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This week, international golf offers five exciting events. The PGA Tour hosts the BMW Championship, the second leg of the 2026 Playoffs, taking place from August 20th to 23rd at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis. Only the top 50 players will compete, with Scottie Scheffler, the reigning champion who dominated Memphis, starting as a clear favorite. On the DP World Tour, the Closing Swing returns to Scotland with the Nexo Championship, from August 20th to 23rd on the scenic Old Course at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire. Three Italians to watch closely: Filippo Celli, in great form and also in contention for a spot at the BMW PGA, along with Matteo Manassero and Renato Paratore. The HotelPlanner Tour travels to Finland for the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge, on the Cooke Course from August 20th to 23rd. Five Italians are on the starting line: Ludovico Addabbo, Matteo Cristoni, Flavio Michetti, Jacopo Vecchi Fossa, and Aron Zemmer, ready to score important points for the Road to Mallorca on a technical and scenic course. LIV Golf closes the 2026 season in Indianapolis, from August 20th to 23rd at The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield. The individual tournament title, the season title, and the team championship are up for grabs, with Jon Rahm already assured of his third consecutive individual victory. Finally, the LPGA Tour’s only Canadian stop, the CPKC Women’s Open, the 52nd edition of the Canadian Women’s National Championship, takes place from August 20th to 23rd at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton. A top-notch field featuring Nelly Korda and Brooke Henderson, and two Italians are on the starting line: Carolina Melgrati and Benedetta Moresco.

FedExCup Playoffs, schedule

We’re at the second stop of the 2026 FedExCup Playoffs. On Sunday evening, at the end of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, the field was reduced from 70 to 50 players. This week, the PGA Tour stops at Bellerive Country Club, just outside St. Louis, Missouri, for the BMW Championship, scheduled for August 20-23. This marks a return to the scene after 2008: only the top 50 in the FedExCup standings will compete, and at the end of the tournament, the top 30 will fly to East Lake for the season finale, the TOUR Championship. Only one name has entered the field thanks to the Memphis result: Sungjae Im, who moved from 53rd to 40th with his T5 finish. Keith Mitchell, however, is out (from 49th to 51st after a T34 finish), while Matt McCarty is the last qualifier, in 50th place.

Reigning champion after his two-shot victory at Caves Valley in 2025, Scottie Scheffler arrives at Bellerive in fine form. On Sunday in Memphis, he dominated by an eight-shot margin, capturing his second title of the season and extending his FedExCup lead by nearly 1,400 points. He now aims to become the first to successfully defend the BMW Championship title since Patrick Cantlay (2021-22). With 750 FedExCup points up for grabs and a $20 million prize pool ($3.6 million for the first), the Texan is a clear favorite.

Rory McIlroy, fresh from his return from the Open Championship, had a difficult week in Memphis: 66th out of 68 players who played as of Sunday (Robert MacIntyre withdrew after the first round). The Northern Irishman said he returned to Florida for a practice session with a caddie and coach before flying to St. Louis on Tuesday. A significant improvement is needed to stay in contention for East Lake. Chasing Scheffler in Memphis was Si Woo Kim, eight shots behind. The Korean is having an excellent season: eleven top-10 finishes (including three runner-up finishes), leads the International team standings heading into the Presidents Cup, and is fourth in the FedExCup standings.

Adam Scott is the only player present at both the 2018 PGA Championship and the 2008 BMW Championship at Bellerive. At the time of Koepka’s major, he finished a solitary third by three shots. Justin Thomas, then tied for sixth in the PGA standings, is now 12th in the FedExCup standings and is looking to consolidate his position. All the top 50 players are in the field. Things are very heated on the «bubble» for the 30-hole round at East Lake: Rickie Fowler is 30th, just two points ahead of Gary Woodland (31st). Bud Cauley (29th) and Kurt Kitayama (28th) are separated by just one point.

Points accumulated in the regular season remain valid in the first two playoffs. Points are cut progressively: 70 at the FedEx St. Jude, 50 at the BMW Championship, and 30 at the TOUR Championship. There are no cuts during playoff events. The 72-hole course at East Lake will feature all players starting evenly matched, with the top finisher winning the FedExCup and $10 million in first-place prize money from a $40 million prize pool.

Bellerive Country Club (par 70, 6,810 meters) is hosting the BMW Championship for the second time, the first since 2008 (won by Camilo Villegas). In 2018, it hosted the PGA Championship, won by Brooks Koepka, and in 2030, it will host the Presidents Cup. The club was founded in 1897 and moved to its current location southwest of St. Jude in 1959-60.