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And those opinions are often controversial ones. But this week he’s striking a chord with many golf fans over the hottest debate within the golf world: Justin Thomas’ selection as a captain’s pick for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

After captain Zach Johnson officially announced his selections on Tuesday afternoon (Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns and Justin Thomas), Haney took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his thoughts on the picks.

“It didn’t matter who Zach Johnson picked the USA team will be heavily favored but those picks confirm it’s the Boys Club.”

Haney’s tweet seemed to imply that the U.S. team is ignoring on-course performance in making picks in favor of considerations like close personal relationships and camaraderie. The opinion received its fair share of supporters and detractors, the latter highlighted by Colt Knost.

“But Europe is so successful in the Ryder Cup bc of their ‘team camaraderie! Or ‘boys club’ as some might call it!!”

While Haney didn’t specify a particular player in his tweet, the most obvious elephant in the room is Thomas. While the two-time major champion has been a fixture on the last two U.S. Ryder Cup teams, he struggled mightily on the course this season. He didn’t win, earned only three top-10 finishes and ended up 71st in the FedEx Cup standings.

As a result, Thomas dropped all the way to No. 15 in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings. Despite that reality, Thomas was chosen for the team over players in front of him in the standings, including Denny McCarthy (No. 14), Keegan Bradley (No. 11) and Cameron Young (No. 9).

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It turns out that Haney laid out his reasoning for why the U.S. captains should have left Thomas off the team on the most recent episode of the “Hank Haney Podcast,” which was released last week before the captain’s picks were announced.

“First off, they love Justin because he’s their buddy,” Haney argued. “You know what? I like Justin Thomas. I’m a huge Justin Thomas fan. I think Justin Thomas is a great player, he’s won two major championships… Justin Thomas is one of my absolute favorites. He’s a gentleman. He’s a great guy, but he isn’t playing any good.”

While acknowledging Thomas’ resume and his impressive play at previous team events, Haney’s contention is that the primary reason Thomas was picked for the team is because he’s close personal friends with not just other players on the team, but some of the other captain’s picks, such as Spieth and Fowler.

Because of those friendships, Johnson and the U.S. assistant captains overlooked Thomas’ major struggles on the golf course, as he highlighted on the podcast.

“He didn’t make the FedEx Cup Playoffs! Come on, I mean, really?” Haney said.

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Young was a particularly glaring omission, given that he was ranked within the top-10 in the U.S. team standings. And he wasn’t just ranked above Thomas. He also finished ahead of Morikawa, Fowler and Burns.

Johnson admitted to the difficulty of leaving him off the team during his Tuesday press conference.

“All of my phone calls were difficult. That goes without saying. It’s part of what I was warned about when it came to those and my vice-captains that have sat in this seat before,” Johnson said on Tuesday. “It did keep me up at night having to make those phone calls, specifically Cam [Young]. Phenomenal player, better person. He was nothing but class.”

The Ryder Cup officially gets underway Friday, September 29, at Marco Simone in Rome, Italy.

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Previewing Round 4 

Lucas Glover, after winning the past two weeks, might fall short in this one. On Sunday, he’ll start the final round seven shots back of the lead. 

As to who will win, though? It’s wide open. 

Tied for the lead, at 11-under, are Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick. One back is Brian Harman. Two back is Max Homa; Viktor Hovland and Rory McIlroy are three off the pace; Sam Burns, Denny McCarthy, Xander Schauffele and Justin Rose are four back; and Corey Conners and Sungjae Im are five behind the leaders. 

There’s more up for grabs, too. 

The top 30 in the season-long FedEx Cup standings advance next week to the Tour Championship, the season finale. And the six automatic U.S. Ryder Cup team selections will be finalized after play on Sunday. 

You can stream the final round of the BMW Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ beginning at 9:15 a.m. ET on Sunday, or you can watch the telecast on Golf Channel starting at noon ET, followed by CBS at 2 p.m. ET.  

Below you will find everything you need to watch the final round of the 2023 BMW Championship.

