The PGA Tour season is down to its final two official stops, and Port Royal Golf Course takes center stage for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

A 120-player field will chase a $6 million purse with $1,080,000 to the winner, but the bigger story is status—this is one of the last chances to finish inside the top 100 in FedExCup points and lock up a 2026 Tour card.

The highest-ranked player in the field is Michael Brennan (No. 42 OWGR), fresh off winning the Bank of Utah Championship in his pro debut. On the number at No. 100 in FedExCup points sits Max McGreevy, a slim 2.5 points ahead of David Lipsky.

Chasing from just outside the top 100 are Victor Perez (104th), Isaiah Salinda (106th), and Patrick Fishburn (107th), all in this week with everything to gain.

Three past champs add intrigue—Seamus Power (2022), Camilo Villegas (2023), and Rafael Campos (2024). History says you can come from behind here: all six past winners in Bermuda were at least three shots back after Round 1.

Campos was the blueprint last year—No. 147 in the FedExCup Fall with 13 missed cuts in his prior 15 starts—then won a week after the birth of his first child.

Tournament exemptions include two teenagers worth watching: 18-year-old phenom Blades Brown and high-school senior Tyler Watts, a Tennessee commit who already made a KFT cut at the Procore Championship.

Port Royal is a Robert Trent Jones par-71 (36–35) that stretches just 6,828 yards—the shortest track on Tour.

It features oversized 8,000-square-foot greens, 87 bunkers, and water in play on seven holes. It’s gettable when calm and downright cruel when the breeze spins. In 2024, the course ranked 22nd hardest on Tour (of 50) with a 69.97 average, but in 2023 it was 52nd of 58—proof that wind dictates everything.

The 235-yard par-3 16th was last year’s bully at +0.312 to par (22nd toughest hole on Tour), while the 517-yard par-5 7th was a gift at 4.37 (23rd easiest).

That gap explains why this tournament is usually settled on the back nine. As Ben Griffin put it in 2023, holes 13–16 are the teeth; the front nine is there to be attacked. Forecasts point to manageable early rounds and potentially friskier weekend gusts, which means players must stockpile red numbers before Saturday afternoon turns into survival golf.

If history repeats, expect streaks of birdies, a few car-crash doubles, and a late Sunday charge from someone who kept the ball below the wind.
Broadcast windows (EST): Thursday–Friday, 1–4 p.m. on Golf Channel, Saturday, 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

First- and second-round tee times are out via PGA TOUR Communications, so plan your sweat accordingly.

For a full rundown of PGA of America member and noted golf handicapper John Gerber’s picks for this week, see our betting preview HERE! Johnny’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship Bets: Bold Picks, Big Odds, and a Slice of Ham Sandwich

With cards and careers on the line, Bermuda is the perfect late-season chaos track. Accurate drivers, elite wedge players from 125–175 yards, and confident putters on wind-kissed 6-to-12-footers should thrive. If the gusts cooperate, 20-under is in play; if they don’t, par becomes a weapon and the final stretch decides everything.

Make sure to tune into From the Rough Golf Podcast with John Gerber and Timm ‘IndyCarTim’ Hamm twice each week for previews and recaps of each event as the FedEx Cup Fall continues and on into 2026! Follow along at FanStreamSports.com, our YouTube page or wherever you get your podcasts.