The BMW Championship will take place at Wilmington Country Club from August 16–21, 2022. Reserve your seat to watch the penultimate match of the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs, which features the top 70 players in the globe.
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16–21 August. Delaware Country Club DE Wilmington
Don’t miss the thrill of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Playoffs when one of the best tournaments in the world makes its debut in Wilmington. The East Course at Wilmington Country Club will host the 2022 BMW Championship from August 16–21. The top 70 golfers on the PGA TOUR will fight to qualify for the season final in the penultimate playoff event. Extreme intensity and world-class golf are guaranteed. The BMW Championship’s whole net earnings go to the Evans Scholars Foundation.
Our top focus is the health and safety of everyone connected with the BMW Championship. In accordance with CDC recommendations, the tournament and the PGA TOUR have a comprehensive set of COVID-19 health and safety measures in place to support a secure environment and a high-quality golfing experience.
GOLF CLUB AT CASTLE PINES
Castle Pines Golf Club, south of Denver, which held “The International” competition from 1986 to 2006, is now home to the PGA TOUR’s BMW Championship. The BMW Championship will make its first trip to Colorado since Billy Horschel (USA) triumphed at Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver in 2014 on his way to winning the FedExCup championship. The renowned Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course at Castle Trees debuted in 1981, capitalizing on the unique Colorado landscape with holes cut among towering Ponderosa pines and natural rock formations. The undulating course, which now has a par of 72 and a length of over 8,000 yards (7,300 meters), has raised, multi-tiered greens and limited fairways.
Return of the BMW Championship to Olympia Fields
The Olympia Fields Country Club, which hosted the competition Jon Rahm won in 2020, will hold the BMW Championship once more in 2023. Additionally, BMW extended its sponsorship of the second FedExCup Playoffs event on the TOUR for a another five years, ending in 2027.
The 2022 BMW Championship at Wilmington Country Club was won by Patrick Cantlay. He accomplished this by successfully defending a playoff match for the first time.
According to PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan, “We would like to extend our profound gratitude to BMW for their continued support of the PGA TOUR and the Western Golf Association through 2027.” “The BMW Championship launched the FedExCup in 2007 and continues to enhance the FedExCup Playoffs thanks to BMW’s dedication to putting on best-in-class events every year. Additionally, we are grateful for BMW’s commitment to carrying out the Evans Scholars Foundation’s objective, which has improved thousands of lives over the past 15 years.”
At the 2020 BMW Championship, held at Olympia Fields Country Club in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, Jon Rahm prevailed over Dustin Johnson with a 66-foot birdie putt on the opening hole of the playoff. On the same Olympia Fields North course as the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship was held in 2017, the competition was played without spectators.
William McErlean, president of Olympia Fields Country Club, said, “We are happy and privileged to bring the 2023 BMW Championship back to Olympia Fields Country Club and our North Course, which has been the site of so many amazing moments in the history of this event. “Our membership looks forward to opening up our facilities to the world’s top golfers as well as the golfing public.”
Olympia Fields has a long history of winning championships. In addition to the BMW Championship and the 2017 Women’s PGA Championship, it also served as the venue for the Jim Furyk-winning 2003 U.S. Open and DeChambeau’s victorious 2015 U.S. Amateur.
183 Olympia Fields caddies have gone on to get Evans Scholarships over the years, starting with Don Dahlke, who received one in 1954 so that he could attend Northwestern University. As Evans Scholars, nine Olympia Fields caddies are now enrolled in colleges.
The top 70 PGA Tour golfers after The Northern Trust are eligible for the BMW Championship. There are just 70 competitors, hence there is no 36-hole cut.
The 2019 BMW Championship was won by Justin Thomas at Medinah Country Club. After shooting a third-round course record 61, Thomas ended at 25-under 263, tying a tournament record with a final-round 68. Hideki Matsuyama came in third, followed by second-place finisher Patrick Cantlay.
The Western Open Golf Tournament was the name of the competition before it changed to the BMW Championship, which was normally held in early July around the Chicago region. Between 1974 and 2006, Cog Hill and Butler National served as the venue.
The Evans Scholars Foundation, which provides meritorious golfers from low-income families with full tuition and housing scholarships, receives 100% of the earnings from the BMW Championship. There are currently 1010 student-caddies enrolled at 18 colleges around the country who receive tuition help from the Evans Scholars Foundation.
More than 11,050 young men and women who were Evans Scholars have completed their college degrees since 1930. The majority of awardees enroll in one of the 17 colleges where a Scholarship House is run by the Evans Scholars Foundation. Evans Scholars are chosen based on their high academic standing, admirable moral character, solid caddie record, and clear financial need.
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In a few years, the FedEx Cup Playoffs’ penultimate tournament will return to the same location.
The PGA Tour revealed on Tuesday that the BMW Championship, which will take place in Delaware’s Wilmington Country Club in 2022, will also be played at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, in 2025, and Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2026. Although the exact dates haven’t been decided, both events are planned for August.
