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KAPALUA, Hawaii – Just as they became accustomed to the gusty trade winds off the Plantation Course the contenders at the Sentry Tournament of Champions face a new battle on Sunday. Heavy winds and gusts out of the east / northeast have tested the 33-man field for three rounds but Sunday’s final round forecast calls for a switch in direction and power. Sunday sees the winds expected to switch and come from the north / northwest – an entirely different proposition. While they are expected to drop from the gusts of around 20 miles per hour to around 10 miles per hour the change of strategy is one players must adjust to quickly. The drop in speed is something leader Gary Woodland is looking forward to. He is three clear of Rory McIlroy and four ahead of Marc Leishman. “It just allows you to be more aggressive. I’m very confident with where my game is, in the past it might have affected me a little bit, but I feel very good changing,â€� Woodland said. “I think it suits me, when it’s not blowing it suits me as much as it does when it is, so I’m excited about it.â€� For McIlroy it obviously means a change in game plan, but one he is confident he and his caddy have prepared for despite the fact this is his first trip to Kapalua. “A couple of adjustments to be made. It’s a little different, especially when it’s one you haven’t played in before,â€� McIlroy said. “To not have had that practice and try to go into a final round when you’re trying to win a golf tournament, it’s a little challenging, but it’s going to be the same for everyone. “Harry and I need to do a good job tomorrow of just hitting it to the right spots on the fairways. There’s going to be a lot of holes where I’m not hitting the same club off the tee as I was the previous few days and it’s just about picking your spots to hit at and trusting that this is what you need to do and just trying to be a little more thoughtful about where you’re placing the golf ball. That’s going to be key tomorrow.â€� Leishman grew up in the Australian town of Warrnambool which often gets high coastal winds that can switch on a dime. “I need to get off to a good start. It depends how the other boys start as well as to how aggressive I get,â€� Leishman said. “But it’s going to be very different. I think it’s a different direction, the wind, which we haven’t played this course in, in those conditions very often. “And so it’s sort of hard to tell what the scores are going to do, but, yeah, either way I’m going to have to play really good golf.â€� MUST-READS Woodland leads with heavy heart McIlroy looks for final group atonement CALL OF THE DAY

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Round 2 of the Charles Schwab Challenge takes place Friday from Colonial Country Club. Scottie Scheffler and Webb Simpson are among eight players tied for the lead at 4-under. The winner of the event will pocket 500 FedExCup points. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including Featured Groups for PGA TOUR LIVE and newly expanded and extended coverage on ESPN+. Click here for more details. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 4 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. (CBS). Sunday, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (CBS). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m.–7 p.m. ET. Saturday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio) For outside of the U.S., click here for GOLFTV powered by the PGA TOUR PGA TOUR LIVE PGA TOUR Live is available exclusively on ESPN+ • Main Feed: primary tournament-coverage featuring the best action from across the course • Marquee Group: new “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group • Featured Groups: traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups • Featured Holes: a combination of par-3s and iconic or pivotal holes FEATURED GROUPS THURSDAY Marquee Group Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Jason Kokrak (10th tee) Featured Groups Billy Horschel, Sam Burns, Talor Gooch (10th tee) Collin Morikawa, Webb Simpson, Patrick Reed (10th tee) Featured Holes: No. 4 (par 3), No. 8 (par 3), No. 13 (par 3), No. 16 (par 3) FRIDAY Marquee Group Jordan Spieth, Max Homa, Daniel Berger (10th tee) Featured Groups Will Zalatoris, Justin Rose, Kevin Kisner (10th tee) Viktor Hovland, Mito Pereira, Tom Hoge (10th tee) Featured Holes: No. 4 (par 3), No. 8 (par 3), No. 13 (par 3), No. 16 (par 3) MUST READS Scottie Scheffler among eight tied at the top at Charles Schwab Challenge Scott Stallings starts strong at Charles Schwab Challenge after emotional U.S. Open qualification Maverick McNealy’s rare ’11 iron’ and Callaway prototype blades Bubba Watson withdraws due to injury

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It turns out this was an especially fruitful spring for Jordan Spieth. His win at the Valero Texas Open on April 4 ended a winless drought that had lasted nearly four years. Spieth revealed Friday that the win, his first since the 2017 Open Championship, came just weeks after he and wife Annie learned that she was pregnant with the couple’s first child. The Spieths kept quiet about the impending arrival but with Annie accompanying her husband to East Lake, and walking the golf course just a few months before her due date, it was impossible to keep the secret any longer. “It’s something you can’t hide now that we are close,” Spieth, the 2015 FedExCup champion, said after shooting 67. “It’s been a really great year. I’ve been blessed on a lot of fronts. … So it should be an exciting fall.” Annie is due Nov. 21. They are waiting until the birth to learn the baby’s gender. “She feels great,” Jordan said. “That’s the No. 1 priority and everything’s going smoothly.”

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