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Ryder Cup: Scottie Scheffler dominates U.S. Ryder Cup race as top 6 qualifiers are set for Bethpage Black
The first half of the U.S. Ryder Cup team is now officially set. The qualification period for the United States' Ryder Cup team ended on Sunday afternoon following Scottie Scheffler's historic win at the BMW Championship. Scheffler — who has now won five times on the PGA Tour this season — more than doubled up the rest of the Americans in the points race to qualify for Bethpage Black. [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] Scheffler racked up 37,181 points in the qualification race to lead the way. He actually locked up his spot weeks ago, so his presence at Bethpage Black next month was never in doubt. J.J. Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley, Harris English and Bryson DeChambeau were the other five Americans who qualified for the team. Keegan Bradley — who actually finished 11th in the standings — will make his six captain's picks after the Tour Championship to round out the 12-man team. Position Name Points 1 Scottie Scheffler 37,181 2 J.J. Spaun 14,852 3 Xander Schauffele 13,734 4 Russell Henley 12,277 5 Harris English 10,881 6 Bryson DeChambeau 10,775 Bryson DeChambeau is the only LIV Golf member to make the team. He hasn't been able to earn points since the British Open, however, as LIV Golf events do not qualify. He had been promised a place on the team regardless of whether or not he held onto the sixth and final automatic spot, so that ended up being a non-issue. Bradley put himself into the mix for the Ryder Cup amid one of the best seasons of his career. He finished T17th on Sunday at the BMW Championship and will advance to the Tour Championship next week in Atlanta. He's had five top 10 finishes on Tour this season and won the Travelers Championship, which briefly moved him to his career-high of No. 7 in the Official World Golf Rankings. But in order for Bradley to make it onto the team, he'd have to select himself. There hasn't been a playing captain since Arnold Palmer did so in 1963. But plenty, including Rory McIlroy, don't think that being a playing captain is even possible anymore. Bradley said before the BMW Championship that he still wasn't sure what he was going to do. Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Maverick McNealy and Brian Harman round out the top 12. 'I certainly have a lot of concerns, as well as everybody else, but I have the most incredible vice captains, including Jim Furyk, who's been on these teams and been captain a bunch of times. Quite frankly, I've been leaning on them more than any other captain ever anyways, even if I'm not playing,' Bradley said. 'We're ready for this if it happens. I'm not sure it's going to. I can truly sit here right now and say I don't know what's going to happen. I have to look at myself just like any other player trying to make the team. I'm 10th in points right now, and that's not sixth.' Position Name Points 7 Justin Thomas 10,468 8 Collin Morikawa 10,050 9 Ben Griffin 9,746 10 Maverick McNealy 8,914 11 Keegan Bradley 8,435 12 Brian Harman 7,467 The European Ryder Cup team qualification period will end next Sunday following the Betfred British Masters. It's set up the same way, where the top six will automatically qualify and then captain Luke Donald will make his six captain's picks later. McIlroy, Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood have already secured their spots. The Ryder Cup is set to kick off on Sept. 26.
