Bill Speros Golfweek The FedExCup playoffs begin this week with Tiger Woods back in the hunt for the first time since 2013. Woods begins his postseason run on No. 9 at 7:54 a.m. ET Thursday in Round 1 of The Northern Trust at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. The 7,385-yard course will play at par-71. Woods will be paired with Tommy Fleetwood and Marc Leishman. That grouping will return Friday at 12:55 p.m. Pairings at The Northern Trust are determined based on each player's standing in the FedEx Cup points race. Woods is 20th, Leishman is No 22 and Fleetwood is 23rd. No. 21 in the standings, Rory McIlroy, is taking the week off. The top-125 players in the FedExCup standings qualify for The Northern Trust. The top 100 then move on to the Dell Technologies Championship.<doc-sep>The Northern Trust continues on Friday at Ridgewood Country Club, and with it comes nearly all of the top 125 finishers in the FedEx Cup points race. Golfers will be fighting from the No. 125 spot and up to get inside the top 100 and advance to Boston for Round 2, and conversely the top 10 or 20 will already be trying to position themselves for the Tour Championship, which is a month away. Because there are so many top golfers contending this week -- of the big names, only Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Henrik Stenson are out -- we've been given some great pairings as well. The players were grouped according to their slot in the FedEx Cup rankings, which is why you see so much star power together. Can't get enough golf? Subscribe to The First Cut with Kyle Porter where we take a weekly look at everything in the world of golf. Tiger Woods is (as always) the headliner, and he'll play the first two days with Marc Leishman and Tommy Fleetwood. The pre-eminent group, though, is probably the trio of Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka. Those three make up the top three in the FedEx Cup standings going into these playoffs and are the favorites to win the $10 million first prize at East Lake. I've listed some of my favorite pairings for Friday below, but for the full list of tee times, click here. All times Eastern<doc-sep>Tiger Woods is back! Well, back in the PGA Tour's playoffs, at least. For the first time since 2013, Woods is back in the FedExCup playoffs, which begin this week with The Northern Trust at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. Tiger enters the playoffs at No. 20 (1,162 points) in the FedExCup standings, 1,555 points behind leader and 2017 Northern Trust winner Dustin Johnson (2,717). Here's how to watch Tiger Woods and the rest of the field live at The Northern Trust. MORE: Here's how the FedExCup playoffs work The Northern Trust tee times, pairings Tiger Woods will tee off on No. 1 Saturday at 7:50 a.m. ET along with Ian Poulter. You can see tee times for the full field below. MORE: Live PGA Tour leaderboard Round 3: Saturday, Aug. 25 (all times Eastern) 7:30 a.m.: Martin Laird, Seamus Power 7:40 a.m.: Marc Leishman, Kevin Na 7:50 a.m.: Ian Poulter, Tiger Woods 8 a.m.: Brandon Harkins, C.T. Pan 8:10 a.m.: Trey Mullinax, Anirban Lahiri 8:20 a.m.: Austin Cook, Andrew Landry 8:30 a.m.: Chris Kirk, Byeong Hun An 8:40 a.m.: Alex Cejka, Bronson Burgoon 8:50 a.m.: J.J. Spaun, Kyle Stanley 9 a.m.: Jimmy Walker, Si Woo Kim 9:10 a.m.: Sung Kang, Matt Kuchar 9:20 a.m.: Chesson Hadley, Pat Perez 9:30 a.m.: Ryan Armour, Brian Harman 9:40 a.m.: Paul Casey, Danny Lee 9:50 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Gary Woodland 10 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Jason Kokrak 10:10 a.m.: Patrick Reed, Patton Kizzire 10:20 a.m.: Ted Potter Jr., Jordan Spieth 10:30 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Whee Kim 10:40 a.m.: Luke List, Daniel Berger 10:50 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Andrew Putnam 11 a.m.: Emiliano Grillo, Brian Gay 11:10 a.m.: Brian Stuard, Scott Piercy 11:20 a.m.: Tyrrell Hatton, Scott Stallings 11:30 a.m.: Aaron Wise, Sam Ryder 11:40 a.m.: Bubba Watson, Sam Saunders 11:50 a.m.: Kevin Kisner, Billy Horschel 12 p.m.: Rafa Cabrera Bello, Beau Hossler 12:10 p.m.: Nick Watney, Kevin Streelman 12:20 p.m.: Cameron Smith, Webb Simpson 12:30 p.m.: Harold Varner III, Louis Oosthuizen 12:40 p.m.: Chez Reavie, Jason Day 12:50 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 1 p.m.: Phil Mickelson, Tony Finau 1:10 p.m.: Peter Uihlein, Adam Hadwin 1:20 p.m.: Ryan Palmer, Jhonattan Vegas 1:30 p.m.: Kevin Tway, Tommy Fleetwood 1:40 p.