- FedExCup Points: 50,000
- Purse: $7.0 million
- Winning Share: $1,260,000
- Yards: 7,547
PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent
LEMONT, Ill. -- One bad apple might not spoil a whole barrel, but one poor swing Saturday at the BMW Championship left Stewart Cink with a bad taste in his mouth and spoiled an otherwise enjoyable round of golf.
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Fighting for a spot in THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca Cola, which is being played next week near his home in suburban Atlanta, Cink carded a 3-under-par 68 at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club to move into 13th place with one round remaining. Unfortunately, Cink was on pace for a 66 and thinking about a nifty 65 until he sprayed his tee shot on the final hole well to the right. The ball bounded off the cart path and out of bounds. He suffered a double-bogey 6 on the par-4 18th hole of the Dubsdread Course.
"I worked hard to get to 5 under par, and to make a double-bogey at the last ... it was disappointing, to say the least," said Cink, who completed 54 holes in 6-under 207. "To hit a bal out of bounds on the last hole, even if you're just out playing with your friends, it's about the worst feeling you could have. It stings."
It will sting more if the miscue eventually costs the four-time PGA TOUR winner a trip to East Lake Golf Club. To prevent that from happening, Cink's gameplan for Sunday's finale is to play with only slightly more aggressiveness than he displayed on Saturday when he converted seven birdies.
"I played fairly aggressive today, but if I tried to play more aggressively, I'd be playing stupid," said Cink, 34, who lives in Duluth, Ga. "But I have to come out tomorrow and sort of free-wheel it a little bit now. I can't just sit back. I have to be ready to go out and try to make something happen."
The key, said the former Georgia Tech standout, will not be the driver. It's his putting that needs to come around.
"I've been hot and cold with the putter," he admitted. "I'm doing a good job for the most part. I'm scrambling pretty well when I make some errors. Nothing I could do about that last hole though. That was tough. I feel like I got run over."
