(Owings Mills) Responding to the pressure late in the round and through six overtime holes, Patrick Cantlay putted a putt from 18 feet to win the BMW Championship Sunday in Owings Mills, Md.
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Cantlay had the upper hand over Bryson DeChambeau, who missed four birdie attempts to win, the last of which was on the sixth overtime hole.
Cantlay handed a 66 (- 6) card and scored a birdie at 18e hole to force the holding of an overtime.
« [Mes coups de fer droit] were all equally important, he said. I needed to be successful in each of them. ”
It was his third victory of the season on the PGA Tour. This most recent title also saw Cantlay climb to the top of the FedEx Cup standings and secure the sixth and final automatic place on the U.S. team at the Ryder Cup.
« Patty Ice »
Cantlay will now enter the PGA Tour Championship with a two-stroke lead in the standings, as the race to the US $ 15 million stock market continues.
Her performances earned her the nickname “Patty Ice”, which fans shouted out throughout the week.
“It’s the first time I’ve heard it, but I’ve had it all week,” Cantley said of his new nickname. There were two or three guys following me through the four days and shouting it at every hole. “
They are some of the loudest and most encouraging supporters I have seen.
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Patrick Cantlay
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It was a big disappointment for DeChambeau, who seemed in a position to win when he landed a birdie in the 16e pennant and when he saw Cantlay send his ball into the water at 17e.
His only great moment of the day came when he saved a par after sending his ball into the stream near the alley of 18e pennant, at the fourth extra time hole.
PHOTO SCOTT TAETSCH, USA TODAY SPORTS
Bryson DeChambeau
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DeChambeau also came down with a 66 and showed a cumulative score of -27. No golfer in PGA history with that score has lost in a tournament.
Sungjae Im scored a birdie on the last two holes and he played 67 to take third place alone (- 23). Rory McIlroy finished the event in fourth place (- 22).
Tension
There was a lot of tension on the Caves Valley course, even though victory was not at stake.
South African Erik van Rooyen (- 21) was at 139e ranked in the FedEx Cup standings three weeks ago. He won the Barracuda Championship, he took the seventh rung last week and he played 65 in the final round of the BMW Championship to enter the top 30, which will participate in the last tournament of the season.
Sergio García will return to East Lake for the first time since 2017. He tied for sixth (-20) to climb into the top 30.
Charley Hoffman (- 10) and Max Homa (- 2) were ousted.
Canada’s Corey Conners had a strong final round of 65 and finished the tournament tied at 22e step (- 14). He will therefore participate in the PGA Tour Championship.
His compatriot Mackenzie Hughes (- 5) will not be there.
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