BMW Championship Matchup Picks

The BMW Championship takes place this week with the top 50 players in FedExCup points looking to advance to next week’s TOUR Championship. The top three players in the latest World Golf Rankings are the top three favorites this week on the golf betting odds board, with not much separating Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm. Bettors are backing Scheffler slightly, as he is listed just ahead of McIlroy in golf betting odds at BetRivers. It was ugly last week with the matchups at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, but I have usually bounced back from a bad week with a good one, so we’ll look for that trend to continue this week. Let’s look at BMW Championship matchup picks.

Defending Champion: Patrick Cantlay

Tournament Notes: The top 30 in FedExCup points at the end of this event will advance to next week’s TOUR Championship in Atlanta. This event at Olympia Fields is all about hitting the fairways. In the 2019-20 season, Olympia Fields had the toughest fairways to hit on the PGA Tour. The course is a par 70 that was the second-hardest par 70 on the PGA Tour in 2020. The greens at Olympia Fields are small so putting shouldn’t be as important as it is in most weeks so perhaps that will help Scheffler who has struggled mightily to make putts in recent weeks.

BMW Championship Matchups

Scheffler, Scottie -114 vs. McIlroy, Rory

Scheffler, Scottie -140 vs. Rahm, Jon

Rahm, Jon -125 vs. Cantlay, Patrick

McIlroy, Rory -150 vs. Cantlay, Patrick

Schauffele, Xander -114 vs. Hovland, Viktor

Hatton, Tyrrell -115 vs. Morikawa, Collin

Fleetwood, Tommy -120 vs. Morikawa, Collin

Homa, Max -120 vs. Spieth, Jordan

Young, Cameron 125 vs. Clark, Wyndham

Henley, Russell -114 vs. Sungjae Im

Fowler, Rickie -137 vs. Day, Jason

Finau, Tony -125 vs. Conners, Corey

Matsuyama, Hideki -125 vs. Burns, Sam

Fitzpatrick, Matthew -120 vs. Rose, Justin

Si Woo Kim -125 vs. Bradley, Keegan

Poston, J.T. -120 vs. McCarthy, Denny

Davis, Cameron -125 vs. Theegala, Sahith

Grillo, Emiliano -125 vs. Kirk, Chris

Spieth, Jordan -180 vs. Glover, Lucas

Fowler, Ricke -125 vs. Kim, Tom

Harman, Brian -115 vs. Im, Sungjae

Day, Jason -115 vs. Clark, Wyndham

Kim, Si Woo -115 vs. Bradley, Keegan

Poston, J.T. -115 vs. Straka, Sepp

Schenk, Adam -115 vs. Todd, Brendon

Fitzpatrick, Matt -115 vs. Rose, Justin

Moore, Taylor -115 vs. Theegala, Sahith

Davis, Cam -115 vs. Burns, Sam

Golf Picks

Grillo, Emiliano -125 vs. Kirk, Chris

Grillo has seven Top 20 finishes in the last four months. He has thrived thanks to his putter which has been hot for months. Kirk has done well just to finish in the Top 50 and I don’t see him making any kind of charge this week into the Top 30.

Im, Sungjae -115 vs. Harman, Brian

Im sure turned things on last week with a tie for 6^th and he also had a tie for 14^th at Wyndham. I don’t see how Harman can contend this week on a course that is long. I just don’t think he has the distance off the tee and his putting prowess won’t do him much good on this course. I’ll take Im in this matchup.

Matsuyama, Hideki -125 vs. Burns, Sam

Matsuyama rallied last week to make it into this event and he has the ability to carry the momentum into this week and contend. I don’t know what has happened to Burns this season, but he is fortunate just to be in the Top 50.

Moore, Taylor -115 vs. Theegala, Sahith

Moore sure looked good last week and he may be able to carry the momentum to this week. Theegala ranks very poorly on the PGA Tour in total driving and driving is a key stat this week. I’ll go against Theegala and take Moore in this matchup.

Poston, J.T. -120 vs. McCarthy, Denny

The strength for McCarthy is his putting, but this course demands good driving more than it does putting, so I think McCarthy is at a disadvantage this week. I’ll take Poston in this matchup.

Check out the latest BMW Championship odds at BetRivers.