BMW Championship (PGA Tour)

BMW Championship

Tournament information
Location	Olympia Fields, Illinois
Established	2007
Course(s)	Olympia Fields Country Club
Par	70
Length	7,366 yards (6,735 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$20,000,000
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	260 Keegan Bradley (2018) 260 Justin Rose (2018)
To par	−27 Patrick Cantlay (2021) −27 Bryson DeChambeau (2021)
Current champion
Viktor Hovland
Location map
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The BMW Championship is a professional golf tournament which is the penultimate FedEx Cup playoff event on the PGA Tour schedule. Introduced in 2007, the BMW Championship was previously known as the Western Open. The Western Golf Association, which founded and ran the Western Open, runs the BMW Championship. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, the PGA Tour named the BMW Championship its Tournament of the Year.^[1] The BMW Championship is the longest running regular PGA Tour event on the calendar outside of the four major tournaments.

Western Open

The Western Open was first played 125 years ago in 1899. For many years, the Western was played in and out of the state of Illinois, before eventually settling down in the Chicago area. The Western Golf Association (WGA) ran the Western Open throughout its entire history (1899–2006), and continues to run the tournament under its new title. These are, however, two entirely different events in terms of playing format and invitational criteria. The Western Open was like any other regular PGA Tour stop – although it was once considered to be one of golf's majors. The BMW Championship is part of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and only the leading FedEx Cup points earners at the start of the BMW event are eligible to play.

Tournament format

The BMW Championship is open to the leading FedEx Cup points earners on the PGA Tour following the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Through 2022, the top 70 players were qualified, after which it was reduced to the top 50. With a limited field, there is no 36-hole cut. The top 30 in the FedEx Cup points list following the BMW Championship advance to The Tour Championship, where the FedEx Cup champion is decided.^[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Venue
2023	Viktor Hovland	263	−17	2 strokes	Matt Fitzpatrick Scottie Scheffler	20,000,000	3,600,000	Olympia Fields
2022	Patrick Cantlay (2)	270	−14	1 stroke	Scott Stallings	15,000,000	2,700,000	Wilmington
2021	Patrick Cantlay	261	−27	Playoff	Bryson DeChambeau	9,500,000	1,710,000	Caves Valley
2020	Jon Rahm	276	−4	Playoff	Dustin Johnson	9,500,000	1,710,000	Olympia Fields
2019	Justin Thomas	263	−25	3 strokes	Patrick Cantlay	9,250,000	1,665,000	Medinah
2018	Keegan Bradley	260	−20	Playoff	Justin Rose	9,000,000	1,620,000	Aronimink
2017	Marc Leishman	261	−23	5 strokes	Rickie Fowler Justin Rose	8,750,000	1,575,000	Conway Farms
2016	Dustin Johnson (2)	265	−23	3 strokes	Paul Casey	8,500,000	1,530,000	Crooked Stick
2015	Jason Day	262	−22	6 strokes	Daniel Berger	8,250,000	1,485,000	Conway Farms
2014	Billy Horschel	266	−14	2 strokes	Bubba Watson	8,000,000	1,440,000	Cherry Hills
2013	Zach Johnson	268	−16	2 strokes	Nick Watney	8,000,000	1,440,000	Conway Farms
2012	Rory McIlroy	268	−20	2 strokes	Phil Mickelson Lee Westwood	8,000,000	1,440,000	Crooked Stick
2011	Justin Rose	271	−13	2 strokes	John Senden	8,000,000	1,440,000	Cog Hill
2010	Dustin Johnson	275	−9	1 stroke	Paul Casey	7,500,000	1,350,000	Cog Hill
2009	Tiger Woods (5)	265	−19	8 strokes	Jim Furyk Marc Leishman	7,500,000	1,350,000	Cog Hill
2008	Camilo Villegas	265	−15	2 strokes	Dudley Hart	7,000,000	1,260,000	Bellerive
2007	Tiger Woods (4)	262	−22	2 strokes	Aaron Baddeley	7,000,000	1,260,000	Cog Hill

Host venues

Unlike the two other FedEx Cup Playoff events (the FedEx St. Jude, like the regular-field event of the same name that preceded it, is always at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, while the Tour Championship has settled at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta initially due to a sponsorship agreement with Coca-Cola), the BMW Championship has had no fixed home throughout its history. While the tournament has been played four times at Cog Hill (the "spiritual home" of the old Western Open) and seven times total in Chicagoland, the tournament has made stops elsewhere in the Midwest, namely the Indianapolis, Denver, and St. Louis areas. Due to the full-time move of the first FedEx Cup event, formerly known as The Northern Trust and played on the Eastern Seaboard, to Memphis, the BMW has also begun to visit courses back East which were formerly part of the Northern Trust rotation as well.

Future sites

Source:^[3][4]

References

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Official site of the Western Golf Association

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