Only three play way into BMW Championship

NORTON, Mass. – At one point this week, there were seven players who’d cracked the top 70 on the post-season points list with their play at TPC Boston, but when the smoke settled just three made the jump from the wrong side of the playoff bubble and into the BMW Championship.

Stewart Cink made the biggest jump, vaulting from 81^st to 57^th with his 12^th-place finish, his best showing since June at the FedEx St. Jude Classic.

“It’s really satisfying,” said Cink, who closed with a 68 to earn a spot in the field at Conway Farms. “This tournament on its own is a big deal to me, and I wanted to play well here for a lot of reasons, but certainly that’s one of the reasons.”

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Rafa Cabrera Bello also cracked the top 70, moving to 60^th on the points list, from No. 80, with his tie for 18^th; and Emiliano Grillo moved from 77^th to 62^nd after finishing alone in 22^nd place.

“I knew starting the week that I had to be around top 30,” Cabrera Bello said. “Seemed like the projections were in the top 35 would be good enough. But I didn’t want to gamble with it. My goal wasn’t just to make it to Chicago. Obviously that’s the first step but I want to make it to [the Tour Championship], as well.”

On the other side of the playoff bubble was Brandt Snedeker, who isn’t playing the post-season as he recovers from an injury to his sternum joint; Kelly Kraft, who withdrew on Friday with a right foot injury, and Russell Knox, who slipped from 65^th to 71^st after tying for 61^st.

Branden Grace appeared to have played his way into the BMW, until he made a double bogey-6 on the 12^th hole. A birdie for the South African at No. 15 moved him to 74^th on the projected list, but another double bogey at the 17^th ended his season.

Source: Internet