BMW Championship (PGA Tour)

BMW Championship

Tournament information
Location	Owings Mills, Maryland
Established	2007
Course(s)	Caves Valley Golf Club
Par	71
Length	7,226 yards (6,607 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$9,500,000
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
Patrick Cantlay
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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.

Tournament format[]

The BMW Championship is open to the top 70 PGA Tour golfers following The Northern Trust. With only seventy players in the field, there is no 36-hole cut. FedEx Cup points amassed during the regular PGA Tour season and then during The Northern Trust determine the participants. The top 30 FedEx Cup points leaders following the BMW Championship advance to final playoff event, The Tour Championship, where the FedEx Cup Champion will be determined.^[2]

The BMW Championship was primarily held at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. In 2008, it was held in Missouri at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, a suburb west of St. Louis. In 2012, the Ryder Cup was contested at nearby Medinah Country Club, and the championship was moved to Indiana at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, north of Indianapolis. It was contested in Colorado in 2014 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, a suburb south of Denver.^[3]

The 2015 BMW Championship was played at the Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Illinois; Jason Day scored a personal record of 61 (−10) during the first round^[4] and won the event with a score of −22. The 2016 edition returned to Crooked Stick near Indianapolis, where Dustin Johnson won with a score of −23.^[5] Aussie Marc Leishman cruised to victory at the 2017 BMW Championship at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Western Open[]

For a detailed history of this event, including a list of its champions, see Western Open.

The Western Open was first played 123 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 top 70 FedEx Cup points leaders at the start of the BMW event will be eligible to play.

Winners[]

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

Future sites[]

Source:^[6]

References[]

External links[]

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

Coordinates: 41°31′16″N 87°41′13″W / 41.521°N 87.687°W / 41.521; -87.687