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2024 BMW Championship prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player at Castle Pines

Bradley making the BMW field turned out to be worth $3.6 million.

What a week it was for Keegan Bradley in Colorado.

He was the last man in the 50-player field at the 2024 BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club. He’s leaving with the trophy.

Bradley secured his seventh PGA Tour victory Sunday, shooting even-par 72 to win by one shots over Ludvig Aberg, Adam Scott and Sam Burns. It’s Bradley’s first win since the 2023 Travelers Championship and is a big key for him moving forward if he wants to earn a spot on the 2024 U.S. Presidents Cup team, where he is already an assistant captain.

For his win, Bradley will take home $3.6 million from the $20 million purse. And he’s not the only one going home with a lot of money.

Here’s a look at how much each of the players in the 50-man field with no cut earned at Castle Pines.

Prize money payouts

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Keegan Bradley -12 $3,600,000
T2 Sam Burns -11 $1,503,333
T2 Ludvig Aberg -11 $1,503,333
T2 Adam Scott -11 $1,503,333
T5 Cam Davis -8 $728,750
T5 Tommy Fleetwood -8 $728,750
T5 Si Woo Kim -8 $728,750
T5 Xander Schauffele -8 $728,750
T9 Chris Kirk -7 $560,000
T9 Alex Noren -7 $560,000
T11 Rory McIlroy -6 $480,333
T11 Sungjae Im -6 $480,333
T13 Tony Finau -5 $344,111
T13 Shane Lowry -5 $344,111
T13 Byeong Hun An -5 $344,111
T13 Will Zalatoris -5 $344,111
T13 Sepp Straka -5 $344,111
T13 Tom Hoge -5 $344,111
T13 Patrick Cantlay -5 $344,111
T13 Taylor Pendrith -5 $344,111
T13 Wyndham Clark -5 $344,111
T22 Billy Horschel -4 $229,000
T22 Russell Henley -4 $229,000
T22 Corey Conners -4 $229,000
25 Brian Harman -3 $197,000
T26 Denny McCarthy -2 $177,500
T26 Viktor Hovland -2 $177,500
T28 Matt Fitzpatrick -1 $160,000
T28 Max Greyserman -1 $160,000
T28 Collin Morikawa -1 $160,000
T31 Thomas Detry E $142,500
T31 Nick Dunlap E $142,500
T33 Max Homa 1 $119,667
T33 Matthieu Pavon 1 $119,667
T33 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1 $119,667
T33 Jason Day 1 $119,667
T33 Scottie Scheffler 1 $119,667
T33 J.T. Poston 1 $119,667
T39 Justin Thomas 2 $102,000
T39 Stephan Jaeger 2 $102,000
T41 Davis Thompson 3 $94,000
T41 Adam Hadwin 3 $94,000
T43 Aaron Rai 4 $86,000
T43 Cameron Young 4 $86,000
45 Akshay Bhatia 5 $80,000
T46 Eric Cole 7 $74,000
T46 Austin Eckroat 7 $74,000
48 Sahith Theegala 11 $70,000
– Robert MacIntyre WD
– Hideki Matsuyama WD

 

Watch: Rules official determines Matt Fitzpatrick’s driver isn’t damaged enough to be replaced

“This is outrageous, it’s an absolute disgrace.”

Matt Fitzpatrick wasn’t allowed to replace his cracked driver for the last 10 holes of the final round of the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club on Sunday after a PGA Tour rules official determined the damage didn’t qualify as significant.

“This is outrageous, it’s an absolute disgrace,” said Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick called for a ruling on the eighth tee after he detected a crack in the middle of the face of his driver. Model Local Rule G-9 in the U.S. Golf Association’s Rules of Golf states a club isn’t replaceable solely because of a crack. A PGA Tour rules official determined that Fitzpatrick couldn’t replace the club due to a lack of significant damage.

Fitzpatrick, who entered the week at No. 36 in the FedEx Cup standings, didn’t agree and voiced his disgust.

“It has to be significant, surely,” Fitzpatrick said.

“They made the rule so it had to be folding in on its own,” the first rules official said.

“Terrible rule,” Kevin Kisner said on NBC. “This is a no-brainer.”

The rules official, speaking to a colleague via walkie-talkie noted he could see the crack and feel it with his fingernail.

“Not enough in my opinion looking at it to justify that,” he said. “I can feel it with my nail, about a half an inch crack right in the center of the face.”

The local rule cited doesn’t cover Fitzpatrick’s damage. Another rules official cited a previous situation with Seung Yul Noh as precedent for not allowing Fitzpatrick to swap the club out with one of the two drivers in his locker.

“There’s an obvious crack there that is causing a defect to the ball flight,” Fitzpatrick said.

“We have said no to something worse than this,” the rules official said, who took the club to chief referee Stephen Cox.

“So, I’m going to have to hit my 3-wood the rest of the day is what you’re telling me?” Fitzpatrick said.

When told the final verdict, Fitzpatrick uttered, “this is an absolute joke.”

Cox gave a detailed explanation of why Fitzpatrick’s request to change out his driver was denied.

“We on the PGA Tour in very similar to other major golf tours around the world have a slightly stricter guideline in terms of when a player is permitted to take a damaged club out of play, and that club needs to be significantly damaged,” he said. “In our assessment, not only with the first official but also a couple of others including myself, that threshold of being significantly damaged hadn’t been significant met. Although there was a small crack in the face, there was no separation in the metals, and on that basis, that threshold wasn’t met, so his only choice in that case was to continue using that club.

“Now, if that club were to get worse, then we would obviously continue to reassess, and at that point he may have been able to have taken it out, but in his case, I think he chose not to continue to use it and proceeded with his 3-wood from then on.”

Watch: Rory McIlroy takes shoes off, hits laser with feet in creek after snapping driver at BMW Championship

It was a wild two-shot sequence for McIlroy.

It was a wild two-shot sequence for Rory McIlroy on Sunday. One you’ll have to see to believe.

The World No. 3 hit a wayward tee shot on the par-4 ninth during the final round of the 2024 BMW Championship, and his ball came to rest on the bank just above a creek that meanders down the right side of the fairway. As McIlroy leaned on his driver to bend and grab his tee, his shaft snapped.

Down a club, McIlroy got to his ball and began to take off his shoes and then socks. He stepped in the creek and took a few different practice swings while adjusting his feet in the water and then on and around some rocks. He then took a swing, and what would you know, he hit a laser than landed right over the flag.

The birdie putt came up just a couple rolls short, leaving him with an easy par.

Watch: Ludvig Aberg gets a bloody nose, buries a 53-foot bomb at 2024 BMW Championship

Who said golfers never bleed?

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — U2 once recorded the album “Under a Blood Red Sky” not far from Castle Pines Golf Club at famed Red Rocks. Instead of Sunday, Bloody, Sunday, it was Saturday, bloody, Saturday for Ludvig Aberg at the BMW Championship.

The Swede got a bloody nose from the high altitude but he didn’t let it bother him. Located east of the Rocky Mountains, Denver is known as the Mile High City because its elevation is exactly one mile or 5,280 feet above sea level. Castle Pines is even higher, reaching a peak of 6,305 feet. The thin, mountain air gave Aberg a nose bleed on the first hole, but he wiped it away and then stepped up and buried a 53-foot birdie putt at the par 5 and smiled with glee.

Who said golfers never bleed?

BMW Championship 2024 Saturday tee times, PGA Tour pairings and how to watch

Everything you need to know for the third round of the BMW Championship.

On Thursday, Keegan Bradley shot a 66 to set the course record held at Castle Pines, but the record didn’t even last 24 hours as Adam Scott torched Jack’s handiwork to the tune of 9-under 63 on Friday, pushing into the lead.

The two will be paired in the final group of Saturday’s third round of the 2024 BMW Championship, with the top 30 qualifying for next week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta.

Castle Pines is a par-72 track measuring 8,130 yards, the longest course in PGA Tour history.

The purse at the BMW Championship is $20 million with $3.6 million going to the winner. The champion will also earn 2,000 FedEx Cup points.

BMW: Photos | Leaderboard

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the third round of the BMW Championship. All times listed are ET.

Saturday tee times

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. You can also watch the 3M Open on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Saturday, Aug. 24th

Golf Channel/Peacock: 1-3 p.m

NBC: 3-6 p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6 p.m

ESPN+: 9 a.m.-6 p.m

Sunday, Aug. 25th

Golf Channel/Peacock: 12-2 p.m

NBC: 2-6 p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6 p.m

ESPN+: 9 a.m.-6 p.m

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Rory McIlroy tossed his driver in the water during on-course tantrum

Rory McIlroy let his emotions get the best of him during a frustrating finish on Friday.

