BMW Championship
Tournament information
LocationOlympia Fields, Illinois
Established2007
Course(s)Olympia Fields Country Club
Par70
Length7,366 yards (6,735 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Keegan Bradley (2018)
260 Justin Rose (2018)
To par−27 Patrick Cantlay (2021)
−27 Bryson DeChambeau (2021)
Current champion
Norway Viktor Hovland
Location Map
Olympia Fields CC is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Olympia Fields CC is located in Illinois
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Location in Illinois

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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse
($)		Winner's
share ($)		Venue
2023Norway Viktor Hovland263−172 strokesEngland Matt Fitzpatrick
United States Scottie Scheffler		20,000,0003,600,000Olympia Fields
2022United States Patrick Cantlay (2)270−141 strokeUnited States Scott Stallings15,000,0002,700,000Wilmington
2021United States Patrick Cantlay261−27PlayoffUnited States Bryson DeChambeau9,500,0001,710,000Caves Valley
2020Spain Jon Rahm276−4PlayoffUnited States Dustin Johnson9,500,0001,710,000Olympia Fields
2019United States Justin Thomas263−253 strokesUnited States Patrick Cantlay9,250,0001,665,000Medinah
2018United States Keegan Bradley260−20PlayoffEngland Justin Rose9,000,0001,620,000Aronimink
2017Australia Marc Leishman261−235 strokesUnited States Rickie Fowler
England Justin Rose		8,750,0001,575,000Conway Farms
2016United States Dustin Johnson (2)265−233 strokesEngland Paul Casey8,500,0001,530,000Crooked Stick
2015Australia Jason Day262−226 strokesUnited States Daniel Berger8,250,0001,485,000Conway Farms
2014United States Billy Horschel266−142 strokesUnited States Bubba Watson8,000,0001,440,000Cherry Hills
2013United States Zach Johnson268−162 strokesUnited States Nick Watney8,000,0001,440,000Conway Farms
2012Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy268−202 strokesUnited States Phil Mickelson
England Lee Westwood		8,000,0001,440,000Crooked Stick
2011England Justin Rose271−132 strokesAustralia John Senden8,000,0001,440,000Cog Hill
2010United States Dustin Johnson275−91 strokeEngland Paul Casey7,500,0001,350,000Cog Hill
2009United States Tiger Woods (5)265−198 strokesUnited States Jim Furyk
Australia Marc Leishman		7,500,0001,350,000Cog Hill
2008Colombia Camilo Villegas265−152 strokesUnited States Dudley Hart7,000,0001,260,000Bellerive
2007United States Tiger Woods (4)262−222 strokesAustralia Aaron Baddeley7,000,0001,260,000Cog 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.

VenueLocationFirstLastTimes
Cog Hill Golf & Country ClubLemont, Illinois200720114
Conway Farms Golf ClubLake Forest, Illinois201320173
Crooked Stick Golf ClubCarmel, Indiana201220162
Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course)Olympia Fields, Illinois202020232
Bellerive Country ClubTown and Country, Missouri200820081
Cherry Hills Country ClubCherry Hills Village, Colorado201420141
Aronimink Golf ClubNewtown Square, Pennsylvania201820181
Medinah Country Club (Course 3)Medinah, Illinois201920191
Caves Valley Golf ClubOwings Mills, Maryland202120211
Wilmington Country ClubWilmington, Delaware202220221

Future sites

YearCourseLocation
2024Castle Pines Golf ClubCastle Rock, Colorado
2025Caves Valley Golf ClubOwings Mills, Maryland
2026Bellerive Country ClubTown and Country, Missouri
Source:[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "2013 BMW Championship Earns PGA Tour's Tournament of the Year Honor" (Press release). BMW Group. October 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "FedEx Cup 101". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wilmington Country Club to host 2022 BMW Championship". BMW Championship. November 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ "BMW Championship | 2023 Priority Ticket Program". BMW Championship. Retrieved May 4, 2022.

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