The Starter: Round 4, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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The fourth round of The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is set to begin. LIVE@ coverage will air from 1-6 p.m. ET. The Golf Channel will televise live action on Sunday from 12-1:30 p.m. CBS pick up coverage from 2-6 p.m., and the Golf Channel will re-air coverage from 9-11:30 p.m.

Groups we're watching

Tee time Players   2:00 p.m. ET No. 1 Adam Scott, Ryo Ishikawa Scott is currently 50th in the FedExCup standings -- a win would almost guarantee him a spot in the TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. Ishikawa could become the youngest World Golf Championships winner in history. 1:50 p.m. ET No. 10 Jason Day, Keegan Bradley Day is 13th in the FedExCup standings and No. 1 in the International Presidents Cup Team standings. PGA TOUR rookie Keegan Bradley is 25th in the FedExCup, and is looking for win No. 2 this year. 1:20 p.m. ET No. 10 Rory McIlroy, Zach Johnson McIlroy, 7 under, is five shots back of leader Adam Scott. He's currently tied for 10th, and is looking for his second-straight win in America. Zach Johnson has won a tournament every year on TOUR since 2007, but so far is winless this year. 1:00 p.m. ET No. 1 David Toms, Matt Kuchar Toms withdrew from the John Deere Classic with a hip injury, but he looks to be back in top shape for his defense next week at Atlanta Athletic Club. He and Kuchar, a Georgia Tech graduate, hope to build momentum going into next week. 11:00 a.m. ET No. 1 Tiger Woods, Hennie Otto Tiger Woods says he's figured out his iron play. We'll see tomorow, as he attempts to move up from 38th place on the leaderboard. Hennie Otto last played on TOUR in Akron in 2010, and hopes to improve on his 65th-place finish a year ago.

MORE ROUND 4: Tee Times

WHAT TO WATCH IN ROUND 4
• A change at the top: The average age of the age of the last four winners of World Golf Championships events (Nick Watney, Luke Donald, Francesco Molinari and Hunter Mahan) is 29 years, 1 month and 6 days. The prior six winners of World Golf Championships (Ernie Els, Ian Poulter, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods) had an average age of 36 years and 6 months.

• Top players seeking Playoff spot: Tiger Woods (T38), Louis Oosthuizen (T42), Ernie Els (T51), Padraig Harrington (T57) and Paul Casey (T62) are all currently outside the top 125 in the FedExCup standings, which means they will need good finishes in the remaining three weeks before The Barclays.

Round 4 weather forecast

Mostly Sunny Temp: 87 high/72 low Winds around 12 mph.

Player Notes

Here are some of the players you'll see during Sunday's coverage:

ADAM SCOTT Adam Scott's only lead in a World Golf Championships event coming into this week was after the first round of the Bridgestone Invitational in 2006 (he finished tied for 10th). Hes led or shared the lead through the first three rounds of the tournament this year. The Aussie has seven PGA TOUR wins, but has never led or shared the lead in all three rounds of a PGA TOUR event and gone on to win. Hes won following a 54-hole lead five times in his career, most recently at the 2008 EDS Byron Nelson Championship. RYO ISHIKAWA Ryo Ishikawa is in the best position he's ever been a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event after 54 holes (25 starts). His previous-best standing following the third round was a tie for seventh at the 2010 U.S. Open Championship, where he eventually finished tied for 33rd after a final-round 80. A win tomorrow would make Ishikawa the second-youngest winner in PGA TOUR history, exactly one week older than Johnny McDermott was when he won the 1911 U.S. Open at the age of 19 years, 10 months, 14 days. JASON DAY Following rounds of 63-70-66, Jason Day finds himself just one shot off of fellow countryman Adam Scotts lead at the Bridgestone Invitational. This is only the second time Day has been within one of the lead after 54 holes in his short PGA TOUR career; hes looking for a better result than the previous time, at the 2008 Turning Stone Championship, where he was one off the lead heading into the final round but shot 75 on Sunday to finish tied for 19th.