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PGA Tour Championship 2022: What the 36-Hole Leaderboard Would Look Like Without the Starting Strokes Format

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Published 26 Aug 2022

For the fourth consecutive year, the PGA Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club features the “starting strokes” format. Under this format, the top player in the FedEx Cup standings starts at 10-under, while those behind him begin with scores on a staggering scale.

The No. 2 player starts two shots back at 8-under, and it goes all the way down to even par, where the final five players begin their week.

This year’s top seed, Scottie Scheffler , was running away with the Tour Championship before some tee trouble near the end of his second round closed the gap. Xander Schauffele continued his brilliance at East Lake with a second-round 63, closing out with an eagle, and is just two strokes back heading into the final 36 holes.

So what would the leaderboard look like had everyone started on equal ground? Spoiler alert: Scottie Scheffler wouldn’t be at the top and wouldn’t even be in the final pairing.

What the actual PGA Tour Championship 36-hole leaderboard looks like

Here’s what the actual leaderboard at the 2022 Tour Championship looks like at the halfway point.

• Scottie Scheffler: -19
• Xander Schauffele: -17
• Jon Rahm: -13
• Patrick Cantlay: -12
• Sungjae Im: -12
• Joaquin Niemann: -11
• Rory McIlroy: -10
• Max Homa: -9
• Tom Hoge: -9
• Cameron Young: -9
• Aaron Wise: -8
• Sepp Straka: -8
• Justin Thomas: -8
• Matt Fitzpatrick: -8
• Tony Finau: -6
• Hideki Matsuyama: -6
• Collin Morikawa: -6
• Jordan Spieth: -6
• J.T. Poston: -6
• Cameron Smith: -6
• Viktor Hovland: -3
• Brian Harman: -3
• Billy Horschel: -3
• Adam Scott: -2
• Sam Burns: -2
• Corey Conners: -1
• K.H. Lee: E
• Scott Stallings: +1
• Sahith Theegala: +3

What it would look like without the starting strokes format

A sensational approach from 231 yards out sets up Xander Schauffele for an eagle, completing his second-round 63 while cutting the deficit to just two strokes. 📺: Golf Channel and @peacockTV 💻: https://t.co/qCMRFylrYZ pic.twitter.com/Qb0u1txdm6 — Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) August 26, 2022

And here’s what the 36-hole leaderboard at the 2022 Tour Championship would look like without the starting strokes format.

• Xander Schauffele: -11
• Jon Rahm: -10
• Scottie Scheffler: -9
• Joaquin Niemann: -9
• Sungjae Im: -8
• Tom Hoge: -8
• Max Homa: -7
• Rory McIlroy: -6
• Cameron Young: -6
• Justin Thomas: -5
• Matt Fitzpatrick: -5
• Collin Morikawa: -5
• Patrick Cantlay: -4
• Sepp Straka: -4
• Hideki Matsuyama: -4
• Jordan Spieth: -4
• Tony Finau: -2
• Cameron Smith: -2
• Brian Harman: -2
• Billy Horschel: -2
• Viktor Hovland: -1
• Corey Conners: E
• Sam Burns: +3
• Scott Stallings: +4

Stats courtesy of  PGATour.com

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Who's in, who's out at the 2023 Tour Championship: All 30 qualifiers and where they start at East Lake

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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — For all the jockeying for position over 72 holes at Olympia Fields Country Club, for all the drama as players moved in and out of the top 30 in the FedEx Cup points standings, only one player—Matt Fitzpatrick—was able to play his way into the Tour Championship on Sunday.

Fitzpatrick had hoped for more, of course, after beginning the final round of the BMW Championship tied atop the leaderboard with World No 1 Scottie Scheffler. He matched Scheffler with a closing four-under 66, but the Englishman couldn’t counter the magnificent charge of Viktor Hovland , who fired a course-record 61. Fitzpatrick had to settle for joint second place with Scheffler at 15-under 265. Nevertheless, the former U.S. Open winner moved up 30 spots and heads to East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta in 10th place in the standings.

“Yeah, played great. Can't do anything about 61,” the Englishman said. “For me, just really pleased again that I played really well final round in contention with world No. 1, and I didn't lose it. Someone else came from behind and won it. I feel like my game is definitely in better shape than it was, and yeah, looking forward to getting to next week and working on it some more, and hopefully still progressing.”

With a move up, one player had to be pushed out, and that was Atlanta native Chris Kirk, who suffered a miserable finish with bogeys on three of his last six holes, including the 18th. Kirk, winner for the first time in eight years at the Honda Classic in March, dropped from 29th to 33rd after a closing one-over 71.

“I’m not sure how I feel about it. I hit two of the best shots [approaches] of the day the last two holes and went par, bogey,” said Kirk after finishing T-29 at two-under 278. “I’d like to have one more week, but I feel like I’ve had enough golf for the next couple of months.”

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Scheffler’s only consolation on the day was overtaking Jon Rahm for the top spot at East Lake, the first time in FedEx Cup playoff history that a player enters the Tour Championship with the lead in back-to-back years. He’ll start the tournament at 10 under par and with a two-stroke advantage over Hovland.

Rory McIlroy, the defending champion and the only three-time winner of the FedEx Cup, will start third and three shots behind Scheffler at seven under in the staggered-start format. He was seventh a year ago and six shots behind Scheffler before a final-day rally.

“I'm playing great tee to green, the best I've played in a long time,” McIlroy said after finishing fourth with a closing 66 on the North Course while paired with Hovland. “Going to have to drive the ball probably a little straighter, but I felt like I found something on the back nine there today to go into next week. but overall I'm in a really good position going into next week, so excited for it.”

Matt Fitzpatrick was the only golfer to play his way into the Tour Championship this week at the BMW Championship, moving from 40th to 10th place in the FedEx Cup standings with his T-2 finish at Olympia Fields.

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Rounding out the top five in the FedEx Cup standings are Rahm, who will start at six under par, and Lucas Glover, who begins at five under. Fitzpatrick is in a group with five others who will be staked to a score of four under par.

No fewer than six players were in the hunt for the final few berths in the playoff finale, with Sepp Straka perhaps coming up with the most clutch performance, carding a 66 despite a bogey on the 72nd hole. His two-over 282 left him T-37, but he stayed inside the bubble for the playoff finale in 30th place.

“You watch it, but ultimately it doesn't really matter because most of it's out of your control anyway,” said the 30-year-old Austrian native, who had booked two flights out of Chicago, one to Atlanta and one going on home to Birmingham, Ala. “You've just got to try to play a good round of golf and see where you end up.”

Straka, Jordan Spieth and Emiliano Grillo began the week inside the top 30 but found themselves projected outside the top 30 after 54 holes only to bounce back to the plus side on Sunday.

Grillo carded a 67, enough to finish T-31 at even-par 280 and qualified in 27th position. Despite bogeys on his final two holes, Spieth advanced. He had dropped as far down as 32 in the projections when he signed for a 71 before getting help from 2018 FedEx Cup champion Justin Rose and Denny McCarthy, who were inside the number as the final round began but couldn't keep it. Spieth finished T-34 at one-over 281.

Sahith Theegala also figured in the matrix of things, giving himself hope with three straight birdies starting at the par-5 15th, bit then the second-year tour player bogeyed the last for a 67 and 274 total, tied for 15th, which left him in that agonizing 31st position, nine points behind Straka.

Rose had played his way in from 34th at the outset of the week with middle rounds of 65 and 68 and then fell away with 73-276, placing T-22. McCarthy was projected in at No. 30 when his final round began, but his even-par 70 wasn’t enough to keep it, ending up 33rd with his T-10 finish at 273.

Here's the field for East Lake and where they’ll all start on Thursday.

