Adam Scott holds a three-shot lead at the BMW Championship over Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, who stood atop the leaderboard on day one.
Bradley opened with a 6-under 66 and then fired a 4-under 68 on day two, but Scott shot five strokes better on Friday, posting a 9-under 63 in the process to grab the lead by himself. In doing so, Scott set a new course record at Castle Pines. But later in the day, Ludvig Åberg matched Scott with a 63 of his own.
Åberg sits in solo third at 9-under for the championship, while fellow Swede Alex Noren sits one back at 8-under. Noren, one of the best ball-strikers on the PGA Tour, has carded two rounds of 68 through two rounds.
BMW Championship Leaderboard:
1. Adam Scott -13
2. Keegan Bradley -10
3. Ludvig Åberg -9
4. Alex Noren -8
5. Taylor Pendrith -7
T-6. Corey Conners -6
T-6. Sungjae Im -6
T-8. Si Woo Kin -5
T-8. Patrick Cantlay -5
T-10. Wyndham Clark -4
T-10. Collin Morikawa -4
T-10. Akshay Bhatia -4
T-10. Will Zalatoris -4
T-10. Tom Hoge -4
BMW Championship Round 3 Tee Times (ET)
9:20 a.m. — Max Greyserman
9:30 a.m. — Max Homa, Davis Thompson
9:40 a.m. — Jason Day, Justin Thomas
9:50 a.m. — Cameron Young, Christian Bezuidenhout
10:00 a.m. — Matthieu Pavon, Matt Fitzpatrick
10:10 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Billy Horschel
10:20 a.m. — Eric Cole, Stephan Jaeger
10:35 a.m. — Austin Eckroat, Sahith Theegala
10:45 a.m. — J.T. Poston, Aaron Rai
10:55 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Adam Hadwin
11:05 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Tony Finau
11:15 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Cameron Davis
11:25 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Viktor Hovland
11:40 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Thomas Detry
11:50 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Byeong Hun An
12:00 p.m. — Nick Dunlap, Tommy Fleetwood
12:10 p.m. — Sam Burns, Rory McIlroy
12:20 p.m. — Brian Harman, Russell Henley
12:30 p.m. — Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge
12:45 p.m. — Collin Morikawa, Akshay Bhatia
12:55 p.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark
1:05 p.m. — Sungjae Im, Si Woo Kim
1:15 p.m. — Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners
1:25 p.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Alex Noren
1:35 p.m. — Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley
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