Justin Rose wins FedEx St. Jude Championship in playoff
Justin Rose birdied four of his last five holes and sank the winning putt on the third playoff hole to beat J.J. Spaun.
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All of the PGA Tour’s biggest stars are back together for the second event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
The 2025 BMW Championship tees off on Thursday, Aug. 14 from Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, featuring the top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings. That includes Rory McIlroy, who sits in second place despite skipping last week’s playoff opener at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee.
Scottie Scheffler remains the heavy favorite entering tournament play and he’ll be in the same marquee pairing alongside McIlroy for the opening 36 holes of the event. The first tee time is set for 9:21 a.m., with the rest of the limited field to follow in Round 1. Only the top 30 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings at the conclusion of Sunday’s final round will advance to The Tour Championship next weekened. This is also the last PGA Tour event in which golfers can earn Ryder Cup team points.
USA TODAY Sports will be following everything happening on the course as the 2025 BMW Championship gets underway. Here are updates from Round 1 of the PGA Tour’s second FedEx Cup playoff event:
BMW Championship leaderboardT1. Viktor Hovland: -3 (F)T1. Rickie Fowler: -3 (12)T3. Michael Kim: -2 (F)T3. Ben Griffin: -2 (14)T3. Jason Day: -2 (11)T3. Si Woo Kim: -2 (11)T3. Sam Burns: -2 (8)T8. Scottie Scheffler: -1 (14)T8. Harry Hall: -1 (11)T8. Hideki Matsuyama: -1 (6)T8. Robert MacIntyre: -1 (6)T8. Tommy Fleetwood: -1 (5)T8. Tom Hoge: -1 (3)
BMW CHAMPIONSHIP: Updated tee times, full leaderboard
The thunderstorms and rain are clearing up at Caves Hill Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland and PGA Tour officials are preparing for the BMW Championship first round to resume on Thursday. Play is scheduled to begin at 4:45 p.m. ET after some work is done on the course’s bunkers, according to the Golf Channel broadcast. If the first round goes on as planned, it would mean golfers sat through a weather delay of 2 hours, 10 minutes. The driving range is already open again.
The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs will endure a weather delay for the second week in a row. The horn just blew during the first round of the 2025 BMW Championship with a “dangerous weather situation” in the area at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland. Play has been suspended with most of the 50-golfer field is still on the course. Viktor Hovland the current leader (-3) in the clubhouse.
The FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis also experienced a weather delay at the end of the second round that resulted in the round being completed the following day.
Viktor Hovland is the leader in the clubhouse at the moment after birdies at No. 16 and No. 17 helped him close out the first round with a 3-under 67. It was an up-and-down round with three bogeys on the front nine, but Hovland really got going after this remarkable chip shot for birdie at No. 12:
Rickie Fowler, meanwhile, now has five birdies (including four in the past five holes) to move into a tie for first place after barely qualifying for the top-50 field this week. It’s a crowded leaderboard with scoring much tougher than when the BMW Championship previously came to Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland in 2021 before the course’s recent redesign.
Just as soon as Scottie Scheffler grabbed the solo lead at the 2025 BMW Championship, he promptly coughed it up with back-to-back bogeys. Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, has rebounded nicely a rough first eight holes with back-to-back birdies. He’s now even par in the first round, just one shot back of Scheffler, and two shots back of the lead.
Scheffler had sole possession of first place for a few moments during the opening round of the second FedEx Cup playoff event after a bogey by Ben Griffin to close out his front nine Thursday.
Scheffler was at 3-under after birdies on three of his first four holes and then proceeded to card his first bogey of the round on No. 9 just like Griffin. There’s now a six-way tie atop the leaderboard.
It’s been a rough start to the BMW Championship for a couple recent major winners. Xander Schauffele has five bogeys through 14 holes and sits at +3. He’s in danger of missing The Tour Championship next week since he entered this week outside the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings.
McIlroy, meanwhile, is having issues finding the fairway and it’s costing him on the scorecard. He sits at +2, which is all the more glaring with Scheffler leading the tournament and playing with him. McIlroy just saved par with a nice up-and-down around the green on No. 7.
Both golfers will have all four rounds to turn things around. There is no cut at the BMW Championship with a limited field.
Another birdie by Scottie Scheffler at the par-5 fourth hole has pushed the FedEx Cup points leader and world No. 1 into a first place tie with Michael Kim and Ben Griffin at 3-under on the 2025 BMW Championship leaderboard. Scheffler has three birdies in his opening four holes playing with Rory McIlroy, who is having issues finding the fairway on the front nine thus far. Griffin has risen up the leaderboard with three-straight birdies.
