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Cameron Smith is out of the BMW Championship

LIV-linked Smith withdraws from BMW Championship

Cameron Smith, has withdrawn from this week's BMW Championship with hip discomfort, as rumours linking him with a move to the LIV Series continue.

Golf • 15 Aug 22

DeChambeau reportedly involved in altercation with fan after BMW loss

DeChambeau confronts taunting spectator after BMW loss

Bryson DeChambeau was involved in an angry altercation with a fan after losing a tense sudden death playoff to Patrick Cantlay in the BMW Championship.

Golf • 30 Aug 21

Cantlay claims BMW title after play-off, McIlroy fourth

Patrick Cantlay has won the BMW Championship after a sudden death play-off with Bryson DeChambeau.

Golf • 30 Aug 21

DeChambeau came close to carding the 13th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history

DeChambeau so close to 59 as McIlroy slips back at BMW

Bryson DeChambeau missed a six-foot birdie putt that would have secured him a 59 during round two of the BMW Championship, but the American heads the leaderboard at the half-way mark on a day when joint-overnight leader Rory McIlroy slipped back.

Golf • 28 Aug 21

Eagle powers Rory McIlroy into tie for lead at BMW

Rory McIlroy went birdie-eagle on two of the last four holes Thursday to vault into a three-way tie with Sam Burns and Spain's Jon Rahm at the BMW Championship outside Baltimore.

Golf • 27 Aug 21

Rory McIlroy: "I'm just sort of getting through it, to be honest."

McIlroy looking forward to well-earned post-Ryder break

Rory McIlroy is at Caves Valley Golf Club, Maryland, ready for the BMW Championship - the second stop of the FedEx Cup Play-offs. But he says he's also ready for an upcoming break in competition.

Golf • 26 Aug 21

Lowry and his caddy Brian 'Bo' Martin (L) during his second round at Wentworth

Lowry shares the lead with bogey-free 65 at BMW

Open champion Shane Lowry is tied for the clubhouse lead with Matthew Fitzpatrick after a superb 65 at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

Golf • 09 Oct 20

Jon Rahm smiles with the tournament trophy and the Western Golf Association (WGA) Open J.K. Wadley Championship Cup trophy

Rahm wins BMW Championship as Johnson forces play-off

Jon Rahm sunk a putt from 66 feet to take the BMW Championship after Dustin Johnson forced a play-off in Chicago.

Golf • 31 Aug 20

McIlroy and Stoll at last year's Rugby World Cup in Japan

McIlroy ready to leave if wife goes into labour

Rory McIlroy slipped three shots behind the leader at the BMW Championship as he revealed he was ready to leave the tournament if wife Erica went into labour.

Golf • 30 Aug 20

McIlroy is still well placed to make a final-day charge

McIlroy three behind Johnson and Matsuyama at the BMW

Joint overnight leader Rory McIlroy carded a third round of 73 to drop down the leaderboard at the BMW Championship but is still only three shots behind co-leaders Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama.

Golf • 29 Aug 20

McIlroy is one of just two players under par

McIlroy handles tough conditions to go top at BMW

Rory McIlroy was one of just two players to finish under par at the BMW Championship on Friday as the world's best golfers found themselves at the mercy of the gruelling Olympia Fields course.

Golf • 29 Aug 20

Rory McIlroy in the frame at Olympia Fields

Rory McIlroy carded an even-par 70 to be three shots off the pace after the first round of the BMW Championship at the testing Olympia Fields course on Thursday.

Golf • 28 Aug 20

Tiger Woods plays his shot from the 17th tee during a practice round on Tuesday ahead of the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields

Woods anticipating a tough test at Olympia Fields

Tiger Woods is expecting more of a major-style test in the second FedEx Cup play-off event as he attempts to qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship.

Golf • 26 Aug 20

Justin Thomas celebrates victory on the 18th green

Thomas overcomes wobble to seal BMW Championship

Justin Thomas faltered in the final round at the BMW Championship on Sunday but held on for an ultimately comfortable three-stroke victory at Medinah in suburban Chicago.

Golf • 18 Aug 19

Lowry sits in last place in a tournament with no cut

McIlroy in the hunt as Lowry drops to last place in US

Rory McIlroy birdied the last to move to eight under par, and stay in the hunt after round two of the BMW Championship in Illinois.

Golf • 17 Aug 19

McIlroy and McDowell in the mix at BMW Championship

Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are both in the mix after encouraging opening rounds at the BMW Championship.

Golf • 16 Aug 19

Woods was forced to sit out the Northern Trust due to back pain.

Woods ready to play in BMW Championship

Tiger Woods is in Illinois for the BMW Championship and says he is feeling good after sitting out last week's Northern Trust.

Golf • 13 Aug 19

Bradley edges BMW play-off, Rose shoots to world No 1

Justin Rose became world number one on Monday when he finished second at the BMW Championship where he lost a play-off with American Keegan Bradley in suburban Philadelphia.

Golf • 10 Sep 18

McIlroy one off BMW lead as Rose aims for top spot

Justin Rose took a step closer to the world number one spot after snatching the lead at the BMW Championship with a six-under round of 64, with Rory McIlroy just one shot behind.

Golf • 09 Sep 18

Rory McIlroy plays a shot from the ninth-hole bunker

McIlroy & Woods slip back as Schauffele catches fire

Xander Schauffele vaulted into the halfway lead as Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods slipped back in the second round at the BMW Championship in Pennsylvania on Friday.

Golf • 07 Sep 18

Red-hot McIlroy and Woods top BMW leaderboard

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy charged to the clubhouse lead with an eight-under-par 62 in the first round of the BMW Championship in Pennsylvania.

Golf • 07 Sep 18

FedEx Cup play-offs cut to three events

The FedEx Cup play-offs have been reduced from four events to three as part of a revamped 2019 schedule released by the PGA Tour on Tuesday.

Golf • 10 Jul 18

Rory McIlroy: 'Teeing it up next week gives me one more chance to end 2017 on a high.'

McIlroy targets British Masters to end season on high

Rory McIlroy has confirmed he will play in the British Masters at Close House next week.

Golf • 18 Sep 17

Marc Leishman extends his lead at BMW Championship

Marc Leishman will take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the BMW Championship after producing a superb 68 but it was another disappointing day for Rory McIlroy.

Golf • 17 Sep 17

Rory watches his tee shot off the fourth

McIlroy facing uphill battle to retain FedEx crown

Rory McIlory is facing an uphill battle to retain his FedEx Cup title. He sits on one under after two rounds, 12 shots off clubhouse leader Jason Day.

Golf • 16 Sep 17

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