BMW Championship
Official ResultsAugust 20 at 11:40 PM
Gary Woodland shares the Round 1 lead at 6-under par, joined by Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy, J.J. Spaun and Chris Gotterup. Matt Fitzpatrick delivered the late charge, closing with three straight birdies for 5-under par. The five co-leaders set the pace, with Fitzpatrick and Ryo Hisatsune at 5-under par in prime contention. Next tee time 9:03am CT on Friday, August 21st.
August 20 at 11:00 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Maverick McNealy finished with momentum, extending his run to three straight birdies and reaching 3-under par for the opening round. That closing burst lifted him into a tie for 12th, three shots behind the five players sharing the lead at 6-under par.
August 20 at 10:50 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Maverick McNealy found a late lift at the 17th, adding a birdie to reach 2-under par for his opening round. That move carries him into a tie for 20th, with one hole still to play and a chance to improve his position before signing his card.
August 20 at 10:30 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Matt Fitzpatrick answered his bogey at the 15th with a birdie at the 17th, reaching 4-under par and moving into a tie for seventh. He is two shots behind the five players sharing the early lead at 6-under par, with one hole left in his opening round.
August 20 at 10:00 PM
Total: +1·R1: +1
Viktor Hovland's round slipped to 1-over par after a bogey at the 18th, dropping him from tied 32nd to tied 36th. He had birdied the sixth, seventh and 17th, but the closing mistake leaves him seven shots behind the leaders at 6-under par.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Matt Fitzpatrick gave a shot back with bogey at the 15th, falling from 4-under par to 3-under par and from tied seventh to tied 10th. With three holes remaining, he is three shots behind the five players tied atop the BMW Championship at 6-under par.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Jacob Bridgeman made birdie at the 14th to reach 3-under par, a one-shot gain that lifted him from tied 19th into a crowded tie for 10th. Through 14 holes, he sits three shots behind the five players sharing the lead at 6-under par.
August 20 at 9:50 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Russell Henley found another shot at the 14th to reach 3-under par, lifting from a tie for 18th into a tie for 11th. He still has four holes left in his opening round, with the crowded lead sitting three shots ahead at 6-under par.
Total: -6·R1: -6
The lead has tightened again at the BMW Championship. J.J. Spaun’s bogey at the 18th nudged him from 7-under par to 6-under par, where Gary Woodland, Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy and Chris Gotterup now share the top spot.
August 20 at 9:40 PM
Total: -6·R1: -6
Chris Gotterup has kept the accelerator down with birdies at the 13th, 14th and 15th, extending his run to three straight. The surge has taken him to 6-under par and into a four-player tie for second, one shot behind J.J. Spaun.
Total: -7·R1: -7
J.J. Spaun’s birdie at the 17th has broken the four-way tie at the top. He is now 7-under par, one clear of Gary Woodland, Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy and Chris Gotterup at 6-under, with only the 18th still to play.
August 20 at 9:30 PM
Total: -5·R1: -5
Chris Gotterup birdied the 14th to reach 5-under par, moving into a share of fifth after starting this stretch tied for sixth. Through 14 holes, he sits one shot behind the four players sharing the lead at 6-under par, with time left to press the front group.
August 20 at 9:20 PM
Total: -6·R1: -6
Rory McIlroy finished with birdies at the 17th and 18th, adding the shot that brought him to 6-under par. He moves from fourth into a four-way tie for the lead with Gary Woodland, Wyndham Clark and J.J. Spaun as the opening round winds down.
August 20 at 9:10 PM
Total: -6·R1: -6
J.J. Spaun birdied the 15th to reach 6-under par and join Gary Woodland and Wyndham Clark at the top of the BMW Championship board. With three players sharing the low score late in the opening round, Spaun has turned a strong start into a share of the lead.
August 20 at 9:00 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Xander Schauffele found a late lift with a birdie at the 17th, moving from even par to 1-under par and climbing from a tie for 34th to a tie for 24th. He has one hole left in his opening round, while the leaders sit at 6-under par.
Total: -5·R1: -5
Rory McIlroy birdied the 17th to reach 5-under par, climbing from a tie for fifth to a tie for third in the opening round. He is one shot behind co-leaders Gary Woodland and Wyndham Clark at 6-under par, with his final hole still to play.
August 20 at 8:51 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Matt Fitzpatrick’s opening-round momentum stalled at the 10th, where a bogey sent him from 4-under par to 3-under par. That one-shot setback dropped him from a share of fifth into a tie for ninth, leaving him three shots behind the leaders.
August 20 at 8:40 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Rory McIlroy birdied the 15th to reach 4-under par and move into a tie for fifth in the opening round. He is two shots behind co-leaders Gary Woodland and Wyndham Clark at 6-under par, with three holes still to play.
