One of the hottest storylines at the BMW Championship this weekend was the fight for a spot in the top 30 of the FedEx Cup rankings. The competition at the bottom of the list was intense, yielding surprising and heartbreaking results.

Among those who fell just short was Rickie Fowler , a fan favorite who nearly accomplished an extraordinary feat. He went from outside the top 70 to nearly cracking the top 30, finishing 32nd, in just his final five events of the season.

Fowler finished tied for seventh at Maryland with a score of 7-under, and missed the top 30 by just one stroke. It all came down to the 15th hole, where a poor second shot sent the ball into the rough just past the green, and an equally poor third shot failed to find the green, resulting in a double bogey.

However, fi

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