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Golf Channel will carry the early coverage of the final round of the 2023 BMW Championship on TV with a two-hour telecast on Sunday from noon-2 p.m. ET, followed by CBS from 2-6 p.m. ET.

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2023 BMW Championship Round 4 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

9:20 a.m. – Taylor Moore

9:27 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Seamus Power

9:38 a.m. – Nick Taylor, Jason Day

9:49 a.m. – Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama

10:00 a.m. – Brendon Todd, Adam Hadwin

10:11 a.m. – Jon Rahm, Patrick Rodgers

10:22 a.m. – Cam Davis, Emiliano Grillo

10:33 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Tony Finau

10:44 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Jordan Spieth

10:55 a.m. – Tyrrell Hatton, Tom Hoge

11:06 a.m. – Collin Morikawa, Tom Kim

11:17 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Byeong Hun An

11:33 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Adam Schenk

11:44 a.m. – Eric Cole, Russell Henley

11:55 a.m. – Harris English, Chris Kirk

12:06 p.m. – Sahith Theegala, Patrick Cantlay

12:17 p.m. – Lucas Glover, Tommy Fleetwood

12:28 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Cameron Young

12:39 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Wyndham Clark

12:50 p.m. – Corey Conners, Sungjae Im

1:06 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose

1:17 p.m. – Sam Burns, Denny McCarthy

1:28 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy

1:39 p.m. – Brian Harman, Max Homa

1:50 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick

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For those who follow the PGA Tour closely, it’s no secret Thomas struggled this summer. But he’s also been a key player in past Presidents and Ryder Cups teams (16-5-3 career record).

What would U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson decide? On Tuesday, we found out.

Thomas is in.

Johnson, during a press conference at the PGA of America headquarters on Tuesday in Frisco, Texas, completed his 2023 Ryder Cup team with six captain’s picks, Thomas among them. Also picked were Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns and Rickie Fowler. They join the the six auto-qualifiers in Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa and Xander Schauffele to take on Europe at Marco Simone on Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 in Rome.

Fowler (13th) and Thomas (15th) were the only players outside the top 12 in the final standings who were picked, which means there were more than a couple of worthy players left off the team.

“All those phone calls were extremely difficult,” Johnson said. “Fortunately the ones receiving them were beyond classy.”

Here are your Ryder Cup snubs.

Ryder Cup snubs: Bubble players left off the team

Cameron Young, 9th in the standings

Young was the highest-ranked player in the Ryder Cup standings who wasn’t picked. Although he was ninth in the standings, his play hasn’t been as strong in 2023. The 2021-22 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year still has yet to win on Tour, and he had just five top 10s in 2023 (and only two of those came in the last four months). A potential key factor in Young missing the team? He ranked 145th in SG: putting last season. He also missed qualifying for the Tour Championship, robbing him of one final start to potentially change Johnson’s mind.

Keegan Bradley, 11th in final standings

Few players have been as vocal in confessing their desire to make this team as Bradley, who was on the squad in 2012 and 2014 but hasn’t made one since.

“I think about the Ryder Cup every second I’m awake basically,” he said a couple of weeks ago at the BMW Championship. “My biggest thing right now is trying not to think about it while I’m playing because it’s important to me. I feel like I could bring some experience to the team. I would personally love to just be on a team with this younger group.”

Bradley, who has a 4-3-0 record in his two Ryder Cups, won twice last season, including a semi-recent victory at the Travelers Championship in late June. He had a strong start in his final audition at last week’s Tour Championship, as he was tied for 3rd after three rounds, but he shot 73 on the final day and tied for 9th. Would a better finish there have been enough? Who knows. At 11th, Bradley joins Young as the only players to finish in the top 12 of the Ryder Cup standings and not receive a pick.

Denny McCarthy, 14th in final standings

McCarthy didn’t win this year and has never been on a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup team. He lost in a playoff at the Memorial for his only runner-up on the season, but he also had 14 top 25s and played well enough over the past couple of years to climb to 14th in the final Ryder Cup standings. His putting prowess made him an enticing pick. He finished last season third in Strokes Gained: putting, eighth in total putting and first in putting inside 10 feet. You know what wins match play? (Yep — putting.)

