The third of the four events of the FedEx Cup will take place starting on September 6th, where the Top 70 golfers in the FedEx Cup Standings will meet. There is no cut line, so all of the golfers are going to be in the running for the full four rounds, and that is going to make this tourney all the more unpredictable. Join us for our BMW Championship picks for what should be a remarkable penultimate event for the FedEx Cup.

2012 BMW Championship Predictions & Info
2012 BMW Championship Dates: Thursday, September 6th – Sunday, September 9th, 2012
2012 BMW Championship Location: Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana
Defending BMW Championship Winner: Justin Rose
2012 BMW Championship TV Coverage – Network: Golf Channel, CBS

There have only been five BMW Championships thus far, and there have only been four different winners. Of course, the man of the hour that has won this event twice is Tiger Woods (BMW Championship Odds: 6.50 to 1 SportBet Sportsbook). Woods has come so close to being able to win these FedEx Cup events, finishing third last week, and he should be looking forward to this one. Woods was the winner of the inaugural event in 2007, and he repeated that victory in 2009. However, both of those victories came at the Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, and this event has now flipped to Crooked Stick. Still, Woods is a force to be reckoned with every single time that he steps onto the course, and this will be no exception.

We now know that we will get a chance to see the defending champ of the BMW Championship this time around, Justin Rose (BMW Championship Tournament PGA Odds: 45 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook). Rose is currently in 22nd place going into the third FedEx Cup event, and he has some work to do to be able to stay in the Top 30. Remember that Rose not only finished third at the PGA Championship, but he also won the Cadillac Championship, finished fifth at the Honda Classic, and fifth at the Bridgestone Invitational. For our money, that makes him as impressive of a golfer as there has been on the PGA Tour of late, and we think that he is going to have great golf odds to win the BMW Championship this week.

List Of Past BMW Championship Tournament Winners
2011 – Justin Rose
2010 – Dustin Johnson
2009 – Tiger Woods
2008 – Camilo Villegas
2007 – Tiger Woods

One man that is still going to have a lot of work to do to get back in the swing of things is Phil Mickelson (Odds to Win BMW Championship: 20 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook). Lefty has nothing to worry about in terms of qualifying for the BMW, but he has a lot of ground to make up if he wants to become a real contender for the FedEx Cup. Things can change in a hurry for a winner of any of these events, as was the case when Nick Watney went from 49th up to 1st with a victory at The Barclays. However, Mickelson just feels like he is constantly being overrated. He has just one Top 25 finish since finishing third at The Masters back in April, and because of that, we are going to be quite cautious with whether or not we are going to be backing Lefty or not for the rest of the season.

The man that could be the dark horse at the BMW Championship though, is Brandt Snedeker (Odds to Win BMW Championship Tournament: 35 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook). This isn’t normally a golfer that you would think of as a title contender, but Snedeker has had himself quite the year. He won the Farmers Insurance Open early in the year and nearly did it against at The Open Championship in what would have been the biggest victory of his career. Following that came a second place at The Barclays, and perhaps a good showing at the Deutsche Bank Championship might not be all that far behind. We know that Snedeker is in this for the long haul, and we expect to see him challenging for the FedEx Cup title through the Tour Championship in the middle of the month. Davis Love III decided to pick Snedeker for the Ryder Cup team, and if the American captain has confidence in this young man, so do we.

Betting Odds to Win BMW Championship @ Sportbet Sportsbook (as of 9/5/12):
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Tiger Woods 6.50 to 1
Rory McIlroy 6.50 to 1
Dustin Johnson 13 to 1
Adam Scott 18 to 1
Phil Mickelson 20 to 1
Sergio Garcia 24 to 1
Luke Donald 25 to 1
Jason Dufner 26 to 1
Louis Oosthuizen 26 to 1
Lee Westwood 27 to 1
Keegan Bradley 30 to 1
Steve Stricker 35 to 1
Brandt Snedeker 35 to 1
Bubba Watson 40 to 1
Nick Watney 42 to 1
Justin Rose 45 to 1
Webb Simpson 45 to 1
Jim Furyk 50 to 1
Bo Van Pelt 50 to 1
Matt Kuchar 65 to 1
John Senden 70 to 1
Padraig Harrington 80 to 1
Zach Johnson 85 to 1
Rickie Fowler 90 to 1
Hunter Mahan 90 to 1
Ian Poulter 90 to 1
Carl Pettersson 90 to 1
Geoff Ogilvy 90 to 1
Bill Haas 100 to 1
Jeff Overton 100 to 1
Charl Schwartzel 110 to 1
Graeme McDowell 110 to 1
Ernie Els 110 to 1
Robert Garrigus 135 to 1
Seung Yul Nog 135 to 1
Ryan Moore 135 to 1
Tim Clark 135 to 1
Martin Laird 145 to 1
JB Holmes 155 to 1
Bud Cauley 155 to 1
Vijay Singh 185 to 1
Kevin Stadler 195 to 1
Ryan Palmer 225 to 1
Kyle Stanley 265 to 1
Jimmy Walker 275 to 1
Bryce Molder 275 to 1
John Huh 285 to 1
Scott Piercy 285 to 1
Pat Perez 325 to 1
Greg Chalmers 355 to 1
William McGirt 355 to 1
Charley Hoffman 355 to 1
Chris Kirk 355 to 1
Troy Matteson 385 to 1
Graham DeLaet 400 to 1
DA Points 435 to 1
David Hearn 435 to 1
Ben Crane 455 to 1
Ben Curtis 455 to 1
Marc Leishman 455 to 1
Tom Gillis 485 to 1
Brendon De Jonge 500 to 1
Brian Harman 500 to 1
Matt Every 525 to 1
Johnson Wagner 550 to 1
Bob Estes 550 to 1
Kevin N 585 to 1
Charlie Wi 650 to 1
Mark Wilson 700 to 1
Dicky Pride 750 to 1