Ahead of the St. Jude Championship, Rory McIlroy made headlines when he decided to withdraw from the event. His status already cemented for the BMW Championship, McIlroy opted to take the weekend off to rest up for the penultimate FedEx Cup Playoff event at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings

Gdula: Matt Fitzpatrick (40-1, FanDuel) — Fitzpatrick has a top-17 ceiling among everyone’s last 50 rounds, and he’s got fantastic splits on long approaches. Golfers will see a ton of those this week. With a good putter Fitzpatrick sets up really well among the longshots.

Citing the current playoff structure and his busy late-season schedule, Rory McIlroy on Wednesday defended his decision to skip last week’s playoff opener at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

McIlroy has had an up-and-down week at Caves Valley, from day-to-day and from hole-to-hole. After a 4-under 66 on Friday, he turned in a rollercoaster round of 71 on Saturday which features four birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey.

While seven-figure payouts are up for grabs among those who finish inside the top three, six-figure sums will be dished out to all of those players who finish inside the top 40. Everyone inside the top 19 will clear $300,000, while everyone inside the top 11 will make more than a half million for a week's work in Owings Mills, Maryland.

While Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy used their sweltering Sunday rounds at the BMW to tune up for next week's Tour Championship, the World No.3 missed out on the season finale for the first time in eig

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy could only manage a one-over-par 71 to leave him in a tie for 14th at three under going into the final round of the BMW Championship.

Scottie Scheffler's dominance of the golf world continued unabated Sunday at Caves Valley Golf Club as the No. 1 golfer on the planet overcame a four-shot deficit to best tournament-long leader Robert MacIntyre and win the 2025 BMW Championship.