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Lucas Glover, 16th in final standings

Other than Thomas, Glover was the player who earned the most will he/won’t he buzz toward the end of the season. He was hardly in the conversation in July, but he won the Wyndham Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship in back-to-back weeks, forcing captain Johnson to wonder if he could pass on the hottest player on Tour. Glover cooled a little bit, ending the season T22 at the BMW and T18 at the Tour Championship. The 43-year-old pro played in Presidents Cups back in 2007 and 2009, but he’s still yet to be on a Ryder Cup team.

Tony Finau, 21st in final standings

While players like Kurt Kitayama (17th), Russell Henley (18th) and Harris English (20th) finished ahead of Tony Finau in the final Ryder Cup standings, Finau still seemed like he had a real shot up until a few weeks ago. He’s been a member of each of the last two Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams (6-5-3 record), but his play hasn’t been as consistent the second half of the year. He won the Houston Open last fall and the Mexico Open in April, but he finished better than 20th just once in the 11 starts after that victory. He ended his season with a T20 at the Tour Championship last weekend.

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Granted, the mandate thing turned out to be a bit flimsy. And they’re changing the name of these things (they started as “elevated events,” then became “designated events” and are headed towards “signature events”) plus their format next year, too. But the whole point was for these ones to matter a little bit extra. So — how’d it go?

Because the model for these events borrowed from other sports, which prioritize season-long contests and appointment viewing, I figured it would only be right to use the scoring format from Formula 1’s Drivers Championship. (Consider this the Drivers, Irons, Chippers and Putters Championship.) That means finishing “in the points” requires a top 10 (slightly easier in F1’s 20-driver fields than, say, the 156-competitor Players Championship) with 25 points for a victory all the way down to a single point for finishing 10th.

What counts as a designated event? I used the four majors (4), the Players (5), the three invitationals (8), the Sentry (9), the WGC-Match Play (10), the four additional designated events (14) and the three playoff events (17) while disregarding starting strokes for the Tour Championship. That last bit is hardly perfect, but none of this is perfect; this isn’t comprehensive nor predictive. I’m sure I’ve also made multiple mistakes in recording this manually. Sorry in advance! But despite (or perhaps because of!) a lack of strokes-gained numbers I think this is a compelling snapshot of who actually logged top finishes in the game’s most competitive fields this year.

Let’s run through the top 15 players, who I’ve subdivided into six categories; then I’ll post the full list to show off every golfer who earned at least five points.

The Hot Starters

Brooks Koepka (15th, 44 points), Sam Burns (14th, 45 points), Kurt Kitayama (13th, 48 points), Matthew Fitzpatrick (12th, 53 points), Tyrrell Hatton (11th, 55 points)

This fivesome interestingly earned the large majority of its collective points by the conclusion of the PGA Championship. That includes Koepka, whose runner-up finish at the Masters and win at the PGA were an unmatched one-two punch this season. It also includes Kitayama, whose win at Bay Hill and T4 at the PGA were unfortunately ancient history by the time Ryder Cup teams were getting chosen. Burns and Fitzpatrick got boosts from strong one-offs in the FedEx Cup Playoffs but they, like their compatriots in this clump, hope their best golf is ahead.

The Major Champs

Brian Harman (10th, 59 points), Wyndham Clark (9th, 67 points)

It would be unfair to say that these two collected even the majority of their points from their major championship wins; those were worth just 25 each. But there’s no question that the respective U.S. Open and Open Championships for Clark and Harman took ’em over the top. The wins were also surprises; more surprising than, say, the Masters and PGA titles won by Rahm and Koepka. But both guys got very hot for a few weeks this summer — Harman finished runner-up at the Travelers and fifth at the BMW, while Clark also won at Quail Hollow and turned in the third-best score at the Tour Championship — and turned those hot streaks into maiden major titles plus more than enough points to auto-qualify for the Ryder Cup.

