The first round of the BMW Championship was suspended due to darkness. Bud Cauley ($6,300; 21.5 FPTS) is the only golfer left to finish his round and he was on the 18th hole.
Robert MacIntyre ($8,100; 65 FPTS) currently leads the field by three strokes after shooting a -8 (62).
The day started off well with a birdie on the first hole. He gave that stroke right back with a bogey on the next hole, but closed out the front nine with two more birdies. On the back nine, he birdied the second hole and followed that up with a bogey. MacIntyre then lit up the course with birdies on the final six holes of the round.
In the $800K Summer Sand Trap tournament, MacIntyre is rostered on 9.34% of teams.
DraftKings Sportsbook has MacIntyre at +400 to win it all, the second-lowest odds.
The current favorite is Scottie Scheffler ($13,400; 40 FPTS) at +130. He shot a -4 (66) on Thursday and is currently in third place.
Scheffler birdied the first two holes of the day and then added another before racking up a bogey on the final hole of the front nine. The back nine started with a bogey, but Scheffler closed out the round with birdies on three of the final four holes.
Scheffler is rostered on the highest number of teams at 34.97%.
Kurt Kitayama ($7,600; 14.5 FPTS) is the only other golfer rostered on at least 30% of teams at 30.6%.
Kitayama did not have a pleasant Thursday. He opened the round with a bogey on the first hole and then racked up another two holes later. He responded with two birdies before closing out the front nine with another bogey. The back nine consisted of two bogeys and a birdie. Kitayama ended the round +2 (72) and is T30.
Here are the golfers rostered on at least 10% of teams that struggled on Thursday:
Ryan Gerard ($6,300; 8.5 FPTS) is rostered on 12.11% of teams. He shot a +5 (75) on Thursday and is T46. Gerard bogeyed the first hole of the round and then racked up two more before notching a birdie. On the back nine, he racked up two more bogeys in the first three holes before getting a stroke back with a birdie. Unfortunately, he double-bogeyed the final hole of the day.
Akshay Bhatia ($8,200; 7 FPTS) is rostered on 12.99% of teams. Bhatia is also T46 after shooting a +5 (75). The front nine consisted of a bogey and a double-bogey before a birdie closed it out. The back nine had three bogeys.
Jhonattan Vegas ($6,100; 10.5 FPTS) is rostered on 21.15% of teams, the third-highest number. Vegas shot a +4 (74) on Thursday and is T40. He racked up two birdies and a bogey on the front nine. The back nine was brutal with three bogeys and a double-bogey.
Ryan Fox ($6,200; 10.5 FPTS) is rostered on 14.44% of teams. He also shot a +4 (74). The front nine consisted of two bogeys and a birdie. The back nine went double-bogey and two bogeys before a birdie on the final hole to close out the round.
Cameron Young ($9,800; 16.39 FPTS) is rostered on 16.39% of teams. Young also went +4 (74) on Thursday. He had two birdies and a double-bogey on the front nine. The back nine started with two bogeys on the first two holes. He racked up another bogey before draining two birdies. Unfortunately, he closed out the day with a double-bogey on the final hole.
Xander Schauffele ($10,500; 12 FPTS) is rostered on 11.23% of teams. Schauffele also went +4 (74). The day began with a bogey and then proceeded to get worse with three more bogeys in the next five holes. He did have two birdies mixed in. On the back nine, Schauffele bogeyed the first hole. He got that stroke back with a birdie but then racked up a double-bogey on the final hole of the day.
Thomas Detry ($6,200; 9.5 FPTS) is rostered on 11.14% of teams. Detry went +3 (73) on Thursday. The front nine consisted of a birdie and two bogeys. The back nine consisted of two bogeys.
Brian Harman ($6,900; 14.5 FPTS) is rostered on 17.24% of teams. Harman also went +3 (73). The day began ominously with a bogey on the first hole. He got it back with a birdie three holes later but then closed out the front nine with two more bogeys. The back nine started off well with birdies on the first two holes, but he followed those up with a bogey and a double-bogey before closing out the round with a birdie and a bogey.
Chris Gotterup ($8,500; 15 FPTS) is rostered on 16.16% of teams. He shot a +3 (73) on Thursday. The front nine consisted of four bogeys and a birdie. The back nine had two bogeys and an eagle.