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No.1 Scheffler outlasts MacIntyre to win BMW Championship
Scottie Scheffler chipped in for birdie from 82 feet on the 17th hole on Sunday to win the US PGA Tour's BMW Championship by two strokes over Scotland's Robert MacIntyre. World number one Scheffler, who began the day four strokes behind the Scotsman, fired a three-under par 67 to finish on 15-under 265 at Caves Valley in suburban Baltimore. Scheffler, this year's British Open and PGA Championship winner, became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2006-07 to win five or more times in back-to-back seasons. The two-time Masters champion also ensured his role as the favorite to become the first back-to-back winner of the FedEx Cup playoffs when he tees off at next week's Tour Championship in Atlanta. Scheffler clung to a one-stroke lead after going over the green into the rough at the par-three 17th. He pitched out, the ball hitting the green and rolling 82 feet for birdie, the day's most amazing shot restoring Scheffler's two-stroke advantage. "Any time you hole a chip like that it's pretty nice," Scheffler said. "It looked good when it landed, it looked good when it was rolling and it was nice to see that one go in." Scheffler nearly went at the pin instead of playing it safe to the left side of the green opposite the hole. "I played smart off the tee. That was obviously the miss there," Scheffler said. "Part of me wanted to go at the pin and then I kind of held it off. I knew par wasn't going to be a bad score on that hole today." MacIntyre, runner-up to J.J. Spaun at June's US Open, was going for a wire-to-wire win but came undone with back-to-back bogeys at the start and three in the first five holes. "I got off to an absolutely horrific start," MacIntyre said. "It's come out dead and then it's got a massive mud ball just short of the green. I just felt great going out. I wasn't even expecting to be over par, to be honest. I was really expecting to go out there, foot down, and perform the way I have the last couple days." Scheffler managed his 17th consecutive sub-par PGA round and credited intensity for his consistency. "I think it has a lot to do with the intensity I bring to each round," Scheffler said. "I try not to take days off. I try not to take shots off. When it gets to this time of year it cane be a little bit tiring. Today was a grind." - Six set for Ryder Cup - Scheffler's spot on the US team for next month's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black was also made official with the points race closing Sunday. He topped a points list that also saw berths confimed for US Open winner J.J. Spaun, two-time major winner Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley, Harris English and LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau, a two-time US Open champion. Scheffler sank a birdie putt from just inside seven feet on the first hole and answered a three-putt bogey at the third with birdies from 12 feet at the fifth and just inside six feet at the seventh to grab the solo lead. Bogeys at 12 and 14 trimmed his lead to a single stroke, but Scheffler answered with a six-foot birdie putt at 15. MacIntyre sank a three-foot birdie putt at the par-five 16th to pull within one, setting the stage for Scheffler's stunner at 17. The BMW was the second PGA playoff FedEx Cup event, with the top 30 in season points advancing to East Lake next week. England's Harry Hall, who was sixth on 272, was the only one to jump into a spot, bumping out past US Open winner Lucas Glover. js/bb
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Ultimate Driving Machine: Scottie Scheffler wins 2025 BMW Championship at Caves Valley
Starting the final round four strokes back, Scottie Scheffler stepped on the gas, shooting 3-under 67, and raced past Robert McIntyre to win the BMW Championship on Sunday in Owings Mills, Maryland. The Ultimate Driving Machine? It's been Scheffler, the world No. 1, who won for the fifth time, and joined Tiger Woods as the only player to win at least five times in consecutive seasons in the last 40 years. (Woods did it six times!) Scheffler delivered the knockout punch at the par-3 17th pitching in from 82 feet left of the green for birdie and lifting his left arm high in the air in celebration. He signed for a 72-hole total of 15-under 265 at the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs and finished first by a wide margin heading into next week's Tour Championship, where all the competitors begin at even par this time. Playing without regular caddie Ted Scott, who was at home dealing with a family matter, didn't bother Scheffler, who elected to use Michael Cromie, who works for Chris Kirk, at Scott's suggestion. Scheffler fired rounds of 66-65-67 and trailed MacIntyre by four strokes to start the day. MacIntyre got off to an inauspicious start in the final round with bogeys at the first two holes. Scheffler birdied the second to trim his four-stroke deficit to one but he took three putts at the third and the lead grew to two. Just like at the first hole, it was a two-shot swing at the par-4 5th. Scheffler hit a beautiful approach and drained a 12-foot birdie putt, while MacIntyre missed the green with his second shot and made bogey. Scheffler took the lead for good with a birdie at No. 7. Then he wedged from 88 yards to 3 feet at No. 11 to stretch his lead to two but one hole later his approach found the left fringe and he took three putts from 22 feet to give the stroke back. But MacIntyre, who had been leading the field in putting all week, made his fourth bogey at 13 and didn't make a birdie until 16. Scheffler made just five bogeys all week, the fewest on Tour. When he holed the chip shot at 17, MacIntyre, who closed with 73, only could just smile and appreciate the brilliance that is Scheffler. 'He's darn good,' said Rickie Fowler, who closed in 69 but finished outside the top 30 at No. 32 after a tough finish. In the tournament within a tournament, England's Harry Hall, who closed in 69, was the only player to move inside the top 30 and advance to the Tour Championship, the finale of the FedEx Cup playoffs, while Lucas Glover was the lone player to slip out. Michael Kim was the odd man out, missing by less than 10 points, when Viktor Hovland holed a birdie putt at 18 to steal some points from him. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: BMW Championship 2025: Scottie Scheffler wins at Caves Valley