Scottie Scheffler (-10)

Viktor Hovland (-8)

Rory McIlroy (-7)

Jon Rahm (-6)

Lucas Glover (-5)

Max Homa (-4)

Patrick Cantlay (-4)

Brian Harman (-4)

Wyndham Clark (-4)

Matt Fitzpatrick (-4)

Tommy Fleetwood (-3)

Russell Henley (-3)

Keegan Bradley (-3)

Rickie Fowler (-3)

Xander Schauffele (-3)

Tom Kim (-2)

Sungjae Im (-2)

Tony Finau (-2)

Corey Conners (-2)

Si Woo Kim (-2)

Taylor Moore (-1)

Nick Taylor (-1)

Adam Schenk (-1)

Collin Morikawa (-1)

Jason Day (-1)

Sam Burns (E)

Emiliano Grillo (E)

Tyrrell Hatton (E)

Jordan Spieth (E)

Sepp Straka (E)

FedEx Cup payouts

How much each player will make based on their finish at the Tour Championship:

1. $18,000,000

2. $6,500,000

3. $5,000,000

4. $4,000,000

5. $3,000,000

6. $2,500,000

7. $2,000,000

8. $1,500,000

9. $1,250,000

10. $1,000,000

11. $950,000

12. $900,000

13. $850,000

14. $800,000

15. $760,000

16. $720,000

17. $700,000

18. $680,000

19. $660,000

20. $640,000

21. $620,000

22. $600,000

23. $580,000

24. $565,000

25. $550,000

26. $540,000

27. $530,000

28. $520,000

29. $510,000

30. $500,000

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TOUR Championship leaderboard without starting strokes after two rounds

By cody williams | aug 26, 2023.

We're set for some drama at East Lake Golf Club this week at the TOUR Championship on the weekend.

Collin Morikawa, who started nine strokes back of Scottie Scheffler in the starting strokes for the PGA Tour 's playoff finale, has gone gangbusters around the famed Atlanta property over the first two rounds to take a share of the lead into the final two rounds. He's not alone, though, as he has hefty competition from BMW Championship winner Viktor Hovland, who is tied atop the TOUR Championship leaderboard with his peer.

Right behind that duo at 16-under is Scheffler in third at 14-under with Keegan Bradley at 14-under and a group of heavy-hitters right behind them all.

Round 2 leaderboard @TOURChamp 🏌️‍♂️ 1. Viktor Hovland (-16) 1. Collin Morikawa 3. Scottie Scheffler (-14) 4. Keegan Bradley (-13) 5. Xander Schauffele (-12) 5. Jon Rahm 7. Rory McIlroy (-10) 8. Wyndham Clark (-9) 8. Tyrrell Hatton 8. Matt Fitzpatrick — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 25, 2023

But with the starting strokes in play, some golf fans want to know simply what the leaderboard would look like without the staggered start -- commonly referred to as the shadow leaderboard. So let's take a look at that going into the weekend to see which players are dominating the competition this week and which players are resting heavily on their starting strokes at the TOUR Championship.

TOUR Championship leaderboard without starting strokes entering weekend

• 1. Collin Morikawa (-15)
• 2. Keegan Bradley (-10)
• T3. Tyrrell Hatton (-9)
• T3. Xander Schauffele (-9)
• T5. Sam Burns (-8)
• T5. Viktor Hovland (-8)
• 7. Adam Schenk (-7)
• 8. Jon Rahm (-6)
• T9. Matt Fitzpatrick (-5)
• T9. Wyndham Clark (-5)
• T11. Russell Henley (-4)
• T11. Scottie Scheffler (-4)
• T13. Sepp Straka (-3)
• T13. Tom Ki m (-3)
• T13. Jason Day (-3)
• T13. Patrick Cantlay (-3)
• T13. Rory McIlroy (-3)
• T13. Max Homa (-3)
• T19. Brian Harman (-2)
• T19. Tony Finau (-2)
• T19. Nick Taylor (-2)
• 22. Lucas Glover (-1)
• 23. Jordan Spieth (E)
• T24. Rickie Fowler (+1)
• T24. Corey Conners (+1)
• T24. Tommy Fleetwood (+1)
• T27. Si Woo Kim (+2)
• T27. Sungjae Im (+2)
• 29. Emiliano Grillo (+5)
• 30. Taylor Moore (+6)

It's no surprise that Morikawa is running away with this thing on the shadow leaderboard at East Lake. As mentioned, he started nine strokes back at 1-under for the TOUR Championship and has climbed up to the top of the leaderboard over the first 36 holes of the tournament. A similar plight is true of Bradley, who started at 3-under and is now in the mix.

Having said that, with how hot those guys have started this week, you have to wonder if that's sustainable over the final 72 holes of the tourament with a monster $18 million payout going to the winner of the FedEx Cup.

We will soon find out, but it's looking like we could be in for a thriller to end the PGA Tour season.

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Tour Championship Leaderboard And Final Round Live Updates - Hovland Wins FedEx Cup by Five Shots Over Schauffele

The 2022/23 PGA Tour season comes to a conclusion this evening at East Lake. Who will lift the FedEx Cup and take the $18m bonus?

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Viktor Hovland fought off a spirited fightback from Xander Schauffele to claim back-to-back victories and the FedEx Cup with a five-shot victory at the Tour Championship.

Starting the day six shots ahead, Hovland started fast, making four birdies in his first six holes either side of a rain delay but was unable to shake off the challenge of Schauffele.

The American, who has never finished below seventh in his six appearances so far at East Lake, also made four birdies in his first six holes and continued to battle away, at one point reducing Hovland's lead down to just three after three birdies in five holes around the turn.

As the rest of the field was left behind, the final pairing offered up something of a prelude for next month's Ryder Cup over the back nine, going blow for blow over the final holes.

The turning point would arrive on the 14th, where Hovland responded from a poor chip to drain a crucial par putt and retain his three-shot advantage. From there, the 25-year-old found three birdies in his final three holes to finish on -27, securing back-to-back wins alongside the $18m winner cheque.

After Schauffele on -22, Wyndham Clark was the next best back at -16. Solid final rounds from Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay saw the pair round out the top five at -14 and -13 respectively. World No.1 Scottie Scheffler finished at T6 on -11.

Relive all the action from the final round of the Tour Championship below:

TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD

• -27: HOVLAND
• -22: SCHAUFFELE
• -14: MCILROY 
• -13: CANTLAY

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Hello and welcome to Golf Monthly's live coverage of the final round of the Tour Championship. After a stellar round on Saturday, the tournament is really Viktor Hovland's to lose. Fresh of his victory last week, the Norwegian has a six-shot advantage at East Lake heading into the final round. 

It will take something special from the chasing pack to stop him. Will that happen? Tune in to find out...

FINAL ROUND TEE TIMES

We've got a few early starters out on the course, but here's a look at when the big contenders get underway for their final round.

Times listed in EDT (BST):

• 12.56pm (5.56pm) -  Adam Schenk, Rory McIlroy
• 1.07pm (6.07pm) -  Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay
• 1.18pm (6.18pm) -  Wyndham Clark, Jon Rahm
• 1.29pm (6.29pm) -  Keegan Bradley, Collin Morikawa
• 1.40pm (6.40pm) -  Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele

DIFFICULT EARLY SCORING

Scoring was tricky yesterday and the early signs from those already on the course is that we could be in for similarly tricky scorings.

14 players are out on the course but just two are under par currently for their rounds...

IS XANDER THE MAN TO CHASE DOWN HOVLAND?

If you could have picked someone charged with catching Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele may just be that person.

The American has five top-ten finishes and one victory at this course in his six appearances at the tournament. As well as that, he's yet to shoot over par at East Lake. 

Could he cause a shock here today? A reminder that Scottie Scheffler led by this exact amount heading into the final round last year...and ended up falling short to an electric round from Rory McIlroy.

BIG PAYDAY FOR THE WINNER

It's the biggest purse on the PGA Tour, so here's a quick reminder of the eye-watering sums of money that the top-ten players are set to take home today:

• 1 - $18,000,000
• 2 - $6,500,000
• 3 - $5,000,000
• 4 - $4,000,000
• 5 - $3,000,000
• 6 - $2,500,000
• 7 - $2,000,000
• 8 - $1,500,000
• 9 - $1,250,000
• 10 - $1,000,000

RYDER CUP PICKS TO PLAY FOR

Another strand to today's action is next month's Ryder Cup. Two names in the top five, in particular, will be looking to force the hand of US Captain Zach Johnson ahead of Marco Simone.

Collin Morikawa looks likely to get a captain's pick already but he'll be after one more big round just to make that sure.

The other is Keegan Bradley who it feels like is on the outside looking in at the minute. He's already won twice this season but may well need a big final-round showing at East Lake to make the case to Johnson for one of those six picks.

RORY MCILROY UNDERWAY

He's been struggling with a back injury all week has Rory and currently sits 11 shots back of the lead. He pulled off something magnificent this time last year but 11 shots feels even beyond his best.

He gets underway with Adam Schenk, finding the right rough with his first tee shot.

EARLY BOGEY FOR RORY

The Northern Irishman is blocked off by trees after his opening drive and can't reach the green in two. From the fairway he can't get up and down to save his par and he drops back to -8.

