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Scott Stallings settles for sweet consolation prize at BMW Championship with first trip to Tour Championship

“(The Tour Championship) was my No. 1 goal to start the year,” said Stallings, who vaulted to No. 12 in standings.

WILMINGTON, Del. – Scott Stallings isn’t a numbers guy, but when he saw PGA Tour rookies Harry Higgs, Maverick McNealy and Robby Shelton qualify for the 2019 BMW Championship by finishing in the top 70 and he didn’t yet again, Stallings realized those three players shared one common trait: a stats coach.

“I need to know what you did with them that’s going to help me,” Stallings told Hunter Stewart, a former player turned stats guru.

Three years later, after hiring Stewart, Stallings not only made it to the BMW Championship this week, held at the south course at Wilmington Country Club in the First State for the first time, he nearly won the tournament, shooting a final-round 2-under 69 to finish second to Patrick Cantlay on Sunday.

But there was a pretty sweet consolation prize for Stallings, who in his 12th year on Tour booked his first trip to the Tour Championship, which is reserved for the top 30 in the season-long FedEx Cup point standings.

“That was my No. 1 goal to start the year,” said Stallings, who entered the week at No. 47 and vaulted to No. 12 in the FedEx Cup. “To compete with the best players in the world and make it to East Lake was better late than never, I guess.”

Stallings, 37, opened with a pair of 68s and climbed within a stroke of the lead with a 66 on Saturday as he searched for his first victory since the 2014 Farmers Insurance Open. Stallings tied for the lead early with a 6-foot birdie putt at the third hole, but gave a stroke back with a bogey at the fifth. He bounced back by stiffing a pitch from 72 yards to inside 3 feet for birdie at the sixth. Stallings built a two-stroke lead with a birdie at 11 and a bogey by Cantlay, playing a group behind him, at No. 10.

But Cantlay, who successfully defended his title and won for the eighth time in his career, carded three birdies on the way to the clubhouse, including a 6-foot putt at 17, which turned out to be the difference. Stallings made a three-putt bogey at 13 and a birdie at 14, but couldn’t buy a putt down the stretch. Stallings missed a 9-foot birdie putt at 18 to tie Cantlay, one of four birdie tries from 18 feet or less that didn’t drop.

“It did exactly what we thought it was going to do,” Stallings said of the final birdie effort, “it just did it behind the hole.”

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2022 BMW Championship prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player at Wilmington Country Club

Patrick Cantlay made $2.7 million in the second FedEx Cup Playoff event.

Patty Ice is twice as nice.

Patrick Cantlay captured the 2022 BMW Championship on Sunday at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. He’s the first golfer in the FedEx Cup Playoffs era to successfully defend his title at a playoff event, and it means he’s No. 2 in the standings heading to the Tour Championship next week at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

Scottie Scheffler, the top-ranked golfer in the world, will enter next week’s season finale No. 1 in the standings.

Here’s a look at the prize money payouts for each player at the 2022 BMW Championship, the penultimate FedEx Cup Playoff event of the PGA Tour’s 2021-22 season.