August 20 at 8:20 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Matt Fitzpatrick birdied the 8th to get to 3-under par, vaulting from a tie for 16th into a share of seventh. Through eight holes, he is three shots behind the leaders, and his early push has put him among a crowded group chasing the BMW Championship pace.
Total: -5·R1: -5
Ryo Hisatsune birdied the 17th to reach 5-under par, moving into a share of third and one shot behind co-leaders Gary Woodland and Wyndham Clark. With only the 18th left, he has a chance to turn a strong opening round into a place in the lead group.
August 20 at 8:00 PM
Total: -6·R1: -6
Wyndham Clark birdied the 18th to reach 6-under par, matching Gary Woodland at the top of the BMW Championship. Clark’s closing burst produced six birdies in his round and turned a one-shot deficit into a share of the first-round lead.
August 20 at 7:50 PM
Total: -5·R1: -5
J.J. Spaun has caught fire with birdies on the 7th, 8th and 9th, a three-hole run that lifted him to 5-under par and into a tie for second. Through nine holes, Spaun is one shot behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par clubhouse lead.
August 20 at 7:40 PM
Total: -5·R1: -5
Wyndham Clark birdied the 17th to reach 5-under par, tightening the first-round picture late in his round. He remains in second place, one shot behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with just the 18th still to play.
August 20 at 7:30 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
J.J. Spaun birdied the 8th to get to 4-under par, vaulting from a tie for seventh into a share of second. Through his eighth hole today, Spaun has birdied four holes and is now two shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead.
Total: -4·R1: -4
Alex Fitzpatrick closed with a birdie at the 18th to reach 4-under par, moving from a tie for seventh into a share of second. Gary Woodland remains the leader at 6-under par, so Fitzpatrick’s finish leaves him two shots back after the opening round.
August 20 at 7:20 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Wyndham Clark has played his way into the chasing pack with a birdie at the 16th, moving from 3-under par to 4-under par and into a tie for second. Gary Woodland remains the leader at 6-under par, leaving Clark two shots back with two holes to play.
August 20 at 7:10 PM
Total: E·R1: E
Rickie Fowler’s round swung the wrong way at the 9th, where a double bogey sent him from 2-under par back to even par. The two-shot setback dropped him from a tie for 11th to a tie for 29th, leaving him well back of the early pace.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Xander Schauffele made eagle at the 8th to vault from even par to 2-under par. Through eight holes, he is tied for 12th, four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead and suddenly within range of the early contenders.
August 20 at 7:00 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Ryo Hisatsune birdied the 11th to reach 4-under par, moving from a tie for fifth into a four-way tie for second. With Gary Woodland at 6-under par, Hisatsune is two shots back as he continues through the middle of his opening round.
August 20 at 6:50 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Kristoffer Reitan birdied the 15th to reach 4-under par, joining Ludvig Åberg and Patrick Cantlay in a three-way tie for second. The move from third leaves Reitan two shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with three holes remaining.
Total: -4·R1: -4
Ludvig Åberg capped his opening round with a birdie at the 18th, reaching 4-under par and moving into a tie for second. He finished two shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, and his closing birdie leaves him alongside players still chasing.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Wyndham Clark’s birdie at the 14th has put him at 3-under par, lifting him from ninth into a tie for fifth. He is three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead with four holes remaining, and has birdied both the 13th and 14th.
August 20 at 6:40 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Ludvig Åberg birdied the 17th to reach 3-under par, moving from a tie for seventh into a share of third. With Gary Woodland at 6-under par, Åberg is three shots back as he heads to his final hole of the opening round.
August 20 at 6:30 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Kristoffer Reitan birdied the 14th to reach 3-under par, climbing from a tie for seventh into a share of third. He is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 7-under par lead, but the move places him among the early group closest to the front.
Total: -4·R1: -4
Patrick Cantlay kept the pedal down with a birdie at the 9th, his third in a row after birdies at the 7th and 8th. That run has carried him to 4-under par through nine holes, into second place and three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 7-under par lead.
August 20 at 6:20 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Ben Griffin birdied the 17th to reach 2-under par, vaulting from a tie for 18th into a crowded tie for seventh. With one hole left in his opening round, he is now among the players closest to Woodland’s early lead.
Total: -7·R1: -7
Gary Woodland kept the opening-round momentum rolling with a birdie at the 17th, reaching 7-under par through 17 holes. That score leaves him four shots ahead of the group tied at 3-under par as he heads to his final hole.
