PGA Tour: Matthew Fitzpatrick currently T4 after an opening at the BMW Championship.

BMW Championship: Hideki Matsuyama currently leads the BMW Championship following 3 bogeys in his opening of the BMW Championship.

Hideki Matsuyama leads on the PGA Tour´s BMW Championship after the completion of the first round. The Japanese chronicled a round of -3 to gain an edge on Tyler Duncan in second place and Mackenzie Hughes who sits in third place. Matsuyama leads by 1 shots after posting 6 birdies and just 3 bogeys to an opening round 67.

"I made some mistakes early but I was able to come back and play good golf towards the end, so it was a good day", Matsuyama said after his opening round.

Matthew Fitzpatrick, currently number 19 in the world golf ranking, carded a opening round 70 to find himself in T4 position and trailing leaderHideki Matsuyama by 3 shots.Fitzpatrick, currently ranked 19 in the world golf ranking, turned in 4 birdies in his opening round.

Rory McIlroy carded a opening round 70 to find himself in T4 position and trailing leader Hideki Matsuyama by 3 shots. McIlroy, currently ranked 4 in the world golf ranking, recorded 4 birdies in his opening round.

Paul Casey, currently number 20 in the world golf ranking, carded a opening round 73 to find himself in T35 position and trailing leader Hideki Matsuyama by 6 shots. Casey, currently ranked 20 in the world golf ranking, recorded 1 birdie in his opening round.

Tyrrell Hatton carded a opening round 73 to find himself in T35 position and trailing leader Hideki Matsuyama by 6 shots. Hatton, currently ranked 15 in the world golf ranking, registered 2 birdies in his opening round.

The BMW Championship is part of the PGA Tour. The tournament is held from August 27th until the 30th of August 2020 at Olympia Fields CC (North) in Olympia Fields, Illinois. This year a total prize money of $9,500,000 will be paid to the players. The winner receives $1,665,000. The course for the tournament at Olympia Fields CC (North) plays at Par 70.

The BMW Championship is the second of three FedExCup playoff tournaments for which only the top 70 players of the season have qualified. Only the top 30 in the FedExCup rankings after the tournament qualify for the Tour Championship.

Top-5 Leaderboard: BMW Championship

Pos	Name	Today	Total
1	Hideki Matsuyama	-3	-3
2	Tyler Duncan	-2	-2
3	Mackenzie Hughes	-1	-1
T4	Harry Higgs	0	0
T4	Tony Finau	0	0

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