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After three rounds at the Wells Fargo Championship, Xander Schauffele is still enjoying the solo lead. However, Rory McIlroy enjoyed yet another bogey-free round on Saturday, and he is just one stroke away from him with 11 under 202.

In an attempt to bag $3.6 million, 700 FedEx points, and, of course, the bronze-plated trophy, these two look like the only legitimate players with a chance of winning. But the gameplay can change at any moment, with just 18 holes to play at Quail Hollow.

Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy will pair up in the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship

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Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy will be playing together as the final group in the final round on the PGA Tour for the third time on Sunday. In 2018, they had a tee-off at the BMW Championship where Keegan Bradley took away the win, and in 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions, Rory McIlroy defeated Xander Schauffele in a playoff. Scheduled to begin at 1:45 pm, their tee-off is undoubtedly the most-awaited one!

The field opens at 7:55 am, with Eric Cole and Peter Malnati paired for the first tee-off. Just like the penultimate round, all the players will be playing from the front nine! Here is what the pairings and tee timing look like:

TIMEPLAYERS

7:55 AM

EDT

Eric Cole

Peter Malnati

8:05 AM

EDT

Matthieu Pavon

Matt Fitzpatrick

8:15 AM

EDT

J.T. Poston

Emiliano Grillo

8:25 AM

EDT

Justin Rose

Adam Hadwin

8:35 AM

EDT

Gary Woodland

Brian Harman

8:45 AM

EDT

Austin Eckroat

Sahith Theegala

8:55 AM

EDT

Chris Kirk

Billy Horschel

9:10 AM

EDT

Rickie Fowler

Shane Lowry

9:20 AM

EDT

Kevin Tway

Brendon Todd

9:30 AM

EDT

Adam Schenk

Tony Finau

9:40 AM

EDT

Patrick Cantlay

Wyndham Clark

9:50 AM

EDT

Jordan Spieth

Jake Knapp

10:00 AM

EDT

Viktor Hovland

Matt Kuchar

10:10 AM

EDT

Nick Taylor

Harris English

10:25 AM

EDT

Adam Scott

Ben Kohles

10:35 AM

EDT

Tom Kim

Adam Svensson

10:45 AM

EDT

Akshay Bhatia

Tom Hoge

10:55 AM

EDT

Will Zalatoris

Kurt Kitayama

11:05 AM

EDT

Patrick Rodgers

Lucas Glover

11:15 AM

EDT

Webb Simpson

Russell Henley

11:25 AM

EDT

Andrew Putnam

Nick Dunlap

11:40 AM

EDT

Si Woo Kim

Seamus Power

11:50 AM

EDT

Taylor Moore

Mackenzie Hughes

12:00 PM

EDT

Justin Thomas

Corey Conners

12:10 PM

EDT

Tommy Fleetwood

Keegan Bradley

12:20 PM

EDT

Cam Davis

Alex Noren

12:30 PM

EDT

Max Homa

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

12:40 PM

EDT

Cameron Young

Grayson Murray

12:55 PM

EDT

Denny McCarthy

Lee Hodges

1:05 PM

EDT

Stephan Jaeger

Collin Morikawa

1:15 PM

EDT

Byeong Hun An

Taylor Pendrith

1:25 PM

EDT

Jason Day

Sam Burns

1:35 PM

EDT

Sungjae Im

Sepp Straka

1:45 PM

EDT

Xander Schauffele

Rory McIlroy

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Although Xander Schauffele has been having a great weekend at Quail Hollow, what worries his followers and him is the ongoing curse he has been having. Will the seven-time PGA Tour winner break his winless streak at the Wells Fargo Championship?

Xander Schauffele left victory-less on the 2024 PGA Tour

Xander Schauffele made 10 starts this season on the PGA Tour and has managed to finish in the top 10 in seven of them. His luck has been absolutely out of sync. So much so that the wins slipped away from his grasp despite being in the lead for the first few rounds, the closest he came to taking silverware home this season was at the PLAYERS, where he tied for the second position and lost the title by 1 stroke to Scottie Scheffler.

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At the PLAYERS, he was placed at T1 during all three rounds with 65-69-65. However, in the ultimate round, Scottie Scheffler bagged the victory! Something similar happened even during the Genesis Invitational. At Riviera, Schauffele was tied for the second position with Patrick Cantlay until the ultimate round. However, in the final round, he gave a disappointing performance with a 1-under 70, which bagged him a T4.

Enjoying the lead for the first three rounds at the Wells Fargo Championship, with Rory McIlroy speeding up his game as each round passes, gives a hint of his past trauma. Will history repeat itself? Or will Xander Schauffele finally grab his first victory of the season? Stay tuned to find out!