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Sunday 22 September 2019European TourYear in Review
Willett wins BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September 2019 · Danny Willett’s win no. 7 on the European Tour · purse US$7,000,000 USD · BMW · second round suspended for darkness Friday with 5 players still on course; completed Saturday morning
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/7°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/9°C · wind 21 km/h E, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/11°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 19 km/h S, gusts 50 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jon Rahm ESP · 271co-leader after 54 holes; closed with 70, bogeyed the par-3 14th from a bunker and found the water at the 18th Willett takes BMW for first win in native England (AP, via ESPN)
132 started · cut +1, 74 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club (West Course), Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Danny Willett
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
22 September 2019
This week has been one of those fairytales to win on home soil. (I've) had a couple of good chances here before and the crowd weren't going to let me throw it away.
Sky Sports, quoted by AP via ESPN
22 September 2019
It doesn't get much better than this, does it? It was a battle out there, with myself more than anyone else, and it's nice to come through the other side.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Willett | 68 · 65 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm | 66 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 68 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Billy Horschel | 72 · 65 · 71 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Patrick Reed | 70 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Rafael Cabrera Bello | 69 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Richie Ramsay | 71 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 8 | Justin Rose | 67 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Andrew Johnston | 69 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Rory McIlroy | 76 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1987-10-03, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; ENG; turned pro 2008; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 58 that week (OWGR rankBefore for BMW PGA Championship 2019 (58 -> 31) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet