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Live updates: Third round of Bridgestone Senior Players Championship – Akron Beacon Journal

Tim Petrovic sends his ball down the fairway on the 13th hole during second round of the Bridgestone Senior Players Tournament at Firestone Country Club on Friday.

Steven Alker, Tim Petrovic, Alex Cejka and Joe Durant are tied atop the leaderboard at 6-under-par through two rounds in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship at Firestone Country Club.

Defending Bridgestone Senior Players champion Steve Stricker is tied for fifth with Woody Austin, David Toms and Ernie Els at 5-under through two rounds.

With a four-way tie for first and the defending champion (Stricker) one shot off the pace, the third round promises to provide plenty of drama at the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship.

Check here for live updates throughout Saturday’s third round:

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How to watch

Television: Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (Golf Channel), 12 p.m.-3 p.m. (CBS). 

Ambassador of Golf shares tales:Golf Q&A with Condoleezza Rice: Breaking 80, two holes-in-one and Akron tips from Tiger

Future sponso:Kaulig Companies to sponsor Senior Players Championship at Firestone Country Club

Round 3 Tee Times

No. 1 tee

9:20 a.m.: Stephen Ames, Kevin Sutherland, Tom Pernice Jr.

9:30 a.m.: Cameron Beckman, Mark Walker, Retief Goosen

9:40 a.m.: David Duval, Colin Montgomerie, Paul Broadhurst

9:50 a.m.: Tom Byrum, Vijay Singh, Scott Parel

10 a.m.: John Huston, Y.E. Yang, Wes Short, Jr.

10:10 a.m.: Paul Goydos, K.J. Choi, Darren Clarke

10:20 a.m.: Michael Allen, Rob Labritz, Mike Weir

10:30 a.m.: Marco Dawson, Shane Bertsch, Tim Herron

10:40 a.m.: Rod Pampling, Davis Love III, Rocco Mediate

10:50 a.m.: Jerry Kelly, Ken Duke, Miguel Angel Jiménez

11 a.m.: Steve Stricker, Ernie Els, Bob Estes

11:10 a.m.: Joe Durant, Woody Austin, David Toms

11:20 a.m.: Steven Alker, Tim Petrovic, Alex Cejka

No. 10 tee

9:20 a.m.: Lee Janzen, Brandt Jobe, Dicky Pride

9:30 a.m.: John Senden, Brett Quigley, Tom Gillis

9:40 a.m.: Steve Flesch, Thongchai Jaidee, Bernhard Langer

9:50 a.m.: Gene Sauers, Duffy Waldorf, Joey Sindelar

10 a.m.: Jay Haas, Glen Day, Ken Tanigawa

10:10 a.m.: Paul Stankowski, Scott McCarron, Brian Gay

10:20 a.m.: David Branshaw, Mark Hensby, Kent Jones

10:30 a.m.: David McKenzie, Billy Andrade, Doug Barron

10:40 a.m.: Chris DiMarco, David Frost, Carlos Franco

10:50 a.m.: Kirk Triplett, Jesper Parnevik, Scott Dunlap

11 a.m.: Jeff Maggert, Olin Browne, Corey Pavin

11:10 a.m.: Justin Leonard, Billy Mayfair, Fred Funk

11:20 a.m.: Dan Forsman, Frank Lickliter II, Robert Allenby

Senior Players Championship winners at Firestone

2021: Steve Stricker

2020: Jerry Kelly

2019: Retief Goosen