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Preferred lies aren’t common on the PGA Tour, but they are employed, certainly far more commonly than they are in the majors. The final round at the Fortinet Championship Sunday was just such an instance. Due to heavy rain in the Napa, Calif., area, the Tour decided to allow the players to lift, clean and place their balls in closely mown areas.

Enter the lie Max Homa encountered with his fourth shot on the 72nd hole: a nervy, short-sided chip off a runoff area to a green running away from him. Nightmare stuff.

Two back of then-leader Danny Willett, who was staring down a birdie putt of less than 4 feet, Homa had one goal for his 30-foot birdie chip: send it to its home. When nothing less than a perfectly nipped shot will do, the lie is crucial. And here, Homa had the local rules in his corner.  

“Lift, clean and place,” Homa said Sunday evening. “I got to kind of pick my lie.”

Homa picked up his ball, wiped it clean and carefully placed it back down on a slight upslope.

It was a pressure-packed moment, but Homa, who had won four times previously on Tour, said he felt in control of his nerves, later adding that “I just had this calmness about me. I actually didn’t feel quite as nervous as I have before. I think experience has helped a bit in some of these wins.” That said, the shot was still a killer. “It was dead,” Homa said. “I mean, it was as short-sided as you could be. You couldn’t really stop it.” Well, unless you jarred it. At the very least, Homa now had a tasty lie from which to operate.

The contact was something close to perfect.

“It just felt like the whole week kind of hadn’t really gotten any, like, serious luck, and I clipped the pitch really good,” Homa said. “I spun it and once it hit the pin, it was almost like it spun straight into the ground. It was just one of those things.”

Willett, who grinned broadly after the ball dropped, looked some combination of amused and stunned, but probably more of the latter. “I expected him to do it,” Willett said, “but then it’s still a bit of a shock when it happens.”

An even bigger shock was still to come: Willett missed his birdie try from 3 feet, 7 inches and also his 4-foot-8-inch comebacker. A three-putt from less than 4 feet with the tournament in the balance. Homa was suddenly and stunningly the winner of the PGA Tour’s 2022-23 season opener.

Homa’s preferred lie will take nothing away from what was one of the great clutch shots in recent PGA Tour memory, but it still will go down as an interesting wrinkle in a Sunday afternoon full of them.

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Last season on the PGA Tour, Danny Willett attempted 148 putts from between 3 and 5 feet.

He made 135 of them. That’s a conversion rate of 91.22%.

So, when Willett sized up a birdie putt from 3 feet 7 inches on the 72nd hole of the Fortinet Championship Sunday, you had to like his chances.

By now, you likely know what happened next. Willett missed the putt, hammering it through the gentle left-to-right break. The comebacker was slightly longer — 4 feet 8 inches — but still a length from which Tour pros rarely miss. Willett? He botched it again, becoming the only player all week at the Fortinet to three-putt from within five feet while simultaneously kicking away a golden opportunity to claim his first title on U.S. soil since the 2016 Masters. Pick your favorite “s” word: stunning, shocking, startling, stupefying. They all applied.  

How did it happen? Some things are unexplainable. But Willett, to his credit, hung around on Sunday evening in Napa and did his best to unpack it all.

The context is important.

Just a few minutes before Willett addressed his first putt, you couldn’t have blamed him for already thinking ahead to popping bottles at his victory party. His closest chaser, Max Homa, was lying three off the green, needing a miracle hole-out to draw within one. Willett, meanwhile, had just stuffed a spinny wedge shot that left him within kick-in range. Homa looked primed to make par at best; Willett looked assured of a birdie. You could comfortably flip back to your favorite NFL team. The tournament was as good as over.

Again, you likely know what happened next. Homa jarred his chip. All Willett could do was munch on his gum and smile. He later said he had expected Homa to make it — that’s a wise strategy in match-play situations: expect the best out of your opponent so you’re mentally ready for anything — but deep down, did Willett really think Homa would make a 4? He couldn’t have. As Willett himself later said, “It’s still a bit of a shock when it happens.”

