The top 70 PGA Tour golfers head to Wilmington Country Club this week for the second round of the FedExCup Playoffs at the 2022 BMW Championship. The course in Wilmington, Del. has never hosted a PGA event, but the Robert Trent Jones Sr. design will present a variety of challenges. Will Zalatoris comes in with the FedExCup lead after getting his first PGA Tour victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is just 124 points back, and Cameron Smith, Sam Burns and Tony Finau round out the top five. Smith withdrew on Monday, citing a hip injury. Reigning BMW and FedExCup champion Patrick Cantlay is seventh, and Rory McIlroy (ninth), Justin Thomas (10th) and Jon Rahm (14th) are among the many other stars lurking behind. ''
McIlroy is the 10-1 favorite in Caesars Sportsbook's latest BMW Championship odds, with Rahm just behind at 12-1. Many golfers are bunched up among the favorites, with several at 14-1 — Cantlay, Scheffler, Thomas and 'Zalatoris. Finau and U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick are listed at 16-1 in the BMW Championship 2022 field.'
Before you lock in any 2022 BMW Championship picks, be sure you check out the BMW Championship 2022 predictions and best bets from golf insider Patrick McDonald.
After spending time at FanSided and NBC Sports EDGE, McDonald joined CBS Sports as a golf writer in the spring of 2022. Now covering the sport from a broader perspective, McDonald still likes to dip his toes into the betting pools on a weekly basis on th e PGA Tour.'