By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
ST. LOUIS - Wyndham Clark (1st/-17) is seeking his sixth PGA TOUR title and third this season in his 210th start at the age of 32 years, 8 months, 14 days. Clark has five PGA TOUR wins: 2023 Truist Championship, 2023 U.S. Open, 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2026 CJ CUP Byron Nelson, and the 2026 U.S. Open.
Clark hopes to become the first player to win the U.S. Open and BMW Championship in the same season since Dustin Johnson (2016).
He’s projected to be No. 3 in the FedEx Cup standings and will advance to the TOUR Championship for the third time (2023/3rd, 2024/8th). A win would come in his fifth start at the BMW Championship (best: T13/2024).
The 18-hole co-leader and 36-hole leader claims the outright 54-hole lead by five over Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay. Clark’s best finish in four prior starts at the BMW Championship is a T13/2024.
The FedEx Cup Playoffs
Following this week’s BMW Championship, the Top 30 players will advance to next week’s TOUR Championship.
Players projected to move into the Top 30:
o Gary Woodland (T4); from No. 31 to No. 19
o Patrick Cantlay (T2); from No. 43 to No. 22
o Sungjae Im (7th); from No. 40 to No. 30
Players projected to fall out of the Top 30:
o Kurt Kitayama (T33); from No. 28 to No. 31
o Rickie Fowler (T35); from No. 30 to No. 32
o Bud Cauley (T43); from No. 29 to No. 33
BMW Championship | Leaderboard After 54 Holes
1 Wyndham Clark 64 64 65 193 (-17)
T2 Rory McIlroy 64 69 65 198 (-12)
T2 Patrick Cantlay 67 65 66 198 (-12)
T4 Chris Gotterup 64 67 68 199 (-11)
T4 Gary Woodland 64 65 70 199 (-11)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
BMW Championship | At a Glance
COURSE: Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri
OVERVIEW: (link)
ARCHITECT: Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
YARDS/PAR: 7,448 yards/Par 70
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $20,000,000/$3,600,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Scottie Scheffler
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 750
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @BMWChamps
TITLE SPONSOR OFFICIAL SITE: (BMW Championship)
BMW | 📺 How to Watch
Saturday, August 22, 2026 - (All Times Eastern)
9:15am - 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm - 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on Sirius XM Radio and Online
12:00 Noon - 2:00pm - Golf Channel
2:00pm - 6:00pm - CBS
How to Watch: (link)
BMW: Field, Tee Times, Weather & Leaderboard
Field: (link) - No cut
Tee Times: Began at (9:06am ET (8:06am local) and continue to 1:50pm ET) (link). The leaders tee off at 1:50pm ET
Weather: Mostly sunny with temperatures ranging from 73-80 degrees. Next to no chance of rain all day. Winds blowing at a stiff 10-11 mph.
Leaderboard: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will publish at Noon EDT on Monday - and please note - publication hours might be different as PGA Tour Brunch will be created in Europe this week.
What They’re Saying
Clark Extends Lead at BMW (PGATourCom)
McIlroy Vaults to Final Pairing at BMW (PGATourCom)
How to Watch Final Round at the BMW (PGATourCom)
Playoff Scenarios (PGATourCom)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
USA Team for President’s Cup (After 54 Holes)
Player, Qualifying points
1 Scottie Scheffler 14,685
2 Cameron Young 7,959
3 Wyndham Clark 6,221
4 Sam Burns 6,163
5 Russell Henley 6,028
6 Collin Morikawa 5,577
7 Chris Gotterup 5,554
8 Ben Griffin 5,279
9 J.J. Spaun 5,231
10 Xander Schauffele 5,024
11 Justin Thomas 4,483
12 Jacob Bridgeman 4,243
On This Day in Golf History
August 23, 2015 - Davis Love III - at age 51 and four months - became the third oldest player to win a PGA Tour event when he shot a final round (64) to win the Wyndham Championship. Only Sam Snead and Art Wall Jr. won when they were older than Love. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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