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Sean O’Hair 1:50 p.m.: Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson 2 p.m.: Jamie Lovemark, Brooks Koepka PGA Tour TV & live-streaming schedule: The Northern Trust Golf Channel will have live coverage of The Northern Trust on Thursday and Friday starting at 2 p.m. ET for Rounds 1-2. On Saturday, Golf Channel will have live coverage of Round 3 beginning at 1 p.m. with CBS taking over at 3 p.m. On Sunday, Golf Channel will start final-round coverage at noon with CBS taking over at 2 p.m. Live TV schedule (all times Eastern) Thursday: Golf Channel (2-6 p.m.) Friday: Golf Channel (2-6 p.m.) Saturday: Golf Channel (1-2:45 p.m.); CBS (3-6 p.m.) Sunday: Golf Channel (Noon-1:45 p.m.); CBS (2-6 p.m.) You can also live stream The Northern Trust at GolfChannel.com, PGA Tour live. PGA Tour Live's Thursday and Friday streams will begin at 7:30 a.m. with Featured Groups, including Tiger Woods and Co. After the Featured Groups, Live will transition to Featured Holes coverage of Ridgewood’s par-3 15th and par-5 17th holes. Saturday’s Featured Holes coverage will begin at 1 p.m., while Sunday’s coverage will begin at noon. PGA Tour Live also can be viewed on Twitter and Facebook Watch. Twitter’s broadcast will begin at 7:30 a.m. on both Thursday and Friday and run for approximately an hour. Facebook Watch will offer weekend coverage from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Live-streaming schedule (all times Eastern)<doc-sep>
Tiger Woods is in the hunt on Saturday at the BMW Championship, a semifinal round of the FedEx Cup. We have Tiger Woods tee time, BMW Championship 2018 live stream, TV channel, and leaderboard information below for Saturday's third round and we will provide updates during the day. After blistering the course at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa. in the first round for 8-under, Woods was even par in the second round – leaving him tied for 12th place five shots behind the leader. "Very simple. I didn't make any putts," Woods said after the second round. "I hit a lot of beautiful putts that were on the top of the edge, and then obviously hit a couple bad ones on the last hole, but looked like all the putts were going to in. But they didn't go in today." Woods made three birdies and three bogeys and has a 36-hole score of 8-under 132. "That round today was easily 6 or 7-under par," Woods said. "It turned into even par which is not what I needed today. Everyone is going low and birdies should be had." The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after the BMW Championship advice to the PGA's final big event – the Tour Championship in Atlanta. Woods is currently on pace to make that cut. The BMW leader entering the third round is Xander Schauffele. He shot 64 in the second round, claiming a two-shot lead over Justin Rose and a five-shot lead over Woods. "I'm sort of in a position where I feel like a win is the only way I'd even be in consideration," Schauffele said. You can follow the BMW Championship third round leaderboard here. Tiger Woods Saturday/Third Round BMW Championship tee time: 12:40 p.m. Eastern: Tiger Woods, Ryan Armour BMW Third Round TV Channels/Live Stream : NBC (12-3:30 p.m. ET); Golf Channel (3:30-6 p.m. ET); PGA Tour Live (8:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. ET) Leaders tee times: 1:30 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas 1:40 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama 1:50 p.m.: Keegan Bradley, Alex Noren 2 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose