2015 BMW PGA Championship

2015 BMW PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates 21–24 May 2015
Location Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Course(s) Wentworth Club
West Course
Tour(s) European Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,302 yards (6,677 m)
Field 150 players, 76 after cut
Cut 145 (+1)
Prize fund 5,000,000
Winner's share €833,333
Champion
South Korea An Byeong-hun
267 (−21)
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Wentworth Club
Location in England

The 2015 BMW PGA Championship was the 61st edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour, held 21–24 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

Course layout

Wentworth Club, West Course
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 4731544655522034183963914493,501 1844165314701794893836105393,8017,302
Par 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 35 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 37 72

Field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Place
Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 2008 68 70 68 67 273 −15 T2
Luke Donald  England 2011, 2012 70 70 77 69 286 −2 T38
Ignacio Garrido  Spain 2003 71 68 74 73 286 −2 T38
Anders Hansen  Denmark 2002, 2007 74 69 73 70 286 −2 T38
Matteo Manassero  Italy 2013 75 70 69 73 287 −1 T46

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Scott Drummond  Scotland 2004 75 71 146 +2
David Howell  England 2006 76 71 147 +3
Simon Khan  England 2010 74 74 148 +4
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 2014 71 78 149 +5

Nationalities in the field

North America (3)South America (5)Europe (113)Oceania (6)Asia (11)Africa (12)
 United States (3)  Argentina (2)  England (42)  Australia (6)  China (1)  South Africa (12)
 Chile (2)  Northern Ireland (4)  India (4)
 Paraguay (1)  Scotland (9)  South Korea (3)
 Wales (3)  Thailand (3)
 Ireland (5)
 Austria (1)
 Belgium (2)
 Denmark (7)
 Finland (1)
 France (12)
 Germany (5)
 Italy (5)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (8)
 Sweden (8)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 21 May 2015

Francesco Molinari took a two stroke lead after a bogey-free round of 65. Molinari finished joint second in the Open de España the previous week and finished in the top 10 in the BMW PGA Championship in 2012, 2013 and 2014.[1]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Francesco Molinari  Italy 65 −7
2 Robert Karlsson  Sweden 67 −5
T3 Jorge Campillo  Spain 68 −4
Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain
Marc Warren  Scotland
Chris Wood  England
Yang Yong-eun  South Korea
T8 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 69 −3
Nicolas Colsaerts  Belgium
Tommy Fleetwood  England
Jérôme Lando-Casanova  France
Pablo Larrazábal  Spain
Peter Lawrie  Ireland

Second round

Friday, 22 May 2015

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Francesco Molinari  Italy 65-69=134 −10
2 An Byeong-hun  South Korea 71-64=135 −9
T3 Emiliano Grillo  Argentina 71-65=136 −8
Thongchai Jaidee  Thailand 70-66=136
5 James Morrison  England 71-66=137 −7
T6 Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 68-70=138 −6
Robert Karlsson  Sweden 67-61=138
T8 Ignacio Garrido  Spain 71-68=139 −5
Joost Luiten  Netherlands 72-67=139
Alexander Norén  Sweden 72-67=139

Third round

Saturday, 23 May 2015

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1 An Byeong-hun  South Korea 71-64-67=202 −14
Francesco Molinari  Italy 65-69-68=202
3 Thongchai Jaidee  Thailand 70-66-68=204 −12
4 Tommy Fleetwood  England 69-71-65=205 −11
5 Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 68-70-68=206 −10
6 Alexander Norén  Sweden 72-67-68=207 −9
7 Shane Lowry  Ireland 74-67-67=208 −8
8 Chris Wood  England 68-73-68=209 −7
T9 Felipe Aguilar  Chile 70-73-67=210 −6
Jamie Donaldson  Wales 70-73-67=210
Grégory Havret  France 70-71-69=210
Robert Karlsson  Sweden 67-71-72=210
David Lipsky  United States 75-66-69=210
Julien Quesne  France 72-70-68=210
Peter Uihlein  United States 76-68-66=210

Final round

Sunday, 24 May 2015

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money ()
1 An Byeong-hun  South Korea 71-64-67-65=267 −21 833,330
T2 Thongchai Jaidee  Thailand 70-66-68-69=273 −15 434,275
Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 68-70-68-67=273
4 Chris Wood  England 68-73-68-66=275 −13 250,000
5 Francesco Molinari  Italy 65-69-68-74=276 −12 212,000
T6 Tommy Fleetwood  England 69-71-65-72=277 −11 162,500
Shane Lowry  Ireland 74-67-67-69=277
T8 Alexander Norén  Sweden 72-67-68-71=278 −10 118,500
Julien Quesne  France 72-70-68-68=278
10 Alejandro Cañizares  Spain 72-71-68-68=279 −9 100,000

References

  1. "Majestic Molinari dominates at Wentworth.". European Tour. 21 May 2015.

External links

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