Keegan Bradley held off the challenge of Adam Scott to claim victory at the BMW Championship, shooting an even-par 72 to finish 12 under after the final round at Castle Pines Golf Club.
It capped a dramatic resurgence for Bradley, who was named the 2025 US Ryder Cup captain last month and was the last man in the field this week.
Yet, his seventh PGA Tour win means Bradley will enter the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta next week in fourth place at six-under based on the staggered start used at the season's final tournament.
Bradley, who was not selected as a captain's pick on the 2023 Ryder Cup team, heard cheers from the gallery of "Let's go captain" and "U-S-A" everywhere he went.
Having started the day one head, Bradley regained the lead he would not relinquish with a par on the 537-yard, par-four tenth hole that took him clear of Australian Scott (72), who had a three-putt bogey on the hardest hole on the course.
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler (72) tied for 33rd at the BMW, but he enters East Lake as the top seed and will start at ten under par.
Xander Schauffele (71, tied for fifth) will be second at eight under and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, who withdrew with a back injury from the BMW, will be third at seven under.
Sam Burns shot a seven-under-65 to finish tied for second with Scott and Sweden's Ludvig Aberg (71) at 11-under.
It's the fourth career runner-up finish for Burns, who had eight birdies in his round and narrowly missed a bunker shot on the par-four 18th hole that would have tied the lead. He enters the Tour Championship ninth in FedEx Cup points.
Rory McIlroy finished in a tie for 11th on six under after a closing 71 while Shane Lowry was a shot behind after carding the same score. McIlroy will start the Tour Championship on four under and Lowry on three under.
Australian Cam Davis (66) led the field with 24 birdies on the week and tied for fifth at eight under with Tommy Fleetwood of England (69) - who played his way into the Tour Championship as he moved from 31st to 22nd in the FedEx Cup standings - plus Schauffele and South Korea's Si Woo Kim (70).
Chris Kirk (69) also played his way into East Lake as he rose from 32nd to 26th after a tie for ninth with Sweden's Alex Noren (75).
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