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ST. LOUIS — It seemed to be only a matter of time before world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was lifting a trophy again on the PGA Tour.

It came in last week's FedEx St. Jude Championship, in which Scheffler ran away from the field for an eight-stroke victory in the first leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.

Now, Scheffler returns to the BMW Championship, in which he picked up his fifth of six victories on tour in 2025.

«He hits the ball so well,» Viktor Hovland said. «I think in 2023 he was maybe struggling — if you can use that word — on the greens. He seems to have rectified that problem. Now, it seems like putting and the rest of the game, like it doesn't have a weakness.»

Fortunately for the rest of this week's field, that victory came at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland.

The BMW Championship moves to Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, which last hosted a tour event in the 2018 PGA Championship.

There's plenty at stake this week. The 50 golfers in the field have already qualified for the eighth signature events in 2027. The top 30 after Sunday's final round will advance to next week's Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. They'll receive a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a spot in each of the four majors next year.

The top six U.S. qualifiers for the upcoming Presidents Cup, which will be played Sept. 24-27 at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, will also be finalized after the BMW Championship. U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker will make six captain's choices following the Tour Championship.

Here's a look at some of the golfers with the most on the line:

Fowler has quietly put together a solid season on tour. He didn't win a tournament and had only one