August 20 at 6:10 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Michael Thorbjornsen’s birdie at the 7th lifted him to 2-under par and into a tie for fifth after beginning the stretch tied for 14th. Through seven holes, he is now four shots back of Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par pace.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Ludvig Åberg birdied the 15th to get to 2-under par and climb from a tie for 14th into a tie for fifth. He has three holes remaining, with Gary Woodland setting the early target at 6-under par through 16 holes.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Adam Scott added a birdie at the 16th to reach 2-under par, moving from a tie for 14th into the group tied for fifth. With two holes left in his opening round, Scott is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead.
August 20 at 6:01 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Patrick Cantlay's birdie at the 7th moved him from 1-under par to 2-under par and from a tie for 11th into a tie for fifth. Through seven holes, he is four shots behind Gary Woodland's 6-under-par pace, alongside a large group at 2-under par.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Eric Cole birdied the 8th to reach 2-under par, moving from a tie for 11th into a crowded tie for fifth. Through eight holes, Cole is now four shots behind Gary Woodland at 6-under par, with the early leaderboard tightly packed behind the leader.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Michael Brennan's eagle at the 8th delivered a two-shot swing, taking him from even par to 2-under par and from 21st into a tie for fifth. Through eight holes, that late burst has put him four shots behind Gary Woodland's 6-under-par lead.
August 20 at 5:50 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Xander Schauffele opened with birdies on the first two holes, reaching 2-under par and rising from a tie for 10th into a share of fifth. Through his second hole today, he is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead with plenty of round left.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Kristoffer Reitan has pushed to 2-under par through 11 holes, climbing from a tie for 10th into a share of fifth. The move puts him four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead and gives him seven holes to build on the opening-round charge.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Collin Morikawa added a birdie at the 14th to reach 2-under par, moving from a tie for 10th into a share of fifth. He is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with four holes still to play in his opening round.
August 20 at 5:40 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Adam Scott birdied the 14th to reach 1-under par, lifting him from a tie for 19th into a share of 10th. The move puts him five shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with four holes left in his opening round.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Justin Thomas birdied the 17th to get to 3-under par and move into a tie for second alongside Ryo Hisatsune. With Gary Woodland at 6-under par, Thomas is three shots back as he heads to his final hole of Round 1.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Alex Fitzpatrick birdied the 10th to reach 2-under par, turning a tie for ninth into a share of fifth. He is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with a crowded group at 2-under keeping the opening-round pressure on.
August 20 at 5:30 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Ben Griffin has climbed into a share of third after reaching 2-under par through 14 holes. His move from ninth puts him four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under pace, with a crowded group at 2-under keeping the early chase tightly packed.
August 20 at 5:20 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Eric Cole has birdied the 5th hole to reach 2-under par, vaulting from a tie for eighth into the group tied for third. Early in his round, Cole is now four shots behind Gary Woodland and has put himself inside the top five of a crowded board.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Sungjae Im is building momentum late in his opening round, reaching 3-under par through 15 holes with a three-birdie streak noted on his card. He has moved into second place, three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead, with holes still to play.
August 20 at 5:10 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Collin Morikawa birdied the 11th to move to 1-under par, climbing into a tie for eighth after starting this stretch at even par. He is through 11 holes and five shots behind Gary Woodland, but that birdie has pulled him into the crowded group just outside the top five.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Ludvig Åberg added a birdie at the 11th to reach 2-under par and join a five-player tie for third. Through 11 holes, he sits four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead, with a tightly packed chase group forming behind the front-runner.
August 20 at 5:01 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Ryo Hisatsune birdied the 2nd hole to reach 1-under par, climbing from 12th into the tie for fifth. In a tightly packed early board, that puts him alongside seven other players at 1-under par, with Gary Woodland leading at 6-under par.
Total: -6·R1: -6
Gary Woodland has added an eagle at the 11th to stretch his opening round to 6-under par, maintaining the outright lead. Justin Thomas is next at 3-under par, so Woodland’s latest gain has put three shots between the leader and the nearest challenger.
August 20 at 4:50 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Eric Cole made an immediate move at the 2nd hole, reaching 1-under par and jumping from 12th into a tie for fifth. Through just two holes, he is three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 4-under-par lead, but the birdie has put Cole alongside a large chasing pack.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Ben Griffin has played his way into the crowded group tied for fifth at 1-under par, climbing from 12th after a birdie at the 11th. Gary Woodland’s 4-under-par pace remains three shots ahead, but Griffin has given himself an early foothold among the chasers.