The Collectors

Max Homa (8th, 68 points), Jordan Spieth (7th, 69 points)

Both Homa and Spieth were higher on this list earlier in the year; at least one of them logged a top 10 in each of the first nine designated events. Each of ’em notched an emotional runner-up — Homa at Riviera and Spieth at Harbour Town — and each found something in the playoffs. Now, for Rome…

The Duo

Xander Schauffele (6th, 73 points), Patrick Cantlay (5th, 84 points)

It remains remarkable just how often these two find themselves in close proximity. Not just in Tuesday practice rounds but on leaderboards, on money lists, in the world ranking. And while they got to fifth and sixth on this list in slightly different ways — Schauffele got a boost from finishing T1 in the Tour Championship’s stroke-play department — it’s only fitting that they finish the year in fifth and sixth in both the OWGR and this patented ranking.

Team Europe

Rory McIlroy (4th, 104 points), Jon Rahm (3rd, 113 points), Viktor Hovland (2nd, 117 points)

For the last few weeks Viktor Hovland has been far-and-away the best golfer on the planet. For the last few months Rory McIlroy has been the most well-rounded golfer on the planet. And when you look at the year in full, Jon Rahm has the most to show for his efforts — most notably a Masters title but also wins at Riviera and Kapalua. He and Hovland are the only two guys with three designated wins, while McIlroy is the top-ranked guy without a single one. They’re 2-3-4 in the world and they’re rightfully atop this list, too.

The Best Swinger

Scottie Scheffler (1st, 160 points)

Scottie Scheffler’s struggles with the putter have been well-documented. It’s probably impossible, though, to properly document just how well he hit the golf ball this year. In these 17 events he logged two wins, six podiums and nine top-fives. Nine! Bonkers. His 160 points is fully 43 ahead of Hovland’s season total. That’s a monument to his consistency.

You can see the complete list broken out by tournament below:

Points system:

1st — 25 points

2nd — 18

3rd — 15

4th — 12

5th — 10

6th — 8

7th — 6

8th — 4

9th — 2

10th — 1

Bonus point: Awarded for lowest tournament score

Designated Events (in order): Sentry, WM Phoenix Open, Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Players Championship, WGC-Match Play, Masters, RBC Heritage, Wells Fargo Championship, PGA Championship, Memorial Tournament, U.S. Open, Travelers, Open Championship, FedEx-St. Jude Championship, BMW Championship, Tour Championship

Other notes:

-Jon Rahm posted an incredible four “fastest laps,” recording the lowest single score at the Sentry, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Masters and the Open Championship. Only Viktor Hovland, Max Homa, Denny McCarthy and Rickie Fowler also had multiple low tournament rounds, with two each — though it’s worth noting Fowler’s came in back-to-back tournaments at the U.S. Open (62) and the Travelers Championship (60).

-If this was the only source material we had to select the U.S. Ryder Cup team, we’d unsurprisingly end up with a pretty similar list, with Scheffler, Cantlay, Schauffele, Spieth, Homa, Clark and Harman coming in as the top seven. But then we’d have Kurt Kitayama in the eighth spot before three more Ryder Cuppers (Burns, Koepka, Morikawa) come in. Rickie Fowler (15 points) and Justin Thomas (14 points) are well down the list, each outside the top 20 Americans. What does this mean? Partly it means this system is extremely flawed, and Fowler gets zero credit for his top-20 finishes that weren’t top 10s. But it’s also an interesting reminder how many different ways there are to chop up this discourse.

-This is hardly surprising, given it’s a limited field and the penultimate playoff event, but the BMW leaderboard was truly emblematic of the season as a whole.

-I’d like to see Tom Kim behind the wheel of an F1 car.

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Featured pairing for Round 4

Scottie Scheffler did Scottie Scheffler things Saturday at Olympia Fields and it’s got him in prime position to add to an already historic year.

