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
Wentworth Club
Location in Surrey

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 September 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Matt Wallace65−7
T2 Jon Rahm66−6
Henrik Stenson
4 Justin Rose67−5
T5 Christiaan Bezuidenhout68−4
Paul Casey
George Coetzee
Ernie Els
Scott Jamieson
Joost Luiten
Andrea Pavan
Sebastian Söderberg
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
T1 Jon Rahm66-67=133−11
Danny Willett68-65=133
T3 Christiaan Bezuidenhout68-67=135−9
Justin Rose67-68=135
Henrik Stenson66-69=135
T6 Paul Casey68-69=137−7
Billy Horschel72-65=137
T8 Tony Finau70-68=138−6
Viktor Hovland69-69=138
Andrew Putnam71-67=138
Shubhankar Sharma71-67=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 Jon Rahm66-67-68=201−15
Danny Willett68-65-68=201
T3 Christiaan Bezuidenhout68-67-69=204−12
Justin Rose67-68-69=204
Shubhankar Sharma71-67-66=204
T6 Rafa Cabrera-Bello69-70-67=206−10
Richie Ramsay71-68-67=206
8 Patrick Reed70-70-67=207−9
T9 Paul Casey68-69-71=208−8
Billy Horschel72-65-71=208
Viktor Hovland69-69-70=208
Andrew Johnston69-70-69=208
Francesco Molinari69-70-69=208
Andrew Putnam71-67-70=208

Final round

Sunday, 22 September 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (€)
1 Danny Willett68-65-68-67=268−201,056,662
2 Jon Rahm66-67-68-70=271−17704,438
3 Christiaan Bezuidenhout68-67-69-68=272−16396,884
T4 Billy Horschel72-65-71-65=273−15292,908
Patrick Reed70-70-67-66=273
T6 Rafa Cabrera-Bello69-70-67-69=275−13206,050
Richie Ramsay71-68-67-69=275
8 Justin Rose67-68-69-72=276−12158,500
T9 Andrew Johnston69-70-69-69=277−11134,408
Rory McIlroy76-69-65-67=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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