Suddenly, Willett had one putt for the win instead of two.

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Still…from a mere 43 inches! Not quite inside the leather, but not far outside it, either.

Willett had been paying close attention to the 11-foot birdie putt of his playing partner Justin Lower. The putt was on the opposite side of the hole from Willett’s shorty, but there still were learnings to be had when Lower’s try drifted by the hole.

“Justin’s obviously stayed right on the first one,” Willett said afterward, “which was a bit strange with how I was seeing mine, because I saw mine pretty nicely left to right.”

Seeds of doubt are never helpful on the greens, but are especially problematic when you’re staring down a putt for $1.44 million. Judging from his stroke, Willett didn’t want to give his ball much choice but to disappear into the hole. He rammed it. “I hit it obviously far too hard,” Willett said. The ball glanced off the left edge of the cup and left him nearly 5 feet coming back.

“He’s not done yet,” one of the announcers said.

“Not done yet at all,” said another.

Homa looked on pensively tugging on his beard.

Now, Willett faced a right-to-lefter, again from a distance from which he’d normally walk in putts. But when a PGA Tour title is on the line, the greens feel faster and the holes look smaller. Willett still had Lower’s putt on his mind.

“From where he was coming from, I thought it was straighter,” Willett said of his own par try. It wasn’t straight. Halfway to the hole, Willett’s putt tugged left. “Again, yeah, just ended up tailing off and missing,” he said.

Stunning, shocking, startling, stupefying.

In the moment, it was hard to recall a more jarring PGA Tour finish. The combination of Homa’s heroics paired with Willett’s heartbreak was almost too much to process. “That was crazy,” Homa said after the dust had settled and he’d claimed his fifth Tour win. “I still don’t really know what happened. Just kind of one of those weekends you just had to hang around I felt like.”

Hang around, because you never know what 72nd-hole pressure might do to a golfer.

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“On 18, it was a weird situation,” Homa said. “Danny hit a beautiful shot in there, and four feet for the win. It’s always going to be a bit trickier, but the way he was playing and the way he was putting, made an unbelievable putt on 17 for par. I kind of had to assume he was going to make it.”

On the PGA Tour these days, the guys like to talk a lot about legacy — i.e., one of the few things LIV Golf can’t buy. Fighting for titles isn’t so much about the money as it as about the chance to play for history. That may be true to many players, but the cash still matters. It always does. When Willett’s par putt on 18 nicked the left edge of the hole but didn’t drop, he had lost not only the chance to compete in a playoff for his second Tour win but also $568,000, the difference between first- and second-place prize money.    

If the Englishman was crestfallen, he did an admirable job not showing it.

“Disappointing way to finish,” he said. “But, you know, first [tournament] out of the season. Like I said, to be in contention, things are in a good place. Yeah, we’ll live to fight another day.”

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With a crazy finish on the 72nd hole, including a chip-in birdie from just off the green, Max Homa won his fifth PGA Tour title at the Fortinet Championship in Napa Valley California.

This is the Titleist equipment Homa used to take home the trophy.

Driver: Titleist TSR3 (Fujikura Ventus Black 6X shaft), 10 degrees

3-wood: Titleist TSR3 (Fujikura Ventus 8 TR Blue X), 16.5 degrees

5-wood: Titleist TSR2 (Graphite Design Tour AD XC 9TX shaft), 21 degrees

Irons: Titleist T100S (4-iron; KBS $-Taper 130X shaft), Titleist T100 (5-iron; KBS $-Taper 130X shaft), Titleist 620MB (6-9; KBS $-Taper 130X shafts)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46-10F degrees; KBS $-Taper 130X shaft), Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (50-12F, 56-14F and 60-04L degrees; KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 125S shaft)

Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X T5.5 Prototype

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

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Max Homa was on the ropes. He had just left his third shot from the bunker at the par-5 18th at the Silverado Resort and Spa North Course short of the green.

