US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley clinched a shock win on the BMW Championship that sees him enter subsequent week’s Tour Championship in fourth place.
Bradley, who was named the USA’s 2025 Ryder Cup captain final month, had solely simply squeezed into 50-man area for the match as the ultimate qualifier.
The 38-year-old shot an even-par 72 in his remaining spherical at Fortress Pines on Sunday to complete 12 underneath, one stroke away from Ludvig Åberg, Sam Burns and Adam Scott in a tie for second.
Bradley took a lead he wouldn’t relinquish with par on the 537-yard, par-four tenth gap that broke a tie with Scott, who three-putted for bogey on the toughest gap on the course.
Following their spectacular showings this week, Åberg is in fifth place going into the Tour Championship, Burns – who returned the perfect spherical of the day, a seven-under 65 – sneaks into the highest 10 in ninth, whereas Scott is 14th.
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler end tied for thirty third on the BMW, however goes into subsequent week as the highest seed and can begin at 10 underneath par.
Xander Schauffele, after a tied-fifth end right here, will likely be second at eight underneath par and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who withdrew with a again harm this week, will likely be third at seven underneath underneath.
Rory McIlroy will likely be sixth to start out the Tour Championship after a tied-Eleventh inserting right here courtesy of a final-round 71 to complete six underneath.
Solely the highest 30 on the FedEx Cup factors after the BMW Championship qualify for the season’s remaining match at East Lake.
England’s Tommy Fleetwood is amongst them after he jumped from thirty first to twenty second within the standings off the again of a tied-fifth end on eight underneath.
Two-time main winner Justin Thomas has snuck into the sector in thirtieth place regardless of a disappointing week which noticed him end means off the tempo at two over par. Brian Harman, 2023 Open champion, simply misses out in thirty first spot.
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