August 20 at 4:40 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Kristoffer Reitan followed his birdie at the 5th with another at the 6th, moving from even par to 1-under par. The early two-birdie burst has carried him into a tie for fifth, three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 4-under-par lead.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Sungjae Im has put together birdies at the 10th and 11th to turn an even-par round into 1-under par. Through 11 holes, he has climbed into a tie for fifth, joining the group three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 4-under-par pace.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Sahith Theegala answered back at the 12th after bogeys at the 10th and 11th had stalled his start. The birdie lifted him from even par to 1-under par and into a tie for fifth, three shots behind Gary Woodland at 4-under par.
August 20 at 4:30 PM
Total: +2·R1: +2
Justin Rose’s round has taken a sharp turn at the 6th hole, where he made double bogey to fall to 2-over par. After opening with a birdie at the 2nd, he has dropped from a tie for eighth into a tie for 20th, leaving early ground to recover in Round 1.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Ludvig Åberg has played his way into the leading group of chasers at 1-under par through eight holes. Birdies at the 4th and 8th have erased an opening bogey, lifting him from a tie for eighth into a share of fourth, three shots off Gary Woodland’s lead.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Justin Thomas has turned an even-par start into a 1-under-par round through 11 holes, with birdies at the 8th and 11th offsetting a bogey at the 5th. That latest gain carries him from a tie for eighth into a share of fourth, three shots behind Gary Woodland.
August 20 at 4:20 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Collin Morikawa’s birdie at the 7th lifted him to 1-under par and into a tie for third after starting the stretch in a tie for eighth. Through seven holes, he is three shots off Gary Woodland’s lead and has worked his way into the early top five.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Adam Scott birdied the 8th hole to reach 1-under par, moving from a tie for eighth into a tie for third. Through eight holes, Scott is three shots behind Gary Woodland and has joined the early group giving chase near the top of the board.
Total: +1·R1: +1
Sam Burns’ fast start vanished at the 2nd hole, where a double bogey turned his 1-under par opening into 1-over par. He has fallen from a share of second to a tie for 15th after just two holes, a sharp early reversal in Round 1.
August 20 at 4:00 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Sam Burns opened with a birdie at the 1st, moving from even par to 1-under par and into a share of third. It is an immediate place in the early chase, with Burns now two shots behind Gary Woodland’s 3-under-par lead.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Gary Woodland has added another birdie at the 7th to reach 3-under par, stretching his early edge to one shot over Sahith Theegala. Woodland’s three birdies through seven holes have kept him in front as the opening-round board begins to separate.
August 20 at 3:50 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Akshay Bhatia is straight into the early chase at the BMW Championship, birdieing the 1st hole to reach 1-under par. That puts him in a share of second, one shot behind Gary Woodland, with his opening move immediately placing him among the first-wave contenders.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Alex Smalley has joined the cluster at 1-under par through three holes, moving from outside the early top five into a share of second. He is one shot behind Gary Woodland, and the compact leaderboard leaves little separation as the opening round takes shape.
August 20 at 3:40 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Gary Woodland has moved to 2-under par with a birdie at the 5th, taking over the BMW Championship lead in the opening round. Woodland has birdied two of his first five holes, while Collin Morikawa is now one shot back at 1-under par.
August 20 at 3:30 PM
Total: +1·R1: +1
Sungjae Im’s early share of the lead is gone after another bogey, this time at the 6th. He has slipped from even par to 1-over par through six holes, while Gary Woodland and Collin Morikawa set the early target at 1-under par.
Total: +2·R1: +2
Ryan Fox found trouble immediately at the 2nd hole, taking double bogey to fall from even par to 2-over par. That early stumble has dropped him into a tie for 13th, three shots behind the co-leaders’ 1-under-par pace.
August 20 at 3:21 PM
Total: E·R1: E
The early lead has shifted away from Sungjae Im. A bogey at the 5th sent him from 1-under par back to even, dropping him into a tie for third while Gary Woodland and Collin Morikawa hold the 1-under-par lead.
August 20 at 3:07 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Gary Woodland’s birdie at the 2nd moved him from even par to 1-under par and into a share of the early lead. Woodland is now tied atop the board with Sungjae Im, Aaron Rai and Collin Morikawa, with several players still only a few holes into Round 1.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Collin Morikawa wasted no time getting under par, making birdie at the 1st to reach 1-under par. That put him into a four-way tie for the BMW Championship lead with Sungjae Im, Aaron Rai and Gary Woodland as the opening round began to take shape.
August 20 at 2:40 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Early movement at the BMW Championship: Sungjae Im and Aaron Rai share the lead at 1-under par after getting their rounds underway. Rai supplied a birdie at the 1st, while Im has reached the 2nd hole with the same early advantage.
August 20 at 11:40 PM
Gary Woodland shares the Round 1 lead at 6-under par, joined by Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy, J.J. Spaun and Chris Gotterup. Matt Fitzpatrick delivered the late charge, closing with three straight birdies for 5-under par. The five co-leaders set the pace, with Fitzpatrick and Ryo Hisatsune at 5-under par in prime contention. Next tee time 9:03am CT on Friday, August 21st.
August 20 at 11:00 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Maverick McNealy finished with momentum, extending his run to three straight birdies and reaching 3-under par for the opening round. That closing burst lifted him into a tie for 12th, three shots behind the five players sharing the lead at 6-under par.
August 20 at 10:50 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Maverick McNealy found a late lift at the 17th, adding a birdie to reach 2-under par for his opening round. That move carries him into a tie for 20th, with one hole still to play and a chance to improve his position before signing his card.
August 20 at 10:30 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Matt Fitzpatrick answered his bogey at the 15th with a birdie at the 17th, reaching 4-under par and moving into a tie for seventh. He is two shots behind the five players sharing the early lead at 6-under par, with one hole left in his opening round.
August 20 at 10:00 PM
Total: +1·R1: +1
Viktor Hovland's round slipped to 1-over par after a bogey at the 18th, dropping him from tied 32nd to tied 36th. He had birdied the sixth, seventh and 17th, but the closing mistake leaves him seven shots behind the leaders at 6-under par.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Matt Fitzpatrick gave a shot back with bogey at the 15th, falling from 4-under par to 3-under par and from tied seventh to tied 10th. With three holes remaining, he is three shots behind the five players tied atop the BMW Championship at 6-under par.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Jacob Bridgeman made birdie at the 14th to reach 3-under par, a one-shot gain that lifted him from tied 19th into a crowded tie for 10th. Through 14 holes, he sits three shots behind the five players sharing the lead at 6-under par.
August 20 at 9:50 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Russell Henley found another shot at the 14th to reach 3-under par, lifting from a tie for 18th into a tie for 11th. He still has four holes left in his opening round, with the crowded lead sitting three shots ahead at 6-under par.
Total: -6·R1: -6
The lead has tightened again at the BMW Championship. J.J. Spaun’s bogey at the 18th nudged him from 7-under par to 6-under par, where Gary Woodland, Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy and Chris Gotterup now share the top spot.
August 20 at 9:40 PM
Total: -6·R1: -6
Chris Gotterup has kept the accelerator down with birdies at the 13th, 14th and 15th, extending his run to three straight. The surge has taken him to 6-under par and into a four-player tie for second, one shot behind J.J. Spaun.
Total: -7·R1: -7
J.J. Spaun’s birdie at the 17th has broken the four-way tie at the top. He is now 7-under par, one clear of Gary Woodland, Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy and Chris Gotterup at 6-under, with only the 18th still to play.
August 20 at 9:30 PM
Total: -5·R1: -5
Chris Gotterup birdied the 14th to reach 5-under par, moving into a share of fifth after starting this stretch tied for sixth. Through 14 holes, he sits one shot behind the four players sharing the lead at 6-under par, with time left to press the front group.
August 20 at 9:20 PM
Total: -6·R1: -6
Rory McIlroy finished with birdies at the 17th and 18th, adding the shot that brought him to 6-under par. He moves from fourth into a four-way tie for the lead with Gary Woodland, Wyndham Clark and J.J. Spaun as the opening round winds down.
August 20 at 9:10 PM
Total: -6·R1: -6
J.J. Spaun birdied the 15th to reach 6-under par and join Gary Woodland and Wyndham Clark at the top of the BMW Championship board. With three players sharing the low score late in the opening round, Spaun has turned a strong start into a share of the lead.
August 20 at 9:00 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Xander Schauffele found a late lift with a birdie at the 17th, moving from even par to 1-under par and climbing from a tie for 34th to a tie for 24th. He has one hole left in his opening round, while the leaders sit at 6-under par.
Total: -5·R1: -5
Rory McIlroy birdied the 17th to reach 5-under par, climbing from a tie for fifth to a tie for third in the opening round. He is one shot behind co-leaders Gary Woodland and Wyndham Clark at 6-under par, with his final hole still to play.
August 20 at 8:51 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Matt Fitzpatrick’s opening-round momentum stalled at the 10th, where a bogey sent him from 4-under par to 3-under par. That one-shot setback dropped him from a share of fifth into a tie for ninth, leaving him three shots behind the leaders.
August 20 at 8:40 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Rory McIlroy birdied the 15th to reach 4-under par and move into a tie for fifth in the opening round. He is two shots behind co-leaders Gary Woodland and Wyndham Clark at 6-under par, with three holes still to play.
