Conditions better than expected at East Lake Golf Club for FedEx Cup finale

The good news for the PGA Tour in the days before the final event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, the Tour Championship, is that the greens at East Lake Golf Club aren’t nearly as bad as expected. The heat-damaged greens are expected to roll slower than usual but won’t be nearly as inconsistent as feared.

“I think the greens will be rolling about 9 to 9.5, and we’re not going to press them too much on the speed,” PGA Tour tournament director Mark Russell told the media. “We’re just going to play it by ear day by day, but I don’t think they’re going to get much faster than that.”

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