Scheffler shot 64 during the third round of the BMW Championship and that threw up him into a share of the lead with Matt Fitzpatrick with one round to go outside Chicago.

A win would put Scheffler in pole position going into the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale next week at the Tour Championship for the second straight season. He would start at East Lake with a two-shot lead.

Fitzpatrick, meanwhile, could add another marquee win in a follow-up to his U.S. Open winning season from 2022.

For Sunday’s final round, Scheffler and Fitzpatrickwill tee off at 1:50 p.m. ET

You can stream Round 4 round via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ beginning on Saturday at 9:15 a.m. ET or watch the action on Golf Channel starting at 12 p.m. ET followed by CBS at 2 p.m. ET.

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2023 BMW Championship Round 4 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

9:20 a.m. – Taylor Moore
9:27 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Seamus Power
9:38 a.m. – Nick Taylor, Jason Day
9:49 a.m. – Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama
10:00 a.m. – Brendon Todd, Adam Hadwin
10:11 a.m. – Jon Rahm, Patrick Rodgers
10:22 a.m. – Cam Davis, Emiliano Grillo
10:33 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Tony Finau
10:44 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Jordan Spieth
10:55 a.m. – Tyrrell Hatton, Tom Hoge
11:06 a.m. – Collin Morikawa, Tom Kim
11:17 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Byeong Hun An
11:33 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Adam Schenk
11:44 a.m. – Eric Cole, Russell Henley
11:55 a.m. – Harris English, Chris Kirk
12:06 p.m. – Sahith Theegala, Patrick Cantlay
12:17 p.m. – Lucas Glover, Tommy Fleetwood
12:28 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Cameron Young
12:39 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Wyndham Clark
12:50 p.m. – Corey Conners, Sungjae Im
1:06 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose
1:17 p.m. – Sam Burns, Denny McCarthy
1:28 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy
1:39 p.m. – Brian Harman, Max Homa
1:50 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick

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A sizzling second-round 62 has Max Homa in an enviable position at the BMW Championship halfway point. Leading by two shots (-10) over Chris Kirk (-8) heading into the third round, a win would launch Homa into pole position in the FedEx Cup ranking, which has huge implications for the Tour Championship.

Kirk came into the BMW on the edge of qualifying for East Lake, at 29th in the standings. If he can maintain his position on the leaderboard, he’s projected to crack the top 10 by moving into 8th.

At the FedEx Cup playoffs, there’s a lot of play for, even if you aren’t in the hunt to win.

For Saturday’s third round, Homa and Kirk will tee off at 1:50 p.m. ET

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2023 BMW Championship Round 3 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

9:20 a.m. – Seamus Power
9:27 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Taylor Moore
9:38 a.m. – Patrick Rodgers, Sepp Straka
9:49 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Tom Kim
10:00 a.m. – Brendon Todd, Nick Taylor
10:11 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Jason Day
10:22 a.m. – Jon Rahm, Adam Hadwin
10:33 a.m. – Tyrrell Hatton, Tony Finau
10:44 a.m. – Sam Burns, Adam Schenk
11:00 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Tom Hoge
11:11 a.m. – Andrew Putnam, Eric Cole
11:22 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Adam Svensson
11:33 a.m. – Russell Henley, Cam Davis
11:44 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, Jordan Spieth
11:55 a.m. – Cameron Young, Denny McCarthy
12:06 p.m. – Lucas Glover, Tommy Fleetwood
12:17 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Ben An
12:33 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Wyndham Clark
12:44 p.m. – Corey Conners, Collin Morikawa
12:55 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
1:06 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Sungjae Im
1:17 p.m. – Harris English, Justin Rose
1:28 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Rickie Fowler
1:39 p.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick, Brian Harman
1:50 p.m. – Max Homa, Chris Kirk

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Hatton, the No. 14 player in the world, started the week 26th in the FedEx Cup standings. With the top 30 making it to East Lake for the Tour Championship, Hatton figured his stumble to a 1-over finish left him on the outside looking in.

