The pressure heats up in the fourth and final round of the BMW Championship, the second event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Wyndham Clark has the lead
leading into action on Sunday, Aug. 23 at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis. He sits alone at the top of the leaderboard with a score of 17-under. The U.S. Open champion started the third round with a double bogey, but balanced it out with an eagle and soared with six birdies.Rory McIlroy is tied for second after carding a 5-under-par 65, moving up six places in the third round. He had six birdies and one bogey.
Clark and McIlroy will play together in the final round.
The field is loaded with big names since only the top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup points standings after last week's FedEx St. Jude
Championship qualified for the BMW Championship.
The top 30 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings after the final round will move on to the Tour Championship in Atlanta later this week. It means there's intrigue atop the leaderboard, as well as on the bubble, as the world's best try to make it to the third and final competition. Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas are among those battling for the final spots to close out the FedEx Cup playoffs.
USA TODAY Sports is tracking all the action. See below for live updates from the final round at the BMW Championship, including Sunday's scores and the leaderboard from the second event of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs:
BMW Championship leaderboard ahead of final round
- 1. Wyndham Clark: -17 (F)
- T2. Rory McIlroy: -12 (F)
- T2: Patrick Cantlay: -12 (F)
- T4. Chris Gotterup: -11 (F)
- T4. Gary Woodland: -11 (F)
- 6: Collin Morikawa: -10 (F)
- 7. Sungjae Im: -9 (F)
- T8: Eric Cole: -8 (F)
- T8: Ryo Hisatsune: -8 (F)
- T8: Maverick McNealy -8 (F)
- T8: J.J. Spaun -8 (F)
➤ Complete BMW Championship leaderboard
BMW Championship payouts
There is a $20 million purse on the line at the 2026 BMW Championship, with the winner of the second FedEx Cup playoff event set to take home $3.6 million. Even the last-place finisher is guaranteed $66,000 with no cut and a 50-golfer field.
BMW Championship Sunday: Final round tee times
Listed below is the full tee sheet for the final round of the BMW Championship. All times ET.
- 9:06 a.m. – Jake Knapp, Nico Echavarria
- 9:17 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Tommy Fleetwood
- 9:28 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, Min Woo Lee
- 9:39 a.m. – Bud Cauley, Hideki Matsuyama
- 9:50 a.m. – Alex Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose
- 10:06 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Si Woo Kim
- 10:17 a.m. – Tom Kim, J.T. Poston
- 10:28 a.m. – Nicolai Højgaard, Ben Griffin
- 10:39 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan
- 10:50 a.m. – Xander Schauffele, Michael Thorbjornsen
- 11:06 a.m. – Matt McCarty, Adam Scott
- 11:17 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Alex Smalley
- 11:28 a.m. – Sam Burns, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 11:39 a.m. – Sepp Straka, Aaron Rai
- 11:50 a.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Justin Thomas
- 12:06 p.m. – Ludvig Åberg, Ryan Gerard
- 12:17 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young
- 12:28 p.m. – Alex Noren, Robert MacIntyre
- 12:39 p.m. – Russell Henley, Jacob Bridgeman
- 12:50 p.m. – J.J. Spaun, Michael Brennan
- 1:06 p.m. – Ryo Hisatsune, Maverick McNealy
- 1:17 p.m. – Sungjae Im, Eric Cole
- 1:28 p.m. – Gary Woodland, Collin Morikawa
- 1:39 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Chris Gotterup
- 1:50 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy
How to watch the BMW Championship: TV, live streaming
Here is the TV and streaming schedule for Sunday, Aug. 23 final round action at the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club outside St. Louis:
- ESPN+, 9:15 a.m. to Noon ET
- Golf Channel, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET
- CBS, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: BMW Championship leaderboard, final round tee times, how to watch Sunday golf
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