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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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MELBOURNE, Australia – Even though his team is trailing, U.S. Captain Tiger Woods will sit out his second consecutive session Saturday afternoon at the Presidents Cup. Woods did not include himself in the four Foursomes matches when the pairings were announced. The Internationals were leading by four points at the time and leading the final Four-Balls match Saturday morning. The U.S. rallied to tie that match, and the Internationals go into the afternoon with a 9-5 lead. Woods won each of his two matches with partner Justin Thomas before sitting out the third session of Four-Balls. Thomas paired with Rickie Fowler for the Americans’ only victory in the session while Woods focused all his attention on his captain duties. Related: Scoring | Day 3 match recaps | Quiz: What team should you support? “You have to do what’s best for the team, and I’m getting ready for the Singles tomorrow,â€� Woods said. Woods said he tried to talk himself out of sitting, and it sounded like his assistants did too. Woods said he decision was not made due to any pain or injury. “You know, it is what it,â€� Woods said. “We’re going to go out there and try and get some points today and be ready for tomorrow.â€� At least one person was surprised by the decision. “I thought Tiger would play this afternoon,â€� said International Captain Ernie Els. Instead, here are the Foursomes matches set for Saturday afternoon (starting at 1:56 p.m. local time; 9:56 p.m. ET Friday). MATCH 15: Louis Oosthuizen/Adam Scott (Int’l) vs. Dustin Johnson/Gary Woodland (USA). The International duo beat Johnson and Matt Kuchar in Foursomes on Friday. Scott is the only player who participated in Saturday’s Four-Ball matches, teaming with Byeong Hun An for a tie against Matt Kuchar and Tony Finau. MATCH 16: Marc Leishman/Abraham Ancer (Int’l) vs. Justin Thomas/Rickie Fowler (USA). It’s a matchup of the two hottest players of the week in Ancer and Thomas, each of whom are 3-0-0. Ancer and Leishman beat Webb Simpson and Patrick Reed in Foursomes on Friday. MATCH 17: Cameron Smith/Sungjae Im (Int’l) vs. Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay (USA). It’s the fourth straight match for the Americans, who are 1-2-0. Their only win was in Foursomes on Friday when they beat Adam Hadwin and Joaquin Niemann. Smith and Im tied Fowler and Gary Woodland on Friday. MATCH 18: Byeong Hun An/Joaquin Niemann (Int’l). vs. Matt Kuchar/Tony Finau (USA). An didn’t play on Friday while Niemann partnered with Adam Hadwin, losing to Schauffele and Cantlay. Finau birdied the final two holes in Saturday morning’s Four-Balls match to earn a half-point with Kuchar.

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Hannah Green took a 3-shot lead into the weekend in the Palos Verdes Championship, rebounding from consecutive bogeys Thursday in gusting wind to birdie the two late par 5s in a 5-under 66.

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