The 2021 BMW PGA Championship was the 67th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour, held 9–12 September at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9–12 September 2021 |
| Location | Virginia Water, Surrey, England 51°24′N 0°35′W / 51.40°N 0.59°W |
| Course(s) | Wentworth Club (West Course) |
| Tour | European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,267 yards (6,645 m) |
| Field | 144 players, 78 after cut |
| Cut | 142 (−2) |
| Prize fund | US$8,000,000 |
| Winner's share | US$1,330,000 |
| Champion | |
 Billy Horschel | |
| 269 (−19) | |
| Location map | |
Billy Horschel won the event, carding a final-round 65 to finish one shot ahead of Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Laurie Canter and Jamie Donaldson. It was his second European Tour victory.[2]
Course layout
edit| 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 | 459 | 552 | 203 | 418 | 396 | 400 | 449 | 3,504 | 184 | 408 | 520 | 470 | 174 | 491 | 383 | 610 | 523 | 3,763 | 7,267 |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 72 |
Round summaries
editFirst round
editThursday, 9 September 2021
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 64 | −8 |
 Christiaan Bezuidenhout | |||
| 3 |  Adam Scott | 65 | −7 |
| T4 |  Laurie Canter | 67 | −5 |
 Masahiro Kawamura | |||
| Justin Rose | |||
| T7 |  Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 68 | −4 |
 Francesco Laporta | |||
| Pablo Larrazábal | |||
 Joost Luiten |
Second round
editFriday, 10 September 2021
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 64-68=132 | −12 |
| T2 | Laurie Canter | 67-66=133 | −11 |
| Francesco Laporta | 68-65=133 | ||
| 4 | Adam Scott | 65-69=134 | −10 |
| T5 |  Jamie Donaldson | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| Billy Horschel | 70-65=135 | ||
| Justin Rose | 67-68=135 | ||
| T8 | Marcus Armitage | 70-66=136 | −8 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 64-72=136 | ||
| Masahiro Kawamura | 67-69=136 | ||
 Shane Lowry | 70-66=136 | ||
 Thomas Pieters | 70-66=136 | ||
 Fabrizio Zanotti | 70-66=136 |
Third round
editSaturday, 11 September 2021
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Laporta | 68-65-69=202 | −14 |
| 2 | Laurie Canter | 67-66-70=203 | −13 |
| T3 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 64-72-68=204 | −12 |
| Jamie Donaldson | 69-66-69=204 | ||
| Billy Horschel | 70-65-69=204 | ||
| Adam Scott | 65-69-70=204 | ||
| T7 | Sean Crocker | 71-68-66=205 | −11 |
| Shane Lowry | 70-66-69=205 | ||
 Bernd Wiesberger | 71-67-67=205 | ||
| T10 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 64-68-74=206 | −10 |
 Nicolai Højgaard | 70-67-69=206 | ||
 Joakim Lagergren | 70-70-66=206 | ||
| Justin Walters | 70-70-66=206 |
Final round
editSunday, 12 September 2021
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Prize money (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Horschel | 70-65-69-65=269 | −19 | 1,125,952 |
| T2 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 64-68-74-64=270 | −18 | 492,899 |
| Laurie Canter | 67-66-70-67=270 | |||
| Jamie Donaldson | 69-66-69-66=270 | |||
| 5 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 64-72-68-67=271 | −17 | 281,587 |
| T6 | Andrew Johnston | 70-69-68-65=272 | −16 | 199,533 |
| Francesco Laporta | 68-65-69-70=272 | |||
| Justin Rose | 67-68-72-65=272 | |||
| T9 | Sean Crocker | 71-68-66-68=273 | −15 | 135,125 |
| Thomas Pieters | 70-66-71-66=273 | |||
 Shubhankar Sharma | 70-69-68-66=273 |
References
edit- ↑ "Hatton leads the homecoming of English lions to BMW PGA Championship". European Tour. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "BMW PGA Championship: Billy Horschel cards bogey-free 65 to claim one-shot win at Wentworth". Sky Sports. 12 September 2021.