Xander Schauffele won the Greenbier Classic in 2017. He started the final round three shots out of the lead. Schauffele won the Tour Championship in 2017. He started the final round two shots out of the lead. Schauffele won the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in 2018. He started the final round three shots out of the lead. Schauffele won the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions. He started the final round five shots out of the lead.
Four wins. Four rallies.
Schauffele started the third round of this week’s CJ Cup with a three-shot lead. He shot a 2-over 74. And is now three shots out of the lead.
Much better.
“Yeah, it’s all part of my master plan,” he said Saturday, tongue-in-cheek. “Just had to get behind here, back in a comfortable place and looking forward to tomorrow.”
Schauffele, along with Lanto Griffin, Talor Gooch and Jason Kokrak, trails leader Russell Henley by three shots entering Sunday’s final round at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas. Henley, Griffin and Gooch tee off last, at 2:27 p.m. ET. Schauffele, Kokrak and Jason Day tee off second-to-last, at 2:16 p.m.
The fourth-round tee times are below. Golf Channel will broadcast the tournament from 5-8 p.m. ET.
CJ Cup Round 4 tee times (All times ET)
Tee No. 1
12:15 p.m. – Brian Harman, Marc Leishman, Justin Rose
12:26 p.m. – Adam Hadwin, Keegan Bradley, Sergio Garcia
12:37 p.m. – Ian Poulter, Billy Horschel, Robby Shelton
12:48 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Richy Werenski, Abraham Ancer
12:59 p.m. – Cameron Smith, Mark Hubbard, Daniel Berger
1:10 p.m. – Harris English, Kevin Streelman, Tyler Duncan
1:21 p.m. – Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Viktor Hovland
1:32 p.m. – Harry Higgs, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Palmer
1:43 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Joaquin Niemann, Jon Rahm
1:54 p.m. – Bubba Watson, Rory McIlroy, Sebastián Muñoz
2:05 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Tyrrell Hatton, Collin Morikawa
2:16 p.m. – Jason Kokrak, Xander Schauffele, Jason Day
2:27 p.m. – Russell Henley, Lanto Griffin, Talor Gooch
Tee No. 10
12:15 p.m. – Byeong Hun An, Andrew Landry, Carlos Ortiz
12:26 p.m. – Kevin Na, Kevin Kisner, Joel Dahmen
12:37 p.m. – Hanbyeol Kim, Danny Lee, Tom Hoge
12:48 p.m. – Shane Lowry, Seonghyeon Kim, Cameron Champ
12:59 p.m. – Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Cantlay, Nick Taylor
1:10 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Jordan Spieth, Matt Kuchar
1:21 p.m. – Jim Herman, Sungjae Im, Corey Conners
1:32 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Scottie Scheffler, Paul Casey
1:43 p.m. – Dylan Frittelli, Joohyung Kim, Tommy Fleetwood
1:54 p.m. – Brendon Todd, Jeongwoo Ham, Kyoung-Hoon Lee
2:05 p.m. – Adam Long, Matthew Wolff, Jaekyeong Lee
2:16 p.m. – Brendan Steele, Sung Kang, Gary Woodland
2:27 p.m. – Michael Thompson, Alex Noren, Tae Hee Lee