| Streak ends for Watson | Saturday 9/6, 12:02 AM CT |
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With a 2-over 72 on Friday at the BMW Championship, Bubba Watson saw his PGA Tour-leading streak of consecutive rounds at par or better snapped at 10, according to the PGA.
Our View: The current best streak belongs to John Riegger, Justin Leonard and Vijay Singh, with nine straight rounds. Riegger isn't participating this week, while Leonard and Singh opened with rounds of 69 and 70, respectively. |
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| Romero leads the way for BMW rookies | Saturday 9/6, 12:00 AM CT |
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Of the four PGA TOUR rookies competing in the BMW Championship, 2008 Zurich Classic of New Orleans winner Andres Romero got off to the best start with a 4-under 66, according to the PGA.
Our View: The others are Chez Reavie (67), Martin Laird (69) and Kevin Streelman (70). |
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| Garcia starts strong at the BMW Championship | Friday 9/5, 11:06 PM CT |
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Sergio Garcia, working as one of few that could potentially challenge Vijay Singh for this year's FedEx Cup, carded a round of 68 today, two strokes under par, three strokes off the leading pace set by Camilo Villegas at the BMW Championship, according to the PGA.
Our View: Four players have finished inside the top 10 in each of the first two Playoff events. The list includes Singh (two-time winner), Garcia (tie for second/Barclays, tie for fifth/Deutsche Bank), Mike Weir (tie for seventh/Barclays, second/Deutsche Bank) and Justin Leonard (tie for seventh in both). Of that group, Garcia had the best start this week. |
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| Singh opens with par at BMW Championship | Friday 9/5, 11:02 PM CT |
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Vijay Singh, who is coming off victories in the first two events of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, opened with an even-par 70, according to the PGA. Singh was one of 47 players out of the 69-man field to post a par-or-better round on Friday.
Our View: Making the cut will all but assure Singh takes this year's FedEx Cup, but he would like to improve and get in the mix for a win and dominate the event. He tends to start a bit slow on Day 1, so look for lower scores in the next three rounds. |
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| Stricker continues to find success in FedEx Playoffs | Friday 9/5, 11:00 PM CT |
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Steve Stricker, fresh off news of his selection for this year's US Ryder Cup team, posted a round of 66 (-4) today at the BMW Championship in St. Louis, trailing the tourney leader (Camilo Villegas) by one stroke, according to the PGA.
Our View: Steve Stricker has never finished outside of the top 20 in a PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup event. Last year, he finished first at The Barclays, tied for ninth at the Deutsche Bank Championship, third at the BMW Championship and tied for 17th at THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. He has tie for 19th and tie for 13th finishes under his belt so far this year. With his score on Friday, Stricker is now a collective 66-under par in Playoff events. |
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| Villegas takes first-day lead at BMW Championship | Friday 9/5, 10:57 PM CT |
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Camilo Villegas posted a 5-under 65 in the first round of the BMW Championship to take a one-stroke lead over Steve Stricker, Kenny Perry, Tim Herron, Andres Romero and Stuart Appleby, according to the PGA. Although at a different course than Bellerive Country Club, Villegas has played well in the past at the BMW Championship. In 2007, he trailed by one stroke after the first and second rounds before finishing tied for seventh. That finish propelled him into the 30-man field for the THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola.
Our View: This marks the second time in Camilo Villegas' PGA TOUR career that he has held at least a share of the 18-hole lead in a TOUR event. He opened with an 8-under 63 at last year's Deutsche Bank Championship before eventually finishing tied for ninth. |
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| McIlroy making noise in Europe | Thursday 9/4, 11:04 PM CT |
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Teenager Rory McIlroy shot an 8-under 63 to take the lead after the first round of the European Masters, according to the Associated Press. "You get days when you read the lines perfectly and you know every putt is going in," McIlroy said. "I've only been missing cuts by one or two shots," he said. "I just feel like I've been making silly mistakes. I feel once I have a little bit of form, I won't make them."
Our View: McIlroy needed only 26 putts. His only bogey came at the 12th where he drove into a bunker. His lowest round was a 61 in the Northern Ireland amateur event at Royal Portrush. The 19-year-old Northern Irishman had missed cuts during the last three weeks. |
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| First round rained out at BMW Championship | Thursday 9/4, 10:49 PM CT |
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St. Louis added yet another chapter to its dreary decade of golf history when the first round of the BMW Championship was washed out by storms that dumped 3 inches of rain on Bellerive Country Club, according to the Associated Press. Dozens of players were at Bellerive getting ready for the American Express Championship the morning of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. It was the first big event in St. Louis since the 1992 PGA Championship. Woods was playing in St. Louis for the first time in his career, but he only got in a practice round before the event was canceled. Three years later, the U.S. Senior Open came to town, and rain washed out the second round Friday. This season the first round of the BMW Championship has been postponed until Friday, with 36 holes on Saturday to get back on schedule. The first round originally was delayed for two hours with hopes the storms would pass quickly. Hunter Mahan arrived a few hours before his scheduled tee time, but he knew what to expect when he awoke and called caddie John Wood. “I said, ‘Is it raining?’ And he said, ‘No, it’s pouring,”’ Mahan said. “I saw on television that creeks were flooded over and you needed a cart to get to some of the holes. There’s just too much water. To hold an event like this, it should be in the best shape possible.”
Our View: The BMW Championship is the third event in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, with Vijay Singh holding such a large lead that he could wrap up the title before the season-ending TOUR Championship. Singh won the first two events at The Barclays and Deutsche Bank Championship. |
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| BMW Championship on hold | Thursday 9/4, 1:37 PM CT |
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The BMW Championship, held at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, has seen it's first round canceled due to heavy rain, according to ESPN.com. "It's as bad as I've seen in a long time," said PGA vice president of rules Slugger White.
Our View: Vijay Singh and the others in competition will simply have to wait until Friday for first round play to begin. The tournament will go 36 holes on Saturday to make up for the lost time. |
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| Garcia one of two still pushing Vijay for FedEx Cup | Wednesday 9/3, 7:58 PM CT |
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While the Tour calculates the top 24 players in the current FedEx Cup rankings could conceivably reach Vijay Singh for the title, coming off victories in both the first (The Barclays) and second (Deutsche Bank Championship) stages of the four-tourney playoff, it appears only two have a reasonable shot to topple the hottest hand on the Tour, according to the PGA. One of those golfers is Sergio Garcia.
Our View: If Garcia wins twice, he will earn 23,500 points, for a total of 131,775. To catch him, Singh would need to earn 11,275 points -- two third-place finishes, or a second at BMW and an eighth at THE TOUR Championship. With a second at BMW and a win at THE TOUR Championship, Garcia would have a total of 128,175. Singh could catch him with two seventh-place finishes or a third at BMW and a 24th at THE TOUR Championship, or a last-place finish at BMW and a third in Atlanta. Other combinations would also work. If Singh has two mid-pack finishes -- say, 35th at BMW and 20th at THE TOUR Championship -- he would end the Playoffs with 125,470 points, meaning Garcia would need 17,196 to overtake him. A third and a first (in either order) would suffice, but two second-place finishes wouldn't. If Singh has two last-place finishes, he would end the Playoffs with 124,601 points. Garcia would still need a first and a third at BMW and THE TOUR Championship, or a fifth at BMW and a win in Atlanta. |
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