BMW Championship: Scores | PGA Tour all-time money list

BMW Championship 2022 prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Patrick Cantlay -14 $2,700,000
2 Scott Stallings -13 $1,620,000
T3 Scottie Scheffler -11 $870,000
T3 Xander Schauffele -11 $870,000
T5 K.H. Lee -10 $547,500
T5 Corey Conners -10 $547,500
T5 Adam Scott -10 $547,500
T8 Jon Rahm -9 $420,000
T8 Rory McIlroy -9 $420,000
T8 Taylor Pendrith -9 $420,000
T8 Joaquin Niemann -9 $420,000
T12 Shane Lowry -8 $315,000
T12 Trey Mullinax -8 $315,000
T12 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -8 $315,000
T15 Sahith Theegala -7 $247,500
T15 Lucas Herbert -7 $247,500
T15 Sungjae Im -7 $247,500
T15 Aaron Wise -7 $247,500
T19 Emiliano Grillo -6 $188,250
T19 Kurt Kitayama -6 $188,250
T19 Jordan Spieth -6 $188,250
T19 Sam Burns -6 $188,250
T23 Max Homa -5 $133,500
T23 J.J. Spaun -5 $133,500
T23 Tyrrell Hatton -5 $133,500
T23 Cameron Young -5 $133,500
T23 Andrew Putnam -5 $133,500
T28 Tony Finau -4 $104,250
T28 Sepp Straka -4 $104,250
T28 Marc Leishman -4 $104,250
T28 Denny McCarthy -4 $104,250
T32 Maverick McNealy -3 $88,750
T32 Keith Mitchell -3 $88,750
T32 Brendan Steele -3 $88,750
T35 Viktor Hovland -2 $67,750
T35 Sebastian Munoz -2 $67,750
T35 Cameron Davis -2 $67,750
T35 Brian Harman -2 $67,750
T35 Billy Horschel -2 $67,750
T35 Russell Henley -2 $67,750
T35 Matt Kuchar -2 $67,750
T35 J.T. Poston -2 $67,750
T35 Hideki Matsuyama -2 $67,750
T44 Alex Smalley -1 $48,000
T44 Adam Hadwin -1 $48,000
T44 Taylor Moore -1 $48,000
T44 Collin Morikawa -1 $48,000
T48 Kevin Kisner E $38,700
T48 Tom Hoge E $38,700
T48 Matthew Fitzpatrick E $38,700
T48 Harold Varner III E $38,700
T52 Justin Thomas 1 $35,700
T52 Alexander Noren 1 $35,700
T54 Mito Pereira 2 $34,350
T54 Chez Reavie 2 $34,350
T54 Joohyung “Tom” Kim 2 $34,350
T54 Davis Riley 2 $34,350
T58 Mackenzie Hughes 3 $33,300
T58 Troy Merritt 3 $33,300
T58 Keegan Bradley 3 $33,300
T61 Luke List 4 $32,550
T61 Chris Kirk 4 $32,550
63 Cameron Tringale 5 $32,100
64 Wyndham Clark 6 $31,800
65 Seamus Power 7 $31,500
66 Lucas Glover 8 $31,200
67 Si Woo Kim 10 $30,900

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Shane Lowry on his caddie’s sandals: ‘Looked like Jesus out there’ at BMW Championship

Before the final round of the BMW Championship, Shane Lowry posted a video of his caddie wearing Birkenstocks.

WILMINGTON, Del. – Shane Lowry may be the odd man out of finishing in the top 30 of the FedEx Cup points standings, but he never lost his sense of humor.

Before the final round of the BMW Championship, Lowry hopped on his social media and posted a video of his caddie Brian Martin wearing a pair of Birkenstock sandals, noting he played so poorly on the front nine on Saturday – Lowry shot 3-over 38 – “I got Jesus on the bag for the back.”

Lowry came home with three birdies on the inward nine to shoot even-par 71. Why the sandals for Martin?

Simple: blisters.

Funny enough, Lowry had bought him new shoes while he was home  Monday and brought them to the second playoff event this week.

“He loves those Jordan runners,” Lowry said. “They’re comfortable or whatever. … he just got really bad blisters.

“On the 9th I said, ‘Have you got your sandals with you, your Birkenstocks?’ and he did. So I said, ‘Why not wear them for the back nine?’ I mean, it’s dry, it’s fine, and they’re comfy, so yeah. Looked like Jesus out there.”

Lowry shot a final-round 68, but a bogey at 17 was costly. When he finished his round, he was projected to be on the right side of the top 30 but Adam Scott bumped him out. Lowry has never qualified for the Tour Championship, even in 2019 when he won the British Open. Lowry said it is hard to do for a player such as himself who splits time on the DP World Tour.

“It’s just so hard to do,” Lowry said. “Look, obviously Rory does every year and these guys, but Rory is Rory. I think throw five or six more events in my schedule and I’m guaranteed to be there next week. That’s the disappointing part of it. I feel like there’s a lot of things that didn’t go my way this season. I had a few chance to win tournaments that I didn’t get over the line, but all in all, it’s been a pretty good year without a win.”

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2022 BMW Championship Sunday tee times, TV and streaming info

Everything you need to know for the final round of the 2022 BMW Championship.

It’s time to crown a winner at the second event of the PGA Tour’s 2021-22 playoffs, the BMW Championship, at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. The course was originally designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in 1959, and Andrew Green completed a renovation last year. It is a par-71 layout measuring 7,534 yards.