Then a PGA Tour official approached him as he was leaving the Olympia Fields locker room. The encounter was captured by the PGA Tour’s social media team.

“Tyrrell, I just want to brief you on the FedEx Cup.”

Hatton’s mood never changed.

“Well, I don’t think I’ll be there,” he replied, barely hesitating as he continued out the door.

“Well, you should know that you are currently 29th,” the official told Hatton.

Hatton stopped at the door and turned to come back inside. His interest was piqued, but it was clear he still needed some convincing.

The official continued to break down Hatton’s situation, which could change at any moment given the final round of the BMW. Players out on the golf course could move ahead of or behind Hatton, affecting his overall slot on the standings.

“You’re only in by six points, but at 30th is Jordan Spieth and you guys are in the same position on the leaderboard,” the official said. “So whatever points he gains or loses, you will get more points [than him].”

“Right,” Hatton replied, his hope still waning.

Hatton suggested Denny McCarthy was a player who could knock him out.

But when the official finished explaining the different scenarios, he offered an optimistic outlook.

“I think you’re better than 50/50,” he said. “I know you’re not feeling it but…”

Hatton gave an awkward pause before he finally offered an unenthusiastic “OK.”

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Just before the encounter, Hatton interviewed with CBS about his situation.

“I’m pretty devastated with that finish,” he told Amanda Renner. “I need things to go my way to obviously play in Atlanta next week. And that’s hard to deal with. I feel like I’ve played well enough throughout this season to definitely earn a spot there. But it’s hard. I mean quadruple points for two events. Last week was my worst finish, I think, since missing the cut in San Antonio at the end of March…

“To start the playoffs at 17th and to potentially finish outside the top 30 after two struggling weeks is a tough one to take,” Hatton said. “We’ll see how it plays out for the rest of the day, but from my point of view, I’m pretty gutted.”

On the other side of the locker room, though, gutted was far from the adjective of choice. It was there that PGA Tour cameras found Jordan Spieth and caddie Michael Greller in much the same situation as Hatton, but with a decidedly different perspective on the whole ordeal.

Spieth also bogeyed the final two holes Sunday at the BMW, but as the official told Hatton, he was tied with the Englishman and one spot behind in the standings.

In another video posted by the Tour, Greller is seen looking at the projections as an official breaks down the scenarios when Spieth yells over.

“What if I made it?” Spieth asked, referring to his missed par try on the 18th hole. “Just a little better? Not much?”

“Depends on [Adam] Schenk,” Greller inferred from the data.

“But Schenk needs to make two birdies coming in to take away those points [from you],” The official told them. “The thing is, you’re only in by one point right now.”

Then the trio started dissecting what exactly Schenk, who was still on the course, could do to take away points from Spieth by passing him on the leaderboard.

The official explained it wasn’t where Schenk was in the points standings, but how Schenk improving his own position on the leaderboard would also negatively impact Spieth’s, meaning he would earn fewer points.

Ultimately, it wasn’t Schenk who pushed Spieth from his spot, nor any other player. Chris Kirk shot a 71, bumping him out of the top 30 allowing Hatton and Spieth to advance to East Lake.

Judging by Spieth’s mood in the locker room, he must have been relieved. Hatton too, even if it might have taken him some time to believe his eyes.

Ah, the joys (and oddities) of the golf postseason.

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The heat index (also known as “apparent temperature” or “real feel”) at TPC Southwind reached 111 degrees — the hottest round of the season. It was so hot, Harris English’s caddie had to be relieved after 11 holes.

“Ahhh, it’s not that bad,” Tommy Fleetwood said sarcastically before having a laugh and quickly correcting himself. “I’m only joking. It’s hot.”

Jordan Spieth said he was “humbled” by the sweltering conditions.

“It’s just a different kind of heat,” said Jordan Spieth. “It felt like it was just coming off the ground. Like you could just feel the water coming off the ground.”

Spieth said he’d likely bring a second shirt to change into at the turn Saturday when a heat advisory will still be in place in Memphis and heat indexes are again forecasted to reach into the low triple digits. However, the weather has prompted another question regarding the PGA Tour’s dress code: Should pros be allowed to wear shorts on the PGA Tour?

