The 2020 BMW PGA Championship was the 66th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour. The tournament was played from 8–11 October.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held 10–13 September at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London. On 28 May, the European Tour announced a revised schedule in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, which rescheduled the tournament to 15–18 October. In August, the tournament was brought forward one week in the schedule to allow for a second, unofficial "UK Swing", starting with the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open.
Tyrrell Hatton won the tournament with a score of 269, 19-under-par, after a final round 67. He finished four strokes ahead of Victor Perez. Perez was 6-under-par after 12 holes of his final round but was 2-over-par for the remaining holes, finishing with a 68.
Course layout
Round summaries First round Thursday 8 October 2020
There was three-way tie after the first round, with Adri Arnaus, Justin Harding and Tyrrell Hatton each scoring 6-under-par 66. Defending champion Danny Willett scored 71. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Adri Arnaus 66 −6 Justin Harding Tyrrell HattonT4 Matt Fitzpatrick 67 −5 Gavin Green Shane Lowry Eddie PepperellT8 Ryan Fox 68 −4 Joachim B. Hansen Scott Hend Andrew Johnston Wade Ormsby Aaron Rai Justin Rose Matthias Schwab
Second round Friday 9 October 2020
Matt Fitzpatrick and Shane Lowry each added a 7-under-par 65 to their opening rounds of 67, and shared the lead at the half-way stage. Fitzpatrick found water at the 8th, his final hole, and made a double-bogey 6. Tyrrell Hatton added a 67 to his first round 66 to lie in third place, a stroke behind. 67 players made the cut, at even par and better. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Matt Fitzpatrick 67-65=132 −12 Shane Lowry 67-65=1323 Tyrrell Hatton 66-67=133 −11T4 Joachim B. Hansen 68-67=135 −9 Victor Perez 69-66=135T6 Adri Arnaus 66-70=136 −8 Grant Forrest 69-67=136T8 Scott Hend 68-69=137 −7 Eddie Pepperell 67-70=137T10 Ryan Fox 68-70=138 −6 Gavin Green 67-71=138 Patrick Reed 70-68=138
Third round Saturday 10 October 2020
Overnight leaders, Matt Fitzpatrick and Shane Lowry, both had over-par rounds to drop down the leaderboard; Fitzpatrick scored 76 while Lowry took 74. Tyrrell Hatton took the lead after a round of 69, with Joachim B. Hansen and Victor Perez three strokes behind. Pablo Larrazábal had the best round of the day, coming home in 30 for a round of 66, while Tommy Fleetwood and David Horsey had rounds of 67 to move into a tie for 4th place with Lowry and Patrick Reed. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tyrrell Hatton 66-67-69