BMW Championship on the FedExCup Playoffs: Highlights – Part 1
Sean Foley might not have been as useful to his official pupil Tiger Woods as he has been to his unofficial one, the rampaging Justin Rose, who has managed to maintain his outright lead so far until the third round of the BMW Championship at the Cog Hill
Golf and Country Club.
Opening up the tournament with a shining eight-under, 63 on Thursday, September 15, Rose has done well to stay on top of the summit of the third event on the FedExCup Playoff Championship.
Already safely in the Top 30, who will be proceeding to the final leg of the event, the Tour Championship presented by Coca Cola, Rose is contemplating an early breakthrough to further boost his confidence for the eventual $10-million event.
“I was aware today that it was a pretty tricky day and guys weren't going low. Guys played well in my group at times, but just obviously struggled to put a score on the board, and I was aware that was the situation pretty much throughout the field,” said
Rose.
The 31-year-old Englishman started off the season with some strong finishes but remained in obscurity for most part of the remaining season. He posted a runner-up finish at the Tavistock cup followed by a joint fifth at the Transitions and a joint third
in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in a matter of just three weeks. He has not won a title in the current season.
The third round of the championship was played under strong windy conditions where most of the players battered the cross breeze all day.
“Definitely the breeze. Breeze was up just enough to make it tricky clubbing yourself.” Rose admitted, “Makes it very difficult to get it close to the flags or it makes your bad shots even worse, basically.”
Rose is playing his fifth BMW Championship and has pulled in three Top 5 finishes so far after missing the cut the first time. In case Rose goes all the way to win the title, which is a strong possibility with his four-shot lead over the rest of the field,
he will be the first European player to win the title after Harry Cooper in 1934.
John Senden did well to face the trademark Chicago winds to finish one-under, 70 and has now soared to the second spot, trailing Rose by four shots. He is closely followed by Geoff Ogilvy, who pulled in a three-under, 68 to settle for an outright third.
Adam Scott and Jason Day’s poor performance in the event, left many of the Aussie fans sad and disgruntled and Senden and Ogilvy are now the only flag bearers of their country with huge responsibility hanging on their shoulders.
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