Bryson put on a show this week! On Friday, he was making eagles from the cart path
en route to a career-low 60. ANNC: Just comes back off the
collar. And here it comes. Oh wow, look at this! Folks, you might want to stay tuned!
Then on Saturday impressed from by the cart path again.
ANNC: That is a raucous crowd out there. Boy, there he goes! Quite the effort there!
The fans were entertained. And he had a little fun with them too.
They came to watch him smash drives. Like when he drove the green at the par 4, 5th on Saturday.
ANNC: Oh, how about that?! But he also had the putter working,
converting eagle on that hole from 53 feet. ANNC: Bryson DeChambeau does it again! Back
to back eagles for DeChambeau. DeChambeau had a 59 watch,
a career-best 4 eagles in a single tournament and shot his lowest 72-hole score ever.
But he battled on Saturday and Sunday with Patrick Cantlay, who had the best strokes gained: putting
this week, ever recorded in the Shotlink era. ANNC: Oh! Yes!
The duo traded putts down the stretch, in what became
a match-play like finish. ANNC: There you go!
With Cantlay forcing a playoff on the 72nd hole. ANNC: And another one!
It would take six holes of sudden death to sort this one out, with Cantlay becoming the first
player to capture three victories on the season. ANNC: You just had a feeling he was due.
There’s just no give up in this guy. ANNC: One of the most amazing performances
down the stretch that we’ve ever seen. The BMW Champion in an incredible, dramatic style.
This weekend was definitely Good, Bad and Unusual at the BMW Championship for our
second playoff event. We had low scores at the TOUR’s first stop at Caves Valley Golf Club.
But over on the PGA TOUR Champions, Bernard Langer also went low. Shooting his age for the first
time ever on his 64th birthday. What a legend! Also at the Ally Challenge, Vijay Singh with a
final round albatross!
ANNC: What a shot and what a result! Oh yes he did!
Back at the BMW Championship, Charl Schwartzel also found the bottom of
the cup Sunday from the fairway. ANNC: And this one goes in.
What a shot from the South African! These guys are in playoff form. Xander
Schauffele’s caddie working out on the course. ANNC: Austin Kaiser showing off the speed. The
crowd digging it. What’d you leave the putter somewhere?
Austin running again on Friday to beat the darkness.
And Viktor Hovland getting in a run when he showed up to the wrong tee box for his Friday tee time.
In addition to being in shape, these guys are also doing whatever it takes.
Ryan Palmer using his putter out of the bunker. ANNC: Certainly ingenious, for sure! I
think he used that slope as a bumper. McIlroy taking a different route than most. Rory
hit his drive on the wrong tee box at the fifth. ANNC:
Now he’s hit the 6th tee! But then went on to hit his wedge
to five feet to setup birdie. ANNC: Check, please.
Not everyone had the same luck. ANNC: Oh! Didn’t get it out!
Sergio Garcia was within one of the lead Sunday when it took him three shots to get out of the
bunker at the fifth for a double. But redeemed himself at
the 18th when it mattered most. ANNC: What a shot by Garcia to end it!
I told you he was a great bunker player when he was leaving those
balls in the trap on 5. Take a bow Sergio! Sergio was outside the top 30 in the FedExCup
Standings coming into the week at No. 44 but moved up to No. 28 to get into the TOUR Championship.
But not everyone can move on. K.H. Lee was also near the bubble when one mistake
on the 72nd hole moved him outside the top 30. ANNC: That was a $400,000 mistake right there.
Moving on to the top 10. At this week’s TOUR Championship, players will have different starting
strokes based on their FedExCup Standings. Cantlay is the FedExCup No. 1 entering the playoff finale,
so he will start round 1 at 10-under-par. Here’s what the top 5’s starting strokes look like.
And then players six through 10 will all start at 4-under and stagger from there.
I’ll see you at the TOUR Championship for the Takeaway starting on Thursday on PGATOUR.com
and social media. And then right back here on Monday for the Good, Bad & Unusual from East Lake.
Who do you think will be the 2021 FedExCup Champ? Let me know in the comments below.
Have a great week.