East Lake GC. Yardage: 7,440. Par: 70. Prize money: $40 million. Winner's share: $10 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 1-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-7 p.m. (NBC): Sunday,

Scottie Scheffler is a prohibitive favorite to win at East Lake, but our expert likes three players who could take him down at the Tour Championship.

East Lake Golf Club was transformed in 2024, a dramatic metamorphosis meant to harken back to the days of the club’s most famous member and present a

McIlroy and Scheffler tee off Thursday at East Lake in Atlanta, where McIlroy has won three times and hopes to deny Scheffler another FedEx Cup title.

McIlroy won two majors and a World Golf Championship in 2014 and didn’t win it. The three times he did win the FedEx Cup, McIlroy was never at the top of the points list throughout the entire postseason until he delivered the goods at East Lake.

Fowler (T8) and Pendrith (T19) are the main two who can punch their tickets to the Tour Championship by making a move up the leaderboard on Sunday. A top-five finish would lock Fowler into a spot in Atlanta, while Pendrith needs to climb into the top 10.