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LEMONT, Ill. — Two days after his Presidents Cup snub, Rory Sabbatini of South Africa made captain Greg Norman's decision to leave him off the International team look more peculiar.
Sabbatini ran off seven birdies on renovated Cog Hill for a 5-under-par 66 Thursday, giving him a share of the lead with American Steve Marino at the BMW Championship and hope of making it to the FedEx Cup finale.
They had a one-stroke lead over American Bo Van Pelt and Australian Marc Leishman. Leishman qualified for the third of four PGA Tour Playoff events by making an eagle on his final hole Monday at the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston.
American Tiger Woods, the top-ranked player in the world and a four-time winner at Cog Hill, was among those at 68.
Ryan Moore of Puyallup was tied for 29th place at 71. The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points advance to next week's The Tour Championship in Atlanta. Moore started the BMW Championship at 48th in the points.
Sabbatini won the Byron Nelson Championship in May and appeared to be in good shape to make the team for next month's Presidents Cup until Y.E. Yang of South Korea stunned the golf world with his comeback victory over Woods at the PGA Championship to bump Sabbatini out of the International team's top 10.
Norman used his captain's picks on 17-year-old Ryo Ishikawa of Japan, who has won four times in the last calendar year, and Australian Adam Scott, who is in the worst slump of his career and has dropped to No. 53 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
After his low round, Sabbatini took the high road.
"If I'd been playing well over the past couple weeks and didn't get picked, I might have something to complain about," said Sabbatini, who has missed four cuts in his last eight starts.
What disturbed Sabbatini was not hearing from Norman or anyone else during the three weeks after the PGA Championship, when the captain makes his two selections.
"There was not a single conversation or a single phone call, period," Sabbatini said. "You could say I was a little disappointed."
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com
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