BMW Championship – who are the favourites?

Odds and preview ahead of the BMW Championship on Thursday

Olympia Fields hosts the penultimate tournament of the PGA Tour season, as 70 players battle for a spot in next week’s Tour Championship at East Lake.

Only 30 players will qualify for the final tournament of the season, so competition will be tight throughout this no-cut event.

With Brooks Koepka’s injury ending his season early and Rory McIlroy’s faltering form, our four favourites take in the world’s current top three, plus one American golfer who has previous at this course. They are…

Dustin Johnson

A joint-second at the PGA Championship, followed by a completely dominant 11-stroke win at the Northern Trust mean Dustin Johnson is both the world No. 1 and favourite going into the BMW Championship.

Despite that excellent form, Johnson struggled at this event in 2019, with a score of 3-under landing him 57th place, although he has won it on two previous occasions – in 2010 and 2016.

Frankly though, on a course that will be unfamiliar to many – it hasn’t hosted a PGA Tour event since 2003’s US Open – form is perhaps a better guide. Johnson’s 30-under score at the Northern Trust was just one away from breaking a Tour record and if he can carry momentum from that and remain consistent, he’s likely to challenge again here.

Dustin Johnson is 15/2 to win.

Jon Rahm

The Spaniard sits in second in the world rankings and has some of the best approach play on Tour, but has been steadily finishing near the top, without truly wowing.

It’s consistency that has found him so high in the rankings, with three top-20 finishes in his last four events, including a T-12 in the PGA championship followed by a T-6 finish at Boston last week.