August 20 at 8:20 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Matt Fitzpatrick birdied the 8th to get to 3-under par, vaulting from a tie for 16th into a share of seventh. Through eight holes, he is three shots behind the leaders, and his early push has put him among a crowded group chasing the BMW Championship pace.
Total: -5·R1: -5
Ryo Hisatsune birdied the 17th to reach 5-under par, moving into a share of third and one shot behind co-leaders Gary Woodland and Wyndham Clark. With only the 18th left, he has a chance to turn a strong opening round into a place in the lead group.
August 20 at 8:00 PM
Total: -6·R1: -6
Wyndham Clark birdied the 18th to reach 6-under par, matching Gary Woodland at the top of the BMW Championship. Clark’s closing burst produced six birdies in his round and turned a one-shot deficit into a share of the first-round lead.
August 20 at 7:50 PM
Total: -5·R1: -5
J.J. Spaun has caught fire with birdies on the 7th, 8th and 9th, a three-hole run that lifted him to 5-under par and into a tie for second. Through nine holes, Spaun is one shot behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par clubhouse lead.
August 20 at 7:40 PM
Total: -5·R1: -5
Wyndham Clark birdied the 17th to reach 5-under par, tightening the first-round picture late in his round. He remains in second place, one shot behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with just the 18th still to play.
August 20 at 7:30 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
J.J. Spaun birdied the 8th to get to 4-under par, vaulting from a tie for seventh into a share of second. Through his eighth hole today, Spaun has birdied four holes and is now two shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead.
Total: -4·R1: -4
Alex Fitzpatrick closed with a birdie at the 18th to reach 4-under par, moving from a tie for seventh into a share of second. Gary Woodland remains the leader at 6-under par, so Fitzpatrick’s finish leaves him two shots back after the opening round.
August 20 at 7:20 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Wyndham Clark has played his way into the chasing pack with a birdie at the 16th, moving from 3-under par to 4-under par and into a tie for second. Gary Woodland remains the leader at 6-under par, leaving Clark two shots back with two holes to play.
August 20 at 7:10 PM
Total: E·R1: E
Rickie Fowler’s round swung the wrong way at the 9th, where a double bogey sent him from 2-under par back to even par. The two-shot setback dropped him from a tie for 11th to a tie for 29th, leaving him well back of the early pace.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Xander Schauffele made eagle at the 8th to vault from even par to 2-under par. Through eight holes, he is tied for 12th, four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead and suddenly within range of the early contenders.
August 20 at 7:00 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Ryo Hisatsune birdied the 11th to reach 4-under par, moving from a tie for fifth into a four-way tie for second. With Gary Woodland at 6-under par, Hisatsune is two shots back as he continues through the middle of his opening round.
August 20 at 6:50 PM
Total: -4·R1: -4
Kristoffer Reitan birdied the 15th to reach 4-under par, joining Ludvig Åberg and Patrick Cantlay in a three-way tie for second. The move from third leaves Reitan two shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with three holes remaining.
Total: -4·R1: -4
Ludvig Åberg capped his opening round with a birdie at the 18th, reaching 4-under par and moving into a tie for second. He finished two shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, and his closing birdie leaves him alongside players still chasing.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Wyndham Clark’s birdie at the 14th has put him at 3-under par, lifting him from ninth into a tie for fifth. He is three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead with four holes remaining, and has birdied both the 13th and 14th.
August 20 at 6:40 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Ludvig Åberg birdied the 17th to reach 3-under par, moving from a tie for seventh into a share of third. With Gary Woodland at 6-under par, Åberg is three shots back as he heads to his final hole of the opening round.
August 20 at 6:30 PM
Total: -3·R1: -3
Kristoffer Reitan birdied the 14th to reach 3-under par, climbing from a tie for seventh into a share of third. He is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 7-under par lead, but the move places him among the early group closest to the front.
Total: -4·R1: -4
Patrick Cantlay kept the pedal down with a birdie at the 9th, his third in a row after birdies at the 7th and 8th. That run has carried him to 4-under par through nine holes, into second place and three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 7-under par lead.
August 20 at 6:20 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Ben Griffin birdied the 17th to reach 2-under par, vaulting from a tie for 18th into a crowded tie for seventh. With one hole left in his opening round, he is now among the players closest to Woodland’s early lead.
Total: -7·R1: -7
Gary Woodland kept the opening-round momentum rolling with a birdie at the 17th, reaching 7-under par through 17 holes. That score leaves him four shots ahead of the group tied at 3-under par as he heads to his final hole.
