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Stanley (64) takes early lead at Tour Championship

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The final event of the season is off and running, but there's a surprising name at the top of the leaderboard. Here's how things look after the first round of the Tour Championship, where Kyle Stanley holds a two-shot lead:

What it means: Spieth started the week as the top seed, and the top five players in the season-long points race will win the FedExCup with a tournament victory. But the top spot after Round 1 belongs to Stanley, whose win at the Quicken Loans National in June was his first since 2012 and who started the week at No.