It's a lovely birdie, though, for his playing partner Schenk who moves into solo eighth at -10. What a season he is putting together. 

GLOVER AND HOMA INTO THE TOP TEN

A nice start for the American duo early into their final rounds. Two birdies for Glover, one for Max and the pair are both at T9 on -9.

OPENING BIRDIE FOR SCHEFFLER

Where was any of that yesterday, Scottie? The World No.1 was birdie-shy almost the entirety of Saturday but gets underway at the first on Sunday with a lovely iron approach.

He's got ten feet for birdie and this time makes no mistake. Up to -12 but plenty of work still to do. 

SCHENK HOLES OUT FROM THE FAIRWAY

Wow! What a start from Adam Schenk. It's rare that Rory McIlroy is overshadowed in a pairing but it's happening right now.

A birdie on the first is met by eagle on the third as he holes out from 137 yards on the fairway. Up to -12 and into a share of fifth for him.

He's still yet to win on the PGA Tour and that's probably unlikely to change today, but his breakthrough season continues to go from strength to strength.

6 years ago today, Adam received his PGA Tour card. Today, he is playing in the final round of the Tour Championship. I have a slew of words to share but I’ll spare you all: I’m wearing waterproof mascara today. pic.twitter.com/QuMdBmcJN7 August 27, 2023

LEADER UNDERWAY

A bit of drama before he starts as Viktor Hovland and his caddie appear to take a wrong turn and have to lightly jog to make the first tee on time.

All's well that ends well, though, as he finds the fairway with his drive. Schauffele, too, finds the short stuff as he looks to chase down the Norwegian. 

EARLY BIRDIES FLOWING

Well, I thought it might be similar to yesterday conditions-wise but perhaps not. Scheffler rolls in another birdie - his second of the round - to get to -13 and he's joined there by Adam Schenk whose marvellous front nine gets even better with a 31-foot birdie to move four under thru four.

Morikawa gets off and running with birdie at the first to move to -14 but Keegan Bradley doesn't appear to have got the memo as he makes an opening-hole bogey to drop back to -12.

HOVLAND MAKES AN EARLY MOVE

Just relentless golf from Viktor Hovland who pours in a 15-footer on the first for a birdie to move to -21. He's going to be difficult to catch if he keeps making birdies look as easy as that.

But credit to Schauffele. A beauty of an iron into the green for the American who also makes birdie to keep some sort of pressure on the leader. Up to -15 for him.

PLAY SUSPENDED

Well, not the news we were hoping for. Just as we were getting started, play has been suspended due to "inclement weather." Looks like storms are projected in the area but hopefully East Lake can avoid the worst of it.

The final round of the TOUR Championship was suspended at 1:57 p.m. ET due to inclement weather. August 27, 2023

Some thunder being picked up by the TV cameras. It looks like this delay could be a bit lengthier than anyone initially anticipated. 

Anyway, lets take the opportunity to look back on what golf we have seen so far today and the story right now is Adam Schenk. Five holes, three birdies, one eagle. Not bad. 

Here's a look at that eagle - a hole-out from the fairway:

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RAIN BEGINNING TO CLEAR

No news as of yet regards a restart but signs the rain and clouds appear to be slowing moving away from East Lake. 

There's not a lot of wind out on the course so it may take it's time but hopefully we aren't too far away from getting the golfers back on the course. 

OVER IN EUROPE...

A few signs of fans but still no signs of players so lets take another look back at some other action from today which happened in Europe at the Czech Masters on the DP World Tour.

If today is a big day for the likes of Bradley and Morikawa to force their way into a US captain's pick for the Ryder Cup, then it was no different over in Prague.

A host of big names such as Ludvig Aberg, Nicolai Hojgaard, Adrian Meronk, Yannik Paul and Bob MacIntyre were in contention as they looked to make their case to Luke Donald for a captain's pick onto Team Europe. 

Click here to find out how they got on.

PLAY TO RESUME AT 15:50 ET (20:50 BST)

Finally some good news and a time for the resumption of play. Given the length of the delay, the players are being allowed some time on the range first but it looks like we are looking at a 3:50pm ET restart. 

For the folks in the UK, that's 20:50pm so just over half an hour away.

Update from Atlanta: the range is opening at 3:15 and play expected to resume at 3:50 pm ET. August 27, 2023

PLAY TO RESUME - HOVLAND LEADS BY SIX

We're about 15 minutes away from play resuming so a small reminder of how things stand:

Hovland remains six shots ahead on -21 after a first-hole birdie but faces a putt to save his par on the second. His closest chaser, Schauffele, also made birdie on the first and has a look at birdie on 2 to move up to -15. 

Further back on -14 is Morikawa, while Schenk and Scheffler have each started excellently with the pair sat on -13 and -4 and -2 for their final rounds respectively so far.

PLAY BACK UNDERWAY

The horn goes and we're back just under two hours later! 

A big putt first up for Hovland to save his par on the second...right in the heart of it. No signs of rust from the Norwegian after the time waiting around. Schauffele pushes his birdie putt right off the hole and walks of for a par. 

There was a chance of a two-shot swing there but, in the end, it all remains the same. Hovland leads by six.

CLOSE SHAVE FOR SCHEFFLER

Scottie was getting hot before the weather interval and his iron's are dialled right out the gates with a nice approach into the fifth. From ten feet, though, he can't convert and he remains eight back at -13. 

SCHAUFFELE CUTS LEAD TO FIVE

He just loves this course, does Xander. Another sterling iron into the third green gives him a look at birdie and the American makes no mistake.

He's up to -16 and now just five back of Hovland after he misses his look at birdie. No cause for concern...yet.

SCHENK INTO THE TOP THREE

Not even the near two-hour rain delay has dampened Adam Schenk's spirits today as his magical front nine just keeps getting better. Another birdie pours into the hole at 6 and he's now -5 for his round, 14-under-par for the tournament and into a tie for third! 

BIRDIES FOR HOVLAND AND SCHAUFFELE

The rain from earlier may have made these greens slightly more receptive, and the final pair are putting that two the test. Schauffele's approach into the fourth is great. Hovland's is even better, almost threatening to slam dunk into the hole. 

It's two relatively short birdie efforts...and they both convert. We started the day with a few in contention but this is fast becoming a two horse race - Schauffele hunting down Hovland. 

Elsewhere, there is a bogey for Morikawa who drops back to -13 and leaves Schenk in solo third. That's a tasty payday if he can stay there.

KEEGAN BRADLEY DROPS BACK 

Not the round the American would have wanted to put together today. His second bogey of the day on the front nine and he's now two-over-par for his round and back at -11.

MORE PUTTING WOES FOR SCHEFFLER 

A couple of missed opportunities early in the round for the American and he's now in trouble on the seventh with his ball running through to the back of the green. It's a tricky two-putt but that becomes all the more difficult when the World No.1's first effort comes up way short before drifting down the slope and away from the hole.

In the end, it's a three-putt bogey and he's now ten back of Hovland at -12.

HOVLAND RESTORES SIX SHOT LEAD

It's difficult to put into words the level of ball striking Hovland is displaying right now. The greens are receptive, sure, but, he's got another great look at birdie after a sumptuous iron into the fifth. 

No problem for the Norwegian, who rolls it in for back-to-back birdies to get to -23. 

And the pressure tells on Schauffele who misses his birdie putt just prior. He's been great so far today as well but he's back to how he started the day - six back of the leader. 

PLENTY FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE

This truly has become a two-horse race now. A bogey for Rahm after finding the greenside bunker. A bogey for Morikawa after a short miss. And a bogey, too, for Schenk after a clumsy three putts.

Schauffele the only one standing, trying to chase down Hovland.

DOUBLE BOGEY FOR SCHEFFLER 

Well Scottie wasn't likely to win today but he's now just losing money quickly on these greens. 

The first putt on the eighth is tricky - slow at first before picking up speed - and Scheffler races it by. The par putt is missed...and so is the even shorter bogey putt. Double-bogey six and the World No. 10 is back to -10 where he started the tournament. 

MORE BIRDIES FOR HOVLAND AND SCHAUFFELE

The two players in the final group find the exact same greenside bunker left of the green with their approaches in. 

The rain we've had earlier in the day makes this a far less intimidating proposition for these two on the par-five sixth and they make no mistake, up and down for a pair of birdies and on they go, storming further ahead of the field. 