Patrick Cantlay, the 2021 BMW Championship winner and last year’s FedEx Cup champion, took command with a 6-under 65, which included a hole out for eagle on the par-5 14th. Cantlay sits at 12 under. Xander Schauffele, who has played with Cantlay the first three days and will again Sunday, shot a 5-under 66 and sits tied for second with Scott Stallings. Adam Scott, the 36-hole leader, and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler are at 10 under.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s what you need to know for the final round of the 2022 BMW Championship. All times listed are ET.

BMW Championship: Leaderboard | PGA Tour Live on ESPN+

Sunday tee times

1st hole

Tee time Players
8 a.m. Wyndham Clark
8:05 a.m.
Viktor Hovland, Cameron Tringale
8:15 a.m.
Chez Reavie, Mito Pereira
8:25 a.m.
Tom Kim, Seamus Power
8:35 a.m.
Kevin Kisner, Lucas Glover
8:45 a.m.
Mackenzie Hughes, Si Woo Kim
8:55 a.m.
Justin Thomas, Luke List
9:05 a.m.
Troy Merritt, Tom Hoge
9:20 a.m.
Alex Smalley, Chris Kirk
9:30 a.m.
Maverick McNealy, Alex Noren
9:40 a.m.
Sebastián Muñoz, Matt Fitzpatrick
9:50 a.m.
Davis Riley, Sepp Straka
10 a.m.
Cam Davis, Tony Finau
10:10 a.m.
Adam Hadwin, Keegan Bradley
10:20 a.m.
Brian Harman, Billy Horschel
10:35 a.m.
Russell Henley, Taylor Moore
10:45 a.m.
Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman
10:55 a.m.
Jordan Spieth, Keith Mitchell
11:05 a.m.
K.H. Lee, Kurt Kitayama
11:15 a.m.
Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo
11:25 a.m.
J.J. Spaun, J.T. Poston
11:35 a.m.
Harold Varner III, Max Homa
11:50 a.m.
Shane Lowry, Hideki Matsuyama
12 p.m.
Trey Mullinax, Sam Burns
12:10 p.m.
Brendan Steele, Lucas Herbert
12:20 p.m.
Cameron Young, Jon Rahm
13:30 p.m.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tyrrell Hatton
12:40 p.m.
Rory McIlroy, Andrew Putnam
12:50 p.m.
Taylor Pendrith, Sungjae Im
1:05 p.m.
Corey Conners, Denny McCarthy
1:15 p.m.
Aaron Wise, Joaquin Niemann
1:25 p.m.
Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa
1:35 p.m.
Scott Stallings, Adam Scott
1:45 p.m.
Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele

How to watch

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Sunday, August 21st

TV

Golf Channel: 12-2 p.m.
NBC: 2-6 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 1-6 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Spectator with remote-control golf ball interrupted play at BMW Championship, and Rory McIlroy shut him down

“That wasn’t exactly something I expected to see on a Saturday afternoon.”

WILMINGTON, Del. – Don’t mess with Rory McIlroy.

The Northern Irishman was paired with Scott Stallings during Saturday’s third round of the BMW Championship at Wilmington Country Club’s South Course when a fan intruded and dropped a remote-control golf ball on the green and attempted to make it go in the hole at the par-3 15th.

“That wasn’t exactly something I expected to see on a Saturday afternoon,” said Stallings, who was lining up a sand shot.

“He kept yelling at Rory, ‘This is my dream, this is my dream,'” Stallings said. “I don’t know exactly what he was dreaming about, but his ball is gone.”

That’s because McIlroy ended his fun quickly. First he took a couple of swats at it with his putter, but when the spectator made a third attempt at holing the ball, McIlroy picked it up and heaved it into the pond fronting the green. Game over.

“I thought it was great,” Stallings said of the way McIlroy handled the situation. “I was about to go and do the same thing.”

A police officer came over and escorted the spectator away. For Stallings, this didn’t rank as the strangest thing he’s witnessed from a spectator at a golf tournament.

“I was with a streaker doing sand angels completely naked at Waste Management at 17,” he said.

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Watch: Michael Greller tried to talk Jordan Spieth out of a difficult shot, Spieth hit it anyway and, well, it didn’t go as planned

“This one’s on me, alright?”

