The next BMW Championship will be held from 18th to 23rd August 2020 at Olympia Fields Country Club in Chicago (Illinois). Olympia Fields has a rich tradition of being a spectacular venue for the most challenging tournaments in the world. Most recently, Olympia Fields has hosted the 2003 U.S. Open, won by Jim Furyk; the 2015 U.S. Amateur, won by Bryson DeChambeau; and the 2017 Women’s PGA Championship, won by Danielle Kang. The BMW Championship will be played on Olympia Fields’ famed North Course, designed in 1923 by Willie Park Jr.

In 2007, the inaugural season of the playoffs for the FedExCup, one of the most iconic tournaments on the PGA TOUR was given a new name: BMW Championship. The successful partnership between BMW and the Western Golf Association at one of the highest-ranking golf tournaments has been extended several times since then, most recently through 2022. All net proceeds from the BMW Championship benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation, which provides full housing and tuition college scholarships to hardworking young caddies. Since the tournament’s inception in 2007, the BMW Championship has raised more than $30 million for the Evans Scholars Foundation.

In 2014, the BMW Championship, which was held at Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver (Colorado), dominated the headlines once again. The penultimate event of the playoffs was named “PGA TOUR Tournament of the Year” for the third consecutive year – an achievement that remains unmatched to this day. The BMW Championship tournaments previously received the accolade of “PGA TOUR Tournament of the Year” at Conway Farms Golf Club (Chicago, Illinois, 2013), Crooked Stick Golf Club (Indianapolis, Indiana, 2012) and Bellerive Country Club (St. Louis, Missouri, 2008)

Americans Tiger Woods (2007, 2009) and Dustin Johnson (2010, 2016) are the only two pro golfers to have won the BMW Championship twice. The record winner of the Western Open, as the BMW Championship was called between 1899 and 2006, is Walter Hagen (USA) with five titles (1916, 1921, 1926, 1927, 1932). Woods won the Western Open in 1997, 1999 and 2003 in addition to his two BMW Championship victories, which also brings him to a total of five tournament wins.