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Viktor Hovland\u2019s sharp irons spark BMW Championship run<\/p>\n
Viktor Hovland credits precise iron shots and a playoff mindset for his opening round success.<\/p>\n
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It’s moving day at the 2025 BMW Championship as we head into the weekend at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the PGA Tour\u2019s second\u00a0FedEx Cup<\/a>\u00a0playoff event.<\/p>\n The biggest question as the third round begins on Saturday, Aug. 16, is can anyone move Robert MacIntyre<\/a> from atop the leaderboard after the Scottish golfer vaulted to the top in the first round and stretched his lead in the second.<\/p>\n MacIntyre held a five-shot lead over second-place Scottie Scheffler<\/a> entering Round 3, but Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, has been steady as a rock through two days. Ludvig Aberg<\/a> and Hideki Matsuyama<\/a> are lurking close behind, while Rory McIlroy<\/a> made a late charge at the end of the second round to reach the top dozen.<\/p>\n Third-round play Saturday gets underway at 9 a.m. ET. MacIntyre and Scheffler are the last pair to tee off at 1:45 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n USA TODAY Sports<\/a>\u00a0will be following everything happening on the course at the 2025 BMW Championship. Here are updates from the third round of the PGA Tour\u2019s second FedEx Cup Playoffs event:<\/p>\n BMW Championship leaderboard<\/p>\n BMW CHAMPIONSHIP:<\/strong>\u00a0Updated tee times, full leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n He birdies on the ninth hole to improve to -15 for the tournament. He has a four-shot lead on Scottie Scheffler.<\/p>\n MacIntyre bogeyed on the first hole on Saturday but birdied on No. 4. Scottie Scheffler has pulled to within three with two birdies, including on the seventh.<\/p>\n The leaders are starting to make their way to the course, starting with golfers at the bottom or near the top 10. Rickie Fowler (3-under) and Rory McIlroy (4-under) have begun, with the group tied for 8th (Viktor Hovland, Sam Burns, Harry Hall) right behind them, starting their third round.<\/p>\n Akshay Bhatia is 3-under for the round and is inching closer to the top 30 threshold to compete next week. Lucas Glover also has a low score of 3-under and is 5-over the tournament.<\/p>\n As the clock strikes noon, a couple of golfers, including Nick Taylor and Cameron Young, have a chance to get under par. Both are comfortably in the Tour Championship field for now.<\/p>\n About 15 golfers have teed off in the 3rd round, and most are struggling in the beginning stages of moving day. Lucas Glover is off to a good start at 2-under through his first six holes. He sits at 30th in the FedEx Standings, but is projected to finish outside of the top 30.<\/p>\n Ryder Cup placement for the United States is also on the line, with Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, and others yet to secure their spots on the team and needing big weekends to do so.<\/p>\n Total purse: $20 million<\/strong><\/p>\n The third round of the BMW Championship is underway, with Ryan Gerard being the first golfer to tee off. Gerard has some ground to make up to make the Tour Championship as he sits 32nd in the FedEx Standings and begins the round at 11-over. The top 30 golfers advance to the next round.<\/p>\n What time is BMW Championship Round 3?<\/p>\n The third round of the 2025 BMW Championship starts at 9 a.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 16, with the first player scheduled to tee off at 9:10 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n How to watch BMW Championship: TV channels, streaming<\/p>\n The 2025 BMW Championship, the second event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, will be televised nationally on the Golf Channel and NBC. It can be live streamed via\u00a0ESPN+<\/a>,\u00a0Peacock<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Fubo<\/a>\u00a0depending on the time. Here’s the broadcast schedule for the final two rounds:<\/p>\n All times Eastern<\/p>\n\n
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