Jordan Spieth is famous for not only being a world-class golfer, but also as a risk taker. And, to his credit, he has pulled off more spectacular shots than he has failed. His playing style is to blame for many of the gray hairs on Michael Greller’s head.

During the third round of the BMW Championship at Wilmington Country Club, Spieth found a bunker to the left side of the fairway on the par-4 fifth.

A high lip made Greller question whether his player could get the ball up fast enough to clear and reach the green. Spieth sounded confident he could do it while his looper remained unconvinced.

And, well, the bag man was right.

This is a great listen for golf nerds.

BMW Championship: Leaderboard | PGA Tour Live on ESPN+

He went on to make a double bogey but bounced back quickly with a birdie on  No. 6.

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FedEx Cup leader Will Zalatoris suffers back injury during third round of BMW Championship, withdraws from the event

Zalatoris entered the week No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings.

Will Zalatoris came into this week’s BMW Championship holding down the No. 1 spot in the FedEx Cup standings. He’s fresh off his first PGA Tour win at the FedEx St. Jude Championship last week in Memphis. And he’s in prime position to make a run at the FedEx Cup in Atlanta next week.

However, the remainder of his season is now in question.

During the third round at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware, the world No. 9 suffered a back injury on the third hole Saturday.

Zalatoris and his playing partner, Emiliano Grillo, let the group of Sam Burns and Adam Hadwin through as they waited for the PGA Tour physio.

After a short visit and numerous stretches, Zalatoris decided to withdraw from the event.

He’ll receive no FedEx Cup points and unofficial last place money ($30,300). As of Saturday at 1:16 p.m. ET, he’s projected to fall to No. 2 in the FedEx Cup standings.

Due to the staggered start at the Tour Championship at East Lake, the Wake Forest product is likely to start two or three shots behind the FEC leader.

Statement from Zalatoris’ agent, Allen Hobbs.

At the 2021 Open Championship, Zalatoris was forced to withdraw after the opening round due to a back injury.

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Merchandise at the BMW Championship is going fast (horrible pun intended)

We’re also fans of the club’s logo, a Merino ram, which is a reference to the land’s previous life as a sheep farm.

It’s a week of firsts at Wilmington Country Club as the FedEx Cup playoffs are making their first appearance on the exclusive golf course, and the PGA Tour is in Delaware for the very first time.

That’s given the folks associated with the BMW Championship a chance to roll out some fun new merchandise, as well as some staples from years gone by.

We’re also fans of the club’s logo, a Merino ram, which is a reference to the land’s previous life as a sheep farm. In fact, a structure on the north course’s 13th hole is still referred to by locals as the “sheep barn.” Although the merchandise highlights 1901 — when the land was secured and the plans put in place — the clubhouse wasn’t finished until 1902 and the first tournament was held in July of that year.

Here’s a look at some of the best merchandise from the 2022 BMW Championship:

BMW Championship: Leaderboard | PGA Tour Live on ESPN+

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2022 BMW Championship Saturday tee times, TV and streaming info

Everything you need to know for the third round of the 2022 BMW Championship.

The second event of the PGA Tour’s 2021-22 playoffs, the BMW Championship, is headed to the weekend at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. The course was originally designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in 1959, and Andrew Green completed a renovation last year. It is a par-71 course measuring 7,534 yards.

Adam Scott was one back of Keegan Bradley and the lead when he teed of Friday, and at one point was 10 under for the tournament, but at late double bogey dropped him to 8 under. He’ll enter the weekend leading a star-studded group by one.

There were 70 golfers who qualified for the event; there are 68 in the field after Cameron Smith and Tommy Fleetwood withdrew. There is no cut this week.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s what you need to know for the third round of the 2022 BMW Championship. All times listed are ET.

