2009 BMW Championship
2009 BMW Championship
• When: Sept. 10-13
• Where: Cog Hill Golf Club, Lemont, Illinois
• TV: Golf Channel/NBC
The tournament used to be called the PGA Western Open, now its the third leg of the PGA FEDex cup, and its called the BMW Championship from Cog Hill Golf And CC, Lemont, Illinois, 6th - 9th Sept. Only the top 70 players will converge at Cog Hill to compete for their share of the $7M championship purse. Only the top 30 will move on to the Tournament Championship next week in Atlanta. The players are in pursuit of the FedExCup title and the largest bonus payout in sports, $10 Million Dollars. Cog Hill Golf & Country Club is a Par 71, yardage is 7,326.
Dubsdread has always been one of favorite stops for players on the PGA Tour. It hosted the Tour's Western Open from 1991-2006 and the BMW Championship in 2007, when Tiger woods won the championship by shattering the BMW Championship scoring record, earning his 60th PGA Tour victory.
The golf course, which was closed for the entire 2008 season to allow for a $5 million dollar renovation project, renowned golf course architect Rees Jones oversaw a renovation project to update the challenges envisioned in the original design of Dick Wilson and Joe Lee. Golfers now face 18 new greens with Sub-Air Systems, redesigned and repositioned sand bunkers, a risk-reward pond on Hole 7, additional tee options, and a 497-yd. par 4 finishing hole featuring a green moved perilously close to the nearby pond.
The BMW Championship itself will go on a rotation of courses in the Upper Midwest, including Cog Hill, Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, and Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.
BMW Championship Results
Tiger Woods reclaimed his top spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs points race with his 8-stroke win in the 2009 BMW Championship. The top-30 players in the current standings have qualified for the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club September 24th - 27th.
| Rank |
Previous |
Player |
Top-10s |
Points |
Reset Points |
| 1 |
2 |
Tiger Woods |
16 |
7,196 |
2,500 |
| 2 |
1 |
Steve Stricker |
21 |
5,692 |
2,250 |
| 3 |
18 |
Jim Furyk |
21 |
3,108 |
2,000 |
2008 BMW Championship winner
After several close calls over the first couple years of his career, Camilo Villegas earned PGA Tour victory No. 1 by two strokes over Dudley Hart. Villegas closed with a 68 for a 15-under, 265 total.
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