Scottie Scheffler and PGA Tour’s best players face a new course in mile-high Castle Pines

BY DOUG FERGUSON

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler could easily have chosen to sit out the BMW Championship to boost his chances of capping off his sensational season with the FedEx Cup.

Barring a victory by Xander Schauffele at Castle Pines, Scheffler is assured of being the No. 1 seed who starts the Tour Championship with a two-shot advantage.

The course is new to all but two players in the 50-man field — Adam Scott and Jason Day — having last hosted the world’s best players in 2006. It’s in the mile-high air south of Denver and is the longest course in PGA Tour history at 8,130 yards.

For players and caddies, it’s like walking Kapalua with views of mountains instead of humpback whales breaching in the Pacific Ocean.

“The ball is going farther, but we’ve got to walk all that way,” Patrick Cantlay said.

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