How Phil beat Tiger: A look at all 22 holes

The regular season portion of the 2016-17 PGA TOUR season concludes at this week’s Wyndham Championship. It’s the last chance for players to make the top 125 in points before the FedExCup Playoffs begin next week. No surprise, then, that the bulk of the 156-man Wyndham field consists of players looking to either secure their positions, or move inside the top 125. Consider this: Of the players ranked between 90 and 178 in FedExCup points, all but 13 will be teeing it up at Sedgefield this week. PGA TOUR LIVE’s coverage of the first two rounds begins at 7:30 a.m. ET. PGA TOUR Radio will have play-by-play starting at Noon ET. Golf Channel’s coverage begins at 2 p.m. ET. Related: Tee times | Course | Past Results | Field Here are the featured groups for the first two rounds (current FedExCup rank in parentheses): Grayson Murray (66), Chris Stroud (69), Geoff Ogilvy (125) – Murray and Stroud each posted their first TOUR wins recently – Murray at the Barbasol Championship, Stroud at the Barracuda Championship. Ogilvy enters this week as the FedExCup bubble boy; if he slips one spot in the standings, he will not advance to the Playoffs. Tee times: Rd. 1 – 12:50 p.m. ET (1st tee); Rd. 2 – 7:50 a.m. ET (10th tee) Kevin Kisner (9), Bill Haas (34), Henrik Stenson (75) – Haas and Stenson are past FedExCup champions, but it’s Kisner who’s in the best form right now. Not only is he the highest-ranked FedExCup player in the field, he also comes off a terrific showing at the PGA Championship. He led after 54 holes before finishing T7. Tee times: Rd. 1 – 1 p.m. ET (1st tee); Rd. 2 – 8 a.m. ET (10th tee) Webb Simpson (37), Ryan Moore (67), Davis Love III (209) – Fairly easy to figure out what these three have in common – they’re each a past winner at the Wyndham Championship. Moore won in 2009, Simpson won in 2011 and Love won in 2015 at the age of 51. Tee times: Rd. 1 – 7:50 a.m. ET (10th tee); Rd. 2 – 12:50 p.m. ET (1st tee) Kyle Stanley (17), Jason Dufner (22), Billy Horschel (23) – All three players will enter the Playoffs ranked inside the top 30 in points, thanks mostly to their wins this season – Horschel at the AT&T Byron Nelson, Dufner at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, and Stanley at the Quicken Loans National. Now the goal is to improve, or at least maintain, those top-30 positions in order to advance to the Playoffs finale at East Lake. Tee times: Rd. 1 – 8 a.m. ET (10th tee); Rd. 2 – 1 p.m. ET (1st tee)

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Citing ongoing local and state-related challenges related to gathering restrictions, the John Deere Classic, title sponsor John Deere and the PGA TOUR announced today that the 2020 tournament, scheduled for July 9-12, has been canceled. It is set to return to the PGA TOUR schedule in 2021 with its 50th playing. As a result of this decision, the PGA TOUR announced that it will fill the week vacated by the John Deere Classic with a new tournament. The TOUR will provide details in the near future on the venue and location. “Because of the ongoing health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic, the difficult decision was made to cancel the 2020 John Deere Classic,� said tournament director Clair Peterson. “While we considered several alternatives for the Classic, this was the choice that made the most sense for our guests, the players and the Quad City community at large.� “We understand and respect that the Quad Cities market has dynamics and challenges that prevent the playing of the John Deere Classic in 2020,� said Andy Pazder, PGA TOUR Chief Tournaments and Competitions Officer. “As we’ve seen through the years, the community support for the John Deere Classic is unwavering and I have no doubt the event will return stronger than ever in its 50th playing in 2021.� Despite the cancellation, the John Deere Classic will continue its Birdies for Charity fundraiser for 2020. Last year, $13.8 million was generated in support of 543 local and regional charity organizations, bringing the tournament’s all-time total to $120 million since the first playing in 1971. Ninety-nine percent of that has come since John Deere assumed title sponsorship in 1998. This year’s John Deere Classic would have been the Quad Cities’ 50th PGA TOUR event and the 21st played at TPC Deere Run. Dylan Frittelli is the defending champion.

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Here are the full times for the first and second rounds of The Open at Royal St. George’s.

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