Lucas Glover, Rory McIlroy paired at BMW Championship
Lucas Glover and Rory McIlroy are paired within the first spherical of the penultimate occasion of the FedExCup Playoffs, the BMW Championship, this week on the North Course of Olympia Fields Nation Membership outdoors of Chicago.
The scramble for positioning at East Lake Nation Membership, website of the PGA Tour Championship, started final week with Glover claiming the victory for the second consecutive week, one shot higher than McIlroy.
Patrick Cantlay, edged out by Glover on the FedEx St. Jude Championship in a playoff final Sunday in Memphis, Tenn., will tee off one group forward of McIlroy and Glover with Max Homa, who’re scheduled to take the opening tee field at 10:54 a.m. ET on Thursday. Cantlay is the defending champion of the BMW Championship and at present stands fifth within the Cup standings with Homa at No. 6.
Solely the highest 50 within the FedEx Cup standings are nonetheless alive for the tour title.
Glover, 43, was No. 112 within the playoff standings earlier than wins on the Wyndham Championship and St. Jude Championship lifted him all the best way to No. 4. McIlroy is third. They tee off at 11:10 a.m. EDT, adopted by Open Championship winner Brian Harman and Tommy Fleetwood.
No. 1 Jon Rahm and No. 2 Scottie Scheffler tee off collectively at 1:38 p.m. ET, a bunch forward of Rickie Fowler and Keegan Bradley (1:49 p.m. ET).
The winner of the no-cut occasion takes dwelling $3.6 million of an elevated $20 million purse and a pair of,000 FedExCup factors.
The highest 30 within the FedExCup standings on the finish of the ultimate spherical Sunday advance to the Tour Championship.
—Discipline Stage Media
