2019 BMW PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates19–22 September 2019
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
51°24′N 0°35′W / 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
England Danny Willett
268 (−20)
Location Map
Wentworth Club is located in England
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in England
Wentworth Club is located in Surrey
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in Surrey

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]

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
1England Matt Wallace65−7
T2Spain Jon Rahm66−6
Sweden Henrik Stenson
4England Justin Rose67−5
T5South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout68−4
England Paul Casey
South Africa George Coetzee
South Africa Ernie Els
Scotland Scott Jamieson
Netherlands Joost Luiten
Italy Andrea Pavan
Sweden Sebastian Söderberg
England 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
T1Spain Jon Rahm66-67=133−11
England Danny Willett68-65=133
T3South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout68-67=135−9
England Justin Rose67-68=135
Sweden Henrik Stenson66-69=135
T6England Paul Casey68-69=137−7
United States Billy Horschel72-65=137
T8United States Tony Finau70-68=138−6
Norway Viktor Hovland69-69=138
United States Andrew Putnam71-67=138
India 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
T1Spain Jon Rahm66-67-68=201−15
England Danny Willett68-65-68=201
T3South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout68-67-69=204−12
England Justin Rose67-68-69=204
India Shubhankar Sharma71-67-66=204
T6Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello69-70-67=206−10
Scotland Richie Ramsay71-68-67=206
8United States Patrick Reed70-70-67=207−9
T9England Paul Casey68-69-71=208−8
United States Billy Horschel72-65-71=208
Norway Viktor Hovland69-69-70=208
England Andrew Johnston69-70-69=208
Italy Francesco Molinari69-70-69=208
United States Andrew Putnam71-67-70=208

Final round

Sunday, 22 September 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money ()
1England Danny Willett68-65-68-67=268−201,056,662
2Spain Jon Rahm66-67-68-70=271−17704,438
3South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout68-67-69-68=272−16396,884
T4United States Billy Horschel72-65-71-65=273−15292,908
United States Patrick Reed70-70-67-66=273
T6Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello69-70-67-69=275−13206,050
Scotland Richie Ramsay71-68-67-69=275
8England Justin Rose67-68-69-72=276−12158,500
T9England Andrew Johnston69-70-69-69=277−11134,408
Northern Ireland 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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