BMW Championship: Clark takes five-shot lead into final round

Wyndham Clark will begin the final round of the BMW Championship as the outright leader. After 54 holes at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, the American is 17 under par and five shots ahead of Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay. Clark and McIlroy will play in the final group at 1:50 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 23.

Clark, a two-time U.S. Open winner, started Saturday with the lead and extended it throughout the third round. He shot a 65 at Bellerive Country Club to reach 17 under for the tournament. McIlroy and Cantlay are tied for second at 12 under after 54 holes.

Chris Gotterup and Gary Woodland remain within range at 11 under, while Collin Morikawa is next at 10 under. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who ran away with last week’s St. Jude, is part of a large group tied for 15th at 5 under.

The BMW Championship is also about more than the trophy in St. Louis. When Sunday’s final round concludes, the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings will earn places in the following week’s Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta. The Tour Championship winner will receive $10 million, making the battle around the top-30 cutoff another major storyline on Sunday.

Coverage of the final round will run from 12–2 p.m. ET on Golf Channel and from 2–6 p.m. ET on CBS. Clark and McIlroy are scheduled to tee off in the final pairing at 1:50 p.m. ET. The complete Sunday schedule is below.

2026 BMW Championship Sunday tee times, Round 4, ET

9:06 a.m. — Jake Knapp, Nico Echavarria

9:17 a.m. — Ryan Fox, Tommy Fleetwood

9:28 a.m. — Sahith Theegala, Min Woo Lee

9:39 a.m. — Bud Cauley, Hideki Matsuyama

9:50 a.m. — Alex Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose

10:06 a.m. — Rickie Fowler, Si Woo Kim

10:17 a.m. — Tom Kim, J.T. Poston

10:28 a.m. — Nicolai Hojgaard, Ben Griffin

10:39 a.m. — Kurt Kitayama, Kristoffer Reitan

10:50 a.m. — Xander Schauffle, Michael Thorbjornsen

11:06 a.m. — Matt McCarty, Adam Scott

11:17 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Alex Smalley

11:28 a.m. — Sam Burns, Matt Fitzpatrick

11:39 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Aaron Rai

11:50 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Justin Thomas

12:06 p.m. — Ludvig Aberg, Ryan Gerard

12:17 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young

12:28 p.m. — Alex Noren, Robert MacIntyre

12:39 p.m. — Russell Henley, Jacob Bridgeman

12:50 p.m. — J.J. Spaun, Michael Brennan

1:06 p.m. — Ryo Hisatsune, Maverick McNealy

1:17 p.m. — Sungjae Im, Eric Cole

1:28 p.m. — Gary Woodland, Collin Morikawa

1:39 p.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Chris Gotterup

1:50 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy

Clark’s five-shot cushion gives him a commanding position over the final 18 holes, but the tournament is not decided. McIlroy and Cantlay will be paired together in the penultimate group, while Gotterup, Woodland and Morikawa remain close enough to make the finish competitive if Clark falters. At the same time, players near the FedEx Cup top-30 line will be fighting for a place at East Lake.