Tournament Preview - BMW Championship

Tournament Preview - BMW Championship

Hello members,

We move to Olympia Fields, IL this week for the BMW Championship. Unlike the FedEx St. Jude and Tour Championship, the BMW has moved courses a decent bit from Crooked Stick to Cog Hill to Conway Farms and now to Olympia Fields North Course.

A few storylines to follow this week:

• Can Lucas Glover win three tournaments in a row?

• Patrick Cantlay has won the BMW the last two years, can he three-peat?

• Will Rory or Scottie or Jon Rahm get back in the winner’s circle?

• Who from the 31-50 standings will play well and move into the Top 30 for next week’s Tour Championship?

• Can Olympia Fields grit its teeth again like in 2020?

You may remember a horrifying video of Lucas Glover’s putting stroke earlier this year. I won’t repost it but it’s on the Internet if you want to see it. He credited a U.S. Navy Seal to helping him get over his putting yips.

As mentioned, Patrick Cantlay is the two-time defending champion here. He won in a playoff in 2021 at Caves Valley outside of Baltimore and last year at Wilmington Country Club in Delaware. With his second place finish last week, he has a ton of momentum and looks to be a favorite.

The last time the BMW Championship was played at Olympia Fields was in 2020, where Jon Rahm won with a score of 4-under.

Onto the golf!

Weather

From hot and muggy last week to very pleasant this week. Tomorrow should include some rain but the rest of the weekend will be very nice.

The tournament socials can be found here for Twitter, Instagram, and their own website.

ESPN+ coverage starting at 9:15am EST
Golf Channel coverage starting at 2:00pm EST

Top 50 in the FedEx Cup points standings are teeing it up this week. Top 30 move on to the Tour Championship next week in Atlanta.

• Previous Winners in this week's field:

  • Patrick Cantlay - 2021, 2022

  • Jon Rahm - 2020

  • Keegan Bradley - 2018

  • Jason Day - 2015

• Notable previous winners absent:

  • Justin Thomas - 2019

  • Marc Leishman - 2017 (LIV)

  • Dustin Johnson - 2016 (LIV)

  • Billy Horschel - 2014

  • Zach Johnson - 2013

Betting Odds provided by Bovada.lv at this link (not sponsored)

Some notable players to consider:

• Rory McIlroy - +700 - not great odds, but have a good feeling about Rory this week.

• Patrick Cantlay - +1100 - he’s won back-to-back here, hard to pick against too.

• Lucas Glover - +2500 - at this point, how can you pick against the guy?

• Olympia Fields Country Club is a private club about 25 miles south of downtown Chicago.

• The club was founded in 1915 and the North Course was designed by two-time Open champion Willie Park, Jr.

• There used to be four courses on site but due to financial issues after World War I, the club sold off two courses.

• The club has hosted four majors - 1928 and 2003 U.S. Opens and 1925 and 1961 PGA Championships.

• The initiation fee is between $20-25k and monthly dues are around $900 per month.

Notes and News

• All scenarios listed for the U.S. Ryder Cup team with only three players auto-qualified (article)

• PGA of America just laid off 20 staffers (article)

• LIV Golf will allow in-season trades next year (article)

• The DP World Tour released its 2024 full schedule (twitter)

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