Scheffler Captures BMW Championship
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Scottie Scheffler rallies from 4 shots down and wins BMW Championship for 5th victory of the year
The numbers Scottie Scheffler is compiling have been drawing comparisons with Tiger Woods. The world's No. 1 player had a Tiger-like moment with the trophy on the line and a club in his hand Sunday in the BMW Championship.
The former Texas Longhorn continued his dominance with a comeback victory at the BMW Championship on Sunday. Scheffler shot a 67 that included six birdies, including a phenomenal chip on the 17th hole.
Scheffler not only takes home a $3.6 million winner's share for standing atop the leaderboard at the BMW Championship, cementing the top spot in the FedEx Cup standings earned him a $5 million bonus ahead of next week's season finale,
Maverick McNealy, Tommy Fleetwood and Sam Burns rounded out the top five. All of those golfers jumped at least three spots in the FedEx Cup standings. Harry Hall, who finished sixth, made the largest leap of the week, as he went from 45th to 26th in the FedEx Cup standings.
Robert MacIntyre leads at 16-under, but Scottie Scheffler lurks just four shots back as the BMW Championship final round tees off Sunday.
Ben Griffin got off to a terrible start at the BMW Championship on Sunday. Griffin opened the final round of the FedExCup Playoffs event in Maryland by going 6-over through his first three holes of the day. He made a triple-bogey on the first hole, too.