BMW CHAMPIONSHIP

August 16, 2025

Jacob Bridgeman

Caves Valley Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Talk about how you played.

JACOB BRIDGEMAN: I thought I played very solid. I hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of greens. Didn't hit really that many close, but yeah, I was very pleased overall. I think it's a pretty tough track and the pins were very tricky, so I thought I plotted around very good.

Q. With how tough it's playing out there, have you been paying attention to projections and where you are in that top 30?

JACOB BRIDGEMAN: Yeah, I would say I would call myself a scoreboard watcher. More so just this tournament. I like to see kind of what's going on. I'm not really looking at the points because that's going to fluctuate so much and I can control what I do this tournament but I can't control what others do. I'm not really paying attention to the overall points but definitely this tournament.

Q. What would it mean to get to the TOUR Championship for you?

JACOB BRIDGEMAN: It would be kind of what I've been shooting for for a long time. I haven't been on TOUR that long, but it's kind of been a dream of mine to make it on TOUR, to play in these big events, play in the TOUR Championship. That would be probably my No. 1 goal for the year. I had some goals written down, and probably No. 1 maybe would have been to win, but this one has got to be close if I can get there.

Q. It's impressive to get there without winning, too. A lot of times it's mostly winners and then just a couple guys sneak in, so that speaks to the consistency that you've been able to capture.

JACOB BRIDGEMAN: Yeah, I've played very well. I think I've had four top 5s or something, racked up some points pretty good with that. Getting into the Signature Events early helped. Playing decent golf in those can really help the points. I've had an overall really good year. Have no complaints.

Q. What's maybe been the difference this year from the last couple years of why your game has kind of gone upwards?

JACOB BRIDGEMAN: Yeah, I feel like maybe comfort level. I haven't been a pro that long, three years or so, and started working with Scott Hamilton right out of college, about maybe six months after I turned pro, and he's helped me a ton, made my game more consistent, driving the ball a lot more consistent, and then my putting has kind of taken off. I've really taken over trying to practice that a lot and gotten better, and the combo of hitting a little better and putting it really good has equaled some pretty good success out here.

Q. Just statistically from yesterday to today or even really the first two days to today, the driver was much better. Anything you tried to work on or anything changed?

JACOB BRIDGEMAN: I think I figured it would be most important to hit the fairway over kind of how far it's going, so I've definitely -- I haven't looked at my speeds, but I would definitely say it's down probably three or four ball speed. Just trying to hit it straighter. I'm trying to hit it low and straight. A lot of the bunkers are 315, 320 and some of the runouts are about the same, so I'm just kind of bunting it out there, trying to keep it in the fairway.

Q. What's going to be your main focus tomorrow during the round?

JACOB BRIDGEMAN: Try to do the same thing I've been doing the whole week, just hitting fairways, hitting greens. If I can par this course to death, I'd be pretty happy with that and then maybe sneak in a couple birdies like today.