Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler face off at BMW Championship
Scheffler and McIlroy will tee off 11:16 am (4:16pm Irish time) on Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, and they are not only one-two in the world rankings, but also in the FedEx Cup race as the season winds down.
The duo combined to win three of the four major championships this year and Scheffler is the defending FedEx Cup champion, while McIlroy has won it three times.
When Scheffler and McIlroy played together in the first two rounds of the PGA Championship, alongside Xander Schauffele, Scheffler shot five-under par on his way to capturing the major title, while McIlroy struggled to one over and eked into the weekend.
This will also mark McIlroy's first PGA Tour tournament since he finished in a tie for seventh at the Open Championship, won by Scheffler.
McIlroy skipped the FedEx St Jude Championship, the play-off opener.
There is no 36-hole cut at the second play-off leg, but only the top 30 in the points standings following Sunday will move on to the Tour Championship next week.
Shane Lowry starts the tournament in 23rd place in the FedEx rankings and will tee off at 3:27pm (Irish time) in the opening round alongside Canada's Nick Taylor
Schauffele, 43rd in the standings after an injury-interrupted season, needs a stellar finish to crack the top 30. He'll play his first two rounds with Michael Kim.
Other notable pairings include Rickie Fowler with Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas, numbers 48 and 49 in the points standings entering the week, and England's Justin Rose with JJ Spaun.
Rose and Spaun went to a playoff at the St. Jude, and Rose prevailed on the third playoff hole to beat the US Open champion. Spaun and Rose sit third and fourth in the season standings.
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