Keegan Bradley triumphed at the BMW Championship powered by a wave of nationalistic encouragement, hitting an even-par 72 in the final Sunday round to secure a 12-under-par 276 at the Castle Pines Golf Club.
The victory marks a remarkable comeback for Bradley who was designated as the 2025 US Ryder Cup captain last month and was the final player to qualify for this week’s tournament.
Thanks to this, his seventh win in the PGA Tour, Bradley now heads into the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, next week in the fourth position at 6 under following the season’s last tournament’s staggered start system.
Chants of “Let’s go captain” and “U-S-A” accompanied Bradley, who was not part of the 2023 Ryder Cup captain’s selection, everywhere on the course. He gained an unyielding lead with a par on the 537-yard, par-4 10th hole that tipped the scale against Adam Scott (72) from Australia, whose three-putt bogey on the most difficult hole led to a tie.
Rory McIlory hit a 71 on the last day, resulting in a tie for the 11th place at -6, six hits away from Bradley. Shane Lowry trailed by a shot after also hitting a 71 on the final day.
Scottie Scheffler (72), the world’s top-ranked player, tied for 33rd at the BMW, but is set to start at 10 under par as the top seed at East Lake. Xander Schauffele (71, tied for fifth) will follow at 8 under par and Hideki Matsuyama from Japan, who withdrew from the BMW due to a back injury, will be in the third position at 7 under.
Sam Burns ended with a final round best at 7-under-par 65, tying for second position with Scott and Ludvig Aberg (71) from Sweden at 11-under 277. Burns, who had eight birdies in his round and just missed a bunker shot on the par-4 18th hole that could have equalised the lead, notches his fourth career runner-up finish. Despite losing rhythm with a solitary bogey on the par-5 14th hole, he recovered with back-to-back birdies on holes 16 and 17, resulting in a ninth place in the FedEx Cup points as he proceeds to the Tour Championship.
Cam Davis, an Australian golfer, topped the charts with 24 birdies during the week and finished in a tie for fifth place with a score of 8-under 280, along with Tommy Fleetwood from England, who managed to secure his position in the Tour Championship by ascending from the 31st to the 22nd position in the FedEx Cup standings. Davis and Fleetwood were also joined by two other players, Xander Schauffele and Si Woo Kim from South Korea, in securing the fifth spot.
The final scores from the BMW Championship hosted by PGA Tour are as follows:
– Leading the competition with -12 was Keegan Bradley from the USA with scores across four rounds being 66, 68, 70 and 72.
– Trailing behind him with -11 was Sam Burns from the USA, Ludvig Aberg hailing from Sweden and Australia’s Adam Scott. Their respective scores were 73, 68, 71, 65 for Burns; 72, 63, 71, 71 for Aberg and 68, 63, 74, 72 for Scott.
– Falling in the bracket of -8 was Cam Davis from Australia, England’s Tommy Fleetwood, Si Woo Kim of Korea, and Xander Schauffele from the USA with respective scores of 72, 70, 72, 66 for Davis; 72, 69, 70, 69 for Fleetwood; 69, 70, 71, 70 for Si Woo Kim, and 69, 73, 67, 71 for Schauffele.
– Sungjae Im from Korea and Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland belonged to the -6 category.
– In the -5 group were USA’s Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris, Patrick Cantlay and Tom Hoge along with Byeong Hun An from Korea, Republic of Ireland’s Shane Lowry, Sepp Straka from Austria, and Canada’s Taylor Pendrith.
– Rounding up the group at -4 were USA’s Billy Horschel and Russell Henley and Canada’s Corey Conners.
– The last position was held by Brian Harman from the USA with a score of -3.
The revised text, in British English, reads as follows.
Denny McCarthy and Viktor Hovland from the US and Norway respectively, performed rather similarly with scores of 71 74 69 72 and 71 71 71 73. From England, Matt Fitzpatrick followed with 74 72 71 70. Meanwhile the American duo Max Greyserman and Collin Morikawa came in next with 78 72 66 71 and 70 70 73 74. Thomas Detry from Belgium maintained a steady performance at par with a score of 72 70 72 74 and Nick Dunlap followed with 69 72 70 77.
The event also witnessed participation from a diverse group including Max Homa from the US (74 75 73 67), Christiaan Bezuidenhout from South Africa (74 72 74 69), and Matthieu Pavon from France (73 72 76 68). Australian Jason Day scored 78 69 71 71 while Scottie Scheffler and JT Poston from the USA followed with 71 72 74 72 and 70 74 70 75 each.
Further down the line, American players Justin Thomas and Stephan Jaeger contributed with scores of 76 72 74 68 and 76 69 73 72. Canada’s Adam Hadwin and fellow American Davis Thompson scored +3 with 76 68 75 72 and 76 74 69 72. From England and USA, Aaron Rai and Cameron Young followed with scores of 74 70 74 74 and 75 71 69 77.
Finally, Akshay Bhatia, Eric Cole, Austin Eckroat and Sahith Theegala all from USA had varying scores of 72 68 76 77, 77 68 78 72, 71 73 74 77 and 73 71 79 76 respectively.
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