PGA Tour · 2026

BMW Championship

Aug 20 – Aug 23, 2026 · Bellerive Country Club · St. Louis, MO, USA

Won by Wyndham Clark

The BMW Championship has been played at Bellerive Country Club once, in the 2026 season, and the field has averaged 1.15 under par per round there. Wyndham Clark won the 2026 edition at 17 under par.

The par-5 8th gives up the most birdies (a 55.0% birdie rate), and the par-3 6th is the hardest hole, with a 23.0% bogey rate.

During the tournament PropGolf models every hole for every player live, with birdie, par and bogey probabilities beside the sportsbook lines and an ETA for each group, plus tee, approach and putting breakdowns from shot tracking at Bellerive Country Club.

Tournament recap

Round 3 at Bellerive Country Club — How We Did
-6.4% return on the round

Down 2.68u using our recommended stake sizes (42.1u risked across 980 picks, 437 winners at 44.6% hit).

The big winners

🟢 Pars — bet 182 times. 120 winners (65.9% vs 69.2% expected, odds around 1 to 1). +6.6% return (+0.59u on recommended stakes)

🟢 Drive Result — Fairway Under (320.5) Yards — bet 4 times. 1 winner (25.0% vs 49.1% expected, odds around 2 to 1). +26.0% return (+0.05u on recommended stakes)

🟢 Straka, Sepp long-shot — bet 3 times. 2 winners (66.7% vs 48.0% expected, odds around 1 to 1). +66.6% return (+0.03u on recommended stakes)

What hurt us

🔴 Hit the Green picks — bet 271 times. 177 winners (65.3% vs 74.0% expected, odds around 1 to 1). -5.4% return (-0.92u on recommended stakes)

🔴 Drive Result — Fairway Under (340.5) Yards — bet 15 times. 2 winners (13.3% vs 51.9% expected, odds around 2 to 1). -69.1% return (-0.64u on recommended stakes)

🔴 Drive Result — Fairway Under (335.5) Yards — bet 17 times. 2 winners (11.8% vs 47.6% expected, odds around 2 to 1). -62.6% return (-0.52u on recommended stakes)

Hole highlights
Best holes for us
  • Hole 13 (?) — 0% of the field bogeyed it, 0% birdied it → +16.8% return (+0.48u)
  • Hole 2 (?) — 0% of the field bogeyed it, 0% birdied it → +14.5% return (+0.42u)
  • Hole 10 (?) — 0% of the field bogeyed it, 0% birdied it → +10.5% return (+0.25u)
Worst holes for us
  • Hole 17 (?) — 0% of the field bogeyed it, 0% birdied it → -58.5% return (-1.90u)
  • Hole 8 (?) — 0% of the field bogeyed it, 0% birdied it → -11.3% return (-0.65u)
  • Hole 5 (?) — 0% of the field bogeyed it, 0% birdied it → -64.7% return (-0.36u)
The Confidence filter

Here's how the Confidence tiers settled this round:

TierPicksHit rateReturn
🟢 CONSENSUS45147.2%+1.2%
🟡 LEAN31346.6%-7.5%

Consensus picks are paying off. Flip the 'Consensus only' filter on the Signals page to focus on what's working.

Names of note
  • ✅ Matsuyama, Hideki — 17/21 picks landed. +40.5% return (+0.46u)
  • ✅ Cantlay, Patrick — 8/21 picks landed. +53.2% return (+0.40u)
  • ✅ Hojgaard, Nicolai — 20/28 picks landed. +16.3% return (+0.21u)
  • ❌ Knapp, Jake — 8/21 picks landed. -56.4% return (-0.70u)
  • ❌ Burns, Sam — 7/20 picks landed. -61.8% return (-0.64u)
  • ❌ Bhatia, Akshay — 8/22 picks landed. -40.0% return (-0.44u)
What to watch in R4
  • If the Confidence filter held up here, it's worth using again.
  • The markets that worked today usually carry into similar conditions.
  • The markets that lost today may rebound if the course firms up or the field changes.

See the Signals page for live picks and use the Confidence filter to focus on the picks the model is steady on.

Compiled from shot-level scoring captured during play.

Final leaderboard

Top 10 at the 2026 BMW Championship, by total score to par.

PosPlayerTo par
1Wyndham Clark-17
2Patrick Cantlay-14
3Rory McIlroy-13
T4Gary Woodland-12
T4Collin Morikawa-12
T4Chris Gotterup-12
T7Maverick McNealy-10
T7Robert MacIntyre-10
9Jacob Bridgeman-9
T10Sungjae Im-8

Past winners

Every edition PropGolf has on record, by PGA Tour season, with the winning total and the field's average score per round. Where two or more players tied after regulation and the record does not say who took the playoff, all of them are listed.

SeasonWinnerTotalField / rd
2026Wyndham Clark-17-1.15
2025Scottie Scheffler
at Caves Valley Golf Club
-15+0.43
2024Keegan Bradley
at Castle Pines Golf Club
-12-0.63
2023Viktor Hovland
at another course
-17-0.63
2022Patrick Cantlay
at another course
-14-0.75
2021Playoff: Patrick Cantlay / Bryson DeChambeau
at Caves Valley Golf Club
-27-2.80
2020Playoff: Dustin Johnson / Jon Rahm
at another course
-4+1.82
2019Justin Thomas
at Medinah Country Club (No. 3)
-25-2.07
2018Playoff: Justin Rose / Keegan Bradley
at Aronimink Golf Club
-20-2.12
2017Marc Leishman
at another course
-23-1.88
2016Dustin Johnson
at another course
-23-1.17

Course at a glance

Bellerive Country Club historical scoring context, drawn from prior years of PGA Tour rounds at this venue.

Par
70
Yards
7,560
Birdie rate
21.4%
Bogey rate
13.1%
Par 3s: 4 · Par 4s: 12 · Par 5s: 2
Easiest hole (highest birdie rate): Hole 8 (Par 5)
Hardest hole (highest bogey rate): Hole 6 (Par 3)

Hole-by-hole

HoleParYardsBirdie %Bogey %Difficulty
1442827.0%6.5%—
2442119.0%19.0%—
3318114.0%6.5%—
4452413.5%18.5%—
5449216.0%14.0%—
632279.5%23.0%—
7440627.0%9.5%—
8561155.0%3.5%—
9444015.0%13.5%—
10451411.5%23.0%—
11437633.0%4.5%—
12447316.5%7.5%—
13319311.5%11.5%—
14442929.0%13.5%—
15449915.0%20.0%—
16324511.5%14.0%—
17563346.0%7.0%—
18446814.5%20.5%—

Cross-season aggregate from PGA Tour rounds at Bellerive Country Club. Live current-event rates appear inside the app during play.

Watching with PropGolf

What you can do during BMW Championship

  • Live signals. Hole-by-hole birdie, bogey, and matchup edges with live odds from DraftKings and FanDuel.
  • Shot-level analytics. Tee, approach, and putting breakdowns per player on every hole.
  • Group view. H2H matchups, longest drive, nearest the pin, group total markets.
  • Live timing. Per-group ETAs update every 5 minutes from real pace data.