His opponent, Danny Willett, was already one shot ahead and had less than four feet for birdie to seal the win.

The 2022 Fortinet Championship was over.

Until it wasn’t.

Homa holed his fourth shot from a collection area left of the 18th green…

…and then watched as Willett missed his birdie putt and then shockingly missed again, this one from about five feet, handing the first title of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season to Homa.

Under these stunning circumstances, Homa successfully defended his Fortinet victory from a year ago and started the new season with his fifth career Tour win.

“My coach just said just hang around, hang around, hang around,” Homa said after the win. “And I don’t know, last like three minutes are kind of a blur.”

Willett looked in control for much of Sunday’s final round. He quickly grabbed the lead from 54-hole leader Justin Lower with three birdies in the first eight holes.

Homa, who was tied with Willett through three rounds at 12 under, remained steady through the same stretch before pulling even with Willett early on the back nine thanks to three-straight birdies of his own.

Willett took control again on 14, hitting a miraculous second shot, which bended some 50 yards around a tree directly in front of him and setting up a birdie giving him a one-stroke advantage, which he took to 18.

The Englishman hasn’t won on the PGA Tour since his dramatic victory at the 2016 Masters.

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In that tournament, it was Willett who stole the show from Jordan Spieth who seemingly had the major locked up.

This time, however, it was Homa who took the title, and Willett who was left shell-shocked.

“I played really good golf, I played solid,” Homa said. “Danny and Justin both played great, but I just tried to play my game and just see where it got me. I don’t know, it was a wild finish.”

After holing his fourth, Homa looked at his caddie Joe Greiner, slowly walked over to him and let out a big scream in jubilation. His final-round 68 put him at 16 under for the tournament.

Willett simply smiled.

“I expected him to do it, but then it’s still a bit of a shock when it happens,” Willett said of the moment. “He played — we all played really good today. Like I said, bit of a shame to kind of finish how I did.”

In the end, Willett pulled his birdie putt by the hole and did the same on the par putt from slightly farther away, both catching the left lip.

“I hit it, obviously, far too hard,” Willett said. “I thought it was straighter … just ended up tailing off and missing left. Yeah, disappointing way to finish, but you know, first out of the season, like I said, to be in contention, things are in a good place. Yeah, we’ll live to fight another day.”

Homa kicked off the new PGA Tour season with a win and will take the momentum from Napa — plus his T5 finish at the Tour Championship last month — into his first team appearance at the Presidents Cup next week in Charlotte.

Homa was the only U.S. team member to tee it up in Napa, and the move paid off in the best way possible.

“I’m just happy to be in form, to represent my country, play with those boys,” Homa said. “They’re some good golfers, so I just wanted to come in in form. Honestly, I got a lot of people — I know this is Twitter, but I’ve had a lot of people tell me if the LIV guys wouldn’t have left, I wouldn’t have made the Presidents Cup team, so I had a little bit of a chip on my shoulder this week.”

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Can you believe we’ve already made it to the first Sunday of the new PGA Tour season? Below, find everything you need to know about tournament money for the first event of the PGA Tour’s 2022-23 season at the Fortinet Championship.

Fortinet Championship final round preview

On the strength of an impressive opening round 63, second-year PGA Tour pro Justin Lower starts the final round of the Fortinet Championship with a one shot lead at 13-under-par. You may remember Lower from his emotional press conference after the final round of the Wyndham Championship when he 3-putted the 72nd green to seemingly lose his tour card. However, Lower moved up the eligibility list thanks to LIV Golf defections after the Tour Championship and retained his status for this season.

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Just a stroke back is defending champion Max Homa. Homa is coming off a tied for fifth finish at the Tour Championship in his first appearance.

Also tied for second with Homa going into the final round is 2016 Masters Champion Danny Willet, who is looking for his first PGA Tour victory since his triumph at Augusta National.

Below, find everything you need to know about that money, including payout information and winner’s share; you can catch the action from 6-9 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, but on tape delay due to tee times being moved up because of weather. Live coverage can be streamed on GolfChannel.com from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m..

