Scottie Scheffler Leads by Five Over Collin Morikawa Heading Into FedExCup Finale

well bones Scotty sheffel moved another step closer to a maiden FedEx Cup victory after extending his lead to five shots heading into the final round of the Tour Championship the Masters champion went into the weekend for aead at East Lake after rounds of 65 and 66 over the first two days with the American recovering from a slow start to his third round to increase his advantage over closest Challenger Colin morawa shiffa saw his lead reduced to Two Strokes after an early bogey but followed backto back birdies from the seventh with four more over his last five holes with a 5 under 66 lifting him to 26 under and increasing his hopes of a seventh PGA Tour win of the Season he will be paired again on the final day with moroa who birdied three of his last for to salvage a third round 67 while saala produced a five birdie finish to jump into third spot on 17 under ahead of Xander shuffel sheff Bogi the par for first for the second time in 3 days allowing morar to close within three after H holding from 7 ft to save par with the world number one having to scramble a par at the next after missing the green off the tea moraca would briefly cut sheffer's lead to two when he made an 8ft birdie at the par 56 as his playing partner missed from a similar distance only for sheffel to restore his overnight cushion with a two- shot swing at the next shiffler rolled in from 15 ft for birdie as marawa squandered is four-footer for par with both players making close range birdies at the next and saving pars at the ninth to keep the Gap at for strokes at the turn the final pair exchanged pars for the early part of the back nine before Sheffer drained a 20ft birdie at the par 514th to go five ahead when morawa three puted from long range to sble with a par morawa fired his t-shot in close to set up a birdie at the par three next where Sher negotiated a tricky to put ahead of him rolling in from 20 ft at the 16 to jump to 24 under Sheffer capitalized on a favorable Line near a tree off the tea at the par for 17th to set up a 10-ft birdie matched by morawa to extend their Gap over the rest of the field with both players then getting up and down at the last to sign off with matching birdies it's going to be very hard but I believe in myself that I can do it marawa said five shots is a lot but two shot swings happen I think I've seen a couple over the past few days I've just got to play my game I've got to go low I've got 18 holes left to the season I'm going to put everything I have into these next 24 hourss

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