The world’s best golfer has started off the 2025 BMW Championship with consecutive birdies. Scottie Scheffler is 2-under through two holes after finding the fairway and green with his opening shots of the tournament. Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, has misfired a couple times, including a wayward tee shot at No. 2 that led to a bogey.
Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are on the course after teeing off at the 2025 BMW Championship. The two best golfers in the world are paired together in a marquee featured group for the opening rounds of the second FedEx Cup playoff event. It’s a potential Ryder Cup preview in McIlroy’s return to the PGA Tour after skipping last week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis.
Shane Lowry has grabbed the first-round lead after a third birdie in a row and none has involved a putt longer than 12 feet. The burly Irishman is clicking on all cylinders. Looks like there could be some low scores today at Caves Valley. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy will be on the course soon.
J.T. Poston has moved into a tie for first place with Michael Kim on the first round leaderboard at the 2025 BMW Championship after Kim’s first bogey of the day and consecutive birdies by Poston. Taylor Pendrith is also at 2-under through four holes and Shane Lowry has birdies on his first two holes to create a four-way tie. Poston is playing alone in the first two rounds of this FedEx Cup playoff event because he was the last man in the 50-golfer field and Sepp Straka withdrew from the tournament due to personal reasons.
Michael Kim is the early leader after birdies on three of his first four holes playing alongside Xander Schauffele, who conversely began with a bogey on two of his first three holes. Kim sits at 3-under heading to No. 5 at Caves Valley Golf Club. Kims sits at No. 42 in the FedEx Cup standings and could play his way into the Tour Championship with a strong showing this week.
Play has started at the BMW Championship as J.T. Poston has teed off at Caves Valley Golf Club. And golf’s second playoff tournament is underway.
Next up: Xander Schauffele and Michael Kim will tee off at 9:32 a.m. ET.
What time is BMW Championship?
The 2025 BMW Championship enters the first round on Thursday, Aug. 14. The first tee time on Thursday is 9:21 a.m. ET, with coverage starting at 9:15 a.m. ET.
How to watch BMW Championship: TV channel, streaming
The 2025 BMW Championship, the second event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, will be televised nationally on the Golf Channel and NBC. It can be live streamed via ESPN+, Peacock and Fubo depending on the time. Here’s the full broadcast schedule for all four rounds:
All times Eastern
Thursday, Aug. 14 and Friday, Aug. 15
9:15 a.m.-6 p.m. on ESPN+2-6 p.m. on Golf Channel, Fubo
Saturday, Aug. 16
Sunday, Aug. 17
9 a.m.-6 p.m. on ESPN+Noon-2 p.m. on Golf Channel, Fubo2-6 p.m. on NBC, Peacock
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BMW Championship tee times, pairingsFirst Round – Thursday
All times ET.
9:21 a.m. — J.T. Poston9:32 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Michael Kim9:43 a.m. — Kurt Kitayama, Thomas Detry9:54 a.m. — Ryan Fox, Taylor Pendrith10:05 a.m. — Lucas Glover, Sam Stevens10:16 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Akshay Bhatia10:27 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Shane Lowry10:43 a.m. — Brian Harman, Patrick Cantlay10:54 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy11:05 a.m. — Ben Griffin, Russell Henley11:16 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy11:27 a.m. — Andrew Novak, Harris English11:38 a.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Rickie Fowler11:54 a.m. — Harry Hall, Jason Day12:05 p.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Si Woo Kim12:16 p.m. — Brian Campbell, Denny McCarthy12:27 p.m. — Ryan Gerard, Daniel Berger12:38 p.m. — Chris Gotterup, Jacob Bridgeman12:49 p.m. — Sam Burns, Sungjae Im1:05 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Robert MacIntyre1:16 p.m. — Collin Morikawa, Corey Conners1:27 p.m. — Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood1:38 p.m. — Justin Rose, J.J. Spaun1:49 p.m. — Cameron Young, Ludvig Åberg2 p.m. — Tom Hoge, Bud CauleyFedEx Cup standings
Listed below are the top-10 finishers in the FedEx Cup standings. These are the golfers that have qualified for the BMW Championship this weekend. For a full list of standings, click here.
Scottie Scheffler: 5,456 pointsRory McIlroy: 3,444 pointsJ.J. Spaun: 3,344 pointsJustin Rose: 3,220 pointsSepp Straka: 2,783 pointsRussell Henley: 2,579 pointsBen Griffin: 2,555 pointsTommy Fleetwood: 2,433 pointsJustin Thomas: 2,395 pointsHarris English: 2,269 points
