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Tour Championship starting positions: Where will golfers open on the leaderboard in East Lake?

Tour Championship starting positions: Where will golfers open on the leaderboard in East Lake?

Scottie Scheffler starts the Tour Championship on Thursday with a clear lead.

Scottie Scheffler will start the Tour Championship on Thursday with a clear lead. (Harry How/Getty Images)

With two playoff events under its belt, the PGA Tour will arrive in East Lake this week to wrap up the season with the Tour Championship and conclude the race for the FedEx Cup.

The rankings will look a bit strange, at least on Thursday.

The Tour Championship will have a staggered start to the rankings, giving top-ranked Scottie Scheffler a significant advantage in Atlanta. Scheffler, who has won six times on Tour this season, will begin the week at 10 under par.

Xander Schauffele, who finished second overall, will start this week at 8 under par. Hideki Matsuyama starts at 7 under par and Keegan Bradley – who won the BMW Championship on Sunday to secure a spot in the East Lake field – starts at 6 under par. This system will apply until the final five players in the 30-man field, who will start at even par.

The tournament winner receives the FedEx Cup, which comes with a bonus of $25 million and a five-year exemption from the PGA Tour.

Here’s a look at the starting leaderboard for the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

1. Scottie Scheffler -10

2. Xander Schauffele -8

3. Hideki Matsuyama -7

4. Keegan Bradley -6

5. Ludvig Aeberg -5

6. Rory McIlroy -4

7. Collin Morikawa

8. Wyndham Clark

9. Sam Burns

10. Patrick Cantlay

11. Sungjae Im -3

12. Sahith Theegala

13. Shane Lowry

14. Adam Scott

15. Tony Finau

16. Ben An -2

17. Viktor Hovland

18. Russell Henley

19. Akshay Bhatia

20. Robert MacIntyre

21. Billy Hoerschel -1

22. Tommy Fleetwood

23. Sepp Straka

24.Matthieu Pavon

25. Taylor Pendrith

26. Chris Kirk E

27. Tom Hoge

28. Aaron Rai

29. Christiaan Bezuidenhout

30. Justin Thomas

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