The game of golf can drive anyone to immense frustration, even when you’re one of the best players in the world.

Rory McIlroy proved that on Friday when his emotions got the best of him deep in the back nine as he finished Round 2 at the BMW Championships in Denver at 1-under for the day and sitting 10 strokes back from leader Adam Scott.

After the world’s No. 3-ranked golfer three-putted on Hole 16 to finish with a bogey, he missed the fairway on his Hole 17 drive. It’s an eagle-able Par 5, but McIlroy ultimately parred the hole.

Following the awry drive, McIlroy lost his cool — albeit, in the most anti-climactic way possible. He just tossed his driver into the water in front of the tee box, ever-so-casually.

It may have felt cathartic for McIlroy, who missed the opportunity to gain some ground on the leader on Hole 17. But that feeling probably went away when he had to fish it out of the drink and then take a walk of shame to his ball.

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Watch: Rory McIlroy tosses 3-wood into water at 2024 BMW Championship

We’ve all been there, Rory.

Rory McIlroy had a disappointing week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship to begin the postseason, but it’s been much better at the 2024 BMW Championship through 36 holes.

The Northern Irishman opened with a 2-under 70 on Thursday and followed it up with a 1-under 71 on Day 2 to sit at 3 under going into the weekend.

On the par-5 527-yard 17th at Castle Pines Golf Club, McIlroy pulled 3-wood off the tee and flared it into the right rough.

Unhappy with a bad tee shot on a scoreable hole, McIlroy gave his 3-wood a little toss on the tee box and it ended up going into the pond in front of the teeing area.

BMW: Photos | Merch

After a forced layup, McIlroy hit a wedge to just inside 20 feet and two-putted for par.

Looking ahead to East Lake and the Tour Championship, McIlroy is projected to finish seventh in the season-long standings.

Hideki Matsuyama withdraws from the 2024 BMW Championship

Matsuyama has dealt with reoccurring back and neck injuries for the past few seasons.

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.

BMW Championship 2024 Friday tee times, PGA Tour pairings and how to watch

Everything you need to know for the second round of the BMW Championship.

It was a good Thursday to be Keegan Bradley.

The 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain was the last man in the field at the 2024 BMW Championship at Castle Pines in Colorado, but he’s first on the leaderboard after his opening 6-under 66. Showers and thunderstorms caused a delay for the later-finishing tee times, but Bradley was able to get in the house before play was suspended, giving him the solo lead by one over Hideki Matsuyama and a chasing pack at 4 under.

Castle Pines is a par-72 track measuring 8,130 yards, the longest course in PGA Tour history.

The purse at the BMW Championship is $20 million with $4 million going to the winner. The champion will also earn 2,000 FedEx Cup points.

BMW: Photos

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the BMW Championship. All times listed are ET.

Friday tee times

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. You can also watch the 3M Open on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Friday, Aug. 23rd

Golf Channel/Peacock: 3-7 p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-7 p.m

ESPN+: 10:15 a.m.-7 p.m

Saturday, Aug. 24th

Golf Channel/Peacock: 1-3 p.m

NBC: 3-6 p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6 p.m

ESPN+: 9 a.m.-6 p.m

Sunday, Aug. 25th

Golf Channel/Peacock: 12-2 p.m

NBC: 2-6 p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6 p.m

ESPN+: 9 a.m.-6 p.m

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Scottie Scheffler shrugs off tweaked back in Round 1 of 2024 BMW Championship: ‘It’s fine’

‘Maybe I hit a few too many balls yesterday or something. It was just a little sore.’

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

But on the 17th hole, Scheffler hit his second shot and touched his lower back with his left hand. PGA Tour XM Radio’s Mark McCumber described it as if “it took his breath away” and Scheffler leaned on his club for an extra second.

Scheffler finished with a couple of pars and posted three birdies and two bogeys for an opening-round, 1-under 71. After the round, 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 do any special treatment? “Just normal routine. Just like always,” he said.

Scheffler was paired 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’s back 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 Scheffler 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.