BMW Championship: Round 1

Here we go every one! It was been an exciting week of golf and a lot of fun out at Conway Farms in Lake Forest so far, but this is where the excitement really begins. Tournament time! Round 1 of the BMW Championship kicks off today with the first group teeing off at 10:20am. There are a lot of great players to watch in this tournament and the course lays out really well for viewing. Some holes I will be at are hole 15, 5 and 18. I hear the hole 5 will be a challenge, while hole 15 is going to be a lot of fun for the pros and we may see a lot of birdies there. But hole 18, seeing the player walk up and finish his round, nothing beats that experience in golf. Now on to some of the players to watch, obviously, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy are the big names to watch and Rory is the defending BMW Champion. Don’t sleep on Luke Donald as this is his home course and he knows it well so hopefully that plays in his favor. Henrik Stenson is the current FedEx Cup points leader and will be teeing off at 10:53am this morning at hole 10 with Tiger Woods and Adam Scott. From what I am hearing, Jordan Spieth is a 20 year old phenom who is making his mark on the tour and an overall great kid. Some of the Wisconsin golf fans that are in town will be following Steve Stricker who goes off at Tee 10 at 10:42am with Justin Rose and Brandt Snedeker. Overall it should be a great day of golf. Below are the tee times for the Round 1.

Thursday, September 12 – Round 1
Tee #1
Group Time Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
1 10:20 AM Henley, Russell Merrick, John Walker, Jimmy
2 10:31 AM Castro, Roberto de Jonge, Brendon Johnson, Zach
3 10:42 AM Weekley, Boo Simpson, Webb Points, D.A.
4 10:53 AM Dufner, Jason Woodland, Gary Furyk, Jim
5 11:04 AM Stallings, Scott Lynn, David Every, Matt
6 11:15 AM Duke, Ken Hearn, David Thompson, Michael

Tee #1
Group Time Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
7 11:26 AM Kirk, Chris Huh, John Stroud, Chris
8 11:37 AM Howell III, Charles Stadler, Kevin Chappell, Kevin
9 11:48 AM Spieth, Jordan Bradley, Keegan Day, Jason
10 11:59 AM Kuchar, Matt DeLaet, Graham Mickelson, Phil
11 12:10 PM Davis, Brian Blixt, Jonas Jones, Matt
12 12:21 PM Bae, Sang-Moon Cabrera, Angel

Tee #10
Group Time Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
13 10:20 AM Gay, Brian Reed, Patrick McDowell, Graeme
14 10:31 AM English, Harris Schwartzel, Charl Westwood, Lee
15 10:42 AM Rose, Justin Stricker, Steve Snedeker, Brandt
16 10:53 AM Stenson, Henrik Woods, Tiger Scott, Adam
17 11:04 AM Leishman, Marc Thompson, Nicholas Sabbatini, Rory
18 11:15 AM Kokrak, Jason Moore, Ryan Molder, Bryce

Tee #10
Group Time Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
19 11:26 AM Watson, Bubba McIlroy, Rory Summerhays, Daniel
20 11:37 AM Watney, Nick Piercy, Scott Fowler, Rickie
21 11:48 AM Horschel, Billy Johnson, Dustin Garcia, Sergio
22 11:59 AM Streelman, Kevin Haas, Bill Mahan, Hunter
23 12:10 PM Poulter, Ian Hoffman, Charley Donald, Luke
24 12:21 PM Steele, Brendan Els, Ernie

Stay tuned to our Blog as I will have updates on Round 1 and some more photos later on in the day. Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for daily updates.