Scottie Scheffler (T1/-11) has his eighth career 54-hole lead/co-lead on PGA TOUR (3-for-7 to date) and third this season (2-for-2) after Round 3 of the BMW Championship.
Ties Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy for the most 54-hole leads/co-leads on TOUR this season (3).
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Results with the 54-hole lead/co-lead: 3rd/2020 American Express, T2/2021 Texas Children’s Houston Open, Won/2022 Masters Tournament, P2/2022 Charles Schwab Challenge, T2/2022 TOUR Championship, Won/2023 WM Phoenix Open, Won/2023 PLAYERS Championship.
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Will move to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings with a win; no player has entered the TOUR Championship with the lead in the FedExCup two years in a row (Scheffler entered No. 1 in 2022).
Official Money total of $19,254,342 is the highest in a single season in PGA TOUR history.
Matt Fitzpatrick (T1/-11) has his fourth career 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (2-for-3 to date) and second this season (1-for-1).
Results with the 54-hole lead/co-lead: 2nd/2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, Won/2022 U.S. Open, Won/2023 RBC Heritage.
54-hole total of 199 ties his career-low on TOUR (2023 RBC Heritage/Won).
Entered the week No. 40 in the FedExCup standings and is projected to move to No. 5 (could move as high as No. 3 with a win); made the TOUR Championship for the first time in 2022 (finished 15th in the FedExCup standings).
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Best finish in two prior starts at the BMW Championship: T6, 2020 (at Olympia Fields Country Club).
The top three players on the leaderboard have all won a Major in the last two seasons: Scheffler (2022 Masters Tournament), Fitzpatrick (2022 U.S. Open) and Brian Harman (2023 Open Championship).
Sam Burns, who entered the week No. 30 in the FedExCup standings, tied his career-low score (62) and moves from T33 to T7 on the leaderboard (second 62 and first since the second round of the 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson).
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The six automatic qualifiers for the U.S. Ryder Cup Team are currently projected to be Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa and Xander Schauffele; Brooks Koepka is projected to fall from No. 5 to No. 7 in the standings.
The top-30 players in the FedExCup standings after BMW Championship will advance to the TOUR Championship.
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Three players are projected to move into the top 30: Matt Fitzpatrick (T1, No. 40 to No. 5), Justin Rose (T7, No. 32 to No. 26) and Denny McCarthy (T7, No. 34 to No. 30).
Three players are projected to move out of the top 30: Jordan Spieth (T30, No. 27 to No. 31), Emiliano Grillo (T38, No. 23 to No. 32) and Sepp Straka (T43, No. 24 to No. 33).
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