McIlroy, Scheffler Lead Top 50 to Olympia Fields

The top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings are moving on to this week's BMW Championship with Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy once again the betting favorites by the odds from our best golf betting sites.

Lucas Glover's reign of terror on the PGA Tour has him with back-to-back victories in the Wyndham Championship and the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The 43-year-old is back up to No. 30 in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) and soared to fourth in the season-long FedEx Cup standings. However, he's still not priced among the favorites by the BMW Championship odds as the second-to-last event of the season takes place at Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois this week.

Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, and Rory McIlroy retain the top three spots in the FedEx Cup standings and possess the best FedEx Cup odds heading into the penultimate event of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season. The top 30 golfers in the season-long points race after this week will advance to the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, where McIlroy will seek his second straight title.

Here's our look at the best BMW Championship odds for Olympia Fields Country Club (odds via our best sports betting apps).  

BMW Championship odds

Odds last updated Monday at 5:10 p.m. ET.

BMW Championship picks

BMW Championship field notes

Cameron Young, Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Hoge, Harris English, and Patrick Rodgers snuck into the BMW Championship with spots Nos. 46-50, respectively, in the FedEx Cup standings. They're among the many that'll need a high finish this week to book their ticket to East Lake. Sam Burns enters the week at No. 30 in the standings with Sahith Theegala at No. 31.

Patrick Cantlay will attempt to win the BMW Championship for the third straight year after losing to Glover in a playoff last week in Memphis, TN. Rahm won the 2020 BMW Championship and will look to cement his place atop the FEC standings and enter the Tour Championship with the minus-10 pole position on the leaderboard.

With points quadrupled once again this week, many in the field will be looking to follow Glover in rising up the standings.

Olympia Fields Country Club course info

• Par: 70
• Length: 7,353 yards
• Greens: Bentgrass/Poa Annua
• Architect: Willie Park Jr.

This is the first year the BMW Championship is being played at Olympia Fields CC since Rahm's victory in 2020. Cantlay's wins in this event were in Caves Valley, MD and Wilmington, DE in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Rahm won in a playoff over Dustin Johnson at minus-4 three years ago.

Olympia Fields' North Course is a relatively long par-70 venue. While the fairways are narrow, the rough and surrounding areas aren't overly penal for wayward drives, making driving distance slightly more important than accuracy.

The course's greens are the main defense. Most putting surfaces are elevated and of moderate size.

Three of the four par 3s exceed 200 yards and two of three par 5s are longer than 600 yards. The most common par-4 range is 400-450 yards. There aren't many birdie opportunities with par being an ideal score on most holes.

BMW Championship tournament info

• Where: Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course), Olympia Fields, IL
• When: Thursday, Aug. 17 - Sunday, Aug. 20
• Field: 50
• Purse: $20 million
• 2022 champion: Patrick Cantlay (Wilmington Country Club)

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