Fortinet Championship payout info, winner’s share

1. $1,440,000
2. $872,000 
3. $552,000 
4. $392,000 
5. $328,000 
6. $290,000
7. $270,000
8. $250,000
9. $234,000
10. $218,000
11. $202,000
12. $186,000
13. $170,000
14. $154,000
15. $146,000
16. $138,000
17. $130,000
18. $122,000
19. $114,000
20. $106,000
21. $98,000 
22. $90,000
23. $83,600
24. $77,200
25. $70,800
26. $64,400
27. $62,000
28. $59,600
29. $57,200
30. $54,800
31. $52,400
32. $50,000
33. $47,600
34. $45,600
35. $43,600
36. $41,600
37. $39,600
38. $38,000
39. $36,400
40. $34,800
41. $33,200
42. $31,600
43. $30,000
44. $28,400
45. $26,800
46. $25,200
47. $23,600
48. $22,320
49. $21,200
50. $20,560
51. $20,080
52. $19,600
53. $19,280
54. $18,960
55. $18,800
56. $18,640
57. $18,480
58. $18,320
59. $18,160
60. $18,000
61. $17,840
62. $17,680
63. $17,520
64. $17360
65. $17,200
66. $17,040
67. $16,880
68. $16,720
69. $16,560
70. $16,400
71. $16,240
72. $16,080
73. $15,840

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The final round of the 2022 Fortinet Championship starts on Sunday, September 18, at Silverado Resort and Spa in California. Here’s what you need to know to watch Round 4 on TV or online.

Previewing Round 4

With one round to go at Silverado Resort, Max Homa has a fantastic opportunity to go back-to-back and win his second-straight Fortinet Championship title.

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Homa shot a 72 in Saturday’s third round to head into the final round at 12 under. His 36-hole co-leader, 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett, did the same. But they are no longer co-leaders.

While Homa and Willett were stuck in neutral in Round 3, 33-year-old Justin Lower drained five birdies on his way to a 69 that gave him a one-shot lead at 13 under.

Below you will find everything you need to watch the final round of the 2022 Fortinet Championship.

How to watch Fortinet Championship Round 4 on TV

Due to tee times being moved up, the final-round Golf Channel telecast was moved to a live stream beginning at 3 p.m. ET, which can be found here at golfchannel.com.

How to stream Fortinet Championship Round 4 online

You can stream Sunday’s final round at the 2022 Fortinet Championship on golfchannel.com.

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2022 Fortinet Championship Round 4 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

11:00 a.m. – Aaron Baddeley, Beau Hossler, Doug Ghim

11:11 a.m. – Ben Taylor, Scott Harrington, Ben Martin

11:22 a.m. – Thomas Detry, Austin Eckroat, Will Gordon

11:33 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Jimmy Walker, Vincent Norrman

11:44 a.m. – Brandon Hagy, Brendon Todd, Denny McCarthy

11:55 a.m. – Tom Hoge, S.H. Kim, Taylor Moore

12:06 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Kramer Hickok, Joseph Bramlett

12:17 p.m. – Brian Stuard, Nick Taylor, Chris Kirk

12:28 p.m. – Rickie Fowler, Zac Blair, Zecheng Dou

12:39 p.m. – Mark Hubbard, Austin Smotherman, Sahith Theegala

12:50 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Matt Kuchar, Harrison Endycott

1:01 p.m. – Byeong Hun An, Davis Thompson, Paul Haley II

1:12 p.m. – Justin Lower, Max Homa, Danny Willett

Tee No. 10

11:00 a.m. – Russell Knox, Adam Schenk, Alex Smalley

11:11 a.m. – Alex Noren, Troy Merritt, Chris Gotterup

11:22 a.m. – Taylor Montgomery, Matthias Schwab, Brandt Snedeker

11:33 a.m. – Kevin Streelman, James Hahn, Robby Shelton

11:44 a.m. – Harris English, Taylor Pendrith, Nick Hardy

11:55 a.m. – Andrew Landry, Emiliano Grillo, Stephan Jaeger

12:06 p.m. – J.J. Spaun, Nate Lashley, Brice Garnett

12:17 p.m. – Nick Watney, Matt Wallace, Chris Stroud

12:28 p.m. – Greyson Sigg, Matti Schmid, Jacob Bridgeman

12:39 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Cameron Percy, Gary Woodland

