Sabbatini and Marino lead BMW Championship.

Byline: Gary D'Amato

LEMONT, Ill. _ Steve Stricker felt a little like the starting pitcher who throws a no-hitter and then goes back out to the mound on three days' rest.

He barely had enough time to come down from the clouds.

"It was a quick turnaround," said Stricker, who won the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday. "All of a sudden we're on the tee today and it felt like we just finished."

Perhaps not surprisingly, Stricker, the new FedEx Cup points leader from Madison, Wis., got off to a slow start Thursday at the BMW Championship, the third of four PGA Tour playoff events.

He shot a 1-over-par 72 at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club …