BOGEYS FOR SCHENK AND RAHM

Schauffele and Hovland look like they are playing a different course at the minute as more players drop shots around them. Rahm gets himself in trouble off the tee and can only hack out of the fairway bunker. In the end, he does well to just drop one shot. 

Schenk, too, drops one as he makes the turn after another three putt on the tenth. 

SCHAUFFELE BACK WITHIN FIVE

Everyone else has vacated from the chase but Xander Schauffele is going nowhere. An aggressive tee shot allows him a wedge into the green and he makes no mistake with the birdie putt. He's -5 thru eight holes and up to -19.

Hovland taps in for his part to remain at -24, but his lead now drops back to five.

MORIKAWA MAKES THE TURN WITH BIRDIE 

He's no longer fighting for the overall title, but there's plenty of money on offer for any of the players that can make a move up the leaderboard. After a quiet few holes, Morikawa bounces back with birdie on the par-three ninth to move alongside Clark on -13.

And he's joined back on 13-under-par by Adam Schenk who pours in another birdie from over 20 feet. He's back into a tie for third. 

HOVLAND SAVES PAR AS FINAL PAIR MAKE THE TURN 

Plenty of work to do for Hovland as his tee shot into the ninth comes up right at the bottom of a huge slope. It's 50ft long but with about 40ft worth of left-to-right break. 

The Norwegian gives it a good go but his effort comes up just short. It's a slightly testy downhiller for par...but he makes no mistake. Schauffele gives his putt a great roll but it just evades the hole. A great effort but the lead remains at five for Hovland. 

CLARK MAKING A MOVE

He wasn't particularly in contention at the start of the day but a three-under-par round has this year's US Open champion up into solo third at -14. 

That could be worth a few dollars if he can stay there come the end of play. 

DOUBLE BOGEY FOR SCHENK

Oooh, that's not ideal. Adam Schenk goes from bunker to bunker on the 14th before a costly three-putt leaves him with a double-bogey six! From a tie for fourth down into seventh at -11 for the American. 

SCHAUFFELE CUTS LEAD TO FOUR 

Xander is running out of holes but by no means giving up the chase. He hits a solid iron into the 11th but is under pressure as Hovland stuffs one in close.

No nerves from the American, though, as he gets the perfect roll on his right-to-left putt, sending it right into the heart of the cup for his eighth birdie of the day. He's up to -20 now.

Hovland with a chance to maintain his five-shot lead...but he can't. Perhaps the first signs of nerves from the Norwegian? Seven holes to go but his lead is now four. 

RORY MAKING A MOVE

Even a bad back can't deter the Northern Irishman. He loves it here at East Lake and is finishing in style here on Sunday. A divine tee shot into the 15th brings him his third birdie in four holes and up to T4 at -13.

Schenk, his playing partner, bounces back nicely after that double bogey with a birdie, too, while Clark further improves his position in third with another birdie to get to -15.

BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES FOR SCHAUFFELE, LEAD NOW JUST THREE

Hovland is in a small spot of bother off the 12th tee as his ball settles into the fairway bunker. Not to worry, he simply sticks it in close and gives himself another look at birdie. 

Schauffele ramps up the pressure with another stellar iron into the green just inside Hovland's effort. And the pressure tells.

Hovland's effort goes by while Schauffele's putt drops for another birdie. In an instant, the hole is now three. 

Some late drama perhaps?

BOGEYS FOR CLARK AND MCILROY 

These two spent the final day at LACC battling it out for the US Open a few months back and they deservedly have their names right up at the top of the leaderboard after a pair of fine seasons. 

They've both made nice moves today but now Clark and McIlroy falter somewhat with bogeys, moving them back to -14 and -12 respectively.

HOVLAND PAR KEEPS HIM THREE AHEAD

Problems off the tee for Schauffele who goes way left over the trees. He recovers nicely to make a par but it's advantage Hovland after he sticks one in close on 13.

It's a good roll...but just catches the lip and rolls by quite some distance! Not the tap-in he would have wanted but it's calmy negotiated by the Norwegian back up the slope to make par and remain three ahead. 

We're supposed to still have a month until the Ryder Cup but this feels like a proper Sunday matchplay singles classic. Hovland 3UP with five to play.

BIRDIE FOR RORY, BOGEY FOR COLLIN 

The two swap places with McIlroy moving into solo fourth after a bounce-back birdie on the penultimate hole. Morikawa, meanwhile, serves up a three-putt at just the wrong time to drop back to -12 and a tie for fifth alongside Cantlay.

Schenk was at -12 but he's now further back at -10 after his second double bogey in four holes at 17.

HUGE PAR SAVE FROM HOVLAND ON 14

The first real sign of emotion from Hovland all day as he lets out an almighty fist pump having saved par! His second shot came up short and the chip onto the green was poor, but the putt...nerveless.

He maintains his three-shot lead with Schauffele making par and that feels like a big moment in this closing stretch. 

What a putt!Viktor Hovland comes up clutch to save par @TOURChamp 💪He leads by 3 with 4 to play. pic.twitter.com/LGGFxLRAUb August 27, 2023

DOUBLE BOGEY FOR MORIKAWA 

The American isn't closing in style and a mistake out of the greenside bunker from the par-three 15th leads to a double bogey and three dropped shots in his last two holes. 

Three-over-par today. Not his finest golf. 

HOVLAND LEADS BY THREE WITH THREE TO PLAY

The par-three 15th next for the final pair and they both safely carry it beyond the flag to give themselves outside looks for birdie. 

Hovland is further away, and it's a big right-to-lefter which he nurses down to the hole nicely. A solid par for him. Schauffele needs to be aggressive and try steal one here...but it's on the wrong line right from the start. 

No harm with a par but he's only got three holes left now and still trails by three. 

MCILROY IN THE CLUBHOUSE

Rory ends with a birdie on the par-five last to get up to -14 for the tournament and safely inside the top-five after a four-under-par 66. That's a great performance given the problems with his back that plagued his first two rounds. 

A great end to another remarkably consistent season for him. His playing partner, Schenk misses out on a birdie and currently sits at T8 which also represents a fantastic season for the up-and-coming American.

Rory McIlroy: 10 consecutive top-10 finishes, the longest streak of his PGA Tour career August 27, 2023

HOVLAND MAKES BIRDIE TO GO FOUR AHEAD WITH TWO REMAINING

What a couple of holes from Viktor Hovland. A huge par save on the previous hole is followed by a superb iron shot into the 16th green to give him a great look at birdie.

Schauffele has a go for birdie before that but his effort comes up short and Hovland takes full advantage, rolling his 10-foot putt down the slope and into the cup for his first birdie of the back nine to move to -25.

He now leads by four with two left and that, should be that.

BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES AS HOVLAND EXTENDS LEAD TO FIVE

Simply relentless. It looked at one stage that this might go right down to the wire. 

Not any more. 

Hovland rolls in another birdie on the 17th and now, he heads the 18th tee with almost the same size lead as he started the day with. Schauffele sees his effort roll past and he settles for a par. 

He's played his part and made this final round a real test for the Norwegian, but the task was just too much and he's ran out of steam on these final holes. 

UP THE LAST THEY GO...

Safely on the fairway for Hovland on the par-five 18th and he can now enjoy this final work. His work is done and he will surely be your 2023 FedEx Cup champion.

VIKTOR HOVLAND WINS THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP!

Schauffele second comes up short of the green but it's a lovely up and down to find yet another birdie. A final-round 62 is some achievement and he's pushed Hovland all the way today.

The Norwegian's second shot also comes up short, rolling back into the sand. Can he get up and down for a final birdie?

You bet he can. Remarkable golf from Hovland who himself shots a seven-under-par 63 to win the Tour Championship by five shots and claim the FedEx Cup for the first time! 

Viktor Hovland is the 2023 #FedExCup champion!This win @TOURChamp is his third victory of the season 🏆 pic.twitter.com/GRuHFLzDqT August 27, 2023

Simply remarkable golf from Hovland today. We saw last year from Scottie Scheffler how tricky it can be to close out these tournaments but the Norwegian was simply faultless and refused to take a backwards step.

A lot of credit, too, must go to Xander Schauffele who continues his magnificent record here with a final-round 62. He fell five shots short in the end but it felt and was a lot closer than that for large parts of the final round.

THANKS FOR TUNING IN!

Well, what a way to end the season. I didn't expect as entertaining a final round as that but thanks to Schauffele and Hovland we were treated to a real thriller.

Thanks for tuning in, until next time!

