Keegan Bradley regained the lead in the BMW Championship with the final day remaining

The American Keegan Bradley regained the lead in Saturday’s BMW Championship after the third round of the Colorado tournament, second in three FedEx Cup tiebreakers.

First after the first round, Bradley gave up his spot to Australian Adam Scott on Friday. This time he had a one-shot lead heading into the final day.thanks to a two-under 70 on Saturday in very windy conditions.

Keegan Bradley, 38, will be the next United States captain at the 2025 Ryder Cupwhich earned him some applause on the field on Saturday.

Adam Scott, who made his Ryder Cup debut on the same course at Castle Pines 24 years ago, remains in second position after posting a 74, a day after a great performance in the second round.

This time he admitted that he was struggling with the greens, “They were different from yesterday (Friday) in terms of speed, firmness, appearance, everything. I felt like I was on a different course,” he said, after a bad start. That included a bogey on the first hole, a double bogey on the par-4 third and another bogey on the fourth.

Bradley and Scott They are followed in the classification by Swedes Ludvig Aberg and Alexander Noren.

World number 1 Scottie Scheffler dropped to 35th positionwhile number 2, Xander Schauffele, put in a good performance to again be five strokes off the lead.

BMW Championship

Classification after the third round

1. Keegan Bradley (USA) -12 (66-68-70)
2. Adam Scott (AUS) -11 (68-63-74)
3. Ludwig Aberg (SWE) -10 (72-63-71)
Alexander Norén (SWE) -10 (68-68-70)
5.Wyndham Clark (USA) -7 (72-68-69)
Xander Schauffele (USA) -7 (69-73-67)
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35. Scottie Scheffler (USA) 1 (71-72-74)
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44. Matthieu Pavon (FRA) 5 (73-72-76)