PGA Tour Brunch | BMW | R3
Third Round Coverage of the 2025 BMW Championship
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
OWINGS MILLS - Robert MacIntyre (1st/-14) carded a bogey-free (64) to set career low 36-hole score on TOUR with the previous being a 130/2024 RBC Canadian Open/Won.
This marks his second 36-hole lead/co-lead in stroke-play events on TOUR (2024 RBC Canadian Open/Won). MacIntyre leads the field in Strokes Gained: Approach The Green (6.825) and Strokes Gained: Putting (6.753) and is now seeking his third PGA TOUR win in his 76th start (2024 RBC Canadian Open, 2024 Genesis Scottish Open)
MacIntyre entered the week No. 20 in the FedEx Cup standings, and is currently projected to jump to No. 3.
Notes:
Players expected to move into the Top 30:
Michael Kim T5 No. 42 No. 26
Harry Hall T8 No. 45 No. 30
Players who could drop from the Top 30:
Akshay Bhatia T37 No. 29 No. 32
Lucas Glover T45 No. 30 No. 37
BMW Leaderboard | After 36 Holes
1 Robert MacIntyre 62 64 126 (-14)
2 Scottie Scheffler 66 65 131 (-9)
3 Ludvig Åberg 68 64 132 (-8)
4 Hideki Matsuyama 69 64 133 (-7)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
BMW Championship | At a Glance
COURSE: Caves Valley Golf Club - (Owings Mills, MD)
OVERVIEW: (link)
ARCHITECT: Tom Fazio
YARDS/PAR: 7,542 yards/Par 72
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $20,000,000/$4,000,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Keegan Bradley
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points / Winner: 2,000
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @BMWChamps
OFFICIAL SITE: (BMW Championship)
BMW | 📺 How to Watch
Saturday, August 16, 2025
9:00am - 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm - 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on Sirius XM Radio and Online
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Golf Channel
3:00pm - 6:00pm - NBC Sports and Peacock Network Streaming
How to Watch: (link)
BMW: Field, Update, Tee Times & Leaderboard
Field: (link)
Update: No. 5 Sepp Straka withdrew from the BMW due to a private family matter
Tee Times: (Leaders tee-off at 1:45pm ET) (link)
Leaderboard: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will publish by 9:00am on Sunday; Please excuse delay this morning
What They’re Saying
MacIntyre Builds 5-Shot Lead at BMW (ESPN)
MacIntyre’s Putting Changes (PGATourCom)
How to Watch on Saturday (PGATourCom)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
August 16, 2015 - Jason Day won his first major at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits (the site of this year’s Ryder Cup). Day posted the lowest score in relation to par in major tournament history when he carded a (-20) and won by three strokes over runner-up Jordan Spieth. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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