BMW Championship Course Preview: Olympia Fields North Course

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00:02 FedExCup Playoffs now at the BMW Championship

00:06 just outside Chicago.

00:08 Olympia Fields is the site for the second leg of this FedExCup

00:12 Playoffs, Cam.

00:13 What do we need to know?

00:14 What are the keys to this course?

00:17 Get ready for a grind it out affair

00:20 here at Olympia Fields Country Club, the North course just

00:23 outside of Chicago, par 70, just a shade under 7,400 yards.

00:28 We're talking about 91 bunkers on this golf course,

00:31 bent grass greens with a po'a mix.

00:34 This course is very demanding off the tee.

00:38 You won't be hitting many fairways.

00:40 The average at the US Open, by the way, back in 2003,

00:43 as far as hitting fairways, 54%.

00:46 We actually got a similar number back in 2020

00:49 for the BMW Championship, by which John Rahm won.

00:53 That is a Rahm type of golf course, grind it out,

00:56 difficult affair, separates the weak from the strong,

01:00 if you will, from the driving perspective.

01:02 Seven of the top 12 finishers in that 2020 edition of the BMW

01:07 Championship were ranked inside the top 10 in strokes

01:10 gained off the tee bend.

01:12 Driver, driver, driver, otherwise,

01:14 if you are spraying it, what have you,

01:17 you are going to struggle on this golf course.

01:19 By the way, only five golfers were under par in 2020.

01:23 Usually, I am in on the approach game, birdie-making ability.

01:27 This week, I am keying in on the driver.

01:30 If you are just a little bit off here this week,

01:32 you are going to struggle.

01:33 And typically, Ben, in FedEx Cup playoff events,

01:36 the cream rises to the top.

01:37 I think that will be the case here this week.

01:39 It could be a chalky week.

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