The second FedEx Cup play-off tournament, the BMW Championship, which begins this Thursday at Castle Pines Golf Club, In Colorado, the main protagonist was the American Keegan Bradley, who was recently chosen as the captain of the North American team at the next Ryder Cup.
Bradley, who entered the tournament in last place, 50th, after achieving an opening round of 66 strokes (-6). To become the only leader in PGA Tour tournaments that are entered by only the circuit’s 50 best players.
Bradley not only took the lead with that great card FedEx moved up 46 points to provisionally fourth in the rankings After that first day in Colorado.
Two income shocks
The American was two strokes ahead of four playersKorean Sungjae Im, Swede Alex Noren, Australian Adam Scott and American Tony Finney.
In markings made by two of the PGA Tour’s best players, Scottie Scheffler and
Number one in the world, Scottie Scheffler had to settle for a round of 71 (-1) to finish tied for thirteenthThis first day still has many changes in the classifications to take place until Sunday.
We remember that The tournament has a prize pool of $20 million, with the winner receiving $3.6 million and Norwegian Viktor Hovland, defending the title he won in 2023 and who is tied with Scheffler at -1.