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2024 BMW Championship leaderboard, scores: Adam Scott grabs Round 2 lead, moves up FedExCup Playoff standings

Scott shot a course-record 63 on friday to take the lead from keegan bradley.

The oldest man in the field and one of the few to have teed it up at Castle Pines before this week leads halfway through the 2024 BMW Championship. Amid a testy day in Colorado, Adam Scott surged up the leaderboard thanks to a bogey-free 9-under 63 to reach 13 under for the tournament.

Scott's 63 was good for a course record at Castle Pines — which Ludvig Åberg matched it in the afternoon — and represents the 44-year-old's lowest round on the PGA Tour since the final round of the 2023 Wyndham Championship. Most importantly, it puts him three clear of his nearest competitor, first-round leader Keegan Bradley, at 10 under.

"I think it's hard to get a lot better in your 40s, and there are a lot of 20-year-olds getting better. I just think there are probably a lot of 40 plus guys dropping off the Tour," Scott said. "There are a lot of mid 20s coming on the Tour taking their place. Whether it's just life or whether it's physical at this age or mental, it's hard to keep pace with what the younger guys are doing, from hitting the ball at a speed that's competitive to practicing enough to having the motivation and the drive to do it. I think it's harder for the older guys."

In a field that features Akshay Bhatia and Nick Dunlap who were not even born when Scott made his professional debut, the veteran is showing the kids how it is done. Wielding the broomstick effectively on Friday, Scott searches for his first win since the 2020 Genesis Invitational and a potential path not only to the FedEx Cup final but to his first FedEx Cup crown.

Should the Australian convert his 36-hole lead into his 15th PGA Tour victory, Scott would enter the Tour Championship ranked fourth in the FedEx Cup and start at 6 under just four off the pace of the leader. Freed up after securing his place inside the top 50 and in the signature events for 2025, the former world No. 1 is playing like it.

"It's a big deal for anybody to make it through to the top 50 on Tour, and I think that was a relief last week," Scott said. "I have to say playing the last -- the back nine last week was quite stressful. I knew I was a shot here or there from being in or out, and getting through that was good. I felt like I've been kind of a bubble boy all year for things, and now it doesn't really matter. It's more about getting out there and playing. My game is in a good place, and that freedom is helpful."

Scott will need to continue to play with that sense of abandonment over the weekend with Bradley and a youngster like Åberg breathing down his neck from four adrift. World No. 1 and FedEx Cup No. 1 Scottie Scheffler struggled for the second straight day while Xander Schauffele shriveled on the back nine and may have kissed his tournament chances goodbye.

1. Adam Scott (-13)

Scott hit 11 fairways and 15 greens, but it was the broomstick which brushed him past the rest Friday. Converting six birdie attempts from outside 10 feet including makes from 15 feet, 17 feet and 28 feet, the Australian could do no wrong with his putter in hand. Despite a big dip on the greens in the middle of his career, that has become the norm for Scott while the struggles appear mainly on approach. That is the area of his game to keep an eye on over the weekend.

"I putt well all the time. I don't ever putt bad, actually," Scott said. "It's really my iron play has been atrocious for two years, and that's why I've been moving stuff around, because I figured if I leave it the same, I'll keep getting atrocious. But before the Scottish, we managed to really, like, sort my irons out, in what I'm using to shaft to grip to lofts to lie angles and club, the whole thing, complete working over, and as soon as we did that, it started feeling better."

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2. Keegan Bradley (-10) 3. Ludvig Åberg (-9) 4. Alex Noren (-8) 5. Taylor Pendrith (-7) T6. Sungjae Im, Corey Conners (-6) T8. Patrick Cantlay, Si Woo Kim (-5) T10. Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Akshay Bhatia, Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge (-4)

The leaderboard is spread thin as those in a share of ninth place are currently nine off the pace. Of those closer to Scott, Åberg is the one which drives the most conversation. The young Swede hasn't looked the same since blowing the 54-hole lead at the Scottish Open — which coincidentally Scott nearly won — but got back on the right track today thanks to some sensational approach play and cleaning up of the mistakes. Åberg's opening 72 featured seven birdies, three bogeys and two double bogeys. His second-round 64 consisted of eight birdies, an eagle and a bogey. More of that over the weekend, and he'll give Scott everything he can handle.

Implications of Hideki Matsuyama's withdrawal

After opening with a 5-under 67, Matsuyama withdrew from the tournament due to a lower back injury. Entering the week third in the FedEx Cup, Matsuyama had a chance to climb into the second spot and inch even closer to the 10-under starting point at the Tour Championship. While the bad news is that he will receive zero FedEx Cup points, the good news is it doesn't look like he'll lose any ground as those closest behind him are well off the pace of Scott.  

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2024 bmw championship updated odds and picks.

• Adam Scott: 8/5
• Ludvig Åberg: 3-1
• Keegan Bradley: 11/2
• Alex Noren: 16-1
• Taylor Pendrith: 22-1
• Patrick Cantlay: 22-1
• Corey Conners: 25-1
• Sungjae Im: 25-1

There's one man on this list who has won on the PGA Tour this season and that is Pendrith. The long-hitting Canadian was stellar on Friday with a 7-under 65 and ranks inside the top 10 in this field in terms of approach play and putting which should allow him to make up a five-stroke deficit over the next 36 holes. He'll need to find more fairways, but at 22-1 that's a risk I am willing to take.

Keegan comin'

Keegan Bradley just missed a birdie chance on the par-3 16th, but he will have a chance on the next to inch closer to Adam Scott. He has been great today remaining bogey-free and tacking on five birdies including one on the par-4 15th. He stands two back at 11 under.

Schauffele struggling

This is not the back nine I envisioned for the world no. 2. After getting to 6 under early in his round, he is now 3 under after back-to-back bogeys. Some sloppy wedge play bit him on No. 15 before a loose iron shot on No. 16. He will need to grab a circle on the par-5 17th to bring this round back.

Ludvig looks to inch closer

No one has gotten to within four of Adam Scott this afternoon, but Ludvig Aberg is looking to change that. Coming off an eagle to get to 8 under for the round and for the tournament, the young Swede seeks to grab a couple more coming in. Ludvig hasn't looked quite as sharp since the Scottish Open, but he is once again showing when he's on, he's one of the best to watch.

What is happening at Castle Pines?

Scottie showing visible frustration, ludvig turns in 4 under.

After an up-and-down first round, Ludvig Aberg is on the up and up in his second round. After a nice save on the par-4 9th, Aberg turns in 4 under and is inside the top 10 of the leaderboard. He will look to post a similar back-nine score and push towards Adam Scott's five-stroke lead at 13 under.

Adam Scott signs for 9-under 63

That was a thing of beauty. Adam Scott gets around Castle Pines with nine birdies and nine pars and gets to 13 under for the tournament which is currently good for a five-stroke lead. Of his nine birdies, Scott made six from outside 10 feet including putts made from 17 feet, 28 feet and 15 feet. He gained more than four strokes on the greens while hitting 15 greens in regulation. Lethal combination.

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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Keegan Bradley went from a bundle of nerves waiting to see if he would advance in the PGA Tour postseason to a blissful day of birdies in mile-high air Thursday that led to a 6-under 66 and the lead in the BMW Championship.

Bradley, the newly appointed U.S. Ryder Cup captain, was the last man to get in the 50-man field at Castle Pines and he had to sweat it out Sunday. He was in his hotel room with the TV going, the FedExCup standings on another screen and his phone buzzing.

“One of the toughest afternoons of my PGA Tour career,” Bradley said. “It was really brutal. It’s such a relief to be here. I just felt a lot calmer today. But I played really, really well.”

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It showed on a course that could dole out punishment without a moment’s notice. Bradley missed only two fairways and two greens, took advantage of the par 5s and made it look relatively easy on the 8,130-yard course, the longest in PGA Tour history.

The opening round was halted for just over three hours because of thunderstorms, a common occurrence in the late afternoon when The International was held at Castle Pines during its two decades on the PGA Tour schedule.

Hideki Matsuyama, the winner in the playoff opener last week, was at 5 under when play was stopped. He returned to his approach on the 18th to 2 feet. He missed the birdie putt and had to settle for a 67.

Rory McIlroy was just settling over a 20-foot par putt on the 18th when he heard the horn to stop play, smiled and marked his ball. Three hours and two putts later, he had a 70.

Adam Scott, among two players who were at Castle Pines during its two-decade run on the PGA Tour, made a long par-saving putt on the 18th for a 68 and was joined by Sungjae Im, Alex Noren and Corey Conners.

