“All eyes are on [the] world No.1 playing with me today and all the young stars, and I’m the old man getting dragged around.

“I feel like it’s all a bonus for me.”

Scott can certainly draw on a ton of rich play-offs experience in the final round.

He is one of only two players to qualify for the play-offs in each of the 16 seasons of the FedEx Cup era, along with Matt Kuchar, and his 19 top-10 finishes in play-offs events is second only to Dustin Johnson’s 23.

He has qualified for the Tour Championship eight times in the FedEx Cup era (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019) and has a best result in the Fedex Cup of fourth (2013, 2016).

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Fellow Australian Lucas Herbert shot a 68 to be tied 18th at five under while Marc Leishman shot 71 and is tied 34th on three under and Cam Davis (75) is a further shot back.

Cantlay or Schauffele could go to No.1 in the FedEx Cup – depending on how Scheffler fares – with a win on Sunday and get to start the Tour Championship with a two-shot lead.

Cantlay knows the value of that from experience. After his play-off win in the BMW Championship last year at Caves Valley, he had the No.1 seed and a two-shot lead at the start and wound up winning by one shot to claim the $US18 million prize.

“My head is not even there right now,” said Cantlay.

“I think the best way to handle this playoff system is to just focus on doing your best in the tournament that you’re in and not worry too much about the points. So that’s what I’m going to do.”

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