2023 BMW PGA Championship: Round 2 Friday tee times, pairings, and featured groups
The top 50 players of the PGA Tour season will be at this week’s 2023 BMW Championship, the second leg of the season-ending FedEx Cup Playoffs.
It’s not every day you get to have a showcase of the best in the sport, but that’s exactly what’s about to go down at Olympia Fields in Illinois when the 2023 BMW Championship gets underway. Who will be able to catch Rory McIlroy, Brian Harman, Scottie Scheffler, Rickie Fowler and other top names on Friday?
2023 BMW Championship: What are we looking at?
When the 2023 BMW Championship tees off on Friday morning, the field of 50 will face the North Course at the Olympia Fields Country Club which plays to a challenging 7,366 yards as a par 70. The last time the tournament was played there was in 2020 when Jon Rahm secured a more than impressive walk-off playoff victory over Dustin Johnson in a battle between the then-No. 2 and No. 1 golfers in the world. Where this year is concerned, Rahm enters as one of the clear favorites, having already won the most events on the PGA Tour this season with four. He finished 2-under par on Thursday despite struggling all day with his driver.
Yet, there is also defending 2022 BMW Championship winner, Patrick Cantlay. Interestingly, Cantalay will be looking to make it three in a row this year, having won the tournament in 2021 as well when it was played at Caves Valley Golf Club. What’s more is that the former UCLA Bruin is fresh off a solid performance in the FedEx St. Jude Championship, as he finished runner-up to winner Lucas Glover in a playoff. Mind you, Glover is now on back-to-back wins having clinched victory at the aforementioned FedEx St. Jude Championship, as well as the Wyndham Championship before it. Of course, there’s also Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy who have been having eye-opening seasons as well. This is all to say the field is stacked, so expect a show.
So, what are the tee times and pairings?
The featured tee times are listed in bold print. Most of the pairing are top notch, considering these are the best 50 golfers in the world right now, but some groups have got our attention more than others:
*Please note that all times are in ET.*
- 9:26 a.m. – Cam Davis, Cameron Young
- 9:37 a.m. – Andrew Putnam, Eric Cole
- 9:48 a.m. – Seamus Power, Lee Hodges
- 9:59 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Denny McCarthy
- 10:10 a.m. – Chris Kirk, Sam Burns
- 10:21 a.m. – Corey Conners, Tyrrell Hatton
- 10:32 a.m. – Jason Day, Collin Morikawa
- 10:43 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Tom Kim
- 10:54 a.m. – Tony Finau, Taylor Moore
- 11:10 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Wyndham Clark
- 11:21 a.m. – Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler
- 11:32 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
- 11:43 a.m. – Harris English, Patrick Rodgers
- 11:54 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Brendon Todd
- 12:05 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 12:16 p.m. – Adam Hadwin, Byeong Hun An
- 12:27 p.m. – Sahith Theegala, Justin Rose
- 12:43 p.m. – Jordan Spieth, Sungjae Im
- 12:54 p.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Sepp Straka
- 1:05 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Adam Schenk
- 1:16 p.m. – Russell Henley, Nick Taylor
- 1:27 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa
- 1:38 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Lucas Glover
- 1:49 p.m. – Brian Harman, Tommy Fleetwood
- 2:00 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Hoge