2023 BMW Championship: Predictions, expert picks, odds, field rankings, golf best bets in FedEx Cup Playoffs

The second event of the PGA Tour postseason slate travels outside Chicago as we get close toward crowning a champ

Just eight rounds remain in the 2022-23 PGA Tour season with the BMW Championship again serving as the penultimate event. Traveling throughout the Midwest, the BMW Championship returns to the North Course at Olympia Fields for the first time since 2020 when a dramatic ending between two of the world's best unfolded.

Fast forward three years later, and it is Jon Rahm, the winner of that 2020 BMW Championship, who finds himself atop the FedEx Cup standings. Having accomplished nearly everything throughout his young career, the Spaniard hopes to remain in pole position in the season-long race heading into the Tour Championship as an advantage in the staggered start could prove to be the ultimate difference maker for his first FedEx Cup crown.

The Masters champion will attempt to fend off world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and world No. 2 Rory McIlroy over the last two tournaments. While Scheffler remains atop the golf world, according to the Official World Golf Rankings, it is McIlroy who's playing the best golf since the PGA Championship. Collecting eight straight top-10 finishes including a win at the Scottish Open and a pair of podium results including last week at the St. Jude Championship, McIlroy appears keen on tracking down his second straight FedEx Cup and fourth overall.