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“Harry Potter” actor Tom Felton was carted off the golf course Thursday after apparently collapsing during a practice round for a celebrity tournament preceding the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin.

“Just the chants of ‘Patty’ or “Patty Ice,’ I’ve been hearing it all week, and it’s fun,” Patrick Cantlay said after winning the BMW Championship at Caves Valley. “It’s great to have [the fans] back, and they were awesome today.”

Hosting a PGA Tour event for the first time in 59 years, the Baltimore area was treated to a dramatic finish in the BMW Championship on Sunday at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills.

Here’s everything you need to know about the BMW Championship, the second leg of the tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, which will begin Thursday at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills.

Patrick Cantlay overtook Bryson DeChambeau for the lead on the back nine before bogeying No. 18 and opening the door for DeChambeau to escape with a par and join Cantlay in the last pairing in Sunday’s fourth and final round.

Bryson DeChambeau was inches away from recording the PGA Tour’s 13th sub-60 round. Still, the eight-time winner and 2020 U.S. Open champion has a one-stroke lead over Patrick Cantlay and Jon Rahm.

Two days into the PGA Tour's BMW Championship, golfers have taken advantage of Caves Valley’s large scale and soft fairways to shake off their unfamiliarity with the course and post record-low numbers.

Bryson DeChambeau, known as one of the longest hitters on tour, shot a 12-under-par 60 in the second round of the BMW Championship, falling short of securing the 13th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history.

Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Sam Burns share the lead at the PGA Tour's BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills after shooting 8-under-par 64 in the first round.

The excessive heat on Thursday didn't stop fans from around Maryland from lining the driver’s range to watch Phil Mickelson at the PGA Tour's BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills.

Caves Valley in Owings Mills opened in 1991 and has steadily developed a reputation as one of the finest courses in the country. Here's how it will play for the PGA Tour professionals this week at the BMW Championship.

For Jordan Spieth, an Under Armour athlete who’s played at Caves Valley several times before this week’s BMW Championship, the second leg of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, Baltimore has sort of become a second home.

As the leader of the FedEx Cup standings, Tony Finau is looking to ride the momentum into the first round of the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills on Thursday.

Jon Rahm and Keith Mitchell will be among the top 70 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings who will try to tackle an unfamiliar Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills when the BMW Championship opens Thursday.

The PGA Tour has not visited the Baltimore area since 1962, but that will change this week with the BMW Championship, which could bring more than 100,000 spectators to Caves Valley Golf Club and create more than $20 million in economic impact for the state.

Golf Channel announcer and Montgomery County native Steve Sands spoke with The Baltimore Sun to break down the golfers to watch during the BMW Championship, how Caves Valley will play and the importance of the PGA Tour returning to the Baltimore area.

Drew Forrester, a 58-year-old Parkville resident who coaches golf at Calvert Hall, played a practice round with two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer and found his locker near 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk’s at the Omaha Country Club, the site of 41st U.S. Senior Open.

Samantha and Becca Lannon of Timonium and Varada Maulkhan of Catonsville stole the spotlight from three-time PGA Tour major champion Jordan Spieth and baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. on Monday as recipients of the Evans Scholarship, which provides full college tuition and housing cost for young caddies.

Only two weeks ago, Rahm was on the cusp of another big win. He had a six-shot lead at the Memorial after 54 holes, only to be notified as he walked off the 18th green at Muirfield Village that he had a positive COVID-19 test and had to withdraw.

Baltimore's first PGA Tour event in nearly 60 years is already expecting a huge turnout.

The World Golf Hall of Famer and 72-time LPGA tournament champion held an hourlong clinic with young golfers at Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix as part of a fundraiser for the country club and the Maryland State Golf Association Junior Programs.

Joanna Coe, a PGA professional and assistant director of instruction at the Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore City’s Roland Park neighborhood, received the inaugural OMEGA Women’s PGA Professional Player of the Year award Saturday.

David H. Sheppard, former owner of several dry cleaning establishments who was active in timber racing circles, died of dementia July 1 at his Lutherville home. He was 92.

The golf course superintendent and building maintenance supervisor was honored in 2014 with the Navy Good Conduct, National Defense Service and Vietnam Service medals.

Turf Valley golf pro Craig Day recently celebrated his 50-year anniversary working at the Ellicott City golf club.

Will Rosenfield of Baltimore, playing in the next-to-last group to finish Thursday, scored his first victory on the Minor League Golf Tour with a 6-under par 65 at The Fox Club in Palm City, Florida. It was also his first win since he turned pro early last year.

Maryland remains under a stay-at-home order with schools and many businesses closed, but Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday announced a slight easing of restrictions on outdoor recreation and non-emergency medical procedures.

Richard F. "Dick" Blue, a retired investment banker and sportsman, has died at age 90.