The second event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs brings 49 of the top 50 players to Caves Valley Golf Club just outside Baltimore for the 2025 BMW Championship, the penultimate tournament of the 2025 PGA Tour season. Sepp Straka, ranked No. 5 in the FedEx Cup standings, is the player missing from the competition as he was force withdraw Monday due to a private family matter with the hopes of returning for the Tour Championship next week.
Rory McIlroy, ranked No. 2, is making his playoff debut after skipping the FedEx St. Jude Championship last week. He is looking to assert himself as the chief threat to Scottie Scheffler’s dominance but will have to do so from four strokes back of Scheffler and eight shots back of 18-hole leader Robert MacIntyre, who went notably low with a 62 in the first round of competition Thursday.
Scheffler is locked into the No. 1 spot in the FedEx Cup standings with a $5 million payday that’ll come his way after this week win or lose as it is awarded for being atop the rankings going into the Tour Championship. He also possesses an advantage that puts him 2,000 points clear of McIlroy. Everyone else is either jockeying for position on that second FedEx Cup payout list or simply battling to make it inside that top 30 and earn a spot in the Tour Championship.
Justin Rose, having won in a playoff over J.J. Spaun last week, removed himself from the top 30 bubble, climbing from 25th to 9th in the standings with his 2,000-point victory. With quadruple points up for grabs again, there’s plenty of opportunity to make up ground with a strong performance at a Caves Valley course that produced low scores the last time the PGA Tour came through in 2021.
Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele are among those with work to do to make it to East Lake, while Viktor Hovland is just inside that top 30 number and needs a continue his strong week in order to maintain that spot. Hovland opening play inside the top six is exactly the start he required, but maintaining that positioning over the remaining 54 holes will be difficult given the talent in the field.
Here’s how you can watch all the drama unfold this week in the penultimate event of the 2025 PGA Tour season.
2025 BMW Championship TV schedule
Round 2 – Friday
Round starts: 9:21 a.m.
PGA Tour Live: 9:15 a.m. – 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live
Live TV coverage: 2-6 p.m. on Golf Channel, Fubo (Start watching, save $20!)
Live streaming: 2-6 p.m. on NBC Sports App
Radio: 12-6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio
Round 3 – Saturday
Round starts: 9:00 a.m.
PGA Tour Live: 9:00 a.m. – 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live
Early TV coverage: 12-2 p.m. on Golf Channel, Fubo (Start watching, save $20!)
Early streaming: 12-2 p.m. on NBC Sports App
Live TV coverage: 2-6 p.m. on NBC
Live streaming: 2-6 p.m. on Peacock
Radio: 12-6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio
Round 4 – Sunday
Round starts: 9:00 a.m.
PGA Tour Live: 9:00 a.m. – 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Live
Early TV coverage: 12-2 p.m. on Golf Channel, Fubo (Start watching, save $20!)
Early streaming: 12-2 p.m. on NBC Sports App
Live TV coverage: 2-6 p.m. on NBC
Live streaming: 2-6 p.m. on Peacock
Radio: 12-6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio