BMW Championship 2023

The fields are getting tighter and the drama is getting higher.

The PGA TOUR heads to Olympia Fields for the BMW Championship – a return after the big-time playoff in 2020 – the second leg of the FedExCup Playoffs with a 50-player field all eager to nail their spots at East Lake.

Jon Rahm won the BMW Championship the last time it was contested at Olympia Fields, and he’ll look to recreate some magic at the Midwest venue. He remains No. 1 in the FedExCup standings heading into the BMW Championship thanks to his four wins this season, but Scottie Scheffler is nipping at his heels, remaining just 148 points behind.  Read more

From Golfweek, by Riley Hamel:

We’re down to 50.

The FedEx Cup Playoffs roll on this week at Olympia Fields outside of Chicago for the BMW Championship. While Patrick Cantlay is the BMW defending champion — he won at Wilmington Country Club — Jon Rahm is the last player to win this event at OFCC, defeating Dustin Johnson in a playoff in 2020.

After Lucas Glover’s win at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, he moves into the No. 4 spot in the points standings, only behind Rory McIlroy (No. 3), Scottie Scheffler (No. 2) and Rahm (No. 1).  Read more

From CBS Sports, by Patrick McDonald:

Just eight rounds remain in the 2022-23 PGA Tour season with the BMW Championship again serving as the penultimate event. Traveling throughout the Midwest, the BMW Championship returns to the North Course at Olympia Fields for the first time since 2020 when a dramatic ending between two of the world's best unfolded.

Fast forward three years later, and it is Jon Rahm, the winner of that 2020 BMW Championship, who finds himself atop the FedEx Cup standings.  Read more

From ESPN, by Reuters:

Lucas Glover and Rory McIlroy are paired in the first round of the BMW Championship -- the penultimate event of the FedEx Cup playoffs -- at the North Course of Olympia Fields Country Club outside of Chicago.

The scramble for positioning at East Lake Country Club, site of the PGA Tour Championship, began last week with Glover finishing 1 shot better than McIlroy to claim the victory for the second consecutive week.  Read more