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Keegan Bradley sets fast pace at BMW Championship

Keegan Bradley hasn't been to the FedEx Cup finale in four years, and he started the BMW Championship on Thursday like he was in a hurry to get back.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press August 18, 2022

AP photo by Julio Cortez / Keegan Bradley hits from the 12th fairway at Delaware’s Wilmington Country Club during the first round of the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship on Thursday.

Greeson: Baylor grads add to storylines near end of PGA Tour season

Here we sit, with fewer than two weeks left in the PGA Tour season.

By Jay Greeson August 17, 2022

AP photo by Mark Humphrey / Baylor School graduate Keith Mitchell hits from the 14th tee at TPC Southwind during the second round of the PGA Tour’s FedEx St. Jude Championship last Friday in Memphis.

Ferguson: No PGA Tour for LIV golfers, maybe a long road back

Long before the PGA Tour's postseason opener ended with a winning bogey in a three-hole playoff, the biggest drama was in the clubhouse at the TPC Southwind.

By Doug Ferguson August 16, 2022

The "4 Aces" team poses for a picture after winning the team competition of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., Sunday, July 31, 2022. From left to right, Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson. Patrick Reed, and Pat Perez. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Cameron Smith out of BMW Championship with sore hip

British Open champion Cameron Smith pulled out of the BMW Championship on Monday with what his manager described as a "hip discomfort" that Smith had been feeling the last few months.

By Doug Ferguson August 15, 2022

Cameron Smith, of Australia, watches his shot on the sixth tee during the final round of the St. Jude Championship golf tournament, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Golf roundup: Will Zalatoris wins playoff in Memphis for PGA Tour breakthrough

Will Zalatoris is no longer the best player on the PGA Tour without a victory.

By The Associated Press August 14, 2022

AP photo by Mark Humphrey / Will Zalatoris celebrates after making a putt on the 18th green during the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Sunday at TPC Southwind in Memphis. Zalatoris went on to defeat Sepp Straka on the third hole of a playoff to win the opening event of the FedEx Cup playoffs and earn his first win on the PGA Tour.

Crowd contends entering final round of PGA Tour postseason opener

J.J. Spaun has had at least a share of the lead after each of the first three rounds of the FedEx St. Jude Championship, but he has not been able to establish any distance between himself and the field.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press August 13, 2022

AP photo by Mark Humphrey / J.J. Spaun, left, greets Sepp Straka on the 18th green at TPC Southwind at the end of the third round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Saturday in Memphis. Spaun held a one-shot lead over Straka in the PGA Tour postseason opener.

Three big names miss cut at PGA Tour’s playoff opener

Missing the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Championship hurts worse for some than others.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press August 12, 2022

AP photo by Mark Humphrey / Scottie Scheffler hits from the 18th tee at TPC Southwind during Thursday's first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. The top-ranked Scheffler opened with a 71, then shot a 68 on Friday and missed the cut by a stroke.

Scores low in Memphis as PGA Tour’s postseason begins

PGA Tour veterans Jason Day and Rickie Fowler faced enough stress just to make sure they got into the postseason. Now that they're here, they want to keep going.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press August 11, 2022

AP photo by Mark Humphrey / J.J. Spaun hits from the 18th tee at TPC Southwind during the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Thursday in Memphis. Spaun shot a 62 to share the lead with Si Woo Kim in the opening event of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs.

LIV Golf a lingering topic in Memphis as PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs begin

Perhaps it was only fitting that a violent thunderstorm hit TPC Southwind right about the time a federal judge in California ruled against a motion that would have allowed three players who cashed in on LIV Golf to compete for $75 million in bonus money on the PGA Tour.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press August 10, 2022

AP file photo by Gerald Herbert / Rory McIlroy, the PGA Tour player who has been most oustpoken in criticizing the LIV Golf series, hopes the FedEx Cup playoffs will at least temporarily return the focus to what happens on the course.

Wiedmer: No one has turned tragedy to triumph better than Jordan Thomas

Jordan Thomas had every reason to cry, mope, fall into the worst depression imaginable that August afternoon in 2005.

By Mark Wiedmer August 10, 2022

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