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Welcome to Playing Through’s morning ritual — Golf Talk Today.

Each morning will feature a Golf Talk Today, where the crew will discuss various elements throughout the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf, and more.

Thursday’s July 4th round provided fireworks at the John Deere Classic.

There were 26 scores of 65 or lower, including four 63s, a 62, 61 and Hayden Springer’s historic 59.

By the end of Day 1, his four-shot lead went down to two after Sami Valimaki shot a 10-under 61.

TPC Deere Run saw 748 birdies and 26 eagles during Thursday’s round, which is quite a lot considering the birdie totals in the last six tournaments.

Total Birdies in the last 6 PGA Tour events

— Charles Schwab Challenge: 1,116 total; 323 in Rd. 1

— RBC Canadian Open: 1,473 total; 487 in Rd. 1

— The Memorial: 750 total; 230 in Rd. 1

— U.S. Open: 1,007 total; 302 in Rd. 1

— Travelers Championship: 1,248 total; 265 in Rd. 1

— Rocket Mortgage Classic: 1,803 total; 587 in Rd. 1

While there were only three full-field events, the number of birdies scored on Thursday at TPC Deere Run is more noticeable. It is the most scored this season through the 30 first rounds played.

The last time the Tour saw this amount of birdies or close to it in the first round this year was at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. There were 683 birdies in the first round and 1,980 total.

Back at the beginning of the season, the Cognizant Classic saw 1,613 total and 572 birdies on Thursday. Last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic was also up there with 587 after one day of play.

The John Deere Classic could have the most birdies scored in a tournament this season, especially if the conditions stay like they are.

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Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social platforms. You can also follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.

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Welcome to Playing Through’s morning ritual — Golf Talk Today.

Each morning will feature a Golf Talk Today, where the crew will discuss various elements throughout the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf, and more.

It is Championship Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai remained tied for the lead at 17-under. The 22-year-old remains the only player in the field without a bogey as he shot a 4-under 68 on Moving Day. Can Bhatia hold off this stacked leaderboard to go wire-to-wire and earn his third PGA Tour victory?

Eleven guys are within four shots of Bhatia and Rai, so anyone could pull off the win. Amateur golfer Luke Clanton from FSU shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to sit at 14-under. He could become the second amateur to win this season.

Min Woo Lee is also right there looking to take home his first PGA Tour victory. While Bhatia and Rai have been at the top of the leaderboard for most of the week, all it takes is one extremely low score to take home that first PGA Tour w

Brew a pot of coffee, grab some breakfast, and settle in as we get you ready for the fourth and final round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Rocket Mortgage Round 3 Tee Times (ET):

*all tee off on #1

7:40 a.m. — Ryan Fox, Taylor Pendrith

7:50 a.m. — Luke List, Chandler Phillips

8:00 a.m. — Taylor Montgomery, Davis Riley

8:10 a.m. — Callum Tarren, Nicholas Lindheim

8:20 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Zach Johnson

8:30 a.m. — Maverick McNealy, Blaine Hale Jr.

8:40 a.m. — Aaron Baddeley, Kevin Streelman

8:50 a.m. — Brandon Wu, Matti Schmid

9:00 a.m. — Pierceson Coody, Ryan Moore

9:15 a.m. — Nico Echavarria, Mark Hubbard

9:25 a.m. — Robby Shelton, Nicolas Højgaard

9:35 a.m. — Ben Griffin, Nate Lashley

9:45 a.m. — Vince Whaley, Matt Kuchar

9:55 a.m. — Kevin Yu, Ben James (a)

10:05 a.m. — Joe Highsmith, Wesley Bryan

10:15 a.m. — Patrick Fishburn, Chris Gotterup

10:25 a.m. — Ryan McCormic, Carl Yuan

10:40 a.m. — Bud Cauley, Nick Hardy

10:50 a.m. — Ryo Hisatsune, Jacob Bridgeman

11:00 a.m. — Hrry Hall, Roger Sloan

11:10 a.m. — Andrew Novak, Max Greyserman

11:20 a.m. — Patton Kizzire, Ben Kohles

11:30 a.m. — Michael Kim Beau Hossler

11:40 a.m. — rico Hoey, Chris Kirk

11:55 a.m. — Jake Knapp, Justin Lower

12:05 p.m. — Neal Shipley, Jhottan Vegas

12:15 p.m. — Taylore Moore, J.J. Spaun

12:25 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, Dylan Wu

12:35 p.m. — Hayden Springer, Eric Cole

12:45 p.m. — David Skinns, Hayden Buckley

12:55 p.m. —‚ Troy Merrit, Ben SIlverman

1:10 p.m. — Nick Dunlap, Patrick Rodgers

1:20 p.m. — Joel Dahmen, Davis Thompson

1:30 p.m. — Luke Clanton (a), Min Woo Lee

1:40 p.m. — Sam Stevens, Erik van Rooyen

1:50 p.m — Cam Davis, Cameron Young

2:00 p.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Aaron Rai

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Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, be sure to follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social platforms. You can also follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.