BMW Championship: Leaderboard | PGA Tour Live on ESPN+

Saturday round tee times

1st hole

Tee time Players
8 a.m.
Si Woo Kim, Wyndham Clark
8:09 a.m.
Kevin Kisner, Mito Pereira
8:18 a.m. Tony Finau, Luke List
8:27 a.m.
Davis Riley, Alex Smalley
8:36 a.m.
Sebastian Munoz, Lucas Glover
8:45 a.m.
Mackenzie Hughes, Sepp Straka
8:55 a.m.
Jon Rahm, Taylor Moore
9:05 a.m.
Brendan Steele, Brian Harman
9:20 a.m.
Matt Fitzpatrick, Tom Kim
9:30 a.m.
Billy Horschel, Viktor Hovland
9:40 a.m.
Max Homa, J.J. Spaun
9:50 a.m.
Maverick McNealy, J.T. Poston
10 a.m.
Chris Kirk, Troy Merritt
10:10 a.m.
Cameron Tringale, Alex Noren
10:20 a.m.
Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam
10:35 a.m.
Denny McCarthy, Sahith Theegala
10:45 a.m.
Lucas Herbert, Keith Mitchell
10:55 a.m.
Matt Kuchar, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
11:05 a.m.
Taylor Pendrith, Marc Leishman
11:15 a.m.
Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im
11:25 a.m.
Seamus Power, Collin Morikawa
11:35 a.m.
Chez Reavie, Trey Mullinax
11:50 a.m.
Emiliano Grillo, Will Zalatoris
12 p.m.
Sam Burns, Adam Hadwin
12:10 p.m.
Keegan Bradley, K.H. Lee
12:20 p.m.
Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley
12:30 p.m.
Kurt Kitayama, Shane Lowry
12:40 p.m.
Hideki Matsuyama, Harold Varner III
12:50 p.m.
Aaron Wise, Joaquin Niemann
1:05 p.m.
Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
1:15 p.m.
Scott Stallings, Rory McIlroy
1:25 p.m.
Jordan Spieth, Cam Davis
1:35 p.m.
Cameron Young, Corey Conners
1:45 p.m.
Adam Scott, Scottie Scheffler

How to watch

You can watch Golf Channel for free on fuboTV. ESPN+ is the exclusive home for PGA Tour Live streaming. All times Eastern.

Saturday, August 20th

TV

Golf Channel: 12-3 p.m.
NBC: 3-6 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 1-6 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sunday, August 21st

TV

Golf Channel: 12-2 p.m.
NBC: 2-6 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 1-6 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

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BMW Championship: Adam Scott can’t recall his last lead, Scottie Scheffler projected to regain FedEx Cup lead among 5 Things we learned in Round 2

If you missed the action Friday, don’t worry, we have you covered.

WILMINGTON, Del. – Adam Scott, the 36-hole leader of the BMW Championship, couldn’t remember the last time he held a lead on the PGA Tour.

The 42-year-old racked his brain to recall the answer, which is the 2020 Genesis Invitational when he shared the 54-hole lead and went on to claim his 14th and most recent Tour title. His last 36-hole lead? At the 2019 Masters. But Scott said back at the Rocket Mortgage Classic last month when he was in contention after 36 holes that it feels like it’s been a long time since he’s been in the winner’s circle and he reiterated that point on Friday after shooting 2-under 69 at Wilmington Country Club’s South Course to improve to 8-under 142 at the halfway point of the penultimate event of the PGA Tour season.

“That’s what I’m trying to do is win, but the competition is tough out here, and I certainly haven’t had my best stuff for quite a while,” Scott said. “It’s been a battle for sure. But that’s how this game is.”

Scott’s lead grew to three strokes during the second round after he made a birdie at the par-5 12th hole to reach double digits at 10 under. Only a double bogey at 17, where he sprayed his tee shot right and said he made a complete mess, spoiled a clean card.

“It’s a good reminder for the weekend that I’ve really got to keep it under control and don’t want to have too many get off the map and get out of position around here,” he said.

Scott played his way into the 70-man field (which was reduced to 68 after two withdrawals) at the BMW by recording a tie for fifth at last week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship and is trying to continue to work his way into the Tour Championship, which is the FedEx Cup finale next week for the top 30 in the point standings after this week. But Scott’s not obsessing over his projected rank in the playoffs – a win has him expected to rise to No. 3 – and whether he qualifies for East Lake, which would qualify him for all four majors (he’s already exempt to the Masters as a past champion). Rather, he’s focused on trying to notch his 15th Tour title and first in more than two years.

“If I do that,” he said, “I think I’ll make it.”

BMW Championship: Leaderboard | PGA Tour Live on ESPN+