Tour Championship 2024: Tee Times, Pairings, & Weather Forecast

The 2024 PGA Tour season is officially coming to an end with the Tour Championship capping off another year of excellent golf. The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup rankings will tee off at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday morning. Find Tour Championship 2024 tee times, featured groups, key pairings, and weather forecasts for all four days at East Lake.

The Tour Championship is the pinnacle of the golf season, as the year’s best players compete for the FedEx Cup, along with a $25 million bonus and a five-year PGA Tour exemption.

This year, the final cut includes Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, and more. The Tour Championship is the only event on the Tour that features a staggered start. Based on FedEx Cup rankings, players will receive an advantage stroke on the leaderboard.

The Tour Championship will tee off on Thursday, August 29, at 11:16 a.m. ET. There will be no cut as the field is expected to play 72 holes.

To end the season, the weather forecast at East Lake looks perfect, with clear and sunny skies. While the temperature will reach highs of 97°F, the heat will be one of the only factors the field will need to worry about.

Tour Championship 2024 Field

The Tour Championship features the top 30 players on the FedEx Cup rankings. It is the last event of the three-legged FedEx Cup Playoffs, reducing the field from 70 to 30.

While only 30 players qualified, the Tour Championship will feature the Starting Strokes format, which gives the highest-ranking players a stroke advantage before teeing off. The FedEx Cup leader, Scottie Scheffler, will start ten strokes under, while Xander Schauffele will begin eight shots back. The number of strokes given will depend on the FedEx Cup standings.

The field will also feature Atlanta native Hideki Matsuyama, who is third in the FedEx Cup rankings. Other players on the Tour Championship include Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, and more.

Tour Championship 2024 Tee Times

The Tour Championship will tee off on Thursday at 11:16 a.m. ET. With only 30 players in the field, there will only be 15 groups teeing off on the weekend. Some of golf’s biggest names will be paired together in the first round.

The field will tee off from lowest to highest-ranked players, with the first round beginning with Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Justin Thomas kicking off the Tour Championship at 11:16 a.m. ET. Groups will then proceed to tee off in 11-minute intervals until 2:00 p.m. ET.

Featured Pairings for Round 1

Since it’s the Tour Championship, every pairing is considered a featured group. Based on the standings, major names will play each other in the first round.

For the third straight tournament, Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele will be paired together in the first round. The two are ranked first and second, respectively, and will be the final group teeing off at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Meanwhile, defending Tour Championship winner Viktor Hovland will tee off at 12:27 p.m. E.T. alongside Russell Henley. Other honorable mentions include Ludvig Aberg and Rory McIlroy, who are set to take the course at 1:38 p.m. ET.

Here are the featured groups to watch in Round 1 and when they will tee off at East Lake Golf Club:

• 12:27 p.m. ET: Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley
• 1:00 p.m. ET: Sungjae Im, Sahith Theegala
• 1:16 p.m. ET: Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay
• 1:38 p.m. ET: Ludvig Aberg, Rory McIlroy
• 1:49 p.m. ET: Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley
• 2:00 p.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele

Tour Championship 2024 Weather Forecast

The Tour Championship will have ideal weather conditions at East Lake Golf Club this weekend. While the temperature will be scorching, with highs of 97°F, the field won’t run into any rain or wind conditions.

Other than the Atlanta heat, the field will have optimal course conditions, and the weather should not play a major role in determining the winner of the FedEx Cup trophy.

Below, you’ll find the complete weather forecast for the 2024 Tour Championship in Atlanta.