BMW Championship R2

BMW Championship 2021 R2
August 26-29
Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland
$9,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Bryson DeChambeau narrowly missed out on a 59 when he missed his birdie putt on the final hole in what could have been the thirteenth sub-60 round on the PGA Tour.

BMW Championship 2021 R2

“I hit it on the line, just misread it. We played it two and a half, three inches out, and it clearly didn’t break that much, but I had good speed on it and I’ll go look afterwards and see if I pulled it or not and work on ways to mitigate that.”

A record-tying 58 even looked possible after his second eagle at the par-5 16th, instead he had to settle for a career-best 60 and the 36-hole lead at 16-under at the BMW Championship.

BMW Championship 2021 R2

“It was one of the better ones of my career,” he said of his eagle. “We judged the flier lie perfectly. I hit an 8-iron from 250, maybe it was more than that, I don’t know, but it was downwind, and we just wanted to get to that back little knob where maybe it could feed off and where if it goes over, I’m still OK.

“It fed off I think perfectly. Again, a little bit of luck. You have to have a little bit to luck to be playing that well out there.”

BMW Championship 2021 R2

In spite of the missed opportunity, DeChambeau was pleased with his round overall.

“A lot of putts went in. A lot of things went right. We got a lot of great numbers out of the rough today, and I played my butt off and never thought too much about anything until the last few holes.

“I striped a 9-iron on 17, striped a drive, striped a wedge on 18 and just wasn’t able to clutch those putts up. But I stroked it pretty well today and I’m going to go work on that a little bit and make sure I’m hitting it down my lines for this weekend, so I have myself a chance to win.”

The second round was delayed due to thunderstorms and some players had yet to finish when play was suspended due to darkness.

BMW Championship 2021 R2

World number 1 Jon Rahm and Patrick Cantlay (63) are tied in second place at 15-under with three holes to play for Rahm.

“Today I hit it better all the way through and also putted really well,” said Cantlay. “I thought I played great, 9 under, I’m very pleased. But obviously, there was lower than that out there today.”

BMW Championship 2021 R2

Sungjae Im and Sergio Garcia share fourth place at 12-under after rounds of 65 and 67 respectively.

Sam Burns, who co-led after the first round alongside Rahm and Rory McIlroy, is in a tie for sixth place at 11-under with one hole still to play. McIlroy fired a 70 and is tied in eighth one shot further behind.

BMW Championship 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	Thru	Round	R1	R2	Total
1	Bryson DeChambeau	-16	F	-12	68	60	128
T2	Patrick Cantlay	-15	F	-9	66	63	129
T2	Jon Rahm	-15	15	-7	64		64
T4	Sergio Garcia	-12	F	-5	65	67	132
T4	Sungjae Im	-12	F	-7	67	65	132
T6	Hudson Swafford	-11	F	-6	67	66	133
T6	Sam Burns	-11	17	-3	64		64
T8	Rory McIlroy	-10	F	-2	64	70	134
T8	Abraham Ancer	-10	16	-4	66		66
T10	Lucas Glover	-9	F	-5	68	67	135
T10	Sebastián Muñoz	-9	F	-4	67	68	135
T10	Xander Schauffele	-9	F	-4	67	68	135
T10	Aaron Wise	-9	F	-6	69	66	135
T10	Erik van Rooyen	-9	F	-4	67	68	135
T15	Paul Casey	-8	F	-4	68	68	136
T15	Hideki Matsuyama	-8	F	-3	67	69	136
T17	Dustin Johnson	-7	F	-2	67	70	137
T17	Brooks Koepka	-7	F	-5	70	67	137
T17	Kevin Na	-7	F	-7	72	65	137
T17	Alex Noren	-7	F	-6	71	66	137
T17	Charl Schwartzel	-7	F	-6	71	66	137
T17	Harold Varner III	-7	F	-2	67	70	137
T23	Brian Harman	-6	F	-3	69	69	138
T23	K.H. Lee	-6	F	-3	69	69	138
T23	Harry Higgs	-6	13	-6	72		72
T26	Daniel Berger	-5	F	-1	68	71	139
T26	Harris English	-5	F	-2	69	70	139
T26	Viktor Hovland	-5	F	-3	70	69	139
T26	Matt Jones	-5	F	-2	69	70	139
T26	Shane Lowry	-5	F	-4	71	68	139
T26	Maverick McNealy	-5	F	-2	69	70	139
T26	Scottie Scheffler	-5	F	-6	73	66	139
T26	Webb Simpson	-5	F	E	67	72	139
T26	Justin Thomas	-5	F	-1	68	71	139
T26	Jhonattan Vegas	-5	F	-2	69	70	139
T26	Tony Finau	-5	15	E	67		67
T26	Ryan Palmer	-5	13	-1	68		68
T38	Corey Conners	-4	F	-2	70	70	140
T38	Cam Davis	-4	F	-5	73	67	140
T38	Talor Gooch	-4	F	-1	69	71	140
T38	Emiliano Grillo	-4	F	+1	67	73	140
T38	Tom Hoge	-4	F	-1	69	71	140
T38	Mackenzie Hughes	-4	F	-1	69	71	140
T38	Charley Hoffman	-4	15	-1	69		69
T38	Cameron Smith	-4	15	E	68		68
T46	Patton Kizzire	-3	F	E	69	72	141
T46	Jason Kokrak	-3	F	-4	73	68	141
T46	Jordan Spieth	-3	F	-2	71	70	141
T46	Kevin Streelman	-3	F	-2	71	70	141
T46	Lee Westwood	-3	F	-2	71	70	141
T46	Phil Mickelson	-3	13	+1	68		68
T52	Chris Kirk	-2	F	-1	71	71	142
T52	Keith Mitchell	-2	F	-2	72	70	142
T52	Joaquin Niemann	-2	F	+2	68	74	142
T52	Carlos Ortiz	-2	F	+2	68	74	142
T52	Keegan Bradley	-2	14	+3	67		67
T57	Stewart Cink	-1	F	+2	69	74	143
T57	Billy Horschel	-1	F	E	71	72	143
T57	Kevin Kisner	-1	15	-1	72		72
T60	Cameron Champ	E	F	+2	70	74	144
T60	Robert Streb	E	F	-1	73	71	144
T60	Louis Oosthuizen	E	16	+1	71		71
T60	Max Homa	E	15	E	72		72
T64	Russell Henley	+1	F	+1	72	73	145
T64	Marc Leishman	+1	F	+4	69	76	145
T64	Cameron Tringale	+1	14	E	73		73
T67	Branden Grace	+2	F	-1	75	71	146
T67	Si Woo Kim	+2	14	E	74		74
69	Collin Morikawa	+3	F	+3	72	75	147