The 2019 BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf competition on the European Tour, was the 65th iteration of the tournament. It was place at the West Course of the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London, from September 19–22.
After three rounds, Danny Willett and Jon Rahm shared the lead. Christiaan Bezuidenhout finished in third place.
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Field for BMW Championship: players, rankings
With The Northern Trust’s closure and the regular Friday entry deadline having passed, the field for the 2019 BMW Championship is already determined. This competition will take place in Medinah Country Club, which is close to Chicago, Illinois.
Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, and others are in the BMW Championship field. The top 70 players after The Northern Trust in the FedEx Cup points list qualified for this competition.
For either this event or any of the FedEx Cup playoff events, there are no Monday qualifiers.
After Round 1, Justin Thomas and Jason Kokrak are tied for the lead in the BMW Championship.
After the opening round of the 2019 BMW Championship, Justin Thomas and Jason Kokrak are tied for the lead at seven under par in a packed field.
Jim Furyk is one shot down of the leader and tied for third with five other players.
Tiger Woods had a good comeback with a one-under-par 71 after withdrawing from the Northern Trust ahead to the second round due to an oblique injury.
Thomas, who is going for his first victory since the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in August 2018, played well in the first round. The native of Kentucky scored seven birdies, including this one from 57 feet to momentarily seize the lead:
Although it probably wasn’t what Thomas was anticipating given how his day started, Thomas’ 65 was his best round in a competition since the RBC Canadian Open in June.
After the round, he told reporters, “I definitely would say that I had the worst warm-up I’ve ever had in my life this morning. “I had no idea what it would do. My dad, Jimmy, and I just sort of indicated that we would have to guess out there and just try to find something since I didn’t know how I was going to hit it.”
Kokrak finished the front nine with a bogey because he wasn’t quite as sharp as Thomas, but he made up for it with an eagle on hole No. 10. His birdie on hole 15 brought him even with Thomas.
Rory McIlroy, who finished the day tied for 25th at three under par, lurks around the bottom of the leaderboard. On hole 11, when he had the best opportunity, he almost missed an eagle from 151 yards away:
With the exception of two subpar showings at the British Open and Memorial Tournament, McIlroy has been a consistent force on the PGA Tour this year. In 17 tournaments, he has two victories and 13 top-10 finishes.
Since winning the Masters in April, Woods has only played a select number of games. His 14th round of golf in the previous four months was on Thursday. When he opened the Northern Trust last week with a 75, his game appeared to be significantly worse than it is now.
Woods, a two-time champion of this competition, got things going with birdies on the first and third holes.
Woods still has room for development. After that strong start, he made three bogeys and battled with his putting, losing 1.14 strokes on the green. The 43-year-old will have a chance to produce a low score and put himself in contention if he can fix those problems before Friday’s second round.
With 22 players within two or three of Thomas and Kokrak, the weekend is looking to be competitive. There will be plenty of low scores to go around for the following three rounds because only 11 players out of the 69-player field failed to break par.
Golf leaderboard at the BMW Championship 2019: Live results through Round 4
The 2019 FedEx Cup playoffs field for the PGA Tour will continue to shrink as the BMW Championship comes to a conclusion for another round of golfers.
Only the top 30 competitors compete at Medinah Country Club in the Chicago suburbs, where the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup point standings are eligible to compete. That includes Tiger Woods, who claims to feel better after withdrawing from the Northern Trust tournament last week. Tiger will need a solid weekend to catch up and qualify for the season’s final weekend in Atlanta.
The 2019 major champion in golf, Woods is rated 38th in terms of points (1,003) and needs at least 1,100 to make the 30-player field.
The winner of the BMW Championship will receive a bonus of 2,000 points (Patrick Reed moved up from 50th to second overall with his victory last week). Players who place in the top 16 are also awarded points, therefore Woods must do that in order to be eligible to compete.
PGA Tour source:
The Tour Championship will get underway at 10-under par with the FedExCup points leader after the first two Playoffs contests. At 8 under, the No. 2 player will begin. The third player starts the round at 7 under par, followed by the fourth player at 6 under par and the fifth player at 5 under par. Players 6 through 10 begin at 4 under par, players 11 through 15 at 3 under par, players 16 through 20 at 2 under par, players 21 through 25 at 1 under par, and players 26 through 30 at even par.
The highest point earner entering the BMW Championship in 2019 is Brooks Koepka (2,980), who is followed by Reed (2,774), Rory McIlroy (2,670), Matt Kuchar (2,313), and Jon Rahm (2,000). (2,097).
Alongside Woods, Hideki Matsuyama (No. 33) and Jordan Spieth (No. 44) are in danger of competing in their final PGA event of the year.
Who is in the BMW Championship lead?
It should come as no surprise that Patrick Cantlay is in first place after 54 holes of play because Wilmington Country Club was compared by players to Caves Valley, the site of the BMW Championship the year before. Although the defending champion is not putting the ball as well as he did in Baltimore a year ago, he is nonetheless moving around the golf course with same effectiveness.
The current FedEx Cup champion is alone at 12 under and one stroke ahead of Scott Stallings and his good friend Xander Schauffele, who he played against the first three days. The only thing missing from their friendship seems to be a duel between the two guys, who have participated in Presidents Cups, Ryder Cups, won the Zurich Classic, and even taken trips with their significant others.
The two cool-headed Americans will enter the final round as the top two players on both the leaderboard and odds board at Caesars Sportsbook. They are similar in temperament and similar statistically.
However, we recently witnessed this pair competing together in a final round. Simply recall the Travelers Championship, where Schauffele triumphed but Cantlay performed poorly. Cantlay lost early on Sunday after shooting a 6-over 76, eliminating himself from contention and depriving golf fans of watching a potential duel between the two.
Because the stakes are bigger and Schauffele will be the chaser, this time is fundamentally different. The tiny advantage Cantlay will hold going into the final round is his first 54-hole lead in just over a year; the last time this happened was at the Tour Championship last year. Cantlay started his journey to the FedEx Cup triumph at this tournament when he upset Bryson DeChambeau in a thrilling match; he now intends to demolish Schauffele and company on the way to a similar run.
Wer withdrew from the BMW Championship?
Wilton, Delaware Will Zalatoris withdrew from the BMW Championship on Saturday after four holes due to lower back problems, claiming he needed to rest up for the FedEx Cup final the following week.
Zalatoris just finished the PGA Tour’s regular season with his first career victory last week. He rose to the top of the FedEx Cup rankings and to No. 9 globally as a result of the victory.
At the 2022 BMW Championship, is there a cut?
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.
What is the prize money for the BMW Championship in 2022?
On Sunday, two Irishmen engaged in a duel to the finish of the BMW PGA Championship in England’s Wentworth. Shane Lowry emerged victorious, defeating Rory McIlroy by one stroke.
Due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, the DP World Tour’s premier tournament had to be cut to 54 holes. On Sunday, Lowry came back with a seven-under-par 65. He had no bogeys and seven birdies, including a four on the final par-five hole. On the 18th hole, McIlroy (67) had a chance to tie but missed his eagle putt.
Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy played early and achieved a 10-under 62, which included two eagles, for a total of 17 under, one shot better than Lowry. American Talor Gooch, who has switched allegiances to LIV Golf, finished the round with a 67 and alone in fourth place.
Out of a $8 million total prize pool, $1.36 million went to the winner outside of London. The prize money for each player who made the cut this week is listed below.