2026 BMW Championship Betting Preview
19 August 2026
The PGA Tour heads to Bellerive Country Club this week for the BMW Championship. Scottie Scheffler is in the field to defend his title at the par 70 / 7448 yard course in St. Louis, MO. The second leg of the FedExCup Playoffs features the top 50 remaining players competing. With no 36-hole cut, every player will get a full four rounds to secure a spot in the elite 30-man field for next week's Tour Championship at East Lake.
BMW CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS, TIME
- Date: August 20-23, 2026
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Golf Course: Bellerive Country Club
- Distance: Par 70 / Yards 7448
- Purse: $20,000,000
- Defending Champion: Scottie Scheffler
- Moneyline Favorite: Scottie Scheffler
HOW TO WATCH THE FEDEX ST. JUDE CHAMPIONSHIP
- TV: CBS/Golf Channel/ESPN
- Streaming: Paramount+/ESPN+
DUNKEL INDEX TOP 40
Here are the Top 40 golfers for this event, according to the Dunkel Index:
| S. Scheffler | -16.440 |
| L. Aberg | -26.132 |
| S. Burns | -26.735 |
| M. Brennan | -26.747 |
| X. Schauffele | -28.045 |
| J. Knapp | -28.166 |
| T. Fleetwood | -28.565 |
| M. Fitzpatrick | -28.597 |
| C. Gotterup | -28.598 |
| H. Matsuyama | -28.945 |
| SW Kim | -28.952 |
| W. Clark | -29.612 |
| P. Cantlay | -29.827 |
| A. Noren | -29.884 |
| J. Rose | -30.071 |
| R. Henley | -30.264 |
| R. MacIntyre | -30.339 |
| S. Im | -30.578 |
| C. Morikawa | -30.587 |
| A. Smalley | -30.734 |
| V. Hovland | -30.767 |
| K. Kitayama | -30.999 |
| G. Woodland | -31.005 |
| T. Kim | -31.019 |
| R. Gerard | -31.026 |
| B. Cauley | -31.157 |
| R. Fowler | -31.220 |
| B. Griffin | -31.623 |
| M. McNealy | -31.688 |
| A. Scott | -32.338 |
| J. Bridgeman | -32.730 |
| JJ Spaun | -32.867 |
| N. Hojgaard | -32.954 |
| Cam Young | -33.394 |
| R. McIlroy | -33.527 |
| K. Reitan | -33.649 |
| M. Thorbjornsen | -33.660 |
| MW Lee | -33.848 |
| A. Rai | -34.135 |
| J. Thomas | -34.473 |
WINNER: SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER (+305)
Scheffler is coming off an eight-shot victory over an elite field at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis where the best ball-striker in the world also led the entire field in both Strokes Gained: Putting and Putting Average. Rated No. 1 in this week's Dunkel Index, we'll take Scheffler (+305) to pick up the win at Bellerive Country Club this weekend.
BEST ODDS FOR TOP 10 FINISH: LUDVIG ABERG (+122)
Rated No. 2 in the Dunkel Index
BEST ODDS FOR TOP 10 FINISH: SAM BURNS (+124)
Rated No. 3 in the Dunkel Index
TOURNAMENT MATCHUP: SI WOO KIM (-130) OVER WYNDHAM CLARK
Kim rated No. 11 in the Dunkel Index; Clark rated No. 12
TOURNAMENT MATCHUP: PATRICK CANTLAY (-122) OVER VIKTOR HOVLAND
Cantlay rated No. 13 in the Dunkel Index; Hovland rated No. 21
