Sep 11, 2014 2 min read

ATLANTA – Chris Kirk and Billy Horschel have little in common except a clean card of 4-under 66 at the Tour Championship and their chances at the biggest payoff in golf.

Kirk and Horschel, the top two seeds going into the FedEx Cup finale at East Lake, played in the final group and traded birdies – neither of them made a bogey – over four hours in steamy weather to share the lead.

They need only to win the Tour Championship to claim the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus.

“Billy has obviously been playing some pretty incredible golf with winning last week and finishing second the week before,” Kirk said. “And I’ve been doing all right myself.”

Kirk is a 29-year-old who went to Georgia and plays golf without a pulse. Even when he chipped in from 80 feet on the 17th hole, he simply smiled and bowed his head before slapping hands with his caddie.

Fathauer leads Web.com Finals: Derek Fathauer shot a bogey-free 8-under 63 to take the first-round lead in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, the third of four events in the Web.com Tour Finals.

Fathauer, 12th on the Web.com Tour’s regular-season money list to secure a 2014-15 PGA Tour card, birdied Nos. 15-17 and closed with a par on Ohio State’s Scarlet Course.

Washington’s Steve Wheatcroft, who has secured a PGA Tour card for next year, shot 72 and is tied for 59th place.