Double major winner Xander Schauffele opened with a 69 while playing alongside Scottie Scheffler, who worked through some mild soreness in his back for a 71. Scheffler is assured of being the No. 1 seed at the Tour Championship next week unless Schauffele were to win.

It’s all about numbers at Castle Pines, and that’s not just the math required to figure out how far the ball is going in elevation at 6,300 feet above sea level. The simple math is take 10% off the yardage, simple enough except when a pond is guarding the front of the green.

The other number is 30, the players who advance to East Lake next week to compete for the $25 million FedExCup title. The higher the seed, the better the chance.

Bradley had reason to think he could join them the way he played, even with three rounds to go. The key was getting to the BMW Championship, which allows him to plan a schedule that will put him in the same place as players aspiring to be on the Ryder Cup team.

“I want to be out there with the guys on the Ryder Cup team,” he said. “I want to be playing with them, on the range with them, in the locker room, in the tournament. It was really important for me to be in this top 50.”

It was a good start for Noren, who has never been to the Tour Championship and is No. 45 in the FedEx Cup. Ditto for Scott at No. 41.

The Australian’s experience at Castle Pines is a little overrated. Scott was a 20-year-old who received a sponsor exemption in 2000 to play his first regular PGA Tour event. He remembered a few of the holes, the elevation changes, the tough walk and the beauty.

“I remember being around all the players that I’d looked up to my entire childhood and feeling really not prepared for it, to be perfectly honest,” he said. “But it gave me inspiration to get better and work on my game and make sure I’m good enough to be out here.”

Scheffler stretched his neck to the side a few times, but then on the 17th he appeared to grab his lower back on a long iron shot to the par 5. His last two full shots looked fine, as did so much of the rest of his round. Scheffler said it was nothing to be alarmed about.

“I woke up just a little sore this morning. I had trouble kind of loosening it up,” he said. “I was laboring most of the day to get through the ball. On 17, I was trying to hit a high draw, and that’s a shot where I’ve really got to use a big turn, big motion. Really just felt it a little bit. But other than that, all good.”

Scheffler had a neck issue at The Players Championship and nearly withdrew in the middle of the second round. Two days later, he rallied from five shots behind to win. And the he won the Masters three weeks later.

“He was stiff at the Masters, at The Players and had to get worked on all those times,” Schauffele said. “I guess it’s a bad sign for everyone else.”

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Xander Schauffele shot the best score of the Tour Championship, but DJ 'deserved' victory

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Tuesday 8 September 2020 09:09, UK

Xander Schauffele was three shots better than the field at the Tour Championship, but he insisted that Dustin Johnson was a deserving winner of the FedExCup.

Under the staggered-start format introduced for the PGA Tour season finale last year, Schauffele started the tournament seven shots behind Johnson on three under par, and although he fired the best score of the 30 competitors at East Lake, he had to settle for a share of second place with Justin Thomas.

Schauffele was 15 under par for the 72 holes in Atlanta which would have earned him a three-shot win over Scottie Scheffler under normal scoring circumstances, with Johnson 11 under par for the week along with Thomas.

But Johnson's head start proved crucial to the outcome as he capped a superb run of form in his last four starts, with two wins and two runner-up finishes, and Schauffele believes the world No 1 was a worthy winner of the $15m FedExCup jackpot.

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"DJ deserves to win," said Schauffele after a closing 66 saw him finish on 18 under, three behind the champion. "He won the first one, tied first in the second, and I don't know where he finished here, but he obviously is playing great golf, and I think that's what the Play-Offs are all about.

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Johnson bogeyed eight and nine and then holed from seven feet to scramble a par at nine before Schauffele pulled within two shots of the leader with back-to-back birdies at the 11th and 12th and, although he bogeyed the 13th, Johnson also looked certain to drop at least one shot until his bold 20-foot putt for par hit the back of the cup and dropped.

"He had two bogeys in a row there, and he made a really important par putt on nine, which isn't surprising," Schauffele added. "I just wasn't able to put enough pressure on him. I birdied 11 and 12, and then I bogeyed 13 and then he parred.

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"That was a big swing. He's here to win the tournament. He made that putt, which I didn't. That was a pinnacle moment I think."

Thomas also paid tribute to the champion for working hard to overcome the putting problems he endured at The Memorial in July, when Johnson failed to break 80 twice just three weeks after winning the Travelers Championship.

"The thing about DJ is you never know," said Thomas, who matched Schauffele's closing 66. "I give him hats off. I don't know if he'll talk about it, but I played with him at the Memorial and I've never seen him as lost, anywhere remotely close to that lost.

"He was grinding his ass off, and he was putting so bad and playing so bad. But he never gave up. He wasn't quitting. He was just trying to find it out there and he couldn't find it again the next week, and then next thing you know, what, two months later he's the FedExCup champion and running away.

"I think that's all you need to know about golf right there."

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Ludvig Åberg matches BMW Championship leader Adam Scott with masterful 63

Ludvig Åberg soared up the leaderboard with a 63 of his own, matching the course record Adam Scott set earlier in the day.

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Adam Scott set the course record earlier in the day at the BMW Championship , and young Swedish phenom Ludvig Åberg matched it in the afternoon.

The Ryder Cup star shot a 9-under 63 during the afternoon wave to soar up the leaderboard by more than 20 places. Having carded an even-par 72 on Thursday, Åberg now sits at 9-under at the midway point.

“The course is gettable. Felt like I was hitting it well,” Åberg said.

“I was hitting a lot of fairways, and then you can be quite aggressive into the greens.”

A nearly three-hour rain delay halted play towards the end of Thursday’s opening round, thus setting up a softer golf course on Friday. Åberg, like Scott, took advantage of the benign conditions, making eight birdies and an eagle to vault into contention. But unlike Scott, Åberg made a lone bogey at the par-3 4th.

Still, Åberg had a feeling a low score was out there.

“It was funny, me and [my caddie] Joe [Skovron], walking down one of the first couple of holes. We talked about it yesterday, too, that we could see a low one, and we were just fortunate that it was us today,” Åberg said.

“It’s fun to play good golf. I will keep being aggressive even though I shot even par yesterday. I was still very aggressive, which I like. But I will keep doing that and try to keep up and make a few birdies to catch Adam.”

Åberg sits four shots behind Scott with 36 holes remaining.

“Adam, for me, is an inspiration,” Åberg added.

“He’s been out here for a long time, and what he’s doing with that longevity is amazing. I look up to him a lot. It’ll be fun to try to catch him this weekend.”

Even though Scott leads by four strokes, Åberg has made 15 birdies this week, leading the field. But two double bogies during his opening round on Thursday set him back a bit. Still, the young Swede has a chance. If he keeps the pedal to the metal, he will have as good a chance of catching the Aussie as any.

Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.

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Keegan Bradley goes from last man in to top of the leaderboard, Scheffler tweaks his back among 5 things to know at 2024 BMW Championship

C ASTLE ROCK, Colo. — The PGA Tour returned to the Rocky Mountains for the first time in more than a decade. Playing at an elevation of more than 6,300 feet and dealing with the altitude was a hot topic of conversation as players tried to figure out how to adjust to the thin air.

"I think the highlight (of the day) was hitting it 430 down the 10th," said Adam Scott.

Castle Pines Golf Club had been a fixture on the Tour for 21 years before bowing out at the start of the FedEx Cup era in 2007. Jack Nicklaus re-designed the course for the pros latest visit, stretching it to 8,130 yards. Justin Thomas, speaking on Sirius/XM PGA Tour Radio described Castles Pines as "if Shadow Creek and Caves Valley had a baby."

On Thursday, Keegan Bradley, the last man in the field at No. 50, shot to the top of the leaderboard with an opening-round 66 before play was suspended due to lightning in the area. It would be his 11th lead or co-lead after the first round, and he's 0-for-10 in holding on to those previous leads, including at the 2022 BMW. Here are five things to know from the opening round of the BMW Championship.

The last in shall be first

The last man into the 50-man field at the BMW Championship is at the top of the leaderboard after the opening round.

Keegan Bradley drilled his second shot at 18 from 176 yards to 10 feet and rolled in the birdie putt to shoot 6-under 66 at Castle Pines Golf Club and take a two-stroke clubhouse lead at the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs. Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who won last week, stood one stroke behind and playing 18 when play was suspended at 5:33 p.m. ET due to lightning in the area.

