The 2024 BMW Championship is the penultimate event on the 2024 PGA Tour season. The event features the FedEx Cup Top 50 and will determine the top 30 players who will compete for the FedEx Cup title at the Tour Championship.The event will be held from August 22-25 at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado. On Tuesday, the PGA Tour announced the pairings and tee times for the first round of the BMW Championship.2024 BMW Championship Round 1 Tee Times and PairingsThe following are the pairings and tee times for the first round of the 2024 BMW Championship (all times are Eastern Time):9:25 AM Max Homa, Si Woo Kim9:35 AM Cameron Young, Thomas Detry9:45 AM Will Zalatoris, Austin Eckroat9:55 AM Tommy Fleetwood, Chris Kirk10:05 AM Taylor Pendrith, Tom Hoge10:15 AM Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Sepp Straka10:25 AM Billy Horschel, Matthieu Pavon10:40 AM Byeong Hun An, Viktor Hovland10:50 AM Ludvig Åberg, Sahith Theegala11:00 AM Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele11:10 AM Patrick Cantlay, Sungjae Im11:20 AM Cam Davis, Keegan Bradley11:30 AM Alex Noren, Eric Cole11:45 AM Adam Scott, Adam Hadwin11:55 AM Stephan Jaeger, Matt Fitzpatrick12:05 PM Corey Conners, J.T. Poston12:15 PM Brian Harman, Denny McCarthy12:25 PM Jason Day, Davis Thompson12:35 PM Aaron Rai, Justin Thomas12:50 PM Russell Henley, Sam Burns1:00 PM Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre1:10 PM Rory McIlroy, Wyndham Clark1:20 PM Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa1:30 PM Akshay Bhatia, Tony Finau1:40 PM Max Greyserman, Nick DunlapThe group that will attract the most attention will undoubtedly be that of Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele, both favorites to win the BMW Championship. Other interesting groups include Ludvig Aberg - Sahith Theegala and Rory McIlroy - Wyndham Clark.Hideki Matsuyama, coming off a victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, will team up with Collin Morikawa. Meanwhile, defending champion Viktor Hovland will play with Byeong Hun An.The BMW Championship is the successor to the Western Open, which was played between 1899 and 2006. The event was played primarily on courses in Illinois, although it also visited Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Ohio and other states.The legendary Walter Hagen won the event five times. Tiger Woods has won the same number, but three times on the Western Open stage and twice on the next stage.The aggregate and par records for the Western Open (21-under 267) were set by Scott Hoch in 2001. Two years later, Tiger Woods equalled them.At the BMW Championship stage, the aggregate record was set by Justin Rose and Keegan Bradley in 2018 (260). The record for par was set by Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Cantlay in 2021 (27 under).