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GREENSBORO, N.C. – As the 2020-21 FedExCup Regular Season concludes this week with the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club, a bonus pool of $10 million will be awarded to 10 players through the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10. Earning a top 10 spot in the standings entering the FedExCup Playoffs is an important goal for players looking to position themselves for a run at the FedExCup trophy. The Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 emphasizes player performance by rewarding the top players in the FedExCup standings at the end of the FedExCup Regular Season. The current ‘super season’ schedule features 50 official FedExCup tournaments, the most in a season since 1975 (51). “We are proud to recognize the incredible accomplishments of this year’s FedExCup Regular Season winners as part of the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10,” said Eileen Diskin, CMO, Comcast Business. “Through our strategic partnership with the PGA TOUR, we’re able to not only spotlight the best players in the game but showcase our shared commitment to excellence and performance on and off the course. We’re looking forward to an exciting finish to this year’s FedExCup Regular Season and wish all the players on the leaderboard the best of luck!” The current standings are as follows, which includes projected bonuses for the 10 players currently among the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10: • Louis Oosthuizen (8) is the only player in the Wyndham Championship field that can overtake Collin Morikawa and claim the No. 1 spot in the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10. • The following players are in the Wyndham Championship and can move inside the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 with a good finish this week: Jason Kokrak (12), Hideki Matsuyama (14), Patrick Reed (22). “Finishing in the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 is the result of exceptional performance throughout the FedExCup Regular Season,” said PGA TOUR President and EVP Tyler Dennis. “The PGA TOUR’s ‘super season’ of 50 events hasn’t disappointed and has highlighted the importance of every event and every shot. We look forward to honoring the players that finish in the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 following the Wyndham Championship.” In 2019, Brooks Koepka earned the top spot in the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10, while Justin Thomas garnered the honor in 2020 on the strength of three FedExCup Regular Season victories.

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Tiger Woods tees off at 11:20 a.m. ET in the final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday.  Woods starts the day at 3 under, tied for 28th.  Follow hole-by-hole updates of his final round below. No. 1 | Par 4 | 399 yards Shot 1: 

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Day 4 competition at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play commenced with the Round of 16, bright and early Saturday morning at Austin Country Club. The eight players to advance will complete in Saturday afternoon’s quarterfinal round, with the winners moving on to Sunday morning’s semifinal matches. Keep it here to learn how the action unfolds throughout the day at Austin CC. MATCH RECAPS (LIVE SCORES, BRACKET) ROUND OF 16 SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER (5) def. BILLY HORSCHEL (12), 1-up In a rematch of the 2021 WGC-Dell Match Play championship match, Scheffler exacted a bit of revenge with a narrow victory in a match that wasn’t determined until the final green, thrilling the fans in his college town of Austin in the process. Since his runner-up at last year’s Match Play, Scheffler has gone on a tear, winning twice on the PGA TOUR this spring in addition to Ryder Cup stardom last fall, where he defeated Jon Rahm in Sunday singles. The University of Texas product added another notch to his match-play belt on Saturday morning against the spirited Horschel. In a closely contested battle, neither player led by more than 1 up at any point. Horschel won holes 1, 4, 9 and 13; Scheffler won holes 3, 6, 10 and 12. With the match tied at the par-5 16th, Scheffler drained an 8-footer for birdie to take the 1-up lead, after Horschel had narrowly missed his birdie try from just outside. Scheffler had a chance to close the match with a 10-foot birdie try at the par-3 17th, which gave the majority of the field fits all morning, but he could not convert. With Scheffler in for par at the finishing hole, Horschel had a 12-foot birdie try to force a playoff, but it did not fall. Scheffler advances to face upstart Seamus Power in the quarterfinal round, while Horschel falls short of a successful title defense despite a 2-0-1 mark in group play and a worthy battle against one of the game’s hottest pros. SEAMUS POWER (42) def. TYRRELL HATTON (13), 4 and 3 One of the feel-good stories of this year’s WGC-Dell Match Play, Power kept the good times rolling with a decisive victory over his fellow European, closing out the match with a routine par at No. 15 after Hatton’s 27-foot birdie try to apply pressure would not drop. Power, who hails from West Waterford, Ireland, developed a reputation for his elite play on the eGolf Tour in the early 2010s before earning his TOUR card via the Korn Ferry Tour. Up-and-down form persisted as recently as 2021; a year ago this week, he stood No. 463 on the Official World Golf Ranking. Propelled by a victory at the 2021 Barbasol Championship, he steadily ascended the ranks en route to earning his first Match Play start, and he has taken full advantage. After advancing to knockout competition with a 2-1 mark in group play, Power won the first hole with a par and then caught fire with three consecutive holes won on Nos. 3-5, including two birdies, staking a 4-up lead that proved to be insurmountable. Power’s 14-foot birdie at No. 8, his fourth birdie in a five-hole stretch, pushed his lead to 5 up. Power’s lead alternated between 4 up and 5 up for the remainder of the match, but Hatton could not move within striking distance after Power’s early surge. The Englishman’s 2022 Match Play run comes to an end despite a sparkling 3-0 mark in group play, where he knocked off Si Woo Kim, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Daniel Berger.

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