How to Watch the TOUR Championship, Round 3: Featured Groups, live scores, tee times, TV times

Tiger Woods has committed to the opening two FedExCup Playoff events, starting with THE NORTHERN TRUST at Liberty National in New Jersey next week. The 81-time PGA TOUR winner and two-time FedExCup champion announced via his social media his intention to also tee it up at the BMW Championship at Medinah Country Club Aug. 15-18 as he tries to play his way into the TOUR Championship. “Ready to begin the FedExCup playoffs starting with @TheNTGolf and then the @BMWChamps. Hope to see you there,� he tweeted Wednesday. Woods is the defending champion at East Lake, but currently sits 27th in the FedExCup standings and is at risk of not being in the top 30 for Atlanta. With just three Playoff events this season, the top 125 players will play THE NORTHERN TRUST before the top 70 advance to the BMW Championship. The final 30 players will move on to the TOUR Championship. Woods will be confident in making his run towards an unprecedented third FedExCup, given his history at the venues. He was runner up at THE NORTHERN TRUST both times it was previously held at Liberty National (2009, 2013). In 2009, it took a huge upset – including a clutch 20-foot par save on the 72nd hole – from Heath Slocum to deny him the trophy. In 2013, Woods was seemingly heading for a victory on Sunday when his back seized up and sent him to the ground in agony. Despite the clear and obvious pain, Woods managed to battle his way to having a putt from the fringe on the 72nd hole to force a playoff, but his ball stopped a revolution short of going in. It was the start of serious back injuries for Woods that would result in multiple surgeries. Since winning the Masters this past April, Woods has been on a limited schedule as he protects his body. THE NORTHERN TRUST will be just his fifth start since his vintage display at Augusta National. Woods was last seen at The Open Championship in Northern Ireland, where he missed the cut. Should Woods play in back-to-back weeks, it will be the first time since the 43-year-old has done so since the Genesis Open and the World Golf Championships – Mexico Championship in February. If he makes it all the way back to East Lake, it will be the first time he’s put his fused back through three straight weeks since last year’s Playoffs. But given he’s a two-time winner and four-time runner up at the course, even a tired Woods can’t be discounted. His record at Medinah is also pretty decent. Woods won the PGA Championship there in 1999 and 2006.

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This week we head to Memphis, Tennessee, and TPC Southwind, which has hosted the FedEx St. Jude Classic since 1989. Designed by Ron Prichard with input from Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller, TPC Southwind features undulating fairways and many lakes, streams and ponds. There’s also a windmill and a pair of grain silos, remnants of the dairy farm that once occupied the site. Since the 2007 inception of the FedExCup Playoffs (just 11 weeks away), five winners of the FedEx St. Jude Classic have advanced all the way to the Playoffs finale, the TOUR Championship: Woody Austin (2007), Justin Leonard (2008), Brian Gay (2009), Dustin Johnson (2012) and Daniel Berger (2016). PGA TOUR LIVE is scheduled to air from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday. After Featured Groups, the coverage will switch to Featured Holes at 4 p.m. The Featured Holes are the 239-yard, par-3 14th, which features an elevated tee and demands a forced carry over water, and the 530-yard, par-5 16th, which plays uphill but is still reachable in two shots by the long hitters. PGA TOUR LIVE can also be viewed on Twitter from approximately 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Thursday and Friday. (Note: All times Eastern; FedExCup ranking in parentheses.) MORE: PGA TOUR LIVE times | Tee times THURSDAY Kevin Chappell (31), Billy Horschel (18), Cody Gribble (58): This group features recent TOUR winners Chappell (Valero Texas Open) and Horschel (AT&T Byron Nelson), plus the breakout champ of the Sanderson Farms Championship last October (Gribble). Chappell didn’t play TPC Southwind last year, but showed promise with a second-round 64 on the way to a T22 finish in 2015. Horschel is riding high after his playoff win over Jason Day. And Gribble, who missed the cut in his only other FedEx St. Jude start in 2013, is a much-improved player now. Tee time: 8:40 a.m. off 10th tee Daniel Berger (36), Rickie Fowler (8), Adam Scott (66): Berger is trying to find the form that saw him capture his first PGA TOUR win at TPC Southwind a year ago, when at 23 he became the second youngest winner in the history of the tournament. Fowler has been knocking on the door for his second win this season (T3 at Shell Houston Open, second at Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide). Scott, a 13-time TOUR winner, returns to Memphis this week for the first time since he finished seventh in his FedEx St. Jude Classic debut in 2007.   Tee time: 8:50 a.m. off 10th tee FRIDAY Graeme McDowell (102), Jim Furyk (149), Russell Henley (16): Henley has been the hottest player in the group after notching his third TOUR win at the Shell Houston Open. He tied for seventh at TPC Southwind a year ago. McDowell comes to Memphis having made five straight cuts. And don’t be surprised if you hear a lot about Furyk this week, which marks the 40th anniversary of the first 59 on TOUR (Al Geiberger). Eight different players have recorded sub-60 scores on TOUR, but only one, Furyk, has done it twice with a 59 and a 58. Tee time: 8:40 a.m. off 10th tee Phil Mickelson (43), Hudson Swafford (22), Brooks Koepka (17): Mickelson says he’ll skip the U.S. Open to attend his oldest daughter’s high school graduation, so the FedEx St. Jude went from tune-up event to main event. As it should. He has two seconds (2013, 2016) and a T3 (2015) in recent years at TPC Southwind, and is looking to break a victory drought that goes back to 2013. Koepka finished T2 and T3 here in 2016 and 2015, respectively. Swafford was having his best season after winning the CareerBuilder Challenge but has missed three straight cuts.  Tee time: 8:50 a.m. off 10th tee

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Day 2 of the Ryder Cup takes place Saturday at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. Stars from the United States and Europe will battle it out in one of golf’s most treasured and historic competitions. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action. NOTE: The PGA of America, which owns and operates the Ryder Cup, controls all digital streaming and broadcast rights to this event. For more information on how to watch this week, please visit The Ryder Cup website. PGA TOUR LIVE coverage will resume on Thursday, Sept. 30 at the Sanderson Farms Championship. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Friday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday: 8 a.m.-9 a.m. (Golf Channel), 9 a.m.-7 p.m. (NBC). Sunday: 12 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC) Streaming: Featured Matches (TBD): on Peacock, RyderCup.com, and the Ryder Cup app. Radio: Friday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. ET. Sunday, noon-6 p.m. (SiriusXM 92) MUST READS Match previews: Saturday morning Foursomes Full Day 1 recap DeChambeau blasts 417-yard drive McIlroy benched after tough opening day Five Things to Know: Whistling Straits How the Ryder Cup format works Writers’ Roundtable: Burning questions Will Viktor Hovland be Europe’s secret weapon?

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