Bradley, who was named the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain in July , struggled last week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, finishing T-59, and dropped from 39 th  place in the season-long race to a precarious position straddling the No. 50 cutoff and that was changing by the minute. After he completed his round in Memphis, he went back to his room and sweated it out seeing whether he’d advance to the second of three playoff events or go home and hang with his two kids.

“I had the FedEx Cup standings, the coverage on, the featured holes, my phone. I had it all going,” said Bradley, who ended up as the ‘Bubble Boy’ at No. 50. “Sunday afternoon was one of the toughest afternoons of my PGA Tour career. It was really brutal. It's such a relief to be here. I just felt a lot calmer today.”

It showed as he made six birdies and no bogeys, and holed a 10-foot par putt at No. 7 to keep his momentum going. He is projected to improve from bubble boy status to No. 4 heading into the FedEx finale. This week the new cut off is to make the top 30 and advance to the Tour Championship at East Lake, where the winner will earn $25 million in bonus money. Despite the pressure to crack the top 30, Bradley said he and his caddie talked about going about their normal routine and not force things.

“Try to birdie any hole I can,” Bradley said. “That was the plan.”

Scheffler tweaks his back

It’s never good to see a professional golfer reaching for their lower back after hitting a shot and it’s even worse when that golfer is the world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler , who is trying to win the FedEx Cup for the first time and cap off a spectacular season.

But on the 17 th  hole, Scheffler hit his second shot and touched his lower back with his left hand.

Scheffler finished with a couple of pars and posted three birdies and two bogeys for an opening-round 1-under 71. Afterwards, Scheffler downplayed any potential injury, saying, “it's fine.”

Scheffler did concede that he woke up with a sore back and had trouble loosening it up. 

“It was hard for me to get through it and I was laboring most of the day to get through the ball,” he explained. “On 17 I was trying to hit a high draw, and that's a shot where I've really got to use a big turn, big motion.” 

Asked to elaborate on what happened, he said, “Maybe I hit a few too many balls yesterday or something. It was just a little sore. I'm sure I'll get some ice on it and stuff and I'll be totally fine tomorrow.”

Would he be seeking any special treatment? “Just normal routine. Just like always,” he said.

Scheffler was paired on Thursday with Xander Schauffele, who is second in the FedEx Cup and shot 69 to best Scheffler, the FedEx Cup leader, by two strokes. 

Schauffele said he noticed that Scheffler was stiff when he tried to turn his head but joked that it may be a bigger problem for the field than for Scheffler, noting that he needed treatment on his neck at the Players Championship and elsewhere when he won. “I guess it's a bad sign for everyone else,” he said.

Scott returns 24 years later

Adam Scott was among the pack that shared third after carding 4-under 68s. Scott made his Tour debut at Castle Pines at the International in 2000, a Tour event which was discontinued after 2006. Scott and Jason Day (2006) were the only two players in the field this week to play here before.

“To think about however many events it is that I've played now and been successful out here for a long time, it was inspiring at the time, and it's fun to come back to where it all began,” said Scott.

The 43-year-old Aussie enters the week at No. 41 in the FedEx Cup but when asked whether he knew where he needed to finish to make the top 30, he said, “Good. I mean, I don't know. It moves around so much. Top 5 is kind of the goal, obviously. I think a top 5 would do it. Anything else, you never know. I feel like I've played on a bubble all year, and unless I'm running away by six shots on Sunday, I'm probably going to be on a bubble all week this week, as well, if I'm playing good.”

Conners' quest

Corey Conners has a lot a stake this week. He started the week at No. 33 in the FedEx Cup and with work to do to make East Lake. That's nothing new for Conners who has been in this position before.

"Just business as usual," he said.

He's off to a strong start, shooting 4-under 68.

"Hit the ball really nicely," he said. "A lot of fairways, a lot of greens, and that's the recipe I wanted to stick to today, and I was able to do that pretty well."

Also at stake for Conners is trying to secure an automatic spot on the International Team for the Presidents Cup. The Canadian entered the week at No. 7 in the point standings and only the top six will qualify automatically. The Presidents Cup is being held in late September in Montreal and he's bound and determined to make Mike Wier's team.

FedEx Cup bubble watch

Only 30 players will advance to the Tour Championship, the FedEx Cup finale to be contested next week in Atlanta. When play during the first round was suspended due to lightning in the area, there were four players projected to move in and four players projected to move out.

Keegan Bradley from No. 50 to No. 4.

Corey Conners from No. 33 to No. 20.

Adam Scott from No. 41 to No. 22.

Alex Noren from No. 45 to No. 23.

Brian Harman (T-22) from No. 29 to No. 31.

Denny McCarthy (T-15) from No. 30 to No. 32.

Jason Day (T-49) from No. 25 to No. 35.

Davis Riley (T-44) from No. 26 to No. 36.

But there will be so much more volatility in the days to come. Nick Dunlap started the day at No. 49 and was 5 under thru 14 holes and had improved to No. 9. Then he made a double bogey at 15 and he dropped to No. 39. So get ready for some Sunday drama on who is headed to East Lake.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Keegan Bradley goes from last man in to top of the leaderboard, Scheffler tweaks his back among 5 things to know at 2024 BMW Championship

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Keegan Bradley, No. 50 in the 50-Man BMW Championship, Has Already Won

Bob harig | aug 22, 2024.

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Keegan Bradley can take in the view this week in Colorado, both figuratively and literally. He’s got nothing to lose, really, and everything to gain. And ultimately, he’s just happy to be here.

Bradley, who last month was named U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2025, was the last player in the 50-man field for this week’s BMW Championship at Castle Pines. Only the top 30 after this week advance to the Tour Championship.

With a poor week at the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship and a final-round 68 at TPC Southwind, all he could do was wait it out on Sunday afternoon and hope for the best—with the unenviable feeling of needing others to falter.

“It was horrible, really horrible,” Bradley said Wednesday at Castle Pines after playing in the pro-am. “It was one of the toughest afternoons I’ve had. This is my 14th year on Tour. It felt like being at Tour School or something.

“It was not very much fun. The disappointing thing was I haven’t had the best year, but I put myself in position to make the Tour Championship. I was 39th (in FedEx Cup points heading to Memphis). There was a lot of movement there. We all kind of thought I was in good shape. But that’s what the playoffs are about.”

Bradley opened the tournament with rounds of 69 and 70 but found himself falling in the standings. A third-round 74 put him out of the top 50 and even the final-round score didn’t make him feel very good.

Players such as Maverick McNealy and Tom Kim could have bumped him out and ultimately it was Kim—who finished the tournament 6-6-6—who fell out and led to Bradley getting the last spot in the BMW.

And getting that spot comes with a huge bonus: a place in all eight signature events for 2025.

“This top 50 is becoming the most important thing we play for out here on Tour,” he said. “Those elevated events have so many FedEx Cup points. It’s all the tournaments you want to play, forget about the points. It’s the tournaments with the most prestige, the most history. It’s really important.”

And that is what made Sunday especially tough after what has been a relatively disappointing season that has seen Bradley post just two top-10 finishes.

“You hold yourself to a standard of playing in those tournaments and being at that level. All of a sudden it was looking like I wasn’t going to be in those events. I want to go win Bay Hill and Memorial (two of the signature events). I want to have those on my resume. When you’re not playing them, it’s brutal.”

As for this week, Bradley needs a high finish. At the very least, he needs to be in the top nine and probably won’t make the Tour Championship next week—for the top 30 players—unless he is in the top five.

It means he can play with some freedom, although he doesn’t plan to go at it any differently.

“I don’t play very good when I do that,” Bradley said when asked if he might take a more aggressive approach. “It’s going to be a regular week. I try to birdie every hole I play anyway, so if I try harder to make birdies, normally they don’t come. I won’t look at where I stand. Last week I tried not to look. This week I got to have a really high finish anyway. Hopefully I’m watching the leaderboard and have a reason to.”

Bob Harig is a senior writer covering golf for Sports Illustrated. He has more than 25 years experience on the beat, including 15 at ESPN. Harig is a regular guest on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio and has written two books, "DRIVE: The Lasting Legacy of Tiger Woods" and "Tiger and Phil: Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry." He graduated from Indiana University where he earned an Evans Scholarship, named in honor of the great amateur golfer Charles (Chick) Evans Jr. Harig, a former president of the Golf Writers Association of America, lives in Clearwater, Fla.

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Hideki matsuyama withdraws from the 2024 bmw championship, share this article.

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Hideki Matsuyama withdrew from the 2024 BMW Championship prior to the start of the second round citing a lower back injury.

