Jason Day Runs Away With BMW Championship

Jason Day has plenty of rivals at the moment, but very few peers. Day's runaway victory Sunday in the BMW Championship vaulted him to No. 1 in the world rankings, backing up a boast the then-little-known Australian made during a conference call with reporters in 2007 -- and for which he was roasted on more than one occasion since.

"I remember sitting on my mom's bed and thinking that [predicting he'd be No. 1 someday] might not go over too well," said a laughing Day, who turns 28 in November. It didn't.

"I expected to get a little bit [of criticism], but not the response that I got from practically everyone," Day recalled, another championship trophy poised within arm's reach. "But it's good to sit in this chair right now."

His 2-under, final-round 69 and 22-under total at Conway Farms was good for a 6-shot victory over rookie Daniel Berger. Scott Piercy finished third, 7 strokes back.

The win was Day's fifth on tour this season and his second in the FedEx Cup playoffs. In addition to leapfrogging Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy to claim the top spot in the world rankings, he became the front-runner in the 30-man field heading to East Lake in Atlanta next weekend for the series finale.

U.S. Rallies For Solheim Cup Win

After being infuriated by a call they found unsportsmanlike, the Americans staged the biggest comeback in Solheim Cup history Sunday to wrest the trophy back from Europe.

Paula Creamer defeated Germany's Sandra Gal to complete the turnaround and secure a 14.5-13.5 victory for the United States, which had trailed by four points going into the singles.

The match turned after American rookie Alison Lee was penalized for picking up the ball when she thought her putt was conceded in the morning fourballs, which had been suspended on Saturday.

"There's no way they could ever justify that. I don't care what you say, you just don't do that to your peers," U.S. captain Juli Inkster said. "I don't know if my team needed to be fired up anymore, but they were real fired up."

And they dominated the singles to claim their first title since 2009, denying the Europeans their first threepeat. The U.S. extended its series lead to 9-5. No team had ever come from more than two down going into the singles.