Vince Pellegrino, senior vice president of tournaments for the Western Golf Association, said, “We are thrilled to bring the BMW Championship back to these legendary locations, offering the terrific fans of the greater Baltimore and St. Louis areas an opportunity to witness the finest players in the world up close.” “When considering prospective hosts, we search for difficult layouts that can provide spectators and our PGA Tour partners with an unparalleled experience. The addition of Bellerive Country Club and Caves Valley Golf Club to our championship schedule is ideal.”
In addition to hosting the BMW Championship last year, which was won by eventual FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay, Caves Valley also helped raise a record $5.6 million for caddie scholarships and the establishment of the Caves Valley Evans Scholars Scholarship House at the University of Maryland.
The return of this famous title to Caves Valley Golf Club is a great honor, according to Caves Valley Golf Club President Steve Fader. “We’re still giddy with last year’s performance and the attention it brought to the Baltimore region. In order to improve the competitive and agronomic conditions for its membership and everyone involved with the 2025 BMW Championship, the club will continue to implement its Long-Range Strategic Plan in collaboration with the Fazio Design Group.”
The 2008 BMW Championship was previously held at Bellerive Country Club, when Camilo Villegas won for the first time on the PGA Tour. The club also played host to the 1992 and 2018 PGA Championships as well as the 1965 U.S. Open, during which Gary Player completed his career grand slam. In 2030, Bellerive will also serve as the Presidents Cup host.
Bellerive Country Club President Rick Walsh expressed his excitement about hosting the 2026 BMW Championship and welcoming the FedExCup Playoffs back to St. Louis. “Our club has a long history of hosting major golf championships. We intend to honor our great and encouraging community while putting the participants to a challenging exam.”
The competition was first held in 1899 under the name Western Open, making it the third-oldest competition on the Tour’s calendar, behind the British Open and the U.S. Open. Since 2007, the BMW Championship has helped more than 3,300 men and women attend college by raising more than $40 million for caddy scholarships.
In 2023, the BMW Championship will return to Chicago’s Olympia Fields Country Club, and in 2024, it will make its debut at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado, a suburb of Denver.
The BMW PGA Championship’s tee time has changed.
The DP World Tour has decided to continue the 2022 BMW PGA Championship after play was suspended on Thursday following the announcement of Queen Elizabeth II’s demise. Play will now resume on Saturday at 6:40 a.m. local time in Surrey, England, or 1:40 a.m. ET, as several groups obviously still have first-round matches to finish.
The second round of the BMW PGA Championship will resume at 6:40 a.m. on Saturday morning, according to a statement from the DP World Tour. All original second round tee times will not change. The players who haven’t finished their first round will start doing so at 7:30 a.m. from the spot on the course where they finished on Thursday.
Where in Europe is the BMW golf tournament taking place?
The BMW PGA Championship, which will take place this week in England, will feature competitors from the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and the fledgling LIV Golf series.
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Out of the hundreds of events held each year, all but a dozen professional golf tournaments depend on a marquee sponsor and dozens of other co-sponsors to contribute millions of dollars to make each event possible.
There are a few significant outliers, including the British Open, the Masters, the US Open, and the P.G.A. Championship.
But even a prestigious event like this week’s BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club in Surrey, England, one of the top tournaments on the DP World Tour, depends on the German automaker and another dozen sponsors, including Zoom, Rolex, and Hilton, to pay the players, cover event costs, and have some money left over for charitable causes.
There is only one issue. More than a dozen golfers from the competing LIV Golf series, which is supported by Saudi Arabia, will compete in the BMW PGA Championship, including fan favorites Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood as well as several contenders like Kevin Na, Patrick Reed, and Martin Kaymer.
The DP World Tour has a slightly different policy than the PGA Tour, which has suspended players who have joined LIV and prevented them from competing in PGA Tour events. For the time being, participants may participate in the competition if they have qualified for tournaments like Wentworth based on their global rankings or other factors.
Given the sums of money sponsors provide to a DP World Tour, PGA Tour, or any other international tour, they want something in return. They want excellent performers to provide interesting drama, yes, but they also want corporate perks and media attention. Rory McIlroy defeated Scottie Scheffler by one stroke in the final round of the Tour Championship on the PGA Tour on August 28 to win the FedEx Cup, the tour’s season-long points competition. (The Tour Championship is sponsored by Southern Company, Coca-Cola, and Accenture, in addition to FedEx, a season-long sponsor of the PGA Tour who provides a significant portion of the $18 million first-place payment.)
Additionally, having a winner from LIV Golf puts sponsors and the DP World Tour itself in an awkward position. The DP World Tour is a strategic partner of the PGA Tour but has let LIV players to compete.
Top tour players including U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick slammed the LIV presence at Wentworth before the competition had began, calling it “disappointing.” The BMW PGA Championship champion from 2021, Billy Horschel, stated that the LIV golfers shouldn’t be permitted to compete on the DP World Tour at all since “they decided to go play on that tour and they should go play there.”
Sponsorship has been impartial.
Tim Holzmuller, a spokesman for BMW Group Sport Engagement, said, “The objective of the BMW Group is to stage a world-class event and deliver a premium experience for players, spectators, and enthusiasts at all our sport engagements.”
Great athletes attract followers and home television watchers. Additionally, a matchup between a LIV golfer and a player on the PGA or DP World Tour would undoubtedly boost ratings. But it’s difficult to predict what will happen to sponsors after that.