2017 BMW PGA Championship

The 2017 BMW PGA Championship was the 63rd edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour, held 25–28 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

2017 BMW PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates25–28 May 2017
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
51°24′N 0°35′W / 51.40°N 0.59°W / 51.40; -0.59
Course(s)Wentworth Club
West Course
Tour(s)European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,302 yards (6,677 m)
Field150 players, 66 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fundUS$7,000,000
Champion
Sweden Alex Norén
277 (−11)
Location map
Wentworth Club is located in England
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in England
Wentworth Club is located in Surrey
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in Surrey
← 2016
2018 →

Trailing the leader by seven strokes after three rounds, Alex Norén scored a final-round 62 to win by two shots from Francesco Molinari.[1]

Course layout

edit
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 473 154 465 552 203 418 396 391 449 3,501 184 416 531 470 179 489 383 610 539 3,801 7,302
Par 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 35 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 37 72

Round summaries

edit

First round

edit

Thursday, 25 May 2017

Place Player Score To par
1   Johan Carlsson 66 −6
T2   Kiradech Aphibarnrat 67 −5
  Scott Jamieson
  Francesco Molinari
T5   Nino Bertasio 68 −4
  Bradley Dredge
  Ross Fisher
  Branden Grace
  Shane Lowry
  Alex Norén
  Thomas Pieters
  Henrik Stenson
  Graeme Storm

Second round

edit

Friday, 26 May 2017

Place Player Score To par
T1   Scott Jamieson 67-70=137 −7
  Francesco Molinari 67-70=137
  Thomas Pieters 68-69=137
4   Maximilian Kieffer 70-68=138 −6
T5   An Byeong-hun 70-69=139 −5
  Johan Carlsson 66-73=139
  Branden Grace 68-71=139
  Henrik Stenson 68-71=139
  Lee Westwood 70-69=139
T10   Andrew Dodt 70-70=140 −4
  Oliver Fisher 70-70=140
  Graeme Storm 68-72=140
  Jaco van Zyl 71-69=140

Third round

edit

Saturday, 27 May 2017

Place Player Score To par
1   Andrew Dodt 70-70-68=208 −8
2   Branden Grace 68-71-70=209 −7
T3   Francesco Molinari 67-70-74=211 −5
  Lee Westwood 70-69-72=211
T5   Shane Lowry 68-74-70=212 −4
  Henrik Stenson 68-71-73=212
  Hideto Tanihara 76-69-67=212
T8   Kiradech Aphibarnrat 67-75-71=213 −3
  Bradley Dredge 68-76-69=213
  Ross Fisher 68-73-72=213
  Tyrrell Hatton 69-72-72=213
  Scott Jamieson 67-70-76=213
  Andrew Johnston 73-68-72=213
  Maximilian Kieffer 70-68-75=213
  Graeme Storm 68-72-73=213

Final round

edit

Sunday, 28 May 2017

Place Player Score To par Prize money ()
1   Alex Norén 68-75-72-62=277 −11 1,041,939
2   Francesco Molinari 67-70-74-68=279 −9 694,623
T3   Nicolas Colsaerts 71-75-69-65=280 −8 323,003
  Henrik Stenson 68-71-73-68=280
  Hideto Tanihara 76-69-67-68=280
T6   Andrew Dodt 70-70-68-73=281 −7 187,550
  Shane Lowry 68-74-70-69=281
  Graeme Storm 68-72-73-68=281
T9   Dean Burmester 69-76-72-65=282 −6 126,700
  Ross Fisher 68-73-72-69=282
  Branden Grace 68-71-70-73=282

References

edit
  1. ^ "PGA Championship: Alexander Noren shoots record 62 to win at Wentworth". BBC Sport. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
edit