The 2022 BMW PGA Championship will resume play on Sunday after being suspended on Thursday due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. With several groups still having to complete their first rounds, play will go back up on Saturday at 6:40 a.m. local time in Surrey, England (1:40 a.m. ET).
The DP World Tour issued a statement saying, “All original second round tee times will stay the same and the second round of the BMW PGA Championship will continue at 6:40 a.m. on Saturday morning.” The players who haven’t finished their first round will start doing so at 7:30 a.m. from the spot on the course where they finished on Thursday.
Instead of the usual 72 holes, the tournament, which is the biggest on the DP World Tour, will only have 54 holes.
The statement read, “The Rolex Series event will now be played over 54 holes with a goal of wrapping up on Sunday as scheduled. “Due to ongoing planning for the state funeral, we are unable to guarantee the staff, amenities, or security of the location on Monday, thus it is not possible to play the entire 72 holes and finish on that day. Flags will continue to fly at half-mast throughout the weekend at Wentworth, and black ribbons will be made available for everyone to wear.”
Because the Englishmen Andy Sullivan and Tommy Fleetwood and the Norwegian Viktor Hovland shared the lead at the end of play on Thursday, their opening rounds of 8-under 64 carry even more significance. With only 36 holes remaining, it will be more challenging for chasers to catch up to those at the top of the leaderboard.
The DP World Tour made no mention of altering the cut, therefore it should be reasonable to presume that it will happen after the first 36 holes. If they want to win the largest trophy on the DP World Tour this weekend, they will need to play immaculate golf since the leaders, Rory McIlroy and Billy Horschel, who is also the defending champion, are four shots behind them and Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm are even farther back.
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The 72-hole BMW Championship is the format. For the first two rounds, the field is split into morning and afternoon waves, with players competing in twosomes each day. In the first two rounds, all twosomes play together off the first tee. The morning wave has one round, and the afternoon wave has one round.
After 36 holes, the top 65 players and ties are not subject to a cut. Every participant in the starting field is qualified to compete.
Based on each player’s cumulative score through the first two and third rounds, respectively, the third and fourth rounds’ pairings and tee times are determined. First, the players with the highest cumulative score move on, followed by the players in declining order until the final two players with the lowest cumulative score.
After 72 holes, any ties will be resolved through a playoff using PGA Tour guidelines. Any qualifying player may participate in the sudden-death playoff format for the BMW Championship. The playoff holes are 18, 18, 11, 12, and 18. The player with the lowest score among the remaining competitors is declared the winner after each hole of competition.
The winner will receive a PGA Tour exemption for two seasons. The winner is also excluded from competing in additional competitions. Awarded 2,000 FedEx Cup points is the victor.
The BMW PGA Championship is reduced by DP World Tour to 54 holes.
The number of holes that will be played is, of course, the biggest modification to the tournament’s format. The DP World Tour has reduced from the customary 72 holes to 54 in keeping with the tournament’s new shorter duration.
The statement stated, “The Rolex Series event will now be played over 54 holes with a goal of wrapping up on Sunday as scheduled. “Due to ongoing planning for the state funeral, we are unable to guarantee the staff, amenities, or security of the location on Monday, thus it is not possible to play the entire 72 holes and finish on that day. Flags will continue to fly at half-mast throughout the weekend at Wentworth, and black ribbons will be made available for everyone to wear.”
Format for competition[edit]
Following the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the top 70 PGA Tour golfers compete in the BMW Championship. There are just 70 competitors, hence there is no 36-hole cut. The participants are determined by FedEx Cup points accumulated throughout the regular PGA Tour season and then at The Northern Trust. Following the BMW Championship, the top 30 FedEx Cup point scorers proceed to the Tour Championship, the final playoff event, where the FedEx Cup champion will be decided.
The 2015 BMW Championship was held at the Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Illinois. Jason Day won the competition with a score of -22 after setting a personal best of 61 (-10) in the first round. In 2016, the competition was held at Crooked Stick, which is close to Indianapolis. Dustin Johnson won with a score of -23. At the 2017 BMW Championship held at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, Australian Marc Leishman won with ease.
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The BMW Championship, the second round of the 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs, does not have a cut this week.
However, the projected FedEx Cup rankings are beginning to make some sense after 36 holes. We are learning specifically what each player needs to perform this weekend in order to advance to the Tour Championship season finale.
Rory McIlroy is one athlete that is in excellent condition. He is now tied for the lead and is ranked second in the standings, 10 places behind Dustin Johnson. He’s trying to become the first person to win three FedEx Cups and the first to win back-to-back FedEx Cups.