“Probably,” Fleetwood said. “You know, it might have been nice.”

That was only after he kind of threw playing partner Denny McCarthy under the bus.

“I’ve never seen trousers like Denny McCarthy’s today, he was sweating so much,” Fleetwood said. “He looked like he had just jumped in a pool.”

Fleetwood was the only pro who made an outright endorsement of wearing shorts on a day like Friday.

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In fact, Spieth even offered a reason against wearing them.

“Sure, if they gave us the option, I would have worn shorts, but I don’t think it would have made that much of a difference. You’d have just seen the sweat dripping down my legs instead of having dark pants on,” he said after a 68 that put him one off Lucas Glover’s 36-hole lead of 10 under. “My shirt made me weigh five more pounds today. I don’t think the pants added much to it.”

Tom Kim went viral for rolling up the cuffs on his pants Thursday but ended up wearing them normally on Friday. He said that was simply to keep his pants clean after he fell into the marsh earlier this season at the PGA Championship.

When asked if he thought about rolling his pants up again Friday because of the heat, Kim said he did, but didn’t pull the trigger because of the social media reaction to Thursday’s ensemble.

Shorts, of course, are somewhat of a controversial topic on the PGA Tour, and even more so in recent years.

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Since the dawn of time — seemingly — the PGA Tour has had a moratorium on players wearing shorts in competition. The policy was altered slightly in 2019 — following the lead of the then-European Tour and PGA of America — to allow players to wear shorts during practice rounds.

The issue came back up last summer when LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman announced the ability for players to wear shorts during all rounds at LIV events.

And when the PGA Tour comes to muggy Memphis in the middle of one of the hottest global summers in recorded history, it’s again a hot topic (pun intended).

However, the players asked about it Friday were generally in agreement: shorts wouldn’t have made much of a difference.

“It’s not something— trousers, shorts. Just playing golf, it’s going to be hot either way,” Fleetwood said.

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Previewing Round 2

The opening round at Olympia Fields was delayed for hours due to inclement weather, but once things got going, a familiar face had risen to the top of the leaderboard.

World No. 2 and defending FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy fired a five-under 65 to tie for the early lead. Open champion Brian Harman matched McIlroy’s 65 to earn a share heading into Round 2 on Friday.

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You can stream the second round of the BMW Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ beginning at 9:15 a.m. ET on Friday, or you can watch the telecast on Golf Channel starting at 2 p.m. ET.

Below you will find everything you need to watch the second round of the 2023 BMW Championship.

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How to watch the BMW Championship on TV Friday

Golf Channel will carry the second round of the 2023 BMW Championship on TV with a four-hour telecast from 2-6 p.m. ET on Friday.

How to stream the BMW Championship online Friday

You can stream the second round of the 2023 BMW Championship on Friday via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will have exclusive coverage beginning at 9:15 a.m. ET, in addition to featured group coverage. Fans can stream Golf Channel’s second-round TV coverage via NBCSports.com.

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2023 BMW Championship Round 2 tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

9:26 a.m. – Cam Davis, Cameron Young
9:37 a.m. – Andrew Putnam, Eric Cole
9:48 a.m. – Seamus Power, Lee Hodges
9:59 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Denny McCarthy
10:10 a.m. – Chris Kirk, Sam Burns
10:21 a.m. – Corey Conners, Tyrrell Hatton
10:32 a.m. – Jason Day, Collin Morikawa
10:43 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Tom Kim
10:54 a.m. – Tony Finau, Taylor Moore
11:10 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Wyndham Clark
11:21 a.m. – Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler
11:32 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
11:43 a.m. – Harris English, Patrick Rodgers
11:54 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Brendon Todd
12:05 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Matt Fitzpatrick
12:16 p.m. – Adam Hadwin, Byeong Hun An
12:27 p.m. – Sahith Theegala, Justin Rose
12:43 p.m. – Jordan Spieth, Sungjae Im
12:54 p.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Sepp Straka
1:05 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Adam Schenk
1:16 p.m. – Russell Henley, Nick Taylor
1:27 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa
1:38 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Lucas Glover
1:49 p.m. – Brian Harman, Tommy Fleetwood
2:00 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Hoge

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The question was asked to a few pros this week at the BMW Championship. The PGA Tour was playing its season’s penultimate event, so it was a time to reflect.