12:50 p.m. – Michael Thompson, Hideki Matsuyama

1:01 p.m. – Lucas Glover, C.T. Pan

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The 2022 Fortinet Championship comes to and end on Sunday, September 18, with the final round at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif. You can find full Round 4 tee times for the tournament at the bottom of this post.

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On Saturday at the Fortinet, the two players who started the day tied for the lead, defending champion Max Homa and Danny Willett, failed to improve their scores, finishing with matching even-par 72s to remain at 12 under.

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But 33-year-old Justin Lower had no such issues. Lower made five birdies against two bogeys to shoot 69 in the third round, moving his total socre to 13 under and giving him a one-shot lead over his veteran competitors.

Unlike most final rounds on Tour, this Sunday players will use split tees and play in groupings. As a result, Lower, Homa and Willett will play the final round together, teeing off in the final pairing at 1:12 p.m. ET.

You can stream Sunday’s round via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ or watch the telecast on Golf Channel.

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Browse the complete final-round tee times for the 2022 Fortinet Championship below.

2022 Fortinet Championship Round 4 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

11:00 a.m. – Aaron Baddeley, Beau Hossler, Doug Ghim

11:11 a.m. – Ben Taylor, Scott Harrington, Ben Martin

11:22 a.m. – Thomas Detry, Austin Eckroat, Will Gordon

11:33 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Jimmy Walker, Vincent Norrman

11:44 a.m. – Brandon Hagy, Brendon Todd, Denny McCarthy

11:55 a.m. – Tom Hoge, S.H. Kim, Taylor Moore

12:06 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Kramer Hickok, Joseph Bramlett

12:17 p.m. – Brian Stuard, Nick Taylor, Chris Kirk

12:28 p.m. – Rickie Fowler, Zac Blair, Zecheng Dou

12:39 p.m. – Mark Hubbard, Austin Smotherman, Sahith Theegala

12:50 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Matt Kuchar, Harrison Endycott

1:01 p.m. – Byeong Hun An, Davis Thompson, Paul Haley II

1:12 p.m. – Justin Lower, Max Homa, Danny Willett

Tee No. 10

11:00 a.m. – Russell Knox, Adam Schenk, Alex Smalley

11:11 a.m. – Alex Noren, Troy Merritt, Chris Gotterup

11:22 a.m. – Taylor Montgomery, Matthias Schwab, Brandt Snedeker

11:33 a.m. – Kevin Streelman, James Hahn, Robby Shelton

11:44 a.m. – Harris English, Taylor Pendrith, Nick Hardy

11:55 a.m. – Andrew Landry, Emiliano Grillo, Stephan Jaeger

12:06 p.m. – J.J. Spaun, Nate Lashley, Brice Garnett

12:17 p.m. – Nick Watney, Matt Wallace, Chris Stroud

12:28 p.m. – Greyson Sigg, Matti Schmid, Jacob Bridgeman

12:39 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Cameron Percy, Gary Woodland

12:50 p.m. – Michael Thompson, Hideki Matsuyama

1:01 p.m. – Lucas Glover, C.T. Pan

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The Napa Valley has been good to Max Homa. The 31-year-old, who hails from Burbank, Calif., won last year’s Fortinet Championship at Silverado Resort & Spa in Napa, and he’s well on his way to repeating his win at this year’s event.

What’s the secret to Homa’s sustained success here? According to his comments on Friday, the key is following his wife Lacey’s quality eating advice.

