Live scores, updates and highlights from the third round of the opening leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs
By Patrick McDonald
• 1 min read
The 2024 St. Jude Championship enters Moving Day, and for the second straight tournament, Hideki Matsuyama holds at least part of the lead entering the final two rounds. Converting his 36-hole margin in Paris into an Olympic bronze medal, the man from Japan will look to finish a couple spots better at TPC Southwind in Memphis with Denny McCarthy by his side at 11 under.
The two have rolled the ball beautifully on the greens this week but have a pair of Americans breathing down their necks. Sam Burns looks to solidify his place in the Tour Championship and Presidents Cup team with a quality outing, while Scottie Scheffler lurks just two strokes back aiming to capture his eighth victory over 13 starts. Hoping to advance to East Lake are a couple of players who contended at The Open just last month in Justin Rose and Billy Horschel. The two veterans have continued their solid play and round out a top 10 that also includes 2022 champion Will Zalatoris and reigning FedEx Cup champion Viktor Hovland.
The event in Memphis has been fascinating to follow and should only intrigue more on Moving Day. Keep it locked here as CBS Sports will be keeping track of everything with live updates and analysis throughout the day.
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Scheffler gets within five
The world No. 1 takes advantage of the par-5 16th to inch closer to Hideki Matsuyama. The tournament is firmly in the hands of the bronze medalist, but the gold medalist hopes for another fast finish similar to yesterday when he put three circles on the scorecard in his final four holes.
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Burns' blunders
After tying the lead at 13 under with three straight birdies from Nos. 4-6, Sam Burns has gone only in the wrong direction. He is 4 over since and has lost two balls in the water including the latest on the par-3 14th. He has fallen six behind Hideki Matsuyama and is jeopardy of falling completely out of contention should he fail to take care of some easier holes coming in.
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Scheffler trying to sneak into final group
Hideki Matsuyama's lead is now four after a Nick Dunlap bogey, but Scottie Scheffler should have his sights on inching closer. The world No. 1 is five behind Matsuyama but only one behind Dunlap with five holes to play. If he can grab a couple coming in, he should be able to do that.
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Here comes Scottie
That's now two birdies in his last three holes and the world No. 1 is officially lurking. Hideki just missed an 8-foot birdie chance on the par-4 10th while Scheffler connected from 22 feet on the hole after. Scheffler stands at 10 under and four off the lead.
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Burns breaks his driver
Sam Burns will be without a driver for his back nine after snapping it on the ninth tee. To make matters worse, he just made a double bogey and is now four strokes behind Hideki Matsuyama after being tied with him just a couple holes ago.
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Scheffler turns in even
It has been a visibly frustrating nine holes for the world No. 1 on the greens. Well, the good news is when you hit it that close, you don't need the putter. Scheffler stuffs it to a foot on No. 9 to get back to even par on the day and five behind Hideki Matsuyama.
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Burns pulls even with Hideki
That's four birdies in his last five holes and three in a row for Sam Burns to pull even with Hideki Matsuyama at 13 under. He is play uber aggressive off the tee and it is paying dividends as he is splitting fairways with consistency and leaving himself just wedges into the greens.
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Schauffele surging
That's two straight birdies from the world No. 2 to get to 8 under and within five of Hideki Matsuyama who shows no signs of slowing down. Schauffele is about to make the turn and inch closer to Matsuyama on what has proven to be the more difficult side of the golf course.
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Hideki's 3 wood…
That club is a PROBLEM. He threw a dart into the par-5 16th with it late in his round yesterday and he just did it again on the par-5 3rd. From 270 yards, Matsuyama's second settles inside 15 feet and he will have that putt to open up a three-stroke lead. After an opening birdie, he gave it back with a bogey on No. 2.
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Matsuyama opens up two-stroke lead
A kick-in birdie from Hideki and a bogey from Denny McCarthy means the lead is now two. Hideki stands at 12 under and two clear of not only McCarthy but Nick Dunlap who has started with two circles on his scorecard. He seeks his third win this season and a spot in the BMW Championship.
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Rose rolls one in early
Justin Rose began the day at 8 under and ranked first in strokes gained tee to green. He quickly adds a birdie on his opening hole and injects some life into that putter which has held him back through two days. He's now 9 under and only two behind the leaders.
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Strong starts from Schauffele and Finau
Tony Finau has a great chance to make some in roads on that third position in the FedEx Cup that is ripe for the picking. As of now it belongs to Hideki Matsuyama with Denny McCarthy occupying No. 4, but Finau's opening birdie has inched him towards to the top. Should more fall over the weekend, Finau should find the top 10 in both the tournament and FedEx Cup.
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World No. 2 gets going
It has been a somewhat sloppy couple days off the tee for Xander Schauffele. Still, he has hung tough and is still in this golf tournament at 5 under only six off the lead. He needs to be cleaner with the driver if he is to keep pace with Scottie Scheffler in the season-long race and put a bit of a stranglehold on the No. 2 spot.
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Round 3 underway
Tee times were moved back to 9:45 a.m. local time due to forecasted thunderstorms. Instead of twosomes off No. 1, they will play in threesomes off split tees. That means Scottie Scheffler won't draw his good friend Sam Burns as Burns is instead slotted to play with Denny McCarthy and Hideki Matsuyama.
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