Play at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth was suspended late on Thursday following the announcement that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away earlier in the day As a mark of respect, no play will take place on Friday, with the DP World Tour to make a decision later today on how the rest of the tournament will be played out. The most likely option would be to cut the tournament to just three rounds, as the shorter autumn days […]
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The DP World Tour has called in favours from all of its top European talent to put on a show of strength at its flagship event in Europe, the BMW PGA Championship, which gets underway at Wentworth on Thursday. In the face of competition from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, which has succeeded in attracting a significant number of European golfers to its ranks over the last four months, the DP World Tour has called on it big guns, namely […]
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Weekend general admission tickets for next month’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth have completely sold out for the first time in the history of the tournament. The fourth Rolex Series event of the DP World Tour’s season, which takes place from September 9-12, will boast a world-class field which includes Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, defending champion Billy Horschel, US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, as well as the respective 2020 and 2019 BMW PGA Champions Tyrrell Hatton and Danny Willett. Kit […]
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Swindon’s David Howell made history today when he teed off at this week’s Cazoo Open in Wales to become just the third player to play 700 European Tour events. The dual Ryder Cup winner joins European golf legends Sam Torrance and Miguel Angel Jiménez as a member of the exclusive ‘700 Club’. Jiménez overtook Torrance’s long-standing record of 706 events in 2020 and currently tops the all-time list of appearances on 717. At 47, Howell becomes the youngest player in […]
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Billy Horschel is to defend the BMW PGA Championship title he won in 2021 when the American is joined by fellow former champions Tyrrell Hatton and Danny Willett at Wentworth Club from September 8-11. Horschel soared to a maiden Rolex Series title last year when he birdied the famous 18th hole at Wentworth’s West Course to clinch a one-stroke victory. Horschel, who had previously spoken of watching the BMW PGA Championship on television as a child when growing up in Florida, was […]
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