August 20 at 6:10 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Michael Thorbjornsen’s birdie at the 7th lifted him to 2-under par and into a tie for fifth after beginning the stretch tied for 14th. Through seven holes, he is now four shots back of Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par pace.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Ludvig Åberg birdied the 15th to get to 2-under par and climb from a tie for 14th into a tie for fifth. He has three holes remaining, with Gary Woodland setting the early target at 6-under par through 16 holes.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Adam Scott added a birdie at the 16th to reach 2-under par, moving from a tie for 14th into the group tied for fifth. With two holes left in his opening round, Scott is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead.
August 20 at 6:01 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Patrick Cantlay's birdie at the 7th moved him from 1-under par to 2-under par and from a tie for 11th into a tie for fifth. Through seven holes, he is four shots behind Gary Woodland's 6-under-par pace, alongside a large group at 2-under par.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Eric Cole birdied the 8th to reach 2-under par, moving from a tie for 11th into a crowded tie for fifth. Through eight holes, Cole is now four shots behind Gary Woodland at 6-under par, with the early leaderboard tightly packed behind the leader.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Michael Brennan's eagle at the 8th delivered a two-shot swing, taking him from even par to 2-under par and from 21st into a tie for fifth. Through eight holes, that late burst has put him four shots behind Gary Woodland's 6-under-par lead.
August 20 at 5:50 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Xander Schauffele opened with birdies on the first two holes, reaching 2-under par and rising from a tie for 10th into a share of fifth. Through his second hole today, he is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead with plenty of round left.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Kristoffer Reitan has pushed to 2-under par through 11 holes, climbing from a tie for 10th into a share of fifth. The move puts him four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead and gives him seven holes to build on the opening-round charge.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Collin Morikawa added a birdie at the 14th to reach 2-under par, moving from a tie for 10th into a share of fifth. He is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with four holes still to play in his opening round.
August 20 at 5:40 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Adam Scott birdied the 14th to reach 1-under par, lifting him from a tie for 19th into a share of 10th. The move puts him five shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with four holes left in his opening round.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Justin Thomas birdied the 17th to get to 3-under par and move into a tie for second alongside Ryo Hisatsune. With Gary Woodland at 6-under par, Thomas is three shots back as he heads to his final hole of Round 1.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Alex Fitzpatrick birdied the 10th to reach 2-under par, turning a tie for ninth into a share of fifth. He is four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under par lead, with a crowded group at 2-under keeping the opening-round pressure on.
August 20 at 5:30 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Ben Griffin has climbed into a share of third after reaching 2-under par through 14 holes. His move from ninth puts him four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under pace, with a crowded group at 2-under keeping the early chase tightly packed.
August 20 at 5:20 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Eric Cole has birdied the 5th hole to reach 2-under par, vaulting from a tie for eighth into the group tied for third. Early in his round, Cole is now four shots behind Gary Woodland and has put himself inside the top five of a crowded board.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Sungjae Im is building momentum late in his opening round, reaching 3-under par through 15 holes with a three-birdie streak noted on his card. He has moved into second place, three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead, with holes still to play.
August 20 at 5:10 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Collin Morikawa birdied the 11th to move to 1-under par, climbing into a tie for eighth after starting this stretch at even par. He is through 11 holes and five shots behind Gary Woodland, but that birdie has pulled him into the crowded group just outside the top five.
Total: -2·R1: -2
Ludvig Åberg added a birdie at the 11th to reach 2-under par and join a five-player tie for third. Through 11 holes, he sits four shots behind Gary Woodland’s 6-under-par lead, with a tightly packed chase group forming behind the front-runner.
August 20 at 5:01 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Ryo Hisatsune birdied the 2nd hole to reach 1-under par, climbing from 12th into the tie for fifth. In a tightly packed early board, that puts him alongside seven other players at 1-under par, with Gary Woodland leading at 6-under par.
Total: -6·R1: -6
Gary Woodland has added an eagle at the 11th to stretch his opening round to 6-under par, maintaining the outright lead. Justin Thomas is next at 3-under par, so Woodland’s latest gain has put three shots between the leader and the nearest challenger.
August 20 at 4:50 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Eric Cole made an immediate move at the 2nd hole, reaching 1-under par and jumping from 12th into a tie for fifth. Through just two holes, he is three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 4-under-par lead, but the birdie has put Cole alongside a large chasing pack.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Ben Griffin has played his way into the crowded group tied for fifth at 1-under par, climbing from 12th after a birdie at the 11th. Gary Woodland’s 4-under-par pace remains three shots ahead, but Griffin has given himself an early foothold among the chasers.
