Scheffler-Schauffele final pair for Saturday tee times at TOUR Championship

Xander Schauffele is once again the closest player in the field to leader Scottie Scheffler after Friday's second round, though their scores are much closer now.

As a result, Scheffler and Schauffele will make up the final pairing to tee off for Saturday's third round of the TOUR Championship, beginning their day at 3 p.m. ET.

Ahead of them on the course will be Patrick Cantlay and Jon Rahm, who'll tee off in the penultimate group at 2:49 p.m. ET. Cantlay is the defending TOUR Championship winner, capturing last year's season-ending event by one stroke over Rahm.

Sahith Theegala will start the day, teeing off at 12:26 p.m. ET on his own since Will Zalatoris' pre-tournament withdrawal left the field odd-numbered.

Saturday tee times (all times ET)

Group 1, 12:26 p.m. - Sahith Theegala

Group 2, 12:37 p.m. - K.H. Lee, Scott Stallings

Group 3, 12:48 p.m. - Sam Burns, Corey Conners

Group 4, 12:59 p.m. - Billy Horschel, Adam Scott

Group 5, 1:10 p.m. - Viktor Hovland, Brian Harman

Group 6, 1:21 p.m. - J.T. Poston, Cameron Smith

Group 7, 1:32 p.m. - Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth

Group 8, 1:43 p.m. - Tony Finau, Hideki Matsuyama

Group 9, 1:54 p.m. - Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick

Group 10, 2:05 p.m. - Aaron Wise, Sepp Straka

Group 11, 2:16 p.m. - Tom Hoge, Cameron Young

Group 12, 2:27 p.m. - Rory McIlroy, Max Homa

Group 13, 2:38 p.m. - Sungjae Im, Joaquin Niemann

Group 14, 2:49 p.m. - Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay

Group 15, 3:00 p.m. - Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele