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New York Post
2 hours ago
- New York Post
2025 BMW Championship odds, picks, predictions: Three long-shot bets for second leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. Patrick Roy, the legendary goaltender and current head coach of the New York Islanders, is a big believer in the 'Midnight Rule.' Roy allows himself and his team until midnight each night to celebrate their wins or sulk in defeat before turning the page. We're a bit looser with our guidelines here at the Post, so we'll take one more victory lap for picking Justin Rose to win last week's St. Jude Championship at 100/1. With that out of the way, we move on to the 2025 BMW Championship at Caves Valley in Baltimore. The second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs, the BMW Championship, is a no-cut event featuring a field of 50 players. Scottie Scheffler is the clear betting favorite at +280 odds and is coming off a T3 at TPC Southwind last week. The World No. 1 has finished inside the top 10 in 14 of 17 starts in 2025. Rory McIlroy, who skipped the St. Jude, is the second-favorite at +800 and the only other player with single-digit odds. Xander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood and Ludvig Aberg round out the top five, according to the betting board. Given its elite, exclusive field, you'd think the BMW Championship always goes to one of the big dogs, but last year's winner was Keegan Bradley, who teed off as a 66/1 outsider. With that in mind, let's see if we can't land another big score this week. Justin Rose was 100/1 to win the St. Jude Championship. AP 2025 BMW Championship picks Harry Hall (60/1, BetMGM) It looked like Harry Hall was going to be in the thick of the proceedings at TPC Southwind after shooting 64 on Thursday. Unfortunately, the scally-cap wearing Englishman fell off the boil with a 72 in Round 2 and was never able to mount a serious charge, ultimately finishing T22. Considering his start, you'd have hoped Hall to post a better result, but the big picture still paints him as a player trending in the right direction. Not only has Hall made 15 cuts and finished 22nd or better in nine of those outings, but he leads the PGA Tour in sub-par rounds (66) and birdie average (4.55) this season. Harry Hall has one of the best statistical profiles on the PGA Tour in 2025. Getty Images Nick Taylor (110/1, bet365) A trendy long-shot pick at the Open Championship, Nick Taylor missed the cut, ending a terrific stretch of golf where he finished no worse than T23 and posted two top-15s (including a fourth-place finish at the Memorial) in six starts. Taylor didn't look much sharper last week at the St. Jude Championship, but his season-long numbers would suggest this is more of a blip than anything too concerning. The Winnipeg native has a win, three top-10 finishes and 11 top-25s in 21 starts this year, and he's proven that he has the mettle to swing with the big boys like he did at the Waste Management in 2023. Betting on golf? Jhonnatan Vegas (140/1, bet365) Caves Valley should be a track that plays to the bombers, and Jhonnatan Vegas fits that bill. An elite driver of the ball, the Venezuelan gatecrashed the top 50 to qualify for this event thanks to a splendid weekend at TPC Southwind. Vegas shot 6-under in the final 36 holes to finish T14 and punch his ticket to a course that should suit his game quite nicely. Although his form going into TPC Southwind was unremarkable, he seemed to find his game in Memphis by hitting 39 of 56 fairways, which was one of the best marks in the field. If Vegas brings that kind of accuracy off the tee with him to Caves Valley, he will be a real threat to outrun his long odds. Why Trust New York Post Betting Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry. He loves using game theory to help punters win bracket pools, find long shots, and learn how to beat the market in mainstream and niche sports.
Forbes
4 hours ago
- Forbes
Rickie Fowler's Revival, Scottie's Streak, Fuels BMW Championship Buzz
The FedEx Cup Playoffs enter their second stanza with fifty golfers left battling it out at the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Maryland. The stakes? A hefty $20 million purse with a cool $3.6 million payday for the leaderboard topper. The players fortunate enough to earn their place in the field have already locked in their spots for next year's elevated events, but now it's all about making the grade for the Tour Championship. Only the top 30 after this tournament is in the books will move on to the season-ender. Last week at the St. Jude Championship Rickie Fowler turned on the afterburners to go from 64th to inside the 50 on the strength of a T6 finish. He was one of just five players to claw their way back into the mix, while some big names slipped backward—Jordan Spieth dropped to 54th, Wyndham Clark to 56th, and Min Woo Lee fell to 57th. Fowler attributes his recently formidable form to rediscovering his swing and ball-striking mojo, which have driven his play to a level we haven't seen from him in quite some time. The crowd-pleasing Californian also credits a mental shift toward keeping 'things as simple as possible' for his late-season turnaround. 'Simple, as far as not trying to do too much or not trying to be too perfect, kind of taking what I have. I've been doing a good job of just managing my way around the golf course.' Eight-time tour winner Patrick Cantlay, 19th in the rankings, heads into his ninth BMW Championship hungry to put an uplifting coda on a season that's been less than stellar. While he's logged four top-10 finishes—on par with last year's tally—on the flipside he also missed the cut in three of the four majors. Still, the BMW is a tournament he's enjoyed past sucess in, having tasted victory in both 2021 and 2022. He also arrives riding a confidence boost after a top-ten finish in Memphis. 'I think I drove the ball in the fairway a little bit more last week on a golf course where it's really important to drive the ball in the fairway. It's a course I've played well at over the years. Just a comfortable place for me,' Cantlay said. Elusivity Tommy Fleetwood has been on the brink of ending his PGA Tour winless streak twice this season—first at the Travelers Championship in June, then again this past weekend. Both times, late Sunday struggles got the better of him, most recently a bogey on the 17th hole that cost him the lead and a spot in the playoff between J.J. Spaun and eventual winner Justin Rose. 'With every disappointment I truly know I'm closer and closer and even more determined than ever that I will get this done,' Fleetwood said on X. 'The support I've received is invaluable and hugely appreciated, we'll get there together.' With $7.5 million in earnings this season—good for 10th on Tour in official money—the bitter pill of coming so close goes down a little easier with that honey. Maybe his 163rd event will be the charm. Substitute Caddie Ted Scott, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler's club consigliere, who was absent during the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship due to a family matter, remains out of action. Scheffler tapped Brad Payne to fill-in Sunday and shot a 67 to finish T3 for his twelfth top-10 finish in a row. It looks like this week he'll be using the services of Chris Kirk's caddie Mike Cromie. Kirk finished 51st, just outside the cut line in the rankings, so wont' be at the event.
USA Today
4 hours ago
- USA Today
FedEx Cup standings 2025: PGA Tour rankings ahead of BMW Championships
The FedEx Cup playoffs head into the second leg at the BMW Championship in Owings Mills, Maryland, after a thrilling St. Jude Championship that caused some movement in the FedEx Cup standings. Justin Rose's victory at the St. Jude Championship was nothing short of stunning. Overcoming a three-shot deficit in the final stretch, he finished the round with a score of 3-under 67, earning his 12th PGA Tour victory and securing a spot on Team Europe for the Ryder Cup. Due to a family emergency that required his regular caddie, Ted Scott, to leave the St. Jude Championship early, Scottie Scheffler had to complete the final round with a substitute caddie. Despite the change, Scheffler finished tied for third, marking his 12th consecutive top-eight finish. Scheffler is currently leading the FedEx Standings after the St. Jude Championship. Here is how the standings look before the BMW Championship that begins on August 14. FedEx Cup playoff standings Note: Standings after the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship: PGA TOUR: Click here for full 2025 FedEx Cup points standings
