Golf World’s Newsmakers of the Year: Nos. 25-11

Round 3 of the Valero Texas Open gets underway on Saturday. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action at TPC San Antonio. Round 3 tee times Round 3 leaderboard HOW TO FOLLOW TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 1-3:30 p.m. (GC), 3:30-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. (GC), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. (featured groups). Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (featured groups), 3:30-6 p.m. (featured holes). International subscribers (via GOLF.tv): Thursday-Friday, 12:30 to 23:00 GMT. Saturday-Sunday, 15:00 to 22:00. RADIO: Thursday-Friday, 1-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com). NOTABLE TEE TIMES Graeme McDowell, Jhonattan Vegas, Hank Lebioda: 11:35 a.m. ET Rickie Fowler, Brian Stuard, Josh Teater: 12:05 p.m. ET Si Woo Kim, Corey Conners, Jordan Spieth: 12:25 p.m. ET MUST READS Si Woo Kim makes ace, leads entering Saturday Jordan Spieth is back to holing shots from fairway Corey Conners, Monday qualifier, is firmly in the mix CALL OF THE DAY

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DUBLIN, Ohio — Tiger Woods is in position to make a run at his 80th PGA TOUR victory and first in almost five years after a second-round 67 at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide on Friday.  He is 5-under and was six behind leader Kyle Stanley when he finished. Woods came from four behind on the final day in each of his last two victories at Muirfield Village. Woods’ round could have been better. He had holed out from 95 yards for eagle at the par-5 11th hole and was eying a birdie putt from inside six feet at the par-3 12th when the horn blew for a weather delay. Play resumed nearly 90 minutes later, though Woods missed that birdie and two others from close range at Nos. 13 and 16. He also missed a par putt from just outside of three feet at the 17th hole.  Woods hit 9-of-14 fairways and 14-of-18 greens in regulation. He took 27 putts, but was deep in negative numbers in Strokes Gained: Putting (-3.676) when he signed his scorecard.  This year has been a pleasant surprise for Woods, who missed all of last year after undergoing back fusion surgery. As recently as last fall he wasn’t sure his body would allow him to resume one of the greatest careers of all time. He has done exactly that, going from 656th to 83rd in the Official World Golf Ranking this year. Muirfield would seem a likely venue for him to break a winless streak that goes back to the 2013 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.  He’s certainly been knocking on the door. In his last start, Woods thrilled audiences with a 65-69 weekend to finish T11 at THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass. The result was part of an impressive body of work this season in Florida, where he also finished second (Valspar Championship), T5 (Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard), and 12th (The Honda Classic). Woods came into this week having amassed 548 FedExCup points (54th), and with a 69.988 scoring average.  Woods got off to a rough start at the Memorial on Thursday, going 4-over for his first seven holes before gathering himself to salvage an even-par 72. He cited mild tightness in his back. He was much better Friday, when he went 5-under through 11. After missing good chances at 12 and 13, he converted from just inside 13 feet at the par-5 15th hole, making him 5-under on the par-5s.

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The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. Scroll below for The RSM Classic field list as of Friday, Nov. 11th at 6 p.m. ET: Check here for updates. Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption) Si Woo Kim Webb Simpson Winner of Open Championship (five-year exemption) Francesco Molinari Winner of World Golf Championships event (three-year exemption) Kevin Kisner FedExCup Champion (five-year exemption) Justin Rose PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption) Ryan Brehm Cameron Champ Stewart Cink Joel Dahmen Jason Day Tyler Duncan Harris English Tony Finau Brian Gay Jim Herman Garrick Higgo Tom Hoge Mackenzie Hughes Matt Kuchar Andrew Landry Luke List Trey Mullinax J.T. Poston Seamus Power Chad Ramey J.J. Spaun Sepp Straka Robert Streb Michael Thompson Brendon Todd Erik van Rooyen Richy Werenski Career money exemption Jason Dufner Zach Johnson Ryan Moore Rory Sabbatini * Sponsor exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals) Jacob Bridgeman Chris Gotterup Sponsor exemption (members not otherwise exempt) Aaron Baddeley Camilo Villegas Sponsor exemption (unrestricted) Palmer Jackson Spencer Ralston PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year Tim Weinhart Past Champion member Austin Cook Life member Davis Love III Top 30 on the FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List Brian Harman Sahith Theegala Scott Stallings Top 125 prior season’s FedExCup Playoffs & Eligibility Points List Davis Riley Denny McCarthy Keith Mitchell Andrew Putnam Taylor Pendrith Brendan Steele Troy Merritt Taylor Moore Chris Kirk Alex Smalley Wyndham Clark Lee Hodges John Huh Beau Hossler Brandon Wu Matthew NeSmith Adam Long Dylan Frittelli David Lipsky Adam Schenk Aaron Rai Stephan Jaeger Patrick Rodgers Russell Knox Adam Svensson Kevin Streelman Mark Hubbard Peter Malnati Danny Lee Hayden Buckley Sam Ryder Nate Lashley Greyson Sigg Scott Piercy Callum Tarren Max McGreevy Chesson Hadley Nick Watney Kevin Tway Matthias Schwab Patton Kizzire Matt Wallace Austin Smotherman Justin Lower Doc Redman Danny Willett Kelly Kraft # Major medical extension Nick Hardy Zac Blair Korn Ferry Tour Points winner (The 25 and The Finals 25) Justin Suh Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reshuffled) Carl Yuan Will Gordon Paul Haley II David Lingmerth Zecheng Dou Robby Shelton Philip Knowles MJ Daffue Michael Gligic Taylor Montgomery Dean Burmester Ben Taylor Eric Cole S.H. Kim Joseph Bramlett Harry Hall Brandon Matthews Augusto Núñez Henrik Norlander Byeong Hun An Ben Martin Erik Barnes Ryan Armour Ben Griffin Davis Thompson Brent Grant Michael Kim Carson Young Tyson Alexander Scott Harrington Harrison Endycott Trevor Werbylo Tano Goya Kevin Roy Nico Echavarria Anders Albertson Samuel Stevens Kevin Yu Matti Schmid Vincent Norrman Brice Garnett Trevor Cone Brian Stuard Kyle Westmoreland Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (medical) Chris Stroud Nos. 126-150 on prior season’s FedExCup Playoffs & Eligibility Points List (reshuffled) Harry Higgs Martin Trainer Hank Lebioda Cameron Percy Andrew Novak Jonathan Byrd Charley Hoffman The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. * = If all prior year Korn Ferry Tour graduates are eligible for event, exemptions become unrestricted # = Latest medical extension information can be found here. $ = Category breakdown can be found here.

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