At the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, only the top 30 scorers advance.
The 54-hole BMW PGA Championship will resume on Saturday.
According to a statement from the DP World Tour, “The Wentworth event will provide players, caddies, staff, volunteers and spectators the opportunity to gather together throughout the course of the weekend, not only to show their condolences but also to celebrate the amazing life of Her Majesty.”
The second round is scheduled to start at 6:40 a.m. BST, and the first round is scheduled to end at 7:30 a.m. The competition will only include 54 holes.
The statement said: “We cannot guarantee the staff, facilities, or security of the location on Monday owing to the ongoing planning for the state funeral. It is not possible to play the full 72 holes and finish on Monday.”
The first round has not been finished by thirty players. At 8 under, Tommy Fleetwood, Andy Sullivan, and Viktor Hovland are tied for the early lead.
At 9:50 a.m. local time, officials will observe two minutes of silence to remember the queen. At 10 a.m., King Charles III will issue a proclamation that will be broadcast on screens in the championship village.
There is no duty to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures… during the national mourning period, the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport stated earlier on Friday. On Saturday, competitions will also restart in a number of other sports, including the Premiership Rugby Union and the men’s cricket match between England and South Africa.
Next the departure of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, some, like England’s Richard Bland, questioned whether the tournament should continue. As a result, the Premier and English soccer leagues moved all of the games into the following week.
In honor of Queen Elizabeth II, players, caddies, and officials will receive black ribbons, and flags at Wentworth will continue to fly at half-staff.
2022 FedEx Cup standings
Only 30 golfers will still be vying for the Tour Championship after the BMW Championship is over.
Here are the rankings following Joohyung Kim’s victory at the Wyndham Championship.
Does the Northern Trust have a 36-hole cut?
Yes, the only FedExCup playoff tournament with a cut line after 36 holes is the Northern Trust. In this competition, only the top 65 golfers and ties will advance to the weekend. The top 70 golfers in the FedExCup rankings following the Northern Trust will also advance to the following playoff, the BMW Championship.
The final Tour Championship will only include the top 30 finishers following the BMW Championship. It’s noteworthy that there is no cut line for the Tour Championship and BMW Championship, though. With a cut line after two rounds or 36 holes, the Northern Trust is the only FedExCup playoff event that still has one.
Meanwhile, last year’s winner and defending champion Dustin Johnson dominated the competition. Sadly, he only managed to par the remaining holes after making a total of eleven birdies on the first eleven holes. However, Dustin finished the tournament with a score of -30 and won by an incredible margin of 11 strokes.
The Liberty National Golf Club is a respectable golf course, in contrast to the TPC Boston, thus it will not be an easy assignment for DJ or any other player this time around due to the change in site.
How many golf holes are there in the BMW Championship?
There will now be only 54 holes in the competition. After carding an eight-under-par 64, Tommy Fleetwood, Andy Sullivan, and Viktor Hovland are tied for the lead.
How many athletes qualify for the BMW Championship?
A 4:30 p.m. update Adam Scott of Australia is playing the 15th hole at Wilmington Country Club with a three-shot lead over the field as the majority of the field has finished for the day.
At -7, Corey Conners and 2021 FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay are tied for the clubhouse lead with Scottie Scheffler and Cameron Young.
On Friday, August 19, the second round of the BMW Championship will continue, with the top 70 golfers on the PGA TOUR this season being reduced to the final 30 on Sunday. This will mark the halfway point of the 2022 FedEx Cup playoffs. The TOUR Championship will be held at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta for the top 30 finishers.
On the PGA TOUR, only the top 70 players from the current season—and this week, that number is just 68 because Cameron Smith and Tommy Fleetwood decided not to play—make it to the weekend. However, because everyone will play all four rounds, the field won’t be reduced in any way.
Every player in the field will have the chance to make the final 30 with a top-three result this week since points during the two Playoff events in the FedEx St. Jude Championship and the BMW Championship are quadrupled. Depending on what happens above them, any player in the Top 16 could have enough points with a win to overtake the FedEx No. 1 position as well.
Next week’s TOUR Championship will follow the same set of guidelines, with all 30 players who start the competition finishing it. Players at the TOUR Championship receive a handicap score that corresponds to their final FedEx Cup point total after the BMW Championship:
First place: -10; second place: -8; third place: -7; fourth place: -6; fifth place: -5 6-10th position -4 11–15th position 16–20th place, -3 -221–25th position, -126–30th position Even keel