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Keegan Bradley Wins the 2024 BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club.
Mon Aug 26 16:45:00 CEST 2024 Press Release
Castle Rock, CO – August 25, 2024… BMW congratulates Keegan Bradley on winning the 2024 BMW Championship today at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado.
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Castle Rock, CO – August 25, 2024… BMW congratulates Keegan Bradley on winning the 2024 BMW Championship today at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Bradley entered the tournament as the last man in the 50-player field and embraced his underdog odds to earn his second BMW Championship title, finishing the week 12-under-par, winning the event by one stroke.
After finishing with an even par 72 on Sunday, Bradley became the first U.S. Ryder Cup captain to win on the PGA TOUR since 2015 and claimed his seventh PGA TOUR title. With the win, Bradley catapulted 46 spots up to No. 4 in the FedExCup Playoff standings and will head into the TOUR Championship next week at East Lake Country Club in Atlanta, GA.
“Winning on the PGA Tour is so difficult, and I’m proud of the way I hung in there today to win the BMW Championship,” said Bradley. “Castle Pines is spectacular, and they should be proud of how they treated the caddies this week, it means a lot to all of us.”
Sebastian Mackensen, President and CEO of BMW of North America, was joined by Western Golf Association Chairman Steve Colnitis, Castle Pines Golf Club Chairman and President, George Solich, and Tournament Chairman, Duffy Solich to present Bradleywith the BMW Championship and J.K. Wadley trophies.
“The 2024 BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club gave us an incredible week of golf and brought out the best in these players,” said Sebastian Mackensen, President and CEO of BMW North America. “A special congratulations to Keegan Bradley for winning it, and a big thank you to all of the players, fans, volunteers, and members of the community who made this event possible.”
Since 2007, the BMW Championship has raised more than $50 million in support of the Evans Scholars, helping more than 3,300 students achieve their dreams of attending college. Currently, a record 1,190 caddies are enrolled in 24 universities across the nation as Evans Scholars.
On Wednesday, the annual BMW Championship Gardner Heidrick Pro-Am was held and featured several celebrity guests including NFL Hall-of-Famers John Elway and Peyton Manning, in addition to country music icon Luke Bryan.
Bradley will defend his title next August when the BMW Championship heads back to Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland. Future tournament venues include Bellerive Country Club, in St. Louis, Missouri in 2026 and Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey in 2027.
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About the BMW Championship
The BMW Championship dates back to 1899 when it debuted as the
Western Open, making it the third-oldest tournament on the PGA TOUR
schedule, behind only the British Open and U.S. Open. BMW has
sponsored the tournament since 2007 when it became the penultimate
event of the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs. The BMW Championship
features a field of the top 50 players in the FedExCup standings to
determine the final 30 players for the FedExCup final at the TOUR
Championship in Atlanta. Since 2007, the BMW Championship has
contributed more than $50 million to the Evans Scholars Foundation,
the event’s charitable beneficiary. To learn more, visit www.bmwchampionship.com.
About the Western Golf Association
The Western Golf Association conducts six national golf
championships and sponsors the nationally acclaimed Evans Scholars
Foundation. Headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, the organization was
founded in 1899 by 11 Chicago-area golf clubs to promote their
interests in golf. In addition to the BMW Championship on the PGA TOUR
and the NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank on the Korn
Ferry Tour, the WGA conducts four prestigious amateur championships:
the Western Amateur, the Western Junior, and the Women’s Western Golf
Association’s Amateur and Junior championships.
About the Evans Scholars Foundation
Established by the WGA and famed amateur golfer Charles Chick
Evans Jr., the Evans Scholars Foundation provides full housing and
tuition scholarships to high-achieving caddies across the country.
Currently, a record 1,190 caddies are enrolled in 24 universities
across the nation as Evans Scholars. The Program, which is supported
by the WGA, is funded by contributions from more than 38,500 Par Club
members, including Evans Scholars Alumni, as well as proceeds from the
BMW Championship. Since the Program’s inception in 1930, more than
12,040 caddies nationwide have graduated as Evans Scholars. To learn
more, visit www.wgaesf.org.
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