Keegan Bradley goes from last man in to 2024 BMW Championship winner and lands in East Lake.
Keegan Bradley held his nerve during the final round to clinch victory in the BMW Championship at Castle Pines, near Denver.
The 2025 United States Ryder Cup captain came into Sunday with a one-shot lead from Australia's Adam Scott, who drew level after the opening hole.
But a run of three straight bogeys by Scott, from the 10th hole onwards, gave Bradley a lead he would not relinquish.
The 38-year-old, who also won the BMW Championship in a play-off with Justin Rose in 2018, bogeyed the last to finish with a level-par 72, on 12 under for the week.
He won by one stroke from Scott, compatriot Sam Burns and Sweden's Ludvig Aberg to claim his seventh PGA Tour title, who takes home the $3.6 million prize money payout at Olympia Fields - and his first since last year's Travelers Championship.
Bradley will now enter next week's season-ending Tour Championship - which features just the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings - in fourth place while world number one Scottie Scheffler remains top, despite finishing joint 33rd at Castle Pines.
Aberg was two shots adrift overnight but Burns rallied from four under, firing a seven-under 65 to finish joint second.
The 28-year-old had eight birdies in his final round and narrowly missed another from a bunker shot on the par-four 18th that would have tied the lead.
England's Tommy Fleetwood also climbed the leaderboard on Sunday, firing a three-under 69 to finish on eight under.
That saw him move from 31st to 22nd in the FedEx Cup standings and secure a place in next week's Tour Championship.
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