After a successful 2023 FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship outing, the PGA Tour will now travel to Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois for the 2023 BMW Championship. The penultimate event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs will tee off on Thursday, August 17 at 9:26 am ET.
The event will see the top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings, after the St. Jude Championship, compete against each other. Top names, including the likes of Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, will take the tee.
It is pertinent to note that Patrick Cantlay will return to defend his title at Olympia Fields Country Club’s North Course. The event will also have a $20M prize purse on the line.
2023 BMW Championship Round 1 tee times
The 2023 BMW Championship Round 1 will tee off at 9:26 am ET with Brendon Todd and J.T. Poston on the first tee. The pairing of Adam Svensson and Matt Fitzpatrick will follow suit at 9:37 am ET. Jordan Spieth will pair up with Sung Jae Im to tee off at 10:10 am ET, while Xander Schauffele and Adam Schenk will take the tee at 10:32 am ET.
Interestingly, FedEx St. Jude Championship winner Lucas Glover is paired with Rory McIlroy. The duo will start their tournament at 11:10 am ET. The star pairing of Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler will tee off at 1:38 pm ET, while the pairing of Patrick Rodgers and Harris English will tee off last at 2:00 pm ET.
Here are the complete tee times for the 2023 BMW Championship Round 1 (All timings Eastern):
- 9:26 AM - Brendon Todd, JT Poston
- 9:37 AM - Adam Svensson, Matthew Fitzpatrick
- 9:48 AM - Adam Hadwin, Byeong-Hun An
- 9:59 AM - Sahith Theegala, Justin Rose
- 10:10 AM - Jordan Spieth, Sung-Jae Im
- 10:21 AM - Sepp Straka, Emiliano Grillo
- 10:32 AM - Xander Schauffele, Adam Schenk
- 10:43 AM - Russell Henley, Nick Taylor
- 10:54 AM - Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa
- 11:10 AM - Rory McIlroy, Lucas Glover
- 11:21 AM - Brian Harman, Tommy Fleetwood
- 11:32 AM - Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Hoge
- 11:43 AM - Cameron Davis, Cameron Young
- 11:54 AM - Eric Cole, Andrew Putnam
- 12:05 PM - Lee Hodges, Seamus Power
- 12:16 PM - Kurt Kitayama, Denny McCarthy
- 12:27 PM - Sam Burns, Chris Kirk
- 12:43 PM - Tyrrell Hatton, Corey Conners
- 12:54 PM - Collin Morikawa, Jason Day
- 1:05 PM - Si Woo Kim, Joohyung Kim
- 1:16 PM - Tony Finau, Taylor Moore
- 1:27 PM - Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland
- 1:38 PM - Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler
- 1:49 PM - Rickie Fowler, Keegan Bradley
- 2:00 PM - Patrick Rodgers, Harris English
More details on the BMW Championship will be updated as the FedEx Cup Playoffs event progresses.