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Hes followed by world No. 1 Jason Day, Johnson, Deutsche Bank winner Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott.THE THIRD LEG: Only 70 players advanced to the BMW Championship, the final stop before the top 30 reach the Tour Championship.Jordan Spieth is at No. 6 and eager to move into the top five, for those are the players who control their own fate in two weeks at the Tour Championship. The first step is to get there, and it would appear that no more than eight players have a chance to move into the top 30.Kevin Na dropped from No. 14 to No. 23 because he skipped last week when his wife gave birth. Henrik Stenson is No. 24, and his prospects are tenuous because the British Open champ is not playing Crooked Stick to rest his right knee and his mind for the Ryder Cup.Bubba Watson narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Ryder Cup. He is at No. 27 and is hopeful he doesnt narrowly miss out on East Lake.Just outside the top 30 is Daniel Berger, the only PGA Tour rookie last year to make it to the Tour Championship.CROOKED STICK: John Daly was the ninth alternate when he introduced the world to his grip it and rip it ways in the 1991 PGA Championship, and that explains a lot about this Pete Dye design just north of Indianapolis.Its a big course, and its tailored for big hitters.McIlroy made bogey on the last hole in 2012 and still won by two shots at Crooked Stick over a cast of contenders that included Lee Westwood, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott.RYDER CUP: As usual, the FedEx Cup shares the billing with the Ryder Cup at the playoff events this year. U.S. captain Davis Love III makes three of his four picks on Monday after the BMW Championship.Even though Mickelson says the initial three picks are fairly obvious, the list of candidates goes from Rickie Fowler and Matt Kuchar to Watson and J.B. Holmes, and perhaps a younger player who has had a solid year and wins the BMW Championship.A good week wouldnt hurt an Americans chances.AWARD RACES: Johnson and Day are locked in a tight battle as front-runners for PGA Tour player of the year with only two tournaments remaining before the players vote.But theres more.The top five in the running for the Vardon Trophy -- a prestigious award for the lowest adjusted scoring average -- are Day, Johnson, Mickelson, Spieth and Scott. Day at No. 1 and Scott at No. 5 are separated a 0.273 average, so its still anyones game.One other race is for PGA Tour rookie of the year. The tour declared Si Woo Kim a rookie. 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Clarendon made all three of her 3-point attempts and McCoughtry made 2 of 3 from the arc.The Dream (14-13), fifth in the AP power poll, pulled away with an 8-0 run midway through the third quarter and led by no less than 10 after scoring six straight early in the fourth.ddddddddddddChiney Ogwumike had 24 points and Courtney Williams scored 13 for the ninth-ranked Sun (9-17). Connecticut never led after the opening minutes but closed within 46-42 early in the third quarter.Atlanta remained in fourth place in the league standings which would qualify for a first-round bye in the playoffs. ' ' '