BMW Championship leaderboard, Round 1 tee times, PGA Tour updates

The penultimate tournament of the 2026 PGA Tour season gets underway today with the BMW Championship. A field of just 50 of the world’s best golfers will play to be part of the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings by the end of the weekend.

Those who do qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship and the $10 million prize awaiting next week’s winner. Rickie Fowler, Bud Cauley and Kurt Kitayama come into Bellerive Country Club with the final three slots, while Gary Woodland and J.T. Poston are knocking on the door.

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Scottie Scheffler enters off a St. Jude Championship win by a whopping eight strokes, and he’s the favorite to pick up his third victory of the year. He and Matt Fitzpatrick will be among the last to tee off in St. Louis, while his opening partner last week, Rory McIlroy, gets his tournament started about an hour earlier alongside Xander Schauffele.

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BMW Championship leaderboard

Keep up with the latest scores on the official PGA Tour leaderboard.

BMW Championship schedule, how to watch

Round 1: Thursday, Aug. 20

• TV coverage: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. ET

• TV channel: ESPN (10 a.m.-noon) | Golf Channel (3-7 p.m.)

Round 1 of the 2026 BMW Championship will broadcast nationally on ESPN from 10 a.m.-noon before Golf Channel takes over at 3 p.m. Featured group and hole streaming from PGA Tour Live is available on the ESPN app (with a subscription to the Select plan) starting at 10 a.m.

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BMW Championship tee times

All times Eastern.

• 10:03 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Sahith Theegala

• 10:14 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Sungjae Im

• 10:25 a.m.: Aaron Rai, Ben Griffin

• 10:36 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Adam Scott

• 10:47 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Åberg

• 11:05 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Tom Kim

• 11:16 a.m.: Justin Rose, Alex Smalley

• 11:27 a.m.: Kristoffer Reitan, Alex Fitzpatrick

• 11:38 a.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Hideki Matsuyama

• 11:49 a.m.: Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns

• 12:07 p.m.: Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim

• 12:18 p.m.: Michael Brennan, Eric Cole

• 12:29 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Ryo Hisatsune

• 12:40 p.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Nico Echavarria

• 12:51 p.m.: Jake Knapp, Alex Noren

• 1:09 p.m.: Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler

• 1:20 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele

• 1:31 p.m.: Bud Cauley, Nicolai Højgaard

• 1:42 p.m.: Viktor Hovland, J.J. Spaun

• 1:53 p.m.: J.T. Poston, Kurt Kitayama

• 2:11 p.m.: Ryan Gerard, Min Woo Lee

• 2:22 p.m.: Chris Gotterup, Tommy Fleetwood

• 2:33 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick

• 2:44 p.m.: Russell Henley, Jacob Bridgeman

• 2:55 p.m.: Maverick McNealy, Matt McCarty

BMW Championship weather: Day 1 Thursday

AccuWeather predicts a high of 86 degrees with partly cloudy skies in the forecast today in St. Louis, Missouri. Winds are expected to blow out of the northeast at 7 mph. There is a 25% chance of rain.

BMW Championship payout, prize money

The total purse for the 2026 BMW Championship is $20 million, with the winner receiving $3.6 million.

The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings after the BMW Championship will advance to next week’s Tour Championship. Here’s a look at the playoff bubble entering Round 1.

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• 25. Ryan Fox (1,352 points)

• 28. Kurt Kitayama (1,259)

• 30. Rickie Fowler (1,258)

• 31. Gary Woodland (1,256)

• 33. Nicolai Højgaard (1,208)

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: BMW Championship leaderboard, Round 1 tee times, PGA Tour updates

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