like a great round, so three of them is — I’ll take it.â€�

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