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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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.
in the BMW Championship
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 DP World Tour’s marquee tournament, the BMW PGA Championship, will resume on Saturday morning at Wentworth and be determined over 54 holes as opposed to the originally planned 72 holes.
It comes after play was abruptly suspended on Thursday night and completely postponed on Friday, both decisions being made out of respect for the Royal Family and in remembrance of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
In compliance with Official National Mourning guidelines and after consulting with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the decision to resume on Saturday at the Surrey location has been made (DCMS).
The DP World Tour released the following statement regarding the Wentworth event: “The Wentworth event will give players, caddies, staff, volunteers and spectators the opportunity to come together over the course of the weekend, not only to express their condolences but also to celebrate the extraordinary life of Her Majesty.
We join other sports in doing this, such the Great North Run in the north-east of England, the Men’s Test Match between England and South Africa at The Oval, and the Women’s IT20 Match between England and India in County Durham.
The $8 million Rolex Series event’s second round will resume at 6.40 a.m. on Saturday, and all original second round tee times will stand. The 30 players who haven’t finished their first round will do so beginning at 7:30 a.m. local time, starting from the spot on the golf course where they halted on Thursday.
The tournament will be decided over just three rounds if it proceeds as planned and concludes on Sunday. This is, of course, the same structure utilized by LIV Golf, Greg Norman’s Saudi-sponsored breakaway circuit.
Rory McIlroy made light of the fact that the LIV Golf competitors at Wentworth would be unfamiliar with playing four rounds earlier in the week. We will all play 72 holes, which is still unusual for them, and then decide where to go from there, he said.
The DP World Tour statement addressed the modification and said, “It is not possible to play the full 72 holes and finish on Monday since we cannot guarantee the staff, facilities, or security of the venue on Monday owing to the ongoing planning for the state burial.
“Black ribbons will be made available for anyone to wear, and flags will continue to fly at half-staff over the weekend at Wentworth.
In addition, on Saturday morning at 9.50 a.m., there will be a two-minute silence to honor the memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II across the site. The proclamation of King Charles III will be shown on the television screens in the Championship Village at 10 a.m.
The Championship Village in Surrey will have catering options available to fans, but all other weekend events are being scaled back.
This means that the two scheduled gigs by Razorlight on Sunday and Jax Jones on Saturday night will not take place. Over the course of the weekend, there won’t be any other shows on the Slingsby Show Stage, and the first tee experience will be scaled back.
The statement added, “On behalf of our players and everyone associated with the European Tour organisation, our thoughts and sincere condolences are with the Royal Family at this difficult time.”
During the opening round of the BMW Championship, Tony Finau explodes.
The city of Salt Lake At the BMW Championship, Tony Finau shot a 6-over-par round of 77 to end his 11-round streak of scores in the 60s.
After his first round at the BMW Championship, Finau, who was ranked fifth in the FedEx Cup standings going into the competition, is expected to drop five shots if his tournament does not pick up over the next three rounds.
The second of three FedEx Cup Playoff competitions is the BMW Championship. The field consists of the top 70 FedEx Cup competitors. The top 30 competitors in the standings after the competition will be invited to The Tour Championship, which is held yearly at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. The greatest winning prize on the PGA Tour schedule, $18 million, will be awarded to the victor of The Tour Championship.
Final payouts for the BMW Championship: Patrick Cantlay takes home $2.7 million
The defending FedEx Cup winner won the second leg of the playoffs at Delaware’s Wilmington Country Club for the second year in a row.
The BMW Championship, which was played for the first time at Wilmington Country Club in Delaware, continued the PGA Tour playoffs. For the Tour Championship in Atlanta, only the top 30 of the FedEx Cup standings were invited.
Patrick Cantlay won the BMW for the second year running and will finish behind Scottie Scheffler in the points standings in Atlanta. From the $15 million pool, Cantlay takes home $2.7 million.
There’s a cut in BMW Championship, right?
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.”
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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