The answers were varied. 

Said Matt Fitzpatrick: “I think you look at — well, that’s a tough question, asking me, but there’s probably a million ways to do it.

“I think you look at your strokes gained numbers. I think that’s probably the most telling. You could argue that you could probably win two or three times but have worse strokes gained numbers. You look at Scottie [Scheffler], for example — even though he’s probably not won as much as he’d like, he’s played unbelievable all season, and you can’t knock that, whereas I want to say I’ve won as many times as Scottie this year, which seems pretty bizarre.

“I think it’s measured more than just wins. Wins are nice, but for me, if I could consistently hit a strokes gained number throughout every single year, gradually improve, that’s the sign of improvement.”

Said Cameron Young: “I think it can be hard to in some ways, but I think just as far as — I think I’m better at being a professional golfer than I was a year ago, as far as the routines we go through in practice, the routines I go through in warmup. I think I’m doing more productive things at tournament weeks and at home golf-wise.

“I think I’m understanding my golf more and more, and I think it’s really hard to measure those things, but I know they’re there even if some of the results don’t really speak to that. Yeah, it’s just some very little things here and there.”

Said Wyndham Clark: “I would say like this year — I mean, this year a huge success would have been in my mind just getting better mentally to where I feel more comfortable on Thursday, Friday, Saturdays and Sundays, and handling adversity better, handling the tough pressure moments better, and then also enjoying the process a lot more. To me, that would have been a successful season.

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“That’s how I kind of judge my seasons. Whenever the wins happen, that’s great, and the results, but I’m really more focused on that stuff. Some years you can still do that and it not happen. and other years it’ll happen.”

Of course, you can also measure things another way:

Money. 

With that, below is a complete list of the 2023 BMW Championship payouts for each player. The total purse is $20 million. 

How much every player made at the 2023 BMW Championship

1. Viktor Hovland $3.6 million

T2. Scottie Scheffler $1.76 million
Matt Fitzpatrick $1.76 million

4. Rory McIlroy $990,000

T5. Brian Harman $790,000
Max Homa $790,000

7. Sungjae Im $695,000

T8. Russell Henley $620,000
Xander Schauffele $620,000

T10. Tom Kim $480,000
Harris English $480,000
Andrew Putnam $480,000
Corey Conners $480,000
Denny McCarthy $480,000

T15. Sahith Theegala $332,000
Patrick Cantlay $332,000
Cameron Young $332,000
Adam Svensson $332,000
Wyndham Clark $332,000
Sam Burns $332,000

21. Tom Hoge $262,000

T22. J.T. Poston $229,000
Lucas Glover $229,000
Justin Rose $229,000

T25. Collin Morikawa $179,750
Rickie Fowler $179,750
Eric Cole $179,750
Tommy Fleetwood $179,750

T29. Keegan Bradley $156,500
Chris Kirk $156,500

T31. Jon Rahm $139,000
Emiliano Grillo $139,000
Si Woo Kim $139,000

T34. Jordan Spieth $122,000
Tyrrell Hatton $122,000
Adam Schenk $122,000

T37. Sepp Straka $108,000
Patrick Rodgers $108,000
Tony Finau $108,000

40. Cam Davis $100,000

T41. Kurt Kitayama $94,000
Brendon Todd $94,000

43. Byeong Hun An $88,000

44. Adam Hadwin $84,000

T45. Lee Hodges $78,000
Jason Day $78,000

47. Nick Taylor $72,000

48. Seamus Power $70,000

49. Taylor Moore $68,000

50. Hideki Matsuyama $66,000

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