Bradley, who was named the 2025 US Ryder Cup captain in July, struggled last week at the FedEx St. Jude
Championship, finishing T-59. 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
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, finished one stroke back at 67, waiting out a 3-hour, 10 minute suspension of play due to lightning in the area to complete his final hole.
Bradley, who was named the 2025 US Ryder Cup captain in July, struggled last week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, finishing T-59. 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.
Scheffler Injured? Scottie 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.”
On the 17th hole, Scheffler hit his second shot and touched his lower back with his left hand. He did concede that he woke up with a sore back and had trouble loosening it up.
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. The World No 1 is T-15 after Round 1.
Scott Returns After 24 Years: 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.
He has returned to this venue after 24 years – Scott and Jason Day are the only two players in the field this week to play here before.
