2019 BMW PGA Championship explained

2019 BMW PGA Championship
Dates:19–22 September 2019
Location:Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Course:Wentworth Club
West Course
Tour:European Tour
Par:72
Field:132 players, 74 after cut
Cut:145 (+1)
Purse:US$7,000,000
Champion: Danny Willett
Score:268 (−20)
Previous:2018
Next:2020
Map:UK England#Surrey
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Wentworth Club
Coordinates:51.4°N -0.59°W

The 2019 BMW PGA Championship was the 65th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour, held 19–22 September at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

Danny Willett, co-leader after three rounds with Jon Rahm, won by three strokes from Rahm with Christiaan Bezuidenhout in third place.[1] [2]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 September 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65 −7
align=center rowspan=2T2 align=center rowspan=266 align=center rowspan=2−6
4 67 −5
align=center rowspan=9T5 align=center rowspan=968 align=center rowspan=9−4
Danny Willett

Second round

Friday, 20 September 2019

Play was suspended because of darkness with 5 players still to complete their second round. They completed their second round early on Saturday morning.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
align=center rowspan=2T1 66-67=133 align=center rowspan=2−11
68-65=133
align=center rowspan=3T3 68-67=135 align=center rowspan=3−9
67-68=135
66-69=135
align=center rowspan=2T6 68-69=137 align=center rowspan=2−7
72-65=137
align=center rowspan=4T8 70-68=138 align=center rowspan=4−6
69-69=138
71-67=138
71-67=138

Third round

Saturday, 21 September 2019

Overnight co-leaders Jon Rahm and Danny Willett both scored 68 and they extended their lead over the rest of the field from two strokes to three. Three players were tied for third place: Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Justin Rose who both scored 69 while Shubhankar Sharma scored 66. Ross Fisher scored 66, finishing with an albatross 2 at the final hole, coming home in 29. Rory McIlroy scored 65, the best round of the day, but was still 9 strokes behind the leaders.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 66-67-68=201 −15
68-65-68=201
align=center rowspan=3T3 68-67-69=204 align=center rowspan=3−12
67-68-69=204
71-67-66=204
T6 69-70-67=206 −10
71-68-67=206
8 70-70-67=207 −9
align=center rowspan=6T9 68-69-71=208 align=center rowspan=6−8
72-65-71=208
69-69-70=208
69-70-69=208
69-70-69=208
71-67-70=208

Final round

Sunday, 22 September 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money ()
1 Danny Willett 68-65-68-67=268 −20 1,056,662
2 66-67-68-70=271 −17 704,438
3 68-67-69-68=272 −16 396,884
T4 72-65-71-65=273 −15 292,908
70-70-67-66=273
T6 69-70-67-69=275 −13 206,050
71-68-67-69=275
8 67-68-69-72=276 −12 158,500
T9 69-70-69-69=277 −11 134,408
76-69-65-67=277

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: BMW PGA Championship: Danny Willett wins by three shots at Wentworth . 22 September 2019 . BBC Sport.
  2. News: Danny Willett enjoying his golf again as he claims PGA Championship . 22 September 2019 . The Guardian . Ewan . Murray . 24 September 2019.