PGA FedExCup Playoffs 2026: BWM Championship Preview, Odds, Picks and Props

FedExCup Playoffs BMW Championship Preview

The FedExCup Playoffs continue and the top 50 players remaining in the FedExCup Standings will tee it up at the BMW Championship. The no-cut event returns to Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis. The course last hosted a PGA Tour event for the 2018 PGA Championship, and also since 2000 the 2008 FedExCup Playoffs. Tournament and playoff preview includes course and player profiles, odds, picks and props with information you can bet on. 

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler posted a dominant 8-shot win in last weeks' FedEx St. Jude Championship to kickoff the FedExCup Playoffs. Scheffler is the prohibitive favorite again, he also won the 2025 BMW Championship. Last Year's BMW Championship playoff winners and top finishers included: 

1. Scottie Scheffler (-15)
2. Robert McIntyre (-13)
3. Maverick McNealy 
T4. Sam Burns, Tommy Fleetwood
6. Harry Hall
7. Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland, Rickie Fowler
10. Michael Kim
11. Cameron Young
12. Rory McIlroy 

Viktor Hovland won the 2023 BMW Championship, and Patrick Cantlay won in 2022 and 2021 when the event was played at different courses. 

Of the 50 players competing this week in the BMW Championship, these players finished top 20 when the course hosted the 2018 PGA Championship with softer conditions. Adam Scott (3rd), Justin Thomas and Gary Woodland (T6), Rickie Fowler (T12) and Justin Rose (T19). 

Bellerive Country Club

Bellerive will play to 7,448 yards and Par 70. The two par-5s measure over 600 yards. Fairly generous tree-lined fairways will show total driving skills rewarded with added length an advantage. However, the rough is penal, and softer conditions could be in play with heat and humidity again. Monitor the weather as rain and thunderstorms which could hit the area on Wednesday and Thursday (40-60%). 

Beyond Scottie Scheffler's strokes gained leading stats and tournament-best Putting and Approach play last week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, in-form players who find more fairways and excel in mid-to-long-iron approach play will have more birdie opportunities on the fast Bentgrass greens.

BMW Championship Odds

Leading favorites and contenders golf odds from top online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting. Odds to win posted Monday. 

+: Scheffler
+: McIlroy
+: Schauffele
+: Young
+: Aberg:
+: Fleetwood
+: Fitzpatrick
+: Burns
+: Hovland
+: Si Woo Kim
+: Morikawa
+: Matsuyama
+: Clark
+: Thomas
+: Henley
+: Cantlay
+: Gotterup
+: Tom Kim
+: Rose
+: MacIntyre
+: Tom Kim
+: Spaun
+: Min Woo Lee
+: A. Scott
+: Bhatia
+: Kitayama
+: Fowler
+: Fox
+: Smalley
+: Noren
+: Knapp
+: Griffin
+: Sungjae Im 

BMW Championship Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: Aberg, Burns, Hovland, Matsuyama 
Fairway’s Longshots: Tuesday 

Tournament matchups and props, finishing position: Wednesday

Following last week's 3-0 sweep on posted tournament matchups at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, Fairways Forecast is now 26-14 this PGA Tour season. That includes 14-10 at all Majors, Signature Events and FedExCup Playoffs posted at Off Shore Gaming Association where members enjoy additional wagering benefits. Additional props went 2-0 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. 

Next week the top remaining 30 players in the FedExCup Playoffs will compete at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta at the Tour Championship. 

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