Alex Smalley turned in another solid performance at last week's FedEx St. Jude Championship, finishing tied for 24th. He'll now turn his focus to preparing for this week's BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. He currently sits at 23rd in the FedEx Cup standings and can secure his spot at next week's Tour Championship with another solid outing. Smalley has 11 top-25 finishes and four missed cuts in 22 starts this season. Over the past 12 months, Smalley ranks in the 79th percentile in greens in regulation percentage on approach shots from 150-200 yards in the fairway. Bellerive Country Club plays over 7,400 yards, and this could prove to be an important approach-range bucket.

Kurt Kitayama finished tied for 12th at last week's FedEx St. Jude Championship. He will now focus on preparing for this week's BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. Kitayama continued his excellent 2026 season and will need another solid finish at this week's BMW Championship to secure his spot at next week's Tour Championship. So far this season, he has 11 top-25 finishes and two missed cuts in 20 starts. Over the past months, Kitayama has ranked in the 88th percentile in greens in regulation percentage on approach shots from 150-200 yards in the fairway. This could prove to be an important approach-range bucket because Bellerive Country Club plays over 7,400 yards.

Aaron Rai finished tied for 63rd at last week's FedEx St. Jude Championship and will need to find something to bounce the recent form he's been in to qualify for the Tour Championship next week. He'll need to find the midseason form that he rode to a PGA Championship title. He's sitting at 37th in the FedEx Cup standings and needs to get inside the top 30 to make it to the final round. Rai has one win, five top-25 finishes, and five missed cuts in 18 starts this season. Two of those five missed cuts have come in his last four starts. Over the past 12 months, Rai ranks in the 89th percentile in greens in regulation percentage on approach shots from 150-200 yards in the fairway. This could be important because Bellerive Country Club plays over 7,400 yards.

Rory McIlroy struggled to a 66th-place finish at last week's FedEx St. Jude Championship and will need to be a lot sharper for this week's BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. McIlroy posted his worst finish of the season after taking three weeks off to prepare for the FedEx Cup playoffs. So far this season, he has one win and eight top-25 finishes in 15 starts. Over the past 12 months, McIlroy ranks in the 64th percentile in greens in regulation percentage on approach shots from 150-200 yards in the fairway. This could prove to be an important approach range bucket because Bellerive Country Club plays over 7,400 yards.