2019 BMW PGA Championship

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.

2019 BMW PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates19–22 September 2019
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
51.40°N 0.59°W / 51.40; -0.59
Course(s)Wentworth Club
West Course
Tour(s)European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,302 yards (6,677 m)
Field132 players, 74 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fundUS$7,000,000
Champion
Danny Willett
268 (−20)
Location Map
Wentworth Club
Location in England

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

Course layout
Wentworth Club, West Course
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yardage n/a 4731544655522034183963914493,501 1844165314701794893836105393,8017,302
Par 43453444435 3454344553772

Field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parPlace
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland201476696567277−11T9
Paul Casey England200968697170278−10T11
Francesco Molinari Italy201869706971279−9T14
Alex Norén Sweden201769726974284−4T28
Chris Wood England201670757173289+1T51

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
David Howell England20067575150+6
Luke Donald England2011, 20127675151+7

Nationalities in the field
North America (7)South America (2)Europe (93)Oceania (5)Asia (10)Africa (15)
 United States (7) Argentina (1) England (33) Australia (4) China (2) South Africa (15)
 Paraguay (1) Northern Ireland (1) New Zealand (1) India (2)
 Scotland (8) Japan (2)
 Wales (1) South Korea (1)
 Ireland (3) Malaysia (1)
 Austria (2) Thailand (2)
 Belgium (3)
 Denmark (3)
 Finland (2)
 France (8)
 Germany (2)
 Italy (6)
 Netherlands (1)
 Norway (1)
 Portugal (1)
 Spain (10)
 Sweden (8)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 September 2019

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Matt Wallace England65−7
T2Jon Rahm Spain66−6
Henrik Stenson Sweden
4Justin Rose England67−5
T5Christiaan Bezuidenhout South Africa68−4
Paul Casey England
George Coetzee South Africa
Ernie Els South Africa
Scott Jamieson Scotland
Joost Luiten Netherlands
Andrea Pavan Italy
Sebastian Söderberg Sweden
Danny Willett England

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jon Rahm Spain66-67=133−11
Danny Willett England68-65=133
T3Christiaan Bezuidenhout South Africa68-67=135−9
Justin Rose England67-68=135
Henrik Stenson Sweden66-69=135
T6Paul Casey England68-69=137−7
Billy Horschel United States72-65=137
T8Tony Finau United States70-68=138−6
Viktor Hovland Norway69-69=138
Andrew Putnam United States71-67=138
Shubhankar Sharma India71-67=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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jon Rahm Spain66-67-68=201−15
Danny Willett England68-65-68=201
T3Christiaan Bezuidenhout South Africa68-67-69=204−12
Justin Rose England67-68-69=204
Shubhankar Sharma India71-67-66=204
T6Rafa Cabrera-Bello Spain69-70-67=206−10
Richie Ramsay Scotland71-68-67=206
8Patrick Reed United States70-70-67=207−9
T9Paul Casey England68-69-71=208−8
Billy Horschel United States72-65-71=208
Viktor Hovland Norway69-69-70=208
Andrew Johnston England69-70-69=208
Francesco Molinari Italy69-70-69=208
Andrew Putnam United States71-67-70=208

Final round

Sunday, 22 September 2019

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money (€)
1Danny Willett England68-65-68-67=268−201,056,662
2Jon Rahm Spain66-67-68-70=271−17704,438
3Christiaan Bezuidenhout South Africa68-67-69-68=272−16396,884
T4Billy Horschel United States72-65-71-65=273−15292,908
Patrick Reed United States70-70-67-66=273
T6Rafa Cabrera-Bello Spain69-70-67-69=275−13206,050
Richie Ramsay Scotland71-68-67-69=275
8Justin Rose England67-68-69-72=276−12158,500
T9Andrew Johnston England69-70-69-69=277−11134,408
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland76-69-65-67=277

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