

If anything, Wilmington reminds several players of a "big brother" to Caves Valley, about the same length (7,534 yards) except playing to a par 71.įind the fairway, fire at the flag. 52 in the FedEx Cup, sending him to Atlanta. He won the BMW Championship in 2018 some 20 miles away at Aronimink when he was No. The course is new to everyone - Delaware has never hosted a PGA Tour event - though Bradley has reason to feel right at home. Disappointed with how I finished, but encouraged with the rest of it." "I knew once I got here last weekend, I knew it was a golf course that was going to suit me better than last week.


"Overall the rest of it was pretty good," he said. McIlroy was able to accept one bad swing that cost him three shots, especially having missed the cut last week in the FedEx St. McIlroy was in the group at 68 that included Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay, who won the BMW Championship last year an hour down the road at Caves Valley on his way to capturing the FedEx Cup. He took three putts from just short of the green, missing a 3-footer, and made triple bogey. But then he was between clubs on the par-3 15th, tried to hit a soft cut with a 5-iron and put his tee shot into he water. Rory McIlroy was the only player from the afternoon who looked to challenge Bradley, and he was doing just that at 6 under with four holes to play. Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa led the group at 67. PGA champion Justin Thomas put a different putter in the bag and responded with a 66 to leave him in the group with former British Open champion Shane Lowry and Harold Varner III. "He kind of had everything going the way he wanted, and most of the time he was teeing off first and I was just trying to follow." "He played beautifully today, and I was really just trying to follow his lead," Scott said. It also meant being paired with Bradley, and they put on quite a show. 77 and tied for fifth in the playoff opener last week just to make it to the second stage. That's everyone's goal to start the year." "My plan is I'm going to go home and see my kids no matter what on Sunday night," Bradley said.
