OLYMPIA FIELDS, Illinois – Intense heat and afternoon gusts hampered scores during Thursday’s opening round of the BMW Championship, the second of three FedEx Cup PGA Tour playoff events. Hideki Matsuyama ended the day with a single advantage, turning a 3-under 67. He is at the top of a ranking that has produced only three scores below the average.
It was another quiet day on tour. Same old ‘same old’. The afternoon came and went.
Do you want to talk about a bubble? This is a bubble.
The national unrest that has rocked other U.S. professional sports leagues in the past 48 hours didn’t exactly make it to Chicago’s southern suburbs on Thursday. Outside, matches across the country have been postponed in the NBA, WNBA, MLB and NHL. Great demonstrations of solidarity between players and social action took place with seismic results. The BMW championship? He played without an interruption ripple.
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