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After finishing off a second-round 67 that left him tied with Danny Willett for the Fortinet Championship lead at the halfway point, Homa met with reporters for a flash interview.

Just before the interview ended and he walked off to the locker room, PGA Tour writer Cameron Morfit asked Homa one final question: is he following the same winning routine he used at last year’s Fortinet, including eating at the same restaurants? And before Morfit was even able to finish his question, Homa gave his response:

“I just go wherever my wife tells me,” a smiling Homa said, drawing laughs from the room. “So I guess I’ve kept that the same.”

Then another reporter shot him a follow-up, asking specifically which restaurants Homa’s wife had “dragged” him to.

“Don’t say ‘dragged,’ then I’ll get in trouble,” Homa said. “We went to Ad Hoc… Bottega, and she didn’t drag me to this one, we went to French Laundry for dinner with the Tour. That one’s pretty darn good indeed.”

For the record, Lacey Homa clearly knows what she’s talking about when it comes to good eating. The three-Michelin-starred French Laundry and Ad Hoc are creations of legendary American chef Thomas Keller.

We’ll have to wait until Saturday night to find out where the Homas dined after Round 2. Homa tees off for the third round alongside co-leader Willett at 4:55 p.m. ET.

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The third round of the 2022 Fortinet Championship begins on Saturday, September 17, at Silverado Resort and Spa in California. Here’s what you need to know to watch Round 3 on TV or online.

Previewing Round 3

Last season, Max Homa got off to the best start imaginable by winning the very first tournament on the schedule, the Fortinet Championship. Halfway through this year’s Fortinet, it looks like Homa has a great shot to repeat the feat.

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Homa followed up an opening-round 65 with a five-under 67 in Round 2 to reach 12 under through 36 holes. That leaves him tied for the lead with 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett.

For Saturday’s all-important third round, where the leaders will do everything they can to position themselves for a win on Sunday, Homa and Willett will tee off together in the final pairing at 4:55 p.m. ET.

You can stream the third round via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, or watch the telecast on Golf Channel.

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Below you will find everything you need to watch the third round of the 2022 Fortinet Championship.

How to watch Fortinet Championship Round 3 on TV

Golf Channel will carry the third round of the 2022 Fortinet Championship on TV with a three-hour telecast on Saturday from 6-9 p.m. ET.

How to stream Fortinet Championship Round 3 online

You can stream featured group coverage of the third round of the 2022 Fortinet Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ on Saturday. Fans can also stream Golf Channel’s third-round TV coverage on golfchannel.com.

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2022 Fortinet Championship Round 3 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

10:40 a.m. – Harrison Endycott
10:45 a.m. – Nick Taylor, Aaron Baddeley
10:55 a.m. – Jacob Bridgeman, Michael Thompson
11:05 a.m. – Brandon Hagy, Nate Lashley
11:15 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Brendon Todd
11:25 a.m. – Andrew Putnam, Chris Kirk
11:35 a.m. – Cameron Percy, Brice Garnett
11:45 a.m. – Beau Hossler, Nick Watney
11:55 a.m. – Matt Wallace, Mackenzie Hughes
12:10 p.m. – Harris English, Taylor Pendrith
12:20 p.m. – Denny McCarthy, Hideki Matsuyama
12:30 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Doug Ghim
12:40 p.m. – Chris Stroud, Kramer Hickok
12:50 p.m. – Nick Hardy, Davis Thompson
1:00 p.m. – Russell Knox, Jimmy Walker
1:10 p.m. – C.T. Pan, Gary Woodland
1:25 p.m. – Paul Haley II, Adam Schenk
1:35 p.m. – Mark Hubbard, Alex Smalley
1:45 p.m. – Greyson Sigg, Alex Noren
1:55 p.m. – Troy Merritt, Chris Gotterup
2:05 p.m. – Austin Smotherman, Andrew Landry
2:15 p.m. – Joseph Bramlett, Vincent Norrman
2:25 p.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Taylor Montgomery
2:40 p.m. – Rickie Fowler, Matthias Schwab
2:50 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Brandt Snedeker
3:00 p.m. – Thomas Detry, Stephan Jaeger
3:10 p.m. – Austin Eckroat, Will Gordon
3:20 p.m. – Kevin Streelman, Zac Blair
3:30 p.m. – Tom Hoge, James Hahn
3:40 p.m. – Ben Taylor, J.J. Spaun
3:55 p.m. – Matti Schmid, S.H. Kim
4:05 p.m. – Zecheng Dou, Scott Harrington
4:15 p.m. – Ben Martin, Robby Shelton
4:25 p.m. – Sahith Theegala, Brian Stuard
4:35 p.m. – Taylor Moore, Matt Kuchar
4:45 p.m. – Justin Lower, Byeong Hun An
4:55 p.m. – Max Homa, Danny Willett

