BMW PGA Championship: Tee times, prize money, TV coverage as Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, LIV Golfers tee it up
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Published 07/09/2022 at 06:31 GMT
Wentworth plays host to one of the DP World Tour's flagship events this week, with a stacked field lining up for the BMW PGA Championship. Sadly, not all the talk is about golf with 17 LIV Golf players in the field. They will be up against the cream of the crop in terms of the PGA Tour, with Jon Rahm and Rory McIroy teeing it up. Billy Horschel is also in the field to defend his title.
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The battle lines between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour have been drawn, and this week will see a contest between players on the course at the BMW PGA Championship.
LIV Golf’s emergence has driven a wedge through the game, with a host of players signing up for huge contracts with the new Saudi-backed series.
All players who made the move to LIV and that have not resigned their memberships have been suspended by the PGA Tour. But an injunction has allowed LIV players to compete on the DP World Tour, and a raft of them will be teeing it up at the organisation's flagship event at Wentworth between 8-11 September.
They will face off against the likes of Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick and Tour Championship winner Rory McIlroy, who said after his win at East Lake that seeing LIV players at Wentworth does not sit well with him.
LIV players are banned from the tournament's pro-am event and will not be in the featured televised groups, but come Thursday golf will do the talking.
The DP World Tour has big events around the globe, but Wentworth is its spiritual home and the tournament invariably attracts a stellar field.
This week will be no different, with star names Rahm, McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry and defending champion Billy Horschel representing the established tours.
In the LIV corner will be Patrick Reed, Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Talor Gooch and a host of others - 17 in total - and it is sure to make fascinating viewing.
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Course: West Course, Wentworth
Steeped in history, Wentworth is the home of the DP World Tour.
The course stretches out to 7267 yards and has been through a number of redesigns.
The venue dates back to 1922, and is now a private members club. Membership fees are in six figures, so it’s not cheap to have a hit.
It might be expensive, but mere mortals who get the chance to tee it up are never disappointed.
Ernie Els, who owns a property on the estate, did some remedial work starting in 2005, adding length and bunkers. The changes to the original Harry Colt design were not well received, and Els had another go in 2017.
It proved to be second time lucky, as the changes were universally well-received and is why star names keep coming back (along with the big prize pot, naturally.)
Els stripped all 18 greens of their original turf and put in bent grass, to improve playability and appearance. He also put in a sub-air system (think Augusta) which allows organisers to make them as fast or as slow as they wish, irrespective of the weather.
Prize Money: $8m (£7m), with the winner’s share being $1.3m (£1.1m).
Format: 72-hole strokeplay.
Course records:
- 18 holes: 62 - Robert Karlsson (2010), Thomas Bjorn (2014), Alex Noren (2017)
- 72 holes: 267 - Byeong-hun An (2015)
TV Coverage: The BMW PGA Championship is live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Past Winners:
- 2021: Billy Horschel
