Adam Scott let slip a golden opportunity for his 15th PGA Tour victory, but the silver lining was his runner-up at the BMW Championship secured a progression to the season-ending event in Atlanta.

Scott robbed himself of a FedEx Cup Playoffs victory on the back nine at Castle Pines in Colorado. His four bogeys in six holes from the turn came while playing partner and eventual winner, Keegan Bradley, left the door open on multiple occasions. Several of Scott’s mistakes came from poor irons shots when he either pulled or overcooked an approach shot.

The former world No.1 wound up with an even-par 72 and a tie for second, his second runner-up result this season after an outright second at the recent Scottish Open. Bradley, the last man into the 50-player BMW field, won his seventh PGA Tour title weeks after being named US Ryder Cup captain for 2025.

At 14th, Scott secured his place among the top 30 on the FedEx Cup standings who advance to the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club this week. Another consolation for the Queenslander is those who made the Tour Championship lock up starts in all four majors for 2025. The 2013 Masters champion will now avoid some of the gruelling efforts he had to go to this year to qualify for the other three majors, like the US Open.

Meanwhile, Scott’s fellow Australians Jason Day, at 33rd on the FedEx Cup standings, and Cameron Davis, 36th, were projected to miss out on the Tour Championship – ending their 2024 seasons. That’s despite Davis finishing tied for fifth at the BMW, his second top 10 this season. Former world No.1 Day had four top 10s this campaign while Davis won his second career PGA Tour title at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in July.

Meanwhile, at the AIG Women’s Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews, New Zealand’s Lydia Ko won her third career major just weeks after claiming the gold medal at the Olympic women’s golf tournament.

Grace Kim was the top Australian at T-37.

On the DP World Tour, Victorian David Micheluzzi finished T-10 at the Made in Denmark event while fellow Australian Jason Scrivener was T-27.