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The 2022 Fortinet Championship continues on Saturday, September 17, with the third round at Silverado Resort and Spa. You can find full Round 3 tee times for the tournament at the bottom of this post.

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Saturday’s final tee time in Napa will feature a powerhouse pairing: five-time PGA Tour winner and defending champion Max Homa and 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett.

The two players are currently tied for the lead at 12 under par — for Homa, thanks for rounds of 65-67, and Willett, rounds of 68-64.

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There’s been only one bogey between the two players over 36 holes, and that was Homa’s. He bogeyed the par-3 2nd hole on Friday with a three-putt.

Homa and Willett will begin their third round at 4:55 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon. You can watch Saturday’s third round on Golf Channel beginning at 6 p.m. ET.

Browse the complete third-round tee times for the 2022 Fortinet Championship below.

2022 Fortinet Championship Round 3 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

10:40 a.m. – Harrison Endycott
10:45 a.m. – Nick Taylor, Aaron Baddeley
10:55 a.m. – Jacob Bridgeman, Michael Thompson
11:05 a.m. – Brandon Hagy, Nate Lashley
11:15 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Brendon Todd
11:25 a.m. – Andrew Putnam, Chris Kirk
11:35 a.m. – Cameron Percy, Brice Garnett
11:45 a.m. – Beau Hossler, Nick Watney
11:55 a.m. – Matt Wallace, Mackenzie Hughes
12:10 p.m. – Harris English, Taylor Pendrith
12:20 p.m. – Denny McCarthy, Hideki Matsuyama
12:30 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Doug Ghim
12:40 p.m. – Chris Stroud, Kramer Hickok
12:50 p.m. – Nick Hardy, Davis Thompson
1:00 p.m. – Russell Knox, Jimmy Walker
1:10 p.m. – C.T. Pan, Gary Woodland
1:25 p.m. – Paul Haley II, Adam Schenk
1:35 p.m. – Mark Hubbard, Alex Smalley
1:45 p.m. – Greyson Sigg, Alex Noren
1:55 p.m. – Troy Merritt, Chris Gotterup
2:05 p.m. – Austin Smotherman, Andrew Landry
2:15 p.m. – Joseph Bramlett, Vincent Norrman
2:25 p.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Taylor Montgomery
2:40 p.m. – Rickie Fowler, Matthias Schwab
2:50 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Brandt Snedeker
3:00 p.m. – Thomas Detry, Stephan Jaeger
3:10 p.m. – Austin Eckroat, Will Gordon
3:20 p.m. – Kevin Streelman, Zac Blair
3:30 p.m. – Tom Hoge, James Hahn
3:40 p.m. – Ben Taylor, J.J. Spaun
3:55 p.m. – Matti Schmid, S.H. Kim
4:05 p.m. – Zecheng Dou, Scott Harrington
4:15 p.m. – Ben Martin, Robby Shelton
4:25 p.m. – Sahith Theegala, Brian Stuard
4:35 p.m. – Taylor Moore, Matt Kuchar
4:45 p.m. – Justin Lower, Byeong Hun An
4:55 p.m. – Max Homa, Danny Willett

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