2025 BMW Championship field: Players, rankings
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2025 BMW Championship field: Players, rankings



The 2025 BMW Championship field is set with the passing of the PGA Tour tournament entry deadline. The field is set for this FedEx Cup playoffs event, played at Caves Valley Golf Club near Baltimore, Maryland, from Aug. 14-17, 2025.

The BMW Championship field is headlined by the likes of Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and more.

This is set to be a 50-player field is played out over four days, with this event marking the 38th tournament of the 2025 PGA Tour season and the second event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

The tournament is being played in its originally intended slot, marking the middle slot in the three-event playoff slate -- now reserved for the top 50 players in the standings instead of the top 70.

Five players -- Kurt Kitayama, Bud Cauley, Rickie Fowler, Jhonattan Vegas and JT Poston -- played their way into the top 50 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

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Eligible players skipping the event are not replaced in the field. Players who are suspended from the PGA Tour but would have otherwise qualified are not in the field, replaced by the next eligible players in the rankings.

We do not have Monday qualifiers for this event, which will be played Thursday through Sunday.

The field will be playing for a $20 million purse, with 42 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.

2025 BMW Championship field

RANKING PLAYER
1 Scottie Scheffler
2 Rory McIlroy
3 J.J. Spaun
4 Justin Rose
5 Sepp Straka
6 Russell Henley
7 Ben Griffin
8 Tommy Fleetwood
9 Justin Thomas
10 Harris English
11 Andrew Novak
12 Cameron Young
13 Ludvig Ã…berg
14 Keegan Bradley
15 Maverick McNealy
16 Corey Conners
17 Collin Morikawa
18 Brian Harman
19 Patrick Cantlay
20 Robert MacIntyre
21 Hideki Matsuyama
22 Nick Taylor
23 Shane Lowry
24 Sam Burns
25 Sungjae Im
26 Chris Gotterup
27 Jacob Bridgeman
28 Viktor Hovland
29 Akshay Bhatia
30 Lucas Glover
31 Sam Stevens
32 Ryan Gerard
33 Daniel Berger
34 Ryan Fox
35 Taylor Pendrith
36 Thomas Detry
37 Kurt Kitayama
38 Denny McCarthy
39 Brian Campbell
40 Matt Fitzpatrick
41 Si Woo Kim
42 Michael Kim
43 Xander Schauffele
44 Jason Day
45 Harry Hall
46 Bud Cauley
47 Tom Hoge
48 Rickie Fowler
49 Jhonattan Vegas
50 J.T. Poston

Top 50 players in 2025 BMW Championship field

RANK PLAYER
1 Scottie Scheffler
2 Rory McIlroy
3 Xander Schauffele
4 Justin Thomas
5 Russell Henley
6 Collin Morikawa
7 Harris English
8 J.J. Spaun
9 Ludvig Aberg
10 Keegan Bradley
11 Sepp Straka
12 Hideki Matsuyama
13 Viktor Hovland
14 Robert MacIntyre
15 Tommy Fleetwood
17 Ben Griffin
18 Shane Lowry
19 Maverick McNealy
20 Justin Rose
21 Cameron Young
23 Sam Burns
24 Patrick Cantlay
25 Corey Conners
27 Chris Gotterup
28 Brian Harman
30 Sungjae Im
32 Nick Taylor
33 Andrew Novak
34 Ryan Fox
35 Jason Day
36 Daniel Berger
37 Taylor Pendrith
38 Matt Fitzpatrick
40 Akshay Bhatia
41 Kurt Kitayama
42 Thomas Detry
43 J.T. Poston
44 Min Woo Lee
45 Sam Stevens
46 Denny McCarthy
48 Lucas Glover
49 Ryan Gerard

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