After starting the day at 10 below par, Scottie Scheffler fired a 6-under 65 to increase his benefit to seven photographs on the Tour Championship.
The FedExCup season finale makes use of a “beginning strokes” format primarily based on the place gamers stood in FEC factors by means of the primary two playoff occasions. Scheffler led the best way with Xander Schauffele in second place, starting the East Lake event at 8 below (click on right here for the the place the sphere of 30 began the occasion).
Right here’s a have a look at the place issues stand primarily based solely on first-round scores (Scheffler leads that one, too). Official World Golf Rating factors are awarded primarily based on how gamers end, ranging from scratch.
| Gross place | Participant | Spherical 1 | Beginning strokes | Precise rating (pos.) |
| 1st | Scottie Scheffler | -6 (65) | -10 | -16 (1st) |
| T2 | Collin Morikawa | -5 (66) | -4 | -9 (T2) |
| T2 | Adam Scott | -5 (66) | -3 | -8 (T4) |
| T2 | Taylor Pendrith | -5 (66) | -1 | -6 (T10) |
| T2 | Justin Thomas | -5 (66) | E | -5 (T14) |
| T2 | Aaron Rai | -5 (66) | E | -5 (14) |
| T7 | Sam Burns | -4 (67) | -4 | -8 (T4) |
| T7 | Wyndham Clark | -4 (67) | -4 | -8 (T4) |
| T7 | Sahith Theegala | -4 (67) | -3 | -7 (ninth) |
| T7 | Russell Henley | -4 (67) | -2 | 6 (T10) |
| T7 | Matthieu Pavon | -4 (67) | -1 | -5 (T14) |
| twelfth | Sepp Straka | -3 (68) | -1 | -4 (T20) |
| T13 | Keegan Bradley | -2 (69) | -6 | -8 (T4) |
| T13 | Patrick Cantlay | -2 (69) | -4 | -6 (T10) |
| T13 | Rory McIlroy | -2 (69) | -4 | -6 (T10) |
| T13 | Shane Lowry | -2 (69) | -3 | -5 (T14) |
| T13 | Sungjae Im | -2 (69) | -3 | -5 (T14) |
| T13 | Robert MacIntyre | -2 (69) | -2 | -4 (T20) |
| T13 | Viktor Hovland | -2 (69) | -2 | -4 (T20) |
| T13 | Byeong Hun An | -2 (69) | -2 | -4 (T20) |
| T13 | Tom Hoge | -2 (69) | E | -2 (T26) |
| T22 | Xander Schauffele | -1 (70) | -8 | -9 (T2) |
| T22 | Hideki Matsuyama | -1 (70) | -7 | -8 (T4) |
| T22 | Tony Finau | -1 (70) | -3 | -4 (T20) |
| T22 | Akshay Bhatia | -1 (70) | -2 | -3 (twenty fifth) |
| T22 | Tommy Fleetwood | -1 (70) | -1 | -2 (T26) |
| T22 | Chris Kirk | -1 (70) | E | -1 (twenty eighth) |
| T28 | Ludvig Aberg | E (71) | -5 | -5 (T14) |
| T28 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | E (71) | E | E (twenty ninth) |
| thirtieth | Billy Horschel | +2 (73) | -1 | +1 (thirtieth) |