- 2020: Tyrrell Hatton
- 2019: Danny Willett
- 2018: Francesco Molinari
- 2017: Alex Noren
- 2016: Chris Wood
- 2015: Byeong-hun An
- 2014: Rory McIlroy
- 2013: Matteo Manassero
- 2012: Luke Donald
- 2011: Luke Donald
- 2010: Simon Khan
- 2009: Paul Casey
- 2008: Miguel Angel Jimenez
- 2007: Anders Hansen
- 2006: David Howell
- 2005: Angel Cabrera
- 2004: Scott Drummond
- 2003: Ignacio Garrido
- 2002: Anders Hansen
- 2001: Andrew Oldcorn
- 2000: Colin Montgomerie
Tee Times:
06:40
- PAVON, Matthieu
- LAGERGREN, Joakim
- PULKKANEN, Tapio
06:50
- KAWAMURA, Masahiro
- JORDAN, Matthew
- GUERRIER, Julien
07:00
- SHARMA, Shubhankar
- KARLBERG, Rikard
- DRYSDALE, David
07:10
- LACROIX, Frederic
- JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh
- BEKKER, Oliver
07:20
- HUTCHEON, Greig
- HORSEY, David
- JAMIESON, Scott
07:30
- ANCER, Abraham
- HEND, Scott
- SODERBERG, Sebastian
07:40
- ANTCLIFF, Maverick
- DONALDSON, Jamie
- SOUTHGATE, Matthew
07:50
- ROZNER, Antoine
- MCDOWELL, Graeme
- VALIMÄKI, Sami
08:00
- ELVIRA, Nacho
- VEERMAN, Johannes
- BROWN, Steven
08:10
- LAWRENCE, Thriston
- RAMSAY, Richie
- LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo
08:20
- CABRERA BELLO, Rafa
- BURMESTER, Dean
- FOX, Ryan
08:30
- FITZPATRICK, Matt
- MCILROY, Rory
- HORSCHEL, Billy
08:45
- LOWRY, Shane
- ROSE, Justin
- FLEETWOOD, Tommy
08:55
- MERONK, Adrian
- MOLINARI, Edoardo
- LONG, Hurly
09:05
- KITAYAMA, Kurt
- JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Ángel
- WILSON, Oliver
09:15
- COLSAERTS, Nicolas
- BJÖRK, Alexander
- GALLACHER, Stephen
09:25
- GARCIA, Sergio
- SAMOOJA, Kalle
- PAVAN, Andrea
09:35
- GAVINS, Daniel
- WIESBERGER, Bernd
- FORREST, Grant
09:45
- WOOD, Chris
- CALDWELL, Jonathan
- KORHONEN, Mikko
09:55
- RAI, Aaron
- POULTER, Ian
- SCRIVENER, Jason
10:05
- HANSEN, Joachim B.
- SHINKWIN, Callum
- GOOCH, Talor
10:15
- BESSELING, Wil
- SENIOR, Jack
- SCHMID, Matti
10:25
- OTAEGUI, Adrian
- PAISLEY, Chris
- SINGH BRAR, Jack
10:35
- BRUN, Julien
- VAN DRIEL, Darius
- LAW, David
10:50
- CANIZARES, Alejandro
- WARREN, Marc
- GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian
11:00
- LAPORTA, Francesco
- LANGASQUE, Romain
- WALTERS, Justin
11:10
- BJERREGAARD, Lucas
- ZANOTTI, Fabrizio
- SULLIVAN, Andy
11:20
- CANTER, Laurie
- APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech
- STERNE, Richard
11:30
- JAIDEE, Thongchai
- KJELDSEN, Søren
- NORRIS, Shaun
11:40
- HORSFIELD, Sam
- JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz
- WINTHER, Jeff
11:50
- FISHER, Ross
- MIGLIOZZI, Guido
- MORRISON, James
12:00
- ARMITAGE, Marcus
- GRACE, Branden
- BROBERG, Kristoffer
12:10
- DUBUISSON, Victor
- SYME, Connor
- HELLIGKILDE, Marcus
12:20
- WALLACE, Matt
- BJORN, Thomas
- WILLETT, Danny
12:30
- LEE, Min Woo
- HERBERT, Lucas
- FERGUSON, Ewen
12:40
- RAHM, Jon
- HOVLAND, Viktor
- HATTON, Tyrrell
12:55
- SCOTT, Adam
- HOJGAARD, Nicolai
- PIETERS, Thomas
13:05
- MOLINARI, Francesco
- MACINTYRE, Robert
- DONALD, Luke
13:15
- HOJGAARD, Rasmus
- PEREZ, Victor
- SMITH, Jordan
13:25
- OLESEN, Thorbjorn
- PEPPERELL, Eddie
- DETRY, Thomas
13:35
- ARNAUS, Adri
- WESTWOOD, Lee
- LI, Haotong
13:45
- KIEFFER, Maximilian
- STONE, Brandon
- CROCKER, Sean
13:55
- REED, Patrick
- CAMPILLO, Jorge
- HIGGO, Garrick
14:05
- CATLIN, John
- BLAND, Richard
- VAN TONDER, Daniel
14:15
- COETZEE, George
- BERTASIO, Nino
- LUITEN, Joost
14:25
- HARDING, Justin
- KINHULT, Marcus
- WU, Ashun
14:35
- ORMSBY, Wade
- VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai
- TARRIO, Santiago
14:45
- FICHARDT, Darren
- WHITNELL, Dale
- GOUVEIA, Ricardo
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