The Starter: Round 3, Wyndham Championship

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The third round of the Wyndham Championship is set to begin. The Golf Channel will televise live action Saturday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET with CBS picking up coverage from 3 to 6 p.m. ET.

Groups we're watching

Tee time Players   2:05 p.m. ET No. 1 Tommy Gainey, Webb Simpson Gainey and Simpson are two of the TOUR's top players this year without a victory. Both are inside the FedExCup top 40 and are in position to move up the ranks. 1:55 p.m. ET No. 1 Stuart Appleby, Daniel Summerhays This is a big week for Summerhays, who enters the weekend Projected to No. 125 in the FedExCup standings. 1:45 p.m. ET No. 1 Ernie Els, Jim Furyk Though they have 34 combined TOUR victories in their careers, this duo has combined for zero victories in the 2011 season. That's happened just once since 1993.

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WHAT TO WATCH IN ROUND 3
• Gainey grinding: Tommy Gainey has struggled off the tee this week but everything else is clicking as he takes a three-shot lead into the weekend. Story

• Bubble Vision: The final picture for the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup is begining to develop. Track who's moving up, down, in and out of the Playoffs picture. Projected points

Round 2 weather forecast

Partly cloudy Temp: 91 high/69 low Partly cloudy. Winds from the east at approximately 5 mph.

Player Notes

Here are some of the players you'll see during Saturday's coverage on CBS:

TOMMY GAINEY Gaineys only other lead on TOUR coming into this week was earlier this year when he held sole possession of the lead after the first three rounds of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Gainey sits 40th in the FedExCup standings. A win this week could move him as high as No. 14. Gainey has never qualified for the Playoffs. STUART APPLEBY After finishing T57 at the Transitions Championship in March, Appleby missed his next six cuts, finished T16 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational, missed a cut, WDd, missed a cut, was disqualified, missed two more cuts then finished 76th at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Luckily, Appleby had four top 25s in his first seven events to start the season. ERNIE ELS Ernie Els is making his second career start at Wyndham Championship. He finished T9 in 1997 the year Frank Nobilo defeated Brad Faxon in a sudden-death playoff. Els is one of five players to have played in all four TOUR Championships by Coca-Cola since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007. The others: Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk.