No sooner had Justin Rose’s winning putt at the FedEx St Jude Championship dropped into the bottom of the hole, the PGA Tour began moving on to the second round of the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs.
This week, it’s the turn of the BMW Championship to host the PGA Tour’s best, with the top-50 players from the entire season all trying to make it through to East Lake and the Tour Championship.
World No.1, Scottie Scheffler is already assured of a place in the closing tournament, and the four-time Major winner starts the BMW Championship as the overwhelming title favorite.
That is despite Rory McIlroy appearing for the first time in the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs, with the Northern Irishman and World No.2 a comfortable second, according to BetMGM. The rest of the field trail behind, therefore anyone outside of those two who triumphs could arguably be labelled a sleeper.
Below, we’ve shared the odds for the leading hopefuls at the BMW Championship as well our favorite picks to win the second FedEx Cup Playoffs event.
Keegan Bradley holds up the BMW Championship trophy after his win in 2024
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BMW Championship Course Guide: Caves Valley Golf Club
Caves Valley is a member-owned not-for-profit golf club in Owings Mills, Maryland that opened in 1991 and has hosted several prestigious tournaments and championships since.
As well as the 2021 BMW Championship, it staged the 2002 US Senior Open, the 2009 Women’s Golf Championships, the 2014 International Crown and the 1995 US Mid-Amateur.
The par-71 course – designed by Tom Fazio – is known for its fast greens, rolling fairways and plenty of water hazards. Despite the significant amount of potential trouble around, Patrick Cantlay’s winning score in 2021 was an incredible 27-under-par.
For this week’s BMW Championship, the layout has been stretched to just over 7,600 yards and will play as a par-70 with four par-3 holes (two of which are 245 yards long) and just two par 5s – measuring 590 and 599 yards.
The 18th green at Caves Valley Golf Club during the final round of the 2021 BMW Championship
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BMW Championship Previous Winners
|
Year |
Champion |
Score |
Course |
|
2024 |
Keegan Bradley |
-12 (one stroke) |
Castle Pines |
|
2023 |
Viktor Hovland |
-17 (two strokes) |
Olympia Fields |
|
2022 |
Patrick… |
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