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2020 BMW PGA Championship

Coordinates: 51°24′N 0°35′W / 51.40°N 0.59°W / 51.40; -0.59
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2020 BMW PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates8–11 October 2020
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)
Field120 players, 67 after cut
Cut144 (E)
Prize fundUS$7,000,000
Winner's share€974,457
Champion
England Tyrrell Hatton
269 (−19)
Location map
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Location in England
Wentworth Club is located in Surrey
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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]

Course layout

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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
Par 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 35 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 37 72
Yardage 473 154 465 552 203 418 396 391 449 3,501 184 416 531 470 179 489 383 610 539 3,801 7,302

Round summaries

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First round

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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]

Place Player Score To par
T1 Spain Adri Arnaus 66 −6
South Africa Justin Harding
England Tyrrell Hatton
T4 England Matt Fitzpatrick 67 −5
Malaysia Gavin Green
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry
England Eddie Pepperell
T8 New Zealand Ryan Fox 68 −4
Denmark Joachim B. Hansen
Australia Scott Hend
England Andrew Johnston
Australia Wade Ormsby
England Aaron Rai
England Justin Rose
Austria Matthias Schwab

Second round

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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.

Place Player Score To par
T1 England Matt Fitzpatrick 67-65=132 −12
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 67-65=132
3 England Tyrrell Hatton 66-67=133 −11
T4 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen 68-67=135 −9
France Victor Perez 69-66=135
T6 Spain Adri Arnaus 66-70=136 −8
Scotland Grant Forrest 69-67=136
T8 Australia Scott Hend 68-69=137 −7
England Eddie Pepperell 67-70=137
T10 New Zealand Ryan Fox 68-70=138 −6
Malaysia Gavin Green 67-71=138
United States Patrick Reed 70-68=138

Third round

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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]

Place Player Score To par
1 England Tyrrell Hatton 66-67-69=202 −14
T2 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen 68-67-70=205 −11
France Victor Perez 69-66-70=205
T4 England Tommy Fleetwood 71-68-67=206 −10
England David Horsey 70-69-67=206
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 67-65-74=206
United States Patrick Reed 70-68-68=206
T8 England Eddie Pepperell 67-70-70=207 −9
England Ian Poulter 69-70-68=207
T10 England Matt Fitzpatrick 67-65-76=208 −8
Japan Masahiro Kawamura 70-69-69=208
Spain Pablo Larrazábal 73-69-66=208

Final round

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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]

Place Player Score To par Prize money ()
1 England Tyrrell Hatton 66-67-69-67=269 −19 974,457
2 France Victor Perez 69-66-70-68=273 −15 630,531
T3 United States Patrick Reed 70-68-68-68=274 −14 323,863
England Andy Sullivan 71-69-69-65=274
5 England Ian Poulter 69-70-68-68=275 −13 243,041
6 England Eddie Pepperell 67-70-70-69=276 −12 200,623
T7 England Matt Fitzpatrick 67-65-76-69=277 −11 147,888
Denmark Joachim B. Hansen 68-67-70-72=277
Italy Renato Paratore 73-69-68-67=277
T10 Australia Scott Hend 68-69-73-68=278 −10 106,234
Germany Martin Kaymer 73-68-69-68=278
Sweden Marcus Kinhult 72-67-71-68=278

References

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