World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has received the FedEx Cup playoffs’ BMW Championship in Maryland after snatching the title away from Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre on Monday (AEST).
In the meantime, there might be no Australian presence within the season-ending Tour Championship for the primary time this century after a final-round collapse from Jason Day.
MacIntyre had a four-stroke lead after three rounds however slipped to second on the standings after posting a three-over 73 on Sunday. The 29-year-old was nonetheless within the working till Scheffler nailed a chip-in birdie to take a two-shot lead on the penultimate gap.
Scheffler scored a fourth-round 67 to complete 15-under general whereas Day posted a three-over 73, dropping to tied twenty third. The 2015 PGA Championship winner and New Zealander Ryan Fox each missed the top-30 cut-off for season factors, which means they received’t advance to subsequent week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta.
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Elsewhere, American Ben Griffin endured a nightmare last spherical headlined by a four-putt from 4 ft for triple bogey and a wayward drive out of bounds that resulted in a double bogey. Nonetheless, he battled again to shoot 1-under 69.
Afterwards, the 29-year-old blamed his poor efficiency on a big dose of the complement creatine, which left him shaking and contemplating withdrawing from the match.
“I didn’t take it till I principally tee’d off on 1. I used to be on the finish of my batch. I had principally a snowball of creatine, so had been in my bucket for a month, and broke it up and put in any water bottle,” Griffin defined.
“I began taking it after my second shot and I unintentionally swallowed one of many large rocks in my water bottle. I’ve by no means overdosed on creatine earlier than, however I believe I did within the second as a result of I didn’t actually drink any water after that. I principally simply inhaled a snowball.
“I’ve by no means felt like that earlier than and I felt like I had tremors. I like was freaking out and didn’t know what to do.
“I’m very pleased with the way in which I bounced again.”