The 2012 FedExCup TOUR Championship finally tees off late Thursday morning with the top 30 players in the playoff standings going for $10 million at East Lake. The final pairing of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, who have played together all month, go off at 1:55 p.m. ET. Cleveland native Jason Dufner, currently No. 10 in the standings, will play with fellow Ryder Cupper Zach Johnson and tee off at 1:15 p.m. ET.
Golf Channel will carry the full broadcast on Thursday, extending their typical first-round coverage to run for five hours. They come on the air at 1 p.m. ET and are scheduled to be live up to 6 p.m. ET. The pace of play should be relatively smooth with 30 players in twosomes off one tee at the legendary home of Bobby Jones. A complete list of those pairings:
| 11:35 am | Senden, John | Piercy, Scott |
| 11:45 am | Fowler, Rickie | Moore, Ryan |
| 11:55 am | Simpson, Webb | Huh, John |
| 12:05 pm | Mahan, Hunter | Rose, Justin |
| 12:15 pm | Scott, Adam | Els, Ernie |
| 12:25 pm | Van Pelt, Bo | Garrigus, Robert |
| 12:35 pm | Pettersson, Carl | Furyk, Jim |
| 12:45 pm | Donald, Luke | Kuchar, Matt |
| 12:55 pm | Stricker, Steve | Bradley, Keegan |
| 1:05 pm | Watson, Bubba | Garcia, Sergio |
| 1:15 pm | Johnson, Zach | Dufner, Jason |
| 1:25 pm | Johnson, Dustin | Westwood, Lee |
| 1:35 pm | Snedeker, Brandt | Oosthuizen, Louis |
| 1:45 pm | Watney, Nick | Mickelson, Phil |
| 1:55 pm | McIlroy, Rory | Woods, Tiger |
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