2020 BMW PGA Championship explained

2020 BMW PGA Championship
Dates:8–11 October 2020
Location:Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Course:Wentworth Club
West Course
Tour:European Tour
Par:72
Field:120 players, 67 after cut
Cut:144 (E)
Purse:US$7,000,000
Winners Share:€974,457
Champion: Tyrrell Hatton
Score:269 (−19)
Previous:2019
Next:2021
Map:UK England#Surrey
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Wentworth Club
Coordinates:51.4°N -0.59°W

The 2020 BMW PGA Championship was the 66th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour, which was originally due to be held 10–13 September at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London. On 28 May, the European Tour announced a new revised schedule in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic which rescheduled the tournament to 15–18 October.[1] In August, the tournament was brought forward one week in the schedule to allow for culmination of a second, unofficial "UK Swing", starting with the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open. The tournament was played from 8–11 October.[2]

Tyrrell Hatton won the tournament with a score of 269, 19-under-par, after a final round 67. He finished four strokes ahead of Victor Perez. Perez was 6-under-par after 12 holes of his final round but was 2-over-par for the remaining holes, finishing with a 68.[3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday 8 October 2020

There was three-way tie after the first round, with Adri Arnaus, Justin Harding and Tyrrell Hatton each scoring 6-under-par 66. Defending champion Danny Willett scored 71.[4]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
align=center rowspan=3T1 align=center rowspan=366 align=center rowspan=3−6
Justin Harding
Tyrrell Hatton
align=center rowspan=4T4 align=center rowspan=467 align=center rowspan=4−5
Gavin Green
Shane Lowry
Eddie Pepperell
align=center rowspan=8T8 align=center rowspan=868 align=center rowspan=8−4
Joachim B. Hansen
Scott Hend
Andrew Johnston
Wade Ormsby
Aaron Rai
Justin Rose
Matthias Schwab

Second round

Friday 9 October 2020

Matt Fitzpatrick and Shane Lowry each added a 7-under-par 65 to their opening rounds of 67, and shared the lead at the half-way stage. Fitzpatrick found water at the 8th, his final hole, and made a double-bogey 6. Tyrrell Hatton added a 67 to his first round 66 to lie in third place, a stroke behind.[5] 67 players made the cut, at even par and better.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
align=center rowspan=2T1 67-65=132 align=center rowspan=2−12
67-65=132
3 66-67=133 −11
align=center rowspan=2T4 68-67=135 align=center rowspan=2−9
69-66=135
align=center rowspan=2T6 66-70=136 align=center rowspan=2−8
69-67=136
align=center rowspan=2T8 68-69=137 align=center rowspan=2−7
67-70=137
align=center rowspan=3T10 68-70=138 align=center rowspan=3−6
67-71=138
70-68=138

Third round

Saturday 10 October 2020

Overnight leaders, Matt Fitzpatrick and Shane Lowry, both had over-par rounds to drop down the leaderboard; Fitzpatrick scored 76 while Lowry took 74. Tyrrell Hatton took the lead after a round of 69, with Joachim B. Hansen and Victor Perez three strokes behind. Pablo Larrazábal had the best round of the day, coming home in 30 for a round of 66, while Tommy Fleetwood and David Horsey had rounds of 67 to move into a tie for 4th place with Lowry and Patrick Reed.[6]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66-67-69=202 −14
align=center rowspan=2T2 68-67-70=205 align=center rowspan=2−11
69-66-70=205
align=center rowspan=4T4 71-68-67=206 align=center rowspan=4−10
70-69-67=206
67-65-74=206
70-68-68=206
align=center rowspan=2T8 67-70-70=207 align=center rowspan=2−9
69-70-68=207
align=center rowspan=3T10 67-65-76=208 align=center rowspan=3−8
70-69-69=208
73-69-66=208

Final round

Sunday, 11 October 2020

Overnight leader Tyrrell Hatton won the tournament with a score of 269, 19-under-par, after a final round 67. He finished four strokes ahead of Victor Perez. Perez was 6-under-par after 12 holes of his final round but was 2-over-par for the remaining holes, finishing with a 68. Patrick Reed had an eagle at the final hole to finish tied for third place with Andy Sullivan, who had a final round 65. Ian Poulter finished fifth, with Eddie Pepperell in sixth place.[7]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money ()
1 66-67-69-67=269 −19 974,457
2 69-66-70-68=273 −15 630,531
align=center rowspan=2T3 70-68-68-68=274 align=center rowspan=2−14 align=center rowspan=2323,863
71-69-69-65=274
5 69-70-68-68=275 −13 243,041
6 67-70-70-69=276 −12 200,623
align=center rowspan=3T7 67-65-76-69=277 align=center rowspan=3−11 align=center rowspan=3147,888
68-67-70-72=277
73-69-68-67=277
align=center rowspan=3T10 68-69-73-68=278 align=center rowspan=3−10 align=center rowspan=3106,234
73-68-69-68=278
72-67-71-68=278

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Tour announces resumption of 2020 season . European Tour . 28 May 2020 . 28 May 2020.
  2. Web site: New dates announced for BMW PGA Championship and Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open . European Tour . 17 August 2020 . 17 August 2020.
  3. News: Tyrrell Hatton wins PGA Championship at Wentworth to extend home streak . 11 October 2020 . The Guardian . Ewan . Murray . 14 October 2020.
  4. Web site: BMW PGA Championship: Tyrrell Hatton shares lead at Wentworth . . 8 October 2020.
  5. Web site: BMW PGA Championship: Shane Lowry & Matt Fitzpatrick one shot clear . . 9 October 2020.
  6. Web site: BMW PGA Championship: Tyrrell Hatton three shots clear at Wentworth . . 10 October 2020.
  7. Web site: BMW PGA Championship: Tyrrell Hatton seals four-shot win at Wentworth . . 11 October 2020.