WILMINGTON - The BMW Championship, the second event of the FedExCup Playoffs, will determine the 30 players who will qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale, the TOUR Championship. The BMW Championship is the oldest non-major on the PGA Tour schedule, dating back to 1899. The Wilmington Country Club is playing host, marking the PGA Tour’s first-ever event in the state of Delaware and the 10th different venue to host the BMW Championship since the inception of the FedEx Cup in 2007.
Defending FedEx Cup Champion and 2021 BMW Championship winner Patrick Cantlay sits at No. 7 in the FedExCup standings. Cantlay seeks to become the first player to defend his BMW Championship title since the tournament became a FedEx Cup Playoffs event in 2007. If Cantlay goes on to win the FedEx Cup title, he would be the first to win the season-long race in backto-back years and third player to win it multiple times (Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy). There have been four occasions where a player has won the BMW Championship en route to capturing the FedExCup: Tiger Woods (2007, 2009), Billy Horschel (2014) and Patrick Cantlay (2021).
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is making his third appearance in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, advancing to the TOUR Championship in each of his first two seasons on Tour (No. 5 in 2019-20, No. 22 in 2020-21) with Top-25 finishes in both BMW Championship starts (T20/2020, T22/2021). Scheffler has won four times this season, including the Masters Tournament, and looks to become the second player to win the Masters and the FedEx Cup in the same season (Jordan Spieth, 2014-15).
Eight rookies have advanced to the BMW Championship: Joohyung Kim, Taylor Moore, Taylor Pendrith, Mito Pereira, Davis Riley, Alex Smalley, Sahith Theegala and Cameron Young, with four of the eight sitting inside the top 30 in the FedExCup standings: Young (13), Kim (25), Riley (26) and Theegala (27).
There has not been a season in the FedEx Cup era in which more than two rookies qualified for the TOUR Championship (seasons with 2: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2019-20). Two rookies have won this season (Chad Ramey/Corales Puntacana Championship, Joohyung Kim/Wyndham Championship).
BMW Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware
YARDS/PAR: 7,534 yards/Par 71
ARCHITECTS: Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (1959)/Andrew Green (2021)
PRIZE Money - Purse: $15,000,000/$2,700,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Patrick Cantlay
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 2,000
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @FedExChamp @BMWChamps
TV COVERAGE: The first two rounds (today and August 19) are scheduled for coverage from 3:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. On Saturday, coverage is set for 12:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 3:00 to 6:00pm (ET) on NBC. On Sunday, Golf Channel will be covering from 12 Noon to 2:00pm (ET) and NBC from 2:00pm to 6:00pm (ET).
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: ESPN+ Live streaming coverage will run from 9:00am to 7:00pm (ET) today and Friday. Weekend streaming on ESPN+ PGA TOUR Live from 7:30am to 6:00pm (ET).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live coverage of the BMW begins at 1:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) today and Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage will air 1:00pm to 6:00pm (or completion of event). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATourCom.
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
BMW Championship | Basics
Tee Times at the BMW today are from 9:10am to 3:00pm (ET).
Weather: Today’s forecast is for mostly sunny skies and a temperature of 77-degrees. There’s a 10% chance of rain and 9 mph winds. Friday-Sunday shows a similar forecast with temps approaching 80-degrees.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 8:30am (ET) on Friday
Field, Updates, Tee Times
Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link)
Sports Gambling, Daily Fantasy & Golf Industry News
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On This Day in Golf History
August 18, 2000 - Jack Nicklaus played his final career round at the PGA Championship at the Valhalla Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Nicklaus was paired with Tiger Woods for the first two rounds of the tournament and needed an eagle on the 18th and final hole of the second round to make the cut. Nicklaus nearly holed out with a wedge from the fairway. He hit his three-foot birdie putt to end his PGA Championship career. - 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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