August 20 at 4:40 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Kristoffer Reitan followed his birdie at the 5th with another at the 6th, moving from even par to 1-under par. The early two-birdie burst has carried him into a tie for fifth, three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 4-under-par lead.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Sungjae Im has put together birdies at the 10th and 11th to turn an even-par round into 1-under par. Through 11 holes, he has climbed into a tie for fifth, joining the group three shots behind Gary Woodland’s 4-under-par pace.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Sahith Theegala answered back at the 12th after bogeys at the 10th and 11th had stalled his start. The birdie lifted him from even par to 1-under par and into a tie for fifth, three shots behind Gary Woodland at 4-under par.
August 20 at 4:30 PM
Total: +2·R1: +2
Justin Rose’s round has taken a sharp turn at the 6th hole, where he made double bogey to fall to 2-over par. After opening with a birdie at the 2nd, he has dropped from a tie for eighth into a tie for 20th, leaving early ground to recover in Round 1.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Ludvig Åberg has played his way into the leading group of chasers at 1-under par through eight holes. Birdies at the 4th and 8th have erased an opening bogey, lifting him from a tie for eighth into a share of fourth, three shots off Gary Woodland’s lead.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Justin Thomas has turned an even-par start into a 1-under-par round through 11 holes, with birdies at the 8th and 11th offsetting a bogey at the 5th. That latest gain carries him from a tie for eighth into a share of fourth, three shots behind Gary Woodland.
August 20 at 4:20 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Collin Morikawa’s birdie at the 7th lifted him to 1-under par and into a tie for third after starting the stretch in a tie for eighth. Through seven holes, he is three shots off Gary Woodland’s lead and has worked his way into the early top five.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Adam Scott birdied the 8th hole to reach 1-under par, moving from a tie for eighth into a tie for third. Through eight holes, Scott is three shots behind Gary Woodland and has joined the early group giving chase near the top of the board.
Total: +1·R1: +1
Sam Burns’ fast start vanished at the 2nd hole, where a double bogey turned his 1-under par opening into 1-over par. He has fallen from a share of second to a tie for 15th after just two holes, a sharp early reversal in Round 1.
August 20 at 4:00 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Sam Burns opened with a birdie at the 1st, moving from even par to 1-under par and into a share of third. It is an immediate place in the early chase, with Burns now two shots behind Gary Woodland’s 3-under-par lead.
Total: -3·R1: -3
Gary Woodland has added another birdie at the 7th to reach 3-under par, stretching his early edge to one shot over Sahith Theegala. Woodland’s three birdies through seven holes have kept him in front as the opening-round board begins to separate.
August 20 at 3:50 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Akshay Bhatia is straight into the early chase at the BMW Championship, birdieing the 1st hole to reach 1-under par. That puts him in a share of second, one shot behind Gary Woodland, with his opening move immediately placing him among the first-wave contenders.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Alex Smalley has joined the cluster at 1-under par through three holes, moving from outside the early top five into a share of second. He is one shot behind Gary Woodland, and the compact leaderboard leaves little separation as the opening round takes shape.
August 20 at 3:40 PM
Total: -2·R1: -2
Gary Woodland has moved to 2-under par with a birdie at the 5th, taking over the BMW Championship lead in the opening round. Woodland has birdied two of his first five holes, while Collin Morikawa is now one shot back at 1-under par.
August 20 at 3:30 PM
Total: +1·R1: +1
Sungjae Im’s early share of the lead is gone after another bogey, this time at the 6th. He has slipped from even par to 1-over par through six holes, while Gary Woodland and Collin Morikawa set the early target at 1-under par.
Total: +2·R1: +2
Ryan Fox found trouble immediately at the 2nd hole, taking double bogey to fall from even par to 2-over par. That early stumble has dropped him into a tie for 13th, three shots behind the co-leaders’ 1-under-par pace.
August 20 at 3:21 PM
Total: E·R1: E
The early lead has shifted away from Sungjae Im. A bogey at the 5th sent him from 1-under par back to even, dropping him into a tie for third while Gary Woodland and Collin Morikawa hold the 1-under-par lead.
August 20 at 3:07 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Gary Woodland’s birdie at the 2nd moved him from even par to 1-under par and into a share of the early lead. Woodland is now tied atop the board with Sungjae Im, Aaron Rai and Collin Morikawa, with several players still only a few holes into Round 1.
Total: -1·R1: -1
Collin Morikawa wasted no time getting under par, making birdie at the 1st to reach 1-under par. That put him into a four-way tie for the BMW Championship lead with Sungjae Im, Aaron Rai and Gary Woodland as the opening round began to take shape.
August 20 at 2:40 PM
Total: -1·R1: -1
Early movement at the BMW Championship: Sungjae Im and Aaron Rai share the lead at 1-under par after getting their rounds underway. Rai supplied a birdie at the 1st, while Im has reached the 2nd hole with the same early advantage.
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