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BMW CHAMPIONSHIP 2024.
August 20-25. Castle Pines Golf Club. Denver, CO.
BMW CHAMPIONSHIP 2024.August 20-25. Castle Pines Golf Club. Denver, CO.
The BMW Championship is the penultimate playoff event in the FedExCup, where only the top 50 pros from the respective PGA TOUR season are eligible to play. This means that a field of players as prestigious as the one seen this year at the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club near Denver, Colorado, rarely gathers in one place. Since 2007, BMW has been the title partner of the golf event, which was first organised by the Western Golf Association (WGA) in 1899 as the Western Open. Apart from the majors, it is thus the oldest tournament on the PGA TOUR calendar. The BMW Championship is on par with the majors not only in terms of sporting value and tradition. This was underscored by the event being named "PGA TOUR Tournament of the Year" last year for the fifth time after 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2014. The PGA TOUR particularly recognised the premium experience for fans and players as well as the commitment of the title partner BMW, the tournament organisation, and the
THE DEFENDING CHAMPION.
Viktor Hovland won the BMW Championship 2023 with one of the best performances in a PGA TOUR final round ever. The Norwegian scored seven birdies on the back nine on the final Sunday at the Olympia Fields Country Club (Chicago) on his way to a course record of 61 strokes (nine under par). It was the lowest round score in the history of the playoffs and good enough to catch up with the leaders after three rounds, Scottie Scheffler (USA) and Matt Fitzpatrick (ENG). For Hovland, it was his second BMW title after his victory at the BMW International Open 2021 in Munich.
Hovland started the final round three strokes behind Scheffler and Fitzpatrick, and for a long time, it looked like a duel between the two major winners. Then came the memorable performance of the young Norwegian, who succeeded in every shot and except at the two par-three holes recorded only birdies on the difficult back nine of the North Course. Scheffler and Fitzpatrick had nothing to counter this brilliant performance, sharing second place ahead of Rory McIlroy (NIR, -12).
CASTLE PINES GOLF CLUB.
The BMW Championship marks the PGA TOUR’s return to Castle Pines Golf Club, south of Denver, which hosted "The International" tournament from 1986 until 2006. It will be the BMW Championship’s first visit to Colorado since 2014, when Billy Horschel (USA) won at Cherry Hills Country Club (Denver) en route to capturing the FedExCup title.
The highly acclaimed Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course at Castle Pines opened in 1981, capitalising on iconic Colorado scenery with holes carved through natural rock features and majestic Ponderosa pines. Now playing over 8,000 yards (7,300 metres) with a par of 72, the undulating layout features narrow fairways and elevated, multi-tiered greens.
WORLD CLASS.
At the BMW Championship, only the top 50 players of the season are still in the race for the overall victory – and the field is significantly narrowed down; only 30 of them qualify for the playoff finale. A tougher and more prestigious golf competition is hard to imagine. With nearly all of the top 20 in the world rankings starting, the task of defending the title for Viktor Hovland (NOR) could not be more difficult. The world number one, reigning Masters champion and Olympic champion Scottie Scheffler (USA), the winner of the PGA Championship and the Open Xander Schauffele (USA), the world number three Rory McIlroy (NIR), and rising star Ludvig Åberg (SWE) are just a few of the world-class pros to watch.
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION.
All revenues from the BMW Championship benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation (ESF), which awards full college scholarships to needy caddies. Since the BMW Championship debuted in 2007, more than $50 million has been provided to the foundation through the tournament, realising the life dreams of 3,300 young people.
In 2023 alone, 1,130 caddies studied at 24 leading universities in the USA as Evans Scholars – more than ever before. "We are very proud to be able to contribute to a successful future for so many students with the BMW Championship. This is exactly the kind of initiative that we as a company want to promote to enable young people to realise their full potential," said Ilka Horstmeier, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, People and Real Estate, Labour Relations Director, who visited the Evans Scholarship House at Northwestern University in Chicago during the BMW Championship 2023 and exchanged ideas with Evans Scholars.
HOLE-IN-ONE AWARD.
BMW continues the tradition at the BMW Championship 2024 of presenting a spectacular vehicle as a prize to the player who achieves the first hole-in-one on a specific hole during the tournament. This year, the new BMW M5 Touring can be won with an ace at the 16th hole.
In the 17-year history of the tournament, the BMW Hole-in-One vehicle has been awarded twice, to Hunter Mahan (USA) in 2013 and to Jason Day (AUS) at the BMW Championship 2017. Both players achieved the valuable ace at the Conway Farms Golf Club (Chicago) on the 17th hole. Mahan received a BMW i3, while Day donated the value of his Hole-in-One vehicle – a BMW M760i – to the Evans Scholars Foundation (ESF).
In the name of the first player to achieve an ace at the BMW Championship, regardless of the hole, BMW will also donate a comprehensive four-year scholarship worth $125,000 to a caddy this year. This has happened six times in the history of the BMW Championship so far.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPION.
Viktor Hovland won the BMW Championship 2023 with one of the best performances in a PGA TOUR final round ever. The Norwegian scored seven birdies on the back nine on the final Sunday at the Olympia Fields Country Club (Chicago) on his way to a course record of 61 strokes (nine under par). It was the lowest round score in the history of the playoffs and good enough to catch up with the leaders after three rounds, Scottie Scheffler (USA) and Matt Fitzpatrick (ENG). For Hovland, it was his second BMW title after his victory at the BMW International Open 2021 in Munich.
Hovland started the final round three strokes behind Scheffler and Fitzpatrick, and for a long time, it looked like a duel between the two major winners. Then came the memorable performance of the young Norwegian, who succeeded in every shot and except at the two par-three holes recorded only birdies on the difficult back nine of the North Course. Scheffler and Fitzpatrick had nothing to counter this brilliant performance, sharing second place ahead of Rory McIlroy (NIR, -12).