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The PGA Tour gears up for Round 3 of the Travelers Championship while LIV Golf hosts for the first time in Nashville.
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It is Saturday at the Travelers Championship, the final PGA Tour Signature Event, and LIV Golf begins its second round in Music City.
Tom Kim leads by two shots over Collin Morikawa, Akshay Bhatia and Scottie Scheffler. It is a birdie fest at TPC River Highlands, so expect moving day to feature a lot of birdies, much like Friday did.
Shane Lowry and Robert MacIntyre fired off 8-under 62s on Friday to jump up the leaderboard. The Irishman moved up 27 spots, while the Scottish player went up 35 places.
The PGA Tour and LIV Golf do not have cutlines this week. Let’s look at the round 3 tee times for the Travelers Championship and take a look at the LIV Golf leaderboard.
Travelers Championship Round 3 Tee times (ET):
*All players will go off 1st tee*
8:00 a.m. — Eric Cole, Justin Rose
8:10 a.m. — Adam Schenk, Russell Henley
8:20 a.m. — Andrew Putnam, Davis Riley
8:30 a.m. — Adam Scott, Ben Griffin
8:40 a.m. — Jason Day, Max Homa
8:50 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Nick Taylor
9:00 a.m. — Jake Knapp, Peter Malnati
9:10 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Chris Gotterup
9:25 a.m. — Billy Horschel, Sepp Straka
9:35 a.m. — Nick Dunlap, Matt Fitzpatrick
9:45 a.m. — Cameron Young, Jordan Spieth
9:55 a.m. — Harris English, Taylor Moore
10:05 a.m. — Stephan Jaeger, Victor Perez
10:15 a.m. — Adam Hadwin, Viktor Hovland
10:25 a.m. — Mackenzie Hughes, J.T. Poston
10:35 a.m. — Lee Hodges, Seamus Power
10:50 a.m. — Lucas Glover, Thomas Detry
11:00 a.m. — Austin Eckroat, Corey Conners
11:10 a.m. — Sahith Theegala, Keegan Bradley
11:20 a.m. — Michael Thorbjornsen, Brian Harman
11:30 a.m. — Matthieu Pavon, Ludvig Åberg
11:40 a.m. — Si Woo Kim, Cam Davis
11:50 a.m. — Webb Simpson, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
12:05 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris
12:15 p.m. — Sam Burns, Adam Svensson
12:25 p.m. — Kurt Kitayama, Wyndham Clark
12:35 p.m. — Brendon Todd, Tommy Fleetwood
12:45 p.m. — Patrick Rodgers, Denny McCarthy
12:55 p.m. — Taylor Pendrith, Rickie Fowler
1:10 p.m. — Tom Hoge, Patrick Cantlay
1:20 p.m. — Tony Finau, Robert MacIntyre
1:30 p.m. — Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas
1:40 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, Sungjae Im
1:50 p.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Scottie Scheffler
2:00 p.m. — Tom Kim, Collin Morikawa
LIV Golf Nashville Update
The Saudi-backed tour is in Nashville for the first time, and the crowds have flocked to the Grove.
Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC leads the teams after they posted a combined 14-under. The Crushers GC posted the second-best team score at 10-under.
Abraham Ancer posted a bogey-free 64 on Friday to hold a one-shot lead over Tyrrell Hatton, who signed for a 6-under 66.
U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau continues to win over the crowds, except for Brooks Koepka’s son, Crew. DeChambeau shot a 4-under 67 at The Grove and is three shots back. He is tied for fourth with three other players. His fill-in teammate, John Catlin, fired off a 5-under 68. He shot the best among the Crusher GC.
While DeChambeau may have some fatigue from last week, that did not stop him from entertaining the masses. He put on a show at the party hole, the par-3 15th, and the fans absolutely loved it.
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