Three weeks after they shared the spotlight at the Tour Championship, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele will walk the fairways together as both men make their season debuts. Here are a few early-round tee times to keep an eye on as the PGA Tour kicks off its three-week stop in Asia with the CIMB Classic in Malaysia (all times ET):8:40 p.m. Wednesday, 9:40 p.m. Thursday: Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Gavin Kyle GreenThomas headlines this week's field as he looks for his third straight win in Kuala Lumpur, where he sparked his Player of the Year campaign 12 months ago. Schauffele is making his first start since capping his rookie year with a Tour Championship win, while Green rounds out the trio 14 months after representing Malaysia in the Olympics.
8:50 p.m. Wednesday, 9:50 p.m. Thursday: Brendan Steele, Jhonattan Vegas, Charl SchwartzelThere's no rest for the weary, as Steele hopped on an intercontinental flight hours after winning the season-opening Safeway Open for the second straight year. Last year he followed a victory in Napa with a T-26 finish in Malaysia, and he'll look to better that effort while playing the first two rounds with Vegas and Schwartzel, who are both making their first starts since the Presidents Cup.
9 p.m. Wednesday, 10 p.m. Thursday: Gary Woodland, Anirban Lahiri, Thomas PietersThis trio includes two men who have come close to victory in Kuala Lumpur, as Woodland was a runner-up here in 2013 and 2014 while Lahiri was unable to hold on to a 54-hole lead last year, when he faded to a tie for third. One year after his breakthrough Ryder Cup performance, Pieters will make his tournament debut and first PGA Tour start since the PGA Championship.
9:40 p.m. Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. Thursday: Paul Casey, Si Woo Kim, Davis Love IIIAt No. 14 in the world, Casey is the second-highest ranked player in the field behind only Thomas and closed the playoffs with three top-5 finishes in his final four starts. Kim has been inconsistent since his Players Championship win, including his performance two weeks ago at Liberty National, while Love embarks on another new season at age 53.
9:50 p.m. Wednesday, 8:40 p.m. Thursday: Hideki Matsuyama, Pat Perez, Branden GraceMatsuyama won last year in China, and he returns to Asia with hopes of sparking a turnaround after injury and fatigue led to a disappointing close to his PGA Tour season. He'll be joined by Perez, who made the Tour Championship for the first time last month at age 41, and Grace, who bowed out of the postseason after a T-25 finish at the Dell Technologies Championship.
Thomas finished one stroke behind winner Xander Schauffele, who became the first TOUR rookie to triumph at the final FedExCup Playoffs event. The 23-year-old has also committed to the US$7 million CIMB Classic at TPC Kuala Lumpur from October 12-15 and will undoubtedly arrive as one of the top contenders.
Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele Grouped Together at CIMB
Three weeks after they shared the spotlight at the Tour Championship, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele will walk the fairways together as both men make their season debuts. Here are a few early-round tee times to keep an eye on as the PGA Tour kicks off its three-week stop in Asia with the CIMB Classic in Malaysia (all times ET):
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Schauffele was grouped with Justin Thomas and was five shots better than the two-time defending CIMB champion. Schauffele ended last season (just a few weeks ago) with a win at the Tour Championship, where Thomas was crowned the FedExCup winner. Thomas, in his first start of the new season, had five birdies and three bogeys.
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Thomas, Schauffele grouped together at CIMB. By Will Gray. October 10, 2017 at 2:16 PM. Getty Images Three weeks after they shared the spotlight at the Tour Championship, Justin Thomas and Xander
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Thomas finished one stroke behind winner Xander Schauffele, who became the first TOUR rookie to triumph at the final FedExCup Playoffs event. The 23-year-old has also committed to the US$7 million CIMB Classic at TPC Kuala Lumpur from October 12-15 and will undoubtedly arrive as one of the top contenders.
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The PGA Tour heads to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the CIMB Classic, the first stop of the schedule's three-event Asian swing. The tournament's location on the other side of the world creates some
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Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka can both become world No. 1 this week in South Korea, and they'll play the first two rounds together. Thomas, Koepka grouped as both vie for No. 1 in Korea.
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