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BMW Championship – 69 Players, 69 Things You Need To Know

2020 BMW Championship pre-tournament notes Dates: August 24-30, 2020 Where: Olympia Fields, Illinois Course: Olympia Fields Country Club-North (35-35—70, 7,366 yards) Field size: 69 Defending champion: Justin Thomas Purse: $9,500,000 ($1,710,000/winner) FedExCup: 1,500 points to the winner Format: 72-hole stroke play   Things to Know The BMW Championship determines the 30 players who will qualify for the Playoffs finale, the TOUR Championship The BMW Championship will be contested at ...

Woods Admits The Masters To Be ‘Very Different’ Without 40,000 Augusta Patrons

Defending Masters champion, Tiger Woods admits it is going to be ‘very different’ without 40,000 patrons (not spectators) missing from November’s rescheduling of The Masters. Some 16 months ago, Woods ended an 11-year majors victory drought with his remarkable victory at Augusta National. However, a recent decent by officials will now see the November 12 to 15th Masters go ahead behind closed doors. It means also, those teeing-up at Augusta National will also do so without family and friends ...

Woods Needing To Roar In The Windy City To Be Heading To East Lake

Tiger Woods may have handed Rory McIlroy a golfing lesson last weekend in Boston but he needs to finish at least in front of 66 or just 69 players this week in Chicago to qualify for next week’s Tour Championship. Woods is currently 57th on the FedEx Cup points table and has to end fourth or higher in this week’s BMW Championship if he’s to progress to East Lake in Atlanta. A top-four result on a Olympia Fields course he last played 17-years ago in finishing T20th at the 2003 U.S. Open would ...

Willett Shares McIlroy’s ‘Going Through The Motion’ In Missing Golf Fans.

Danny Willett shares the views of fellow Major winning Rory McIlroy in agreeing it is difficult to get inspired with a continuing ‘no spectator’ policy in place at both PGA and European Tour events. Willett has returned to competition at this week’s UK Championship at The Belfry and a course the Masters champion first and last visited as a then 15-year to watch practice rounds ahead of the 2002 Ryder Cup. The Englishman arrived back into the U.K. 11 days ago and this after two prior COVID-19 ...

DJ Looking To Be No. 1 In Landing A Maiden FedEx Cup No. 1 Title.

On the first occasion Dustin Johnson went to World No. 1 in February 2017 he remained atop of the World Rankings unchallenged for 64 weeks. Now after returning as the game’s highest-ranked golfer for a sixth time in his career, Johnson is determined to be the reigning World No. 1 in lifting the FedEx Cup trophy next fortnight for a first time in his career. ‘DJ’ has come close before to securing the honour and now after his emphatic victory last Sunday who will deny him in two ...

Tiger Smacks Rory’s Tail For A Second Straight Northern Trust Round.

Tiger Woods smacked Rory McIlroy’s tail for a second straight day but with the duo ending well down the board at the Northern Trust outside of Boston. Woods grabbed a closing five-under par 66 in posting nine closing pars for a six-under par total on the ‘no spectators’ TPC Boston course. McIlroy, who found himself five shots adrift of Woods after just six holes, signed for a closing two-under par 69 for a two-under total. “Today was good and today I thought was good all the way around,” ...

Viva La France With Langasque Heading To U.S. Open After Wales Triumph.

Frenchman Romain Langasque is proudly heading to next month’s U.S. Open after brilliantly collecting a first Tour victory in muscling his way to a two shot success at the ISPS Handa Open Wales Open at Celtic Manor. Langasque, 25 and a former British Amateur champion (2015), came from five shots back heading to the last day and win with a stunning bogey-free 65 for an eight-under par total. The Cadris-born golfer, and located to the north-west of Cannes, is second French winner on Tour this ...