“I am disappointed to have to withdraw from the BMW Championship after experiencing lower back discomfort while warming up this morning, which made it impossible to play,” Matsuyama said in a statement provided to the media. “Thank you to BMW and the Western Golf Association for a great experience here at Castle Pines.”

The 32-year-old Japanese star shot 5-under 67 in the first round at Castle Pines Golf Club. He had to wait three hours and 10 minutes during a suspension of play to hit his second shot at 18 on Thursday. He stuck it to two feet but missed the putt to finish the day one stroke off the lead.

Matsuyama won the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Sunday and entered the week at No. 3 in the season-long standings.

Matsuyama also withdrew from the BMW Championship last year while warming up for the second round, and has dealt with reoccurring back and neck injuries for the past few seasons.

Hideki Matsuyama is a WD prior to the second round of the BMW Championship with a lower back injury. — PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) August 23, 2024

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Everything you need to know about the G4D Tour Nations Cup

The inaugural G4D Tour Nations Cup takes place ahead of the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo, with five players making their regular tour debuts at The Belfry.

The G4D Tour is holding its first team event, with 12 of the world's best golfers with disability teeing it up at the storied Belfry, a four-time venue for team golf's greatest spectacle - the Ryder Cup.

Here, we take a look at the event and the players vying to lift the trophy over two days of action on Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 August.

Six nations will come together to compete, with a male and female player from each of Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United States representing their countries.

Scoring will be stroke play and day one will feature three groups of fourballs, with the lowest score from each team taken on each hole, while the format will switch to foursomes on the second day.

The tee times

Kipp Popert needs little introduction as the most successful player in G4D Tour history returns to a happy hunting ground. Popert, born with a form of Cerebral Palsy called Spastic diplegia which impairs the muscular movement in his legs, is Number One on the World Ranking for Golfers with Disability (WR4GD) and has ten G4D Tour victories, including the last two individual editions of this event.

Heather Gilks is making her regular G4D Tour debut this week and like Popert has Cerebral Palsy, affecting both her legs and her left arm. The 19-year-old started playing golf with her mum Martine at Coventry Golf Club in England's West Midlands and has been a regular on the EDGA circuit since 2021. Heather, a 7.1 handicapper, made history this summer as she and Martine became the first mother and daughter to play in the same edition of the G4D Open.

Brendan Lawlor is another player who will be familiar to most having developed an intriguing rivalry with Popert at the top of the disabled game. Born with rare bone disorder Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome, characterised by a shorter stature and shorter limbs, Lawlor was the first disabled golfer to compete on the DP World Tour at the ISPS HANDA UK Championship in August 2020. His only G4D Tour win came at the 2023 G4D Open but he has six runner-up finishes.

Born from sporting stock, Fiona Gray played cricket and hockey for Ireland at age-level and when she took up golf got down to a three handicap during her time in the British Army, where she was Army Ladies Champion. A string of injuries began to take their toll and after 20 years in the armed forces, Gray had to take a medical discharge in 2014 and has now had ten operations on her knee. She made her G4D Tour debut at the 2023 Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed.

Kurtis Barkley , born with a curvature of the spine called scoliosis, has been a regular on the G4D Tour since its inaugural full season in 2022. He had two second-place finishes in that campaign and five from seven starts in 2023 as he looks for a maiden victory. The 36-year-old has not quite hit those heights in 2024 but enters this week seventh in the WR4GD.

Natasha Stasiuk knows some competitors took advantage of her autism when she was playing as a child but that has not stopped her from becoming a star of the disabled game as an adult. The 26-year-old, who plays off 4.9, has played in all three of the USGA’s US Adaptive Opens, is a five-time winner of provincial events in Ontario and three-time Canadian champion and represented her country in the Special Olympics in Berlin. She is making her G4D Tour debut this week.

The Netherlands

Mari Berkers came to golf not through family or friends but because business clients played the game and he has gone from strength to strength since first picking up a club in 2011. The 45-year-old has Cerebral Palsy which has affected the left side of his body, with his left arm and leg shorter than the corresponding limbs on his right side. He has represented his country before at the EGA’s European Team Championship for Golfers with Disability and the World Number 66 - making his regular G4D Tour debut after playing at the G4D Open - plays off a handicap of 2.5.

Daphne Van Houten is no stranger to the G4D Tour, having played in the inaugural event here at The Belfry in 2022, while she was also the first woman to to break into the top ten of the WR4GD in mid-2019. Still the top-ranked female in the game at World Number 28, Van Houghton - who has a back issue which was discovered at the age of 12 and plays off one - is the reigning women's champion at the G4D Open.

United States

Originally from the Philippines, Eliseo Villanueva moved to Hawaii as a 13-year-old and went into the US military soon after leaving school, going on to make 120 parachute jumps out of aircraft as a paratrooper. A severe injury to his dominant left arm on the training ground in 1993 is what has him playing disabled golf but did not stop him playing an active role in combat, and he only retired as an Army Civilian earlier this year. He credits golf with helping with his recovery from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and is the World Number 21 and a scratch golfer who has won the 2022 USDGA Championship and the Inaugural Florida Adaptive Open. He makes his G4D Tour debut this week.

Ryanne Jackson is making her second G4D Tour appearance this week having also played in THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson in April. She took up golf at the age of six and while she was a single-figure handicapper, fatigue was affecting her game. The cause was discovered when she was 19 via a muscular dystrophy diagnosis but she still maintains a 4.5 handicap and sits at 68 in the WR4GD. Last season she claimed one of the biggest titles in the game, winning the US Adaptive Open at Pinehurst.

René Schwenk was among the most highly thought of prospects in German junior golf, ranked in the top 20 in his homeland and top 50 in Europe before a tumour was discovered on his shinbone. The tumour was removed but when a second one was found near his knee, his knee and shinbone had to be removed leading to the use of a prosthetic. Since then the World Number 29 - who plays off 0.4 - has finished third in the European Championship for Golfers with Disability, played at the G4D Open and now makes his debut at a regular G4D Tour event.

Jennifer Sraga was born with Achondroplasia, which is commonly called short stature and results in shorter limbs. She was introduced to golf through her family and despite needing four operations on her ankles in a short period of time, she was representing her country before the age of 17. Now 24, the World Number 88 with a 5.1 handicap is a regular on the EDGA circuit and made her G4D Tour debut at the 2023 Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed.

Field confirmed for inaugural G4D Tour Nations Cup at Betfred British Masters

The inaugural G4D Tour Nations Cup @ Betfred British Masters takes place from August 26-27, with five players making their G4D Tour debuts at The Belfry.

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BMW Championship, Round 3: How to watch, featured groups, live scores, tee times, TV times

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Adam Scott dialed back the clock for a season-best 63 on Friday, setting a new course record at Castle Pines and opening up a three-shot lead at 13-under over Keegan Bradley. Bradley entered the week as the last man in the field at No. 50 in the FedExCup, and now has the chance to advance to East Lake. Scott's record stood alone for mere hours before Ludvig Åberg matched with a 63 of his own, moving into solo third place.

Here's everything you need to know to follow the action.

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How to follow (all times ET)

Television:

• Saturday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC)
• Sunday: 12-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2-6 p.m. (NBC)

Check out viewing times in your area here.

Special programming alerts:

• Tune in Saturday, Aug. 24, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC for the first of four episodes as International Captain Mike Weir and U.S. Captain Jim Furyk begin their journey to this year’s edition of the Presidents Cup with a visit to The Royal Montreal Golf Club to celebrate the one-year countdown to the bi-annual competition between the U.S. and International teams.
• The show will re-air on Golf Channel on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. ET.

Watch episode 1 of ‘Road to the Presidents Cup’ on NBC | August 24 at 2 p.m. ET

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• Main feed: Primary tournament coverage featuring the best action from across the course
• Marquee group: New “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group
• Featured groups: Traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups
• Featured holes: Combination of par 3s and iconic or pivotal holes

Radio on SiriusXM and free at PGATOUR.com/liveaudio :

• Saturday-Sunday: 1-6 p.m.

Featured groups

Marquee group

• 10:55 a.m.: Adam Hadwin, Scottie Scheffler
• 9:40 a.m.: Jason Day, Justin Thomas
• Will leave the Pavon, Fitzpatrick group to pick up the 12:10 pm Sam Burns, Rory McIlroy group.

Featured holes:

• No. 4 (par 3), No. 7 (par 3), No. 11 (par 3), No. 16 (par 3)

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