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

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

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, 19 September 2019
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Matt Wallace | 65 | −7 |
| T2 | Jon Rahm | 66 | −6 |
| T2 | Henrik Stenson | 66 | −6 |
| 4 | Justin Rose | 67 | −5 |
| T5 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Paul Casey | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | George Coetzee | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Ernie Els | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Scott Jamieson | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Joost Luiten | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Andrea Pavan | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Sebastian Söderberg | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Danny Willett | 68 | −4 |

### 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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Jon Rahm | 66-67=133 | −11 |
| T1 | Danny Willett | 68-65=133 | −11 |
| T3 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 68-67=135 | −9 |
| T3 | Justin Rose | 67-68=135 | −9 |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | 66-69=135 | −9 |
| T6 | Paul Casey | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T6 | Billy Horschel | 72-65=137 | −7 |
| T8 | Tony Finau | 70-68=138 | −6 |
| T8 | Viktor Hovland | 69-69=138 | −6 |
| T8 | Andrew Putnam | 71-67=138 | −6 |
| T8 | Shubhankar Sharma | 71-67=138 | −6 |

### 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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Jon Rahm | 66-67-68=201 | −15 |
| T1 | Danny Willett | 68-65-68=201 | −15 |
| T3 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 68-67-69=204 | −12 |
| T3 | Justin Rose | 67-68-69=204 | −12 |
| T3 | Shubhankar Sharma | 71-67-66=204 | −12 |
| T6 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 69-70-67=206 | −10 |
| T6 | Richie Ramsay | 71-68-67=206 | −10 |
| 8 | Patrick Reed | 70-70-67=207 | −9 |
| T9 | Paul Casey | 68-69-71=208 | −8 |
| T9 | Billy Horschel | 72-65-71=208 | −8 |
| T9 | Viktor Hovland | 69-69-70=208 | −8 |
| T9 | Andrew Johnston | 69-70-69=208 | −8 |
| T9 | Francesco Molinari | 69-70-69=208 | −8 |
| T9 | Andrew Putnam | 71-67-70=208 | −8 |

### Final round

Sunday, 22 September 2019
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Prize money (€) |
| 1 | Danny Willett | 68-65-68-67=268 | −20 | 1,056,662 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm | 66-67-68-70=271 | −17 | 704,438 |
| 3 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 68-67-69-68=272 | −16 | 396,884 |
| T4 | Billy Horschel | 72-65-71-65=273 | −15 | 292,908 |
| T4 | Patrick Reed | 70-70-67-66=273 | −15 | 292,908 |
| T6 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 69-70-67-69=275 | −13 | 206,050 |
| T6 | Richie Ramsay | 71-68-67-69=275 | −13 | 206,050 |
| 8 | Justin Rose | 67-68-69-72=276 | −12 | 158,500 |
| T9 | Andrew Johnston | 69-70-69-69=277 | −11 | 134,408 |
| T9 | Rory McIlroy | 76-69-65-67=277 | −11 | 134,408 |