2025 BMW Championship: Expert picks, predictions, outright winners include Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg
Taft Gantt has cashed three outright winners since June and is up nearly 50 units in golf bets since joining CBS. Who does he think has betting value to win the BMW Championship?
The PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs roll on to the 2025 BMW Championship, featuring the top 50 golfers in the standings this season. Taft Gantt, who's nailed three outright winners since June, breaks down his best bets for the week.
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BMW Championship Best Bets
Ludvig Aberg To Win +2200 (FanDuel), Top 10 +175 (DraftKings)
Aberg's recent form signals he's ready to remind everyone why he's one of the PGA Tour's next superstars. After a quieter East Coast swing, he's posted two top-10 finishes in his last three starts.
His length and athleticism give him a real edge in the hot, humid conditions expected at Caves Valley—the second-longest course on Tour this season. He's ranked 10th in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee and solid across nearly every driving stat. This course should fit his eye perfectly. Bet it at FanDuel here, where you can get $150 in bonus bets as a new user with a winning $5 wager:
Rory McIlroy To Win +800 (Caesars), Top 5 +165 (Caesars)
The reasons to back the world's No. 2-ranked golfer this week are endless. He ranks second in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee—a huge advantage on Caves Valley's long, tree-lined layout—and is having one of his best putting seasons, gaining more strokes on the greens than all but two players. When the PGA Tour last visited here in 2021, McIlroy finished solo fourth.
Coming off an extra week of rest, he looks ready to make another run at a top-five finish. Get 10 profit boosts at Caesars when you sign up here:
Harris English To Win +5500 (bet365), Top 10 +300 (FanDuel)
English's best results have come on the longest courses this season—he finished second at Quail Hollow (7,626 yards) and won at Torrey Pines (7,765 yards). Now he faces the second-longest course of the year at Caves Valley (7,601 yards) and is coming off a solo second at The Open. He's gaining strokes both off the tee and on the greens, which sets him up perfectly to capitalize on the length and challenge of this course.
I expect English to finish high on the leaderboard once again. Bet it at FanDuel here, where you can get $150 in bonus bets as a new user with a winning $5 wager:
This is a recap of Taft's golf picks since joining the Inside the Lines Team:
| TAFT'S GOLF PICKS RESULTS | PROFIT | $497.50 | |
| TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP | ODDS | SB | UNITS |
| Keegan Bradley to Win | 3500 | FD | 35.00 |
| Keegan Bradley Top 10 | 300 | DK | 3.00 |
| Cameron Young to Win | 5000 | FD | -1.00 |
| Cameron Young Top 5 | 900 | FD | -1.00 |
| Xander Schauffele to Win | 1600 | FD | -1.00 |
| Xander Schauffele Top 20 | -150 | FD | -1.00 |
| ROCKET CLASSIC | ODDS | SB | UNITS |
| Rickie Fowler Top 5 | 1000 | bet365 | -1.00 |
| Luke Clanton Top 10 | 400 | CS | -1.00 |
| Cam Champ Top 20 | 400 | MGM | 4.00 |
| Rickie Fowler To Win | 5000 | FD | -1.00 |
| Luke Clanton To Win | 4000 | FD | -1.00 |
| Cam Champ To Win | 12500 | MGM | -1.00 |
| Aldrich Potgieter To Win (LIVE) | 2200 | bet365 | 22.00 |
| Aldrich Potgieter Top 10 (LIVE) | 175 | bet365 | 1.75 |
| JOHN DEERE CLASSIC | ODDS | SB | UNITS |
| Denny McCarthy To Win | 5000 | FD | -1.00 |
| Jake Knapp To Win | 5000 | FD | -1.00 |
| Michael Thorbjornsen To Win | 5000 | FD | -1.00 |
| Denny McCarthy Top 10 | 500 | FD | -1.00 |
| Jake Knapp Top 10 | 500 | FD | -1.00 |
| Michael Thorbjornsen Top 10 | 500 | FD | -1.00 |
| SCOTTISH OPEN | ODDS | SB | UNITS |
| Scottie Scheffler Top 5 | 130 | bet365 | -1.00 |
| Bobby MacIntyre Top 10 | 260 | CS | -1.00 |
| Tommy Fleetwood Top 10 | 225 | MGM | -1.00 |
| Scottie Scheffler To Win | 550 | bet365 | -1.00 |
| Bobby MacIntyre To Win | 3000 | FD | -1.00 |
| Tommy Fleetwood To Win | 2200 | FD | -1.00 |
| THE OPEN | ODDS | SB | UNITS |
| Scottie Scheffler To Win | 550 | bet365 | 5.50 |
| Tommy Fleetwood To Win | 2600 | FD | -1.00 |
| Russell Henley To Win | 6500 | FD | -1.00 |
| Scottie Scheffler Top 5 | 125 | bet365 | 1.25 |
| Tommy Fleetwood Top 10 | 225 | MGM | -1.00 |
| Russell Henley Top 10 | 500 | CS | 5.00 |
| 3M OPEN | ODDS | SB | UNITS |
| Max Greyserman To Win | 3500 | BET365 | -1.00 |
| Max Greyserman Top 5 | 650 | BETMGM | -1.00 |
| Jake Knapp To Win | 3500 | BETMGM | -1.00 |
| Jake Knapp Top 10 | 350 | BETMGM | 3.50 |
| Cam Champ To Win | 6000 | BET365 | -1.00 |
| Cam Champ Top 20 | 275 | CS | -1.00 |
| Wyndham Championship | ODDS | SB | UNITS |
| Denny McCarthy To Win | 5500 | BETMGM | -1.00 |
| Denny McCarthy Top 20 | 275 | BETMGM | 2.75 |
| Sam Stevens To Win | 5500 | FD | -1.00 |
| Sam Stevens Top 5 | 1100 | BET365 | -1.00 |
| Luke Clanton To Win | 8000 | BET365 | -1.00 |
| Luke Clanton Top 10 | 700 | BET365 | -1.00 |
