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. Today we will discuss about BMW Championship: 2022| Sudden Death| Playoff Highlights.
BMW Championship: 2022| Sudden Death| Playoff Highlights…
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.
| 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) |
2022
For the first time ever, the First State will host the greatest golfers in the world, as the BMW Championship, part of the 3-event FedExCup Playoffs, visits Wilmington Country Club just outside of Philadelphia! This annual fan-favorite event showcases the Top 70 players remaining as they battle to advance to the Tour Championship and the chance to earn the $15 million top prize! Previous winners of the BMW Championship are a “who’s who” of great golf champions such as Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas just to name a few.
Sudden Death
Patrick Cantlay held his nerve to outlast Bryson DeChambeau to win the BMW Championship in Baltimore, Maryland on Sunday.
The American made a number of clutch putts in a nail-biting six-hole sudden-death playoff against DeChambeau to win his third event of the year.
Composed and considered throughout the tournament, a large smile broke across his face after he holed a 17-foot putt on the final green to settle the tie.
Playoff Highlights
Highlights: Patrick Cantlay sinks 17-footer for winning birdie at the BMW Championship On the sixth playoff hole of the 2021 BMW Championship, Patrick Cantlay drains a 17-foot putt for birdie at the par-4 18th hole, securing the win for his fifth victory of his PGA TOUR career.
