Spieth’s epic playoff win parallels Travelers’ rise

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2021 TOUR Championship, Round 2 Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Jon Rahm (2, -16, 46.5%) 2. Patrick Cantlay (1, -17, 44.4%) 3. Bryson DeChambeau (3, -11, 3.2%) 4. Justin Thomas (4, -10, 1.5%) 5. Viktor Hovland (T5, -9, 1.0%) 6. Cameron Smith (T5, -9, 0.6%) 7. Harris English (T5, -9, 0.5%) 8. Tony Finau (T5, -9, 0.5%) 9. Rory McIlroy (T10, -8, 0.5%) 10. Louis Oosthuizen (T10, -8, 0.4%) Top Strokes-Gained Performers from Round 2: Putting: Hideki Matsuyama +2.9 Around the Green: Jon Rahm +2.4 Approach the Green: Louis Oosthuizen +1.9 Off-the-tee: Jason Kokrak +1.7 Total: Jon Rahm +3.7 NOTE: These reports are based off of the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live “Make Cut”, “Top 20”, “Top 5”, and “Win” probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of the TOUR Championship, or to see how each golfer’s probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model’s home page.

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It was an historic day in Greensboro, N.C., as Brandt Snedeker became just the 10th TOUR player to card a sub-60 round. He is the first player to do so after being over par during his round and leads Ryan Moore and John Oda by four shots heading into Round 2. The final chance to make it into the top-125 of the FedExCup continues as players jockey for position heading into the weekend. Facebook Watch will offer streaming coverage of this weekend’s action from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday. Here’s everything you need to know for Round 2: Round 2 leaderboard Round 2 tee times HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN (ALL TIMES ET) PGA TOUR LIVE: 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. TELEVISION: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Golf Channel) RADIO: 12 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (PGA TOUR RADIO on Sirius XM or at PGATOUR.COM) NOTABLE GROUPINGS 7:40 a.m.: Daniel Berger, Jason Dufner, Bill Haas 7:50 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Jhonattan Vegas, Ryan Moore 12:40 p.m.: Billy Horschel, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker 12:50 p.m.: Webb Simpson, Si Woo Kim, Sergio Garcia MUST-READS Brandt Snedeker cards 59 Jarrod Lyle honored on first tee Saving the best for last: Top performances to reach the FedExCup Playoffs Power Rankings

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