2024 Tour Championship tee times, matchups: Full TV schedule, groups for Round 1 at East Lake

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2024 Tour Championship tee times, matchups: Full TV schedule, groups for Round 1 at East Lake

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The 2024 Tour Championship kicks off Thursday at East Lake Golf Club with the top 30 players from the PGA Tour season vying for the FedEx Cup crown. Many of the big names will be paired together in the first round as tee times are based on staggered start times on the leaderboard.

For the third straight tournament, Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele will face off in the first round. The two top players in the world will compete over four days in the season-long race, tied for first and second in the FedEx Cup standings, respectively. They will be the last of 15 tee times, starting at 2 p.m. ET.

The Americans trail two playoff winners so far: Keegan Bradley (BMW Championship) and Hideki Matsuyama (FedEx St. Jude Championship). Ahead of them, a pair of European Ryder Cup teammates, Ludvig Åberg and Rory McIlroy, share a spot on the tee. McIlroy, seeking his record fourth FedEx Cup, started at 4 under, while Åberg is making his Tour Championship debut from a shot closer to the lead.

There are also some good matchups in the early stages of the first round. Billy Horschel will play Tommy Fleetwood at noon with left-handers Akshay Bhatia and Robert MacIntyre following at 12:16 p.m. FedEx Cup champion Viktor Hovland will need a big week to successfully defend his title and will start at 12:27 p.m. with Russell Henley.

All time is East