Siwoo Kim Ties for 5th Place... 'Fails to Qualify for Tour Championship'

PO Round 2 BMW Championship 4R 2-Under Par
FedEx Cup Ranking Stalls at 32nd, Final Appearance Missed
Bradley Wins, Burns and Aubrey Tie for 2nd Place

Although he did not secure a ticket to the final round, he fought well.

Kim Si-woo is making an approach shot on the 3rd hole of the 4th round at the FedExCup Playoffs 2nd event, the BMW Championship. [Castle Rock, USA=AFP·Yonhap News]

This is the story of Kim Si-woo. On the 25th (local time), at the Castle Pines Golf Club (par 72, 8,130 yards) in Castle Rock, Colorado, USA, Kim Si-woo finished the 4th round of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs (PO) 2nd event, the BMW Championship (total prize money $20 million), with 2 strokes under par, tying for 5th place (8 under par, 280 strokes). This marks his second top 10 finish of the season and his personal best since tying for 6th at The Players Championship in March. Kim Si-woo, who was ranked 44th in the FedEx Cup before the tournament, moved up to 32nd but failed to qualify for the final event, the Tour Championship, which only the top 30 in the FedEx Cup rankings can enter.

Starting from a tie for 8th place, 6 strokes behind the leader, Kim Si-woo made 5 birdies and 3 bogeys. The early burden came from making 1 birdie and 3 bogeys in the first 7 holes. He added 4 more birdies at holes 8, 11, 16, and 18 but still could not break into the top 30 in the FedEx Cup rankings. This year, Kim Si-woo has played in 23 tournaments and made the cut 21 times. He has finished in the top 25 eleven times.

Keegan Bradley is hitting an iron shot on the 8th hole during the 4th round of the FedExCup Playoffs 2nd event, the BMW Championship.
[Castle Rock, USA=AFP·Yonhap News]

Keegan Bradley (USA) shot an even-par round to secure a 1-stroke victory (12 under par, 276 strokes). This is his 7th career win, coming 1 year and 2 months after his victory at the Travelers Championship last June, with a winner's prize of $3.6 million (approximately 4.8 billion KRW). Bradley, who was ranked 50th in the FedEx Cup, jumped to 4th place with this win. Sam Burns (USA) surged with a 7-under-par round to tie for 2nd place (11 under par, 277 strokes). Ludwig Aberg (Sweden) and Adam Scott (Australia) also joined the group tied for 2nd.

Im Sung-jae and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) each improved by 1 stroke to tie for 11th place (6 under par, 282 strokes). McIlroy, ranked 6th in the FedEx Cup, and Im Sung-jae, ranked 11th, will compete in the Tour Championship. An Byeong-hun finished 13th (5 under par, 283 strokes) and is ranked 16th in the FedEx Cup. World No. 1 and Paris Olympic gold medalist Scottie Scheffler (USA) finished tied for 33rd (1 over par, 289 strokes). He aims to win his first career championship as the FedEx Cup No. 1.