BMW Championship R3

BMW Championship 2021 R3
August 26-29
Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland
$9,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

American Patrick Cantlay’s third round of the BMW Championship was flawless, starting with an eagle at the par-5 2nd hole and continuing with five birdies, until he reached the 18th and found deep rough leading to a bogey for a 66 and dropping him back into a share of the lead alongside compatriot Bryson DeChambeau.

“I thought I played really well, all in all. I didn’t make too many mistakes,” said Cantlay. “Played solid, didn’t putt as well as I did the first couple days but probably hit it a little better, and I thought it was a good day and I’m in a good spot for tomorrow.”

BMW Championship 2021 R3

DeChambeau’s round had more ups and downs with back-to-back eagles at the par-5 4th and par-4 5th as well as two birdies to make the turn in 30, followed by three birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey at the par-3 13th for a 67 to reach 21-under.

“Thought I played pretty well the front nine, had a mis-hit drive on seven, felt weird; from then on out wasn’t driving it very well. That’s what I’m going to go do, and work on that for tomorrow.

BMW Championship 2021 R3

“If I can get that straightened out like I did the first few days and off the tee the first couple holes today, I’ll give myself a great chance again. Obviously going 5-under through five is the way I want to start, and if I can get going on that tomorrow, I’ll give myself a great chance.

“Putter is great right now. That’s something I worked on last night and I figured something out. Keeping my hips a little more still has helped out, and I’m seeing the lines a little bit better.

BMW Championship 2021 R3

“It’s taken me a little bit to acclimate for some reason, but I’m now ready to go with the putting, and hopefully I can get it done tomorrow.”

Sungjae Im of South Korea is in solo third place at 18-under following a 66 featuring seven birdies and a single bogey at the par-4 14th.

“My first and second round was not – today was not as good as the first and second round, not as good, but my putting is working, so everything is like perfect for my putting and everything is good.”

BMW Championship 2021 R3

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy shot a bogey-free 65 to join a tie for fourth place alongside Mexican Abraham Ancer (66), Spain’s Sergio Garcia (67) and American Sam Burns (65) at 17-under.

“I didn’t waste as many shots as I did yesterday,” said Mc Ilroy. “I maybe didn’t drive it quite as good as I did yesterday, but when I put myself in position today, I was able to take advantage and make the birdie from just off the green. So I scored a little bit better. I don’t feel like my game was that much different. Maybe holed a couple extra putts.

“But yeah, if you go out here and play remotely well, you’re going to have a chance to shoot a low score. I don’t feel like I did anything spectacularly well today, but just everything was solid.

BMW Championship 2021 R3

World Number 1 Jon Rahm produced five birdies and a single bogey on the front nine to make the turn in 32, made another birdie at the 12th but missed the 13th green for bogey and closed with two more bogeys at the 14th and 18th for a 70 that dropped him back into eighth place at 16-under.

BMW Championship 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Patrick Cantlay	-21	66	63	66	195
2	Bryson DeChambeau	-21	68	60	67	195
3	Sungjae Im	-18	67	65	66	198
T4	Abraham Ancer	-17	66	67	66	199
T4	Sam Burns	-17	64	70	65	199
T4	Sergio Garcia	-17	65	67	67	199
T4	Rory McIlroy	-17	64	70	65	199
8	Jon Rahm	-16	64	66	70	200
9	Hudson Swafford	-15	67	66	68	201
T10	Dustin Johnson	-14	67	70	65	202
T10	Erik van Rooyen	-14	67	68	67	202
T12	K.H. Lee	-12	69	69	66	204
T12	Alex Noren	-12	71	66	67	204
T14	Charl Schwartzel	-11	71	66	68	205
T14	Webb Simpson	-11	67	72	66	205
T16	Paul Casey	-10	68	68	70	206
T16	Brooks Koepka	-10	70	67	69	206
T16	Jason Kokrak	-10	73	68	65	206
T16	Kevin Na	-10	72	65	69	206
T16	Harold Varner III	-10	67	70	69	206
T16	Aaron Wise	-10	69	66	71	206
T22	Cam Davis	-9	73	67	67	207
T22	Viktor Hovland	-9	70	69	68	207
T22	Sebastián Muñoz	-9	67	68	72	207
T22	Scottie Scheffler	-9	73	66	68	207
T26	Lucas Glover	-8	68	67	73	208
T26	Brian Harman	-8	69	69	70	208
T26	Charley Hoffman	-8	69	71	68	208
T26	Hideki Matsuyama	-8	67	69	72	208
T26	Justin Thomas	-8	68	71	69	208
T26	Lee Westwood	-8	71	70	67	208
T32	Daniel Berger	-7	68	71	70	209
T32	Stewart Cink	-7	69	74	66	209
T32	Corey Conners	-7	70	70	69	209
T32	Tony Finau	-7	67	72	70	209
T32	Patton Kizzire	-7	69	72	68	209
T32	Maverick McNealy	-7	69	70	70	209
T32	Louis Oosthuizen	-7	71	74	64	209
T32	Cameron Smith	-7	68	72	69	209
T40	Harris English	-6	69	70	71	210
T40	Harry Higgs	-6	72	67	71	210
T40	Mackenzie Hughes	-6	69	71	70	210
T40	Matt Jones	-6	69	70	71	210
T40	Si Woo Kim	-6	74	71	65	210
T40	Chris Kirk	-6	71	71	68	210
T40	Shane Lowry	-6	71	68	71	210
T40	Joaquin Niemann	-6	68	74	68	210
T40	Xander Schauffele	-6	67	68	75	210
T49	Tom Hoge	-5	69	71	71	211
T49	Jordan Spieth	-5	71	70	70	211
T49	Kevin Streelman	-5	71	70	70	211
T49	Jhonattan Vegas	-5	69	70	72	211
53	Ryan Palmer	-4	68	75	69	212
T54	Emiliano Grillo	-3	67	73	73	213
T54	Marc Leishman	-3	69	76	68	213
T54	Phil Mickelson	-3	68	77	68	213
T54	Robert Streb	-3	73	71	69	213
T58	Talor Gooch	-2	69	71	74	214
T58	Branden Grace	-2	75	71	68	214
T58	Cameron Tringale	-2	73	71	70	214
T61	Keegan Bradley	-1	67	76	72	215
T61	Kevin Kisner	-1	72	71	72	215
T61	Keith Mitchell	-1	72	70	73	215
T64	Cameron Champ	E	70	74	72	216
T64	Billy Horschel	E	71	72	73	216
T66	Max Homa	+1	72	72	73	217
T66	Collin Morikawa	+1	72	75	70	217
T66	Carlos Ortiz	+1	68	74	75	217
69	Russell Henley	+2	72	73	73	218