How to watch BMW Championship 2026: Free Live Streams, TV Channels & Preview

BMW Championship 2026: Thursday, August 20 to Sunday, August 23 Watch for FREE (Rounds 3 & 4 only): CTV (Canada, TV login required) Live Streams: ESPN Select , Golf Channel , CBS & Paramount+ (US) / Sky Sports (UK) / Kayo Sports (AUS) Unlock your stream with NordVPN (save up to 75%) Scottie Scheffler remains the hot favorite as the FedExCup Playoffs continue with the BMW Championship 2026 at Bellerive Country Club in St Louis, Missouri.

The world No.1 cemented his position at the top of the FedExCup standings with a dominant eight-shot victory at the FedEx St Jude Championship last weekend, the first of three events that will end with the winner being crowned at the Tour Championship a week on Sunday.

Scheffler has been incredibly consistent throughout 2026, making 17 of 18 cuts and recording 12 top-10 finishes, yet his win at TPC Southwind was his first victory since January.

He is highly fancied to follow it up in St Louis and retain his BMW Championship title, having triumphed at Caves Valley Golf Club 12 months ago.

The American headlines an all-star cast of golfers who qualified for this tournament after ending last weekend in the top 50 of the FedExCup standings.

Behind Scheffler sit England's Matt Fitzpatrick in second, with Americans Cameron Young and Wyndham Clark split by South Korea's Kim Si-woo in fourth.

Other high-profile names include the 2025 FedExCup champion Tommy Fleetwood (eighth in this year's standings), three-time winner Rory McIlroy (13th) and Viktor Hovland (22nd), whose victory here three years ago propelled him to FedExCup glory the following week.

Only the top 30 in the standings at the end of this event will progress to the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, which runs from August 27-30 and has a $40m prize fund.

Read on for our guide on where to watch the BMW Championship 2026 online, on TV and potentially for free wherever you are.

Can you watch the BMW Championship 2026 for free? Fans in Canada can watch Rounds 3 and 4 of the BMW Championship 2026 at no cost on free-to-air channel CTV 2 (TV login required) or with a digital TV antenna.

Meanwhile, those in the US can benefit from free trials to catch the action without paying a penny.

Since coverage in America is shared between ESPN, CBS and the Golf Channel, you can utilize the free trial periods of live TV services such as YouTube TV (up to 21-day free trial) , DirecTV Stream (5-day free trial) and Hulu+Live TV (3-day free trial) .

You can also watch Rounds 3 and 4 on CBS, which can be streamed via Paramount+ .

You can access Paramount+ for 30 days if you take out a $1 trial to Walmart+ .