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The Western Golf Association (WGA) will keep the BMW Championship on the move out of Chicago after 2023.
THE WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION (WGA) the PGA Tour and BMW will move the championship out of the Chicago area after 2023.
This week the BMW Championship will be played at the Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington Delaware.
But then the championship will return to Olympia Fields Country Club next year, in Chicago’s south suburbs.
So after a quick stop in the Chicago area, the BMW Championship will hit the road for three straight years.
Todays announcement follows the WGA announcing that in 2024 the championship will move to Colorado and the Castle Pines Golf Club just south of Denver.
But todays announcement has the 2025 championship returning back to the East Coast and to 2021 host club Caves Valley in the northwest suburbs of Baltimore Maryland. The announcement also adds Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis Missouri come 2026.
Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mill MD. will host the championship in 2025. Bellerive Country Club (R) in St. Louis Missouri plays home to the BMW Championship in 2026.
“We are excited to bring the BMW Championship back to these iconic venues, giving the amazing fans of greater Baltimore and St. Louis areas a chance to see the best players in the world up close,” said Vince Pellegrino, WGA Senior Vice President of Tournaments. “When we consider potential hosts, we look for challenging layouts than can deliver an unmatched experience for our fans and our PGA Tour partners. Caves Valley Golf Club and Bellerive Country Club are the perfect additions to our championship lineup.”
2027 is the final year of the agreement with BMW to sponsor the event. But so far no announcement has been made regarding a host site for that year. Because of three straight years out of the Chicago area, it’s expected the championship would likely return to the Chicago in 2027.
Currently the BMW Championship hosts a field of the top 70 players in the Fed Ex Cup point standings. But that number will reduce down to the top 50 players in 2023.
Caves Valley Golf Club President Steve Fader says the club will continue it’s work with the Fazio Design Group. To enhance conditions for the 2025 BMW Championship. Patrick Cantlay won a six-hole playoff over Bryson DeChambeau to take the title last year.
Bellerive Country Club underwent changes prior to hosting the 100th PGA Championship in 2018. The club did host the BMW Championship in 2008, where Camilo Villegas won his first PGA Tour event. In the 2018 PGA Championship, Brooks Koepka defeated Tiger Woods to take home the Wanamaker Trophy.
For more information on the championship please visit BMWChampionship.com.