With a field as small as the one at the Tour Championship, wild swings on the leaderboard should be expected day to day.
Ryan Gerard didn't have to go too far to climb to the top, putting together a second straight 5-under 65 in the second round to take control at East Lake alongside Viktor Hovland. The final pairing enters Round 3 a stroke up on Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup. The biggest jump of the second round came from Cameron Young, who flew from a tie for last into a tie for fifth with Scottie Scheffler after a sterling 8-under day.
Round 1 leader Min Woo Lee went from two strokes up to five shots back and in the middle of the pack. Could Rory McIlroy take his turn to shoot up the leaderboard today? The three-time FedEx Cup winner comes
in five spots from the bottom but just seven strokes off the lead.
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Tour Championship leaderboard
Keep up with the latest scores on the official PGA Tour leaderboard.
Tour Championship schedule, how to watch
Round 3: Saturday, Aug. 29
- First tee: 11:55 a.m. ET
- TV coverage: 1-7 p.m. ET
- TV channel: Golf Channel (1-3 p.m.) | CBS (3-7 p.m.)
- Streaming: ESPN app | Sling | Fubo (free trial, CBS only)
Round 3 of the 2026 Tour Championship will broadcast nationally on Golf Channel starting at 1 p.m. before switching to CBS at 3 p.m. Featured group and hole streaming from PGA Tour Live is available on the ESPN app (with a subscription to the Select plan) starting at 12:15 p.m.
Tour Championship tee times
All times Eastern.
- 11:55 a.m.: Robert MacIntyre
- 12:07 p.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Hideki Matsuyama
- 12:19 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele
- 12:31 p.m.: Si Woo Kim, Rory McIlroy
- 12:43 p.m.: Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood
- 1:01 p.m.: Min Woo Lee, Alex Fitzpatrick
- 1:13 p.m.: Alex Smalley, Tom Kim
- 1:25 p.m.: Russell Henley, Jacob Bridgeman
- 1:37 p.m.: Ryan Fox, Akshay Bhatia
- 1:49 p.m.: Sam Burns, Gary Woodland
- 2:07 p.m.: Adam Scott, Ludvig Åberg
- 2:19 p.m.: Justin Rose, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 2:31 p.m.: Cameron Young, Scottie Scheffler
- 2:43 p.m.: Collin Morikawa, Chris Gotterup
- 2:55 p.m.: Ryan Gerard, Viktor Hovland
Tour Championship weather: Day 3 Saturday
AccuWeather predicts a high of 86 degrees with partly sunny skies in the forecast today in Atlanta, Georgia. Winds are expected to blow out of the southeast at 7 mph. There is a 55% chance of rain with a 33% chance of thunderstorms, mostly in the afternoon.
Tour Championship payout, prize money
The total purse for the 2026 Tour Championship is $40 million, with the winner receiving $10 million.
Is there a cut at the Tour Championship?
With just 30 players in the field, the BMW Championship does not include a 36-hole cut. The same is true for the rest of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Tour Championship winners
Here are the past 10 winners of the Tour Championship:
- 2025: Tommy Fleetwood
- 2024: Scottie Scheffler
- 2023: Viktor Hovland
- 2022: Rory McIlroy
- 2021: Patrick Cantlay
- 2020: Dustin Johnson
- 2019: Rory McIlroy
- 2018: Justin Rose
- 2017: Justin Thomas
- 2016: Rory McIlroy
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Tour Championship leaderboard, Round 3 tee times, PGA Tour updates
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