Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
About
Christology
Israel/Palestine
Publications
KermitZarley.com
Archives
Categories
- Angels
- Blog Description
- Book Reviews
- Christian Living
  - Unconditional Love?
- Christianity
- Christology
  - Deity of Christ?
  - Holy Spirit
  - Incarnation?
  - My Change
  - Trinity?
- Church History
- Current Events
- War on Terrorism
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Eschatology
- Ezekiel 38-39
- Last Empire
- Primitive Weapons
- Film Reviews
- God
- Golf
  - Billy Graham
  - Karsten Solheim
  - Lee Trevino
  - Major Championship Winners
  - Masters
  - Purpose
  - Ryder Cup
- Gospel Harmonization
- Interview
- Islam
- Jesus
- Literary Announcements
- Monotheism
- My Books
  - The Restitution of Jesus Christ
- Old Testament
- Politics
- Society of Biblical Literature
- The Bible
- Trinitarianism
- Uncategorized
FREE NEWSLETTER

Home
Progressive Christian
Religion News
Scottie Scheffler Wins BMW Championship

Scottie Scheffler Wins BMW Championship

Last updated on: August 17, 2025 at 4:12 pm by Kermit Zarley

0 Comments

Scottie Scheffler Wins BMW Championship 2025-08-17T16:12:57-07:00 Kermit Zarley

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Scottie Scheffler

Scottie Scheffler, the world’s #1 pro golfer for the past 2.5 years, just came from behind today to win his 5th PGA Tour tournament this year—the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, just outside Baltimore.

MacIntyre Holes Long Putt for Four-Stroke Lead

Scheffler and Robert MacIntyre were paired together these last two days in this second stage of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Yesterday, it looked like Scheffler—who is known for being such a calm yet great competitor—had met his match when MacIntyre finished the 18th hole in dramatic and feisty fashion by holing a forty-foot, uphill putt for a birdie that barely dropped over the front middle of the cup. Robert then pumped his fist to signify the tension that had been boiling during that round between him and one or more gallery fans about the upcoming greatest competition in golf—the Ryder Cup.

The Ryder Cup Drama Was Already Beginning

The Ryder Cup is a biennial, three-day competition during the early fall between the U.S. Team and the European Team that is full of drama and emotion otherwise not seen in this “greatest game on grass.” It becomes a patriotic affair. So, in yesterday’s round, one or more fans heckled Scotsman MacIntyre who will be on the European Team this fall. And Robert kept taking the bait by firing back a few verbal remarks of his own. It seemed to energize the Scotsman as he holed that putt on the 18th to take a four-shot lead. The ball barely made it to the hole, dropping over the front middle of the cup.

Scheffler Recovers from Missed Short Putts

So, Texan Scheffler began today in second place, four strokes behind leader MacIntyre. But Scottie quickly overcame that deficit after only five holes to be tied with Robert. Then the two pros battled about even until Scottie took a one or two stroke lead early in the back nine. But then, on the 14th and 16th holes, Scheffler missed easy putts from four and three feet. He was doing that last year at times, which was surprising.

Then, on the par-3 17th hole, in blazing fashion Scottie Scheffler holed a difficult, 80-foot pitch to take a two-stroke lead with one hole to play. His ball did just like Robert’s putt on the last hole yesterday, barely dropping over the front middle of the cup. It was as if Scheffler was doing the same thing to MacIntyre that the Scotsman had done to the Texan the day before, making Scottie still the best competitor. Both players then parred the par-four 18th hole for Scheffler to win the tournament by two strokes.

Next Week’s Tour Championship

The third and final stage of the FedEx Cup Playoffs is next week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta. Scottie Scheffler is leading in FedEx Cup points. These Playoffs are unique the PGA Tour. They started in 2007, with tweaks through the years. Nowadays, they consist of three successive tournaments in August with dwindling fields.

The first stage of the FedEx Cup Playoffs is the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, which was last week with a field of seventy players. (Most PGA Tour tournaments during the summer have 156 players in its field.) This week’s second stage had fifty players. Next week’s third and final stage, the Tour Championship, will have thirty players. The winner will receive an extra $10 million bonus beside his pay for winning the tournament.

Scottie Scheffler and the PGA Tour Bible Study

As I have blogged often, Scottie Scheffler is a professing Christian and a prominent member of the PGA Tour Bible Study which I co-founded sixty years ago. In commemoration of its sixty-year anniversary, I have written a book that is about the early era of this flourishing Christian movement, the only book ever published about this group. Entitled Christ on the PGA Tour (1965-1982), I expect it to publish and be available in two or three days on amazon.com. At 170 pages in softcover, the retail price will be $13.95. The ebook and audio book price will be $9.95.

Previous Post

August 15, 2025

Israel Tries to Expell Palestinians from Gaza to South Sudan

Next Post

August 19, 2025 Israel Is Becoming a "Cursing Among the Nations"

Recent Comments

0 | Leave a Comment

"Glen, you seem to be advocating a preterist viewpoint, with which I disagree." I'm a ..."

Kermit Zarley

Family Estrangement Versus Honoring Father and ..."

"THESIS is a SCRIPTURE QUOTE.“Remember the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and by the ..."

glen smith

Family Estrangement Versus Honoring Father and ..."

"How are they going to answer it. They don't have unlimited financial resources. They're trying ..."

Kermit Zarley

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Getting Much Worse

"...but isn't that an important question to answer?"

Harold Porter

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Getting Much Worse

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Angels Billy Graham Blog Description Book Reviews Christian Living Christianity Christology Church History Current Events Deity of Christ? Disarmament Eschatology Evangelicalism Ezekiel 38-39 Film Reviews God Golf Gospel Harmonization Health History Holy Spirit Incarnation? Interview Islam Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Jesus Last Empire Literary Announcements Major Championship Winners Masters Monotheism My Books New Testament Old Testament Politics Primitive Weapons Ryder Cup Science Society of Biblical Literature The Bible The Restitution of Jesus Christ Trinitarianism Trinity? Uncategorized Unconditional Love? War on Terrorism

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

True or False: In Revelation, the New Jerusalem has ten gates, each made of a single pearl.

Select your answer to see how you score.

FALSE TRUE

Books by This Author Books by Kermit Zarley Blog

See All Titles »