US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley wins BMW Championship
Keegan Bradley lands a seventh PGA Tour title with a second career victory at the BMW Championship.
Keegan Bradley | -12 |
Ludvig Aberg | -11 |
Sam Burns | -11 |
Adam Scott | -11 |
Newly-promoted US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley captured his seventh career PGA Tour title with victory at the BMW Championship at Castle Pines GC in Colorado.
The win vaults Bradley from last place (50th) in the FedEx Cup standings entering the week up to fourth heading into next week's 30-man FedEx Cup finale at the Tour Championship at East Lake.
The winner of the Tour Championship will win the season-long FedEx Cup and a record first prize of $25m.
Bradley, 39, closed with a level-par 72 to seal a narrow one-shot victory on 12-under par.
Adam Scott, Ludvig Aberg and Sam Burns finished in a tie for second on 11-under par.
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Bradley now becomes just the fourth player in PGA Tour history to win the BMW Championship twice, joining Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson and Patrick Cantlay.
The seven-time PGA Tour winner was recently appointed by the PGA of America as the 2025 United States Ryder Cup captain to face Luke Donald's European Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black in New York next September.
He has made it clear he intends to fight for his place on the team, but only if he qualifies through the automatic top six.
Bradley has confirmed he will not pick himself.
The American is down as a vice-captain in next month's US Presidents Cup team but it remains to be seen whether he now fancies it as a player as a result of his BMW Championship triumph.
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