It will be Scottie Scheffler vs. the field when the 2026 FedEx Cup playoffs continue at the BMW Championship this week. At least that's what the betting experts predict after Scheffler ran away with the FedEx St. Jude Championship to begin the PGA Tour's postseason.
The world's No. 1 golfer will be an overwhelming favorite at the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club outside St. Louis and sits in prime position to win the FedEx Cup again after picking up his second win of the season in Memphis. Scheffler seems to be peaking, while Rory McIlroy is admittedly rusty and "lost" following a long layoff after the Open Championship and a poor finish in his return to play last week.
McIlroy is grouped with a pack of contenders, including American
Sam Burns and Europeans Tommy Fleetwood and Ludvig Aberg, with much less favorable odds than previous tournaments Scheffler played in this season. Only 50 golfers will tee off at Bellerive this week as part of the FedEx Cup playoff format. The top 30 in the FedEx Cup points standings after Sunday's final round advance to the Tour Championship in Atlanta next week.
Here's how all 50 golfers in the field stack up based on their odds to win the BMW Championship in the second event of the 2026 FedEx Cup playoffs, as well as the current FedEx Cup standings:
FedEx Cup power rankings by odds for BMW Championship
Odds as of 10 a.m. ET on August 19, courtesy of BetMGM
The favorite
- 1. Scottie Scheffler (+275)
Contenders
- T2. Rory McIlroy (+1600)
- T2. Ludvig Åberg (+1600)
- T2. Sam Burns (+1600)
- T2. Tommy Fleetwood (+1600)
- 6. Xander Schauffele (+1800)
- 7. Cameron Young (+2000)
- 8. Matt Fitzpatrick (+2200)
- T9. Hideki Matsuyama (+2500)
- T9. Si Woo Kim (+2500)
- T11. Chris Gotterup (+2800)
- T11. Patrick Cantlay (+2800)
- T11. Viktor Hovland (+2800)
- T11. Wyndham Clark (+2800)
- 15. Collin Morikawa (+3300)
- 16. Justin Thomas (+3500)
Sleepers
- T17. Tom Kim (+4000)
- T17. Jake Knapp (+4000)
- T19. Kurt Kitayama (+4500)
- T19. Maverick McNealy (+4500)
- T19. Russell Henley (+4500)
- T22. Ryan Gerard (+5000)
- T22. Sungjae Im (+5000)
- T24. Michael Brennan (+5500)
- T24. Michael Thorbjornsen (+5500)
- T24. Min Woo Lee (+5500)
- T27. Alex Noren (+6000)
- T27. J.J. Spaun (+6000)
- T27. Rickie Fowler (+6000)
- T30. Adam Scott (+6600)
- T30. Nicolai Højgaard (+6600)
- T30. Robert MacIntyre (+6600)
- T30. Ben Griffin (+6600)
- T30. Justin Rose (+6600)
Longshots
- T35. Alex Smalley (+8000)
- T35. Bud Cauley (+8000)
- T35. Gary Woodland (+8000)
- T35. Jacob Bridgeman (+8000)
- 39. Kristoffer Reitan (+9000)
- T40. Aaron Rai (+10,000)
- T40. Akshay Bhatia (+10,000)
- T40. Alex Fitzpatrick (+10,000)
- T40. Nico Echavarria (+10,000)
- T44. J.T. Poston (+12,500)
- T44. Ryan Fox (+12,500)
- T46. Eric Cole (+15,000)
- T46. Ryo Hisatsune (+15,000)
- T46. Sepp Straka (+15,000)
- 49. Sahith Theegala (+20,000)
- 50. Matt McCarty (+25,000)
2026 FedEx Cup standings before BMW Championship
- Scottie Scheffler: 4,873 points
- Matt Fitzpatrick: 3,426 points
- Cameron Young: 3,183 points
- Si Woo Kim: 2,701 points
- Wyndham Clark: 2,542 points
- Sam Burns: 2,416 points
- Chris Gotterup: 2,288 points
- Tommy Fleetwood: 2,247 points
- Collin Morikawa: 2,242 points
- Ludvig Åberg: 2,130 points
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Ranking all 50 golfers in FedEx Cup Playoffs by BMW Championship odds
