Scottie Scheffler enters Friday having strengthened his grip on the FedEx Cup Playoffs title after opening play with a 65 and moving to 15 under at the 2022 Tour Championship Scheffler takes a five-stroke advantage over Xander Schauffele into the final three days of play at East Lake with an $18 million winner’s purse on the line.
The tournament is now officially Scheffler’s to lose as Caesars Sportsbook has installed him as the -120 favorite to take home first place. Schauffele is just behind him at 11/2 with no one else in the field shorter than 12-1. The tournament is far from over, but it does have the feel of a two-horse race at East Lake. There are plenty of horses in the back, however, should they stumble. Fitzpatrick is joined by Joaquin Niemann, Patrick Cantlay, Sungjae Im, Cameron Smith and Rory McIlroy in the hunt. While all are too far back of Scheffler to strike Friday, they can certainly get into the hunt entering the weekend.
Keep it locked here as CBS Sports will be keeping track of everything going down throughout Round 2 of the 2022 Tour Championship. You can also check out a more data-heavy live leaderboard.