Bad start for Jon Rahm in the BMW Championship

The American 2018 test winner Keegan Bradley leads the BMW Championshipsecond stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs, after the first round held this Thursday in Wilmington (Delaware) where Jon Rahm pretty much bid farewell to his chances of winning.

the Spanish player signed a card of 73 hits (+2) to be 9 hits behind the leaderwho made a seven-under 64.

Bradley got off to a strong start with six birdies on the front nine before making his only bogey of the day on No. 11 and then two more birdies at Nos. 15 and 16.

He has a stroke advantage over Australian Adam Scott and two of the trio of American Justin Thomas, winner of this year’s PGA Championship, his compatriot Arnold Varner III and Ireland’s Shane Lowry.

Among the best players in the field, Collin Morikawa (6th) is three strokes behind Bradley. The number 1 in the world, Scottie Scheffler and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy share 12th place, five shots apart.

Will Zalatoriswho won the St. Jude Championship on Sunday, the first round of the FedEx Cup playoffs, it is at position 33 (-1).

Only the top 30 finishers of the BMW Championship will advance to the final round of the Tour Championship, scheduled for next week in Atlanta, Georgia. The winner of this final round will pocket a check for $18 million.

Classification after the first day

1. Keegan Bradley (USA) -7
2. Adam Scott (AUS) -6
3. Shane Lowry (IRL) -5
. Justin Thomas (USA) -5
. Harold Varner III (USA) -5
6. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA) -4
. Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) -4
. Russell Henley (USA) -4
. Collin Morikawa (USA) -4
. Chez Reavie (USA) -4
. Xander Schauffele (USA) -4

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12. Patrick Cantlay (USA) -3
. Rory McIlroy (NIR) -3
. Scottie Scheffler (USA) -3
. Jordan Spieth (USA) -3
33. Sung-Jae Im (KOR) -1
. Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) -1
. Will Zalatoris (USA) 0
55. Viktor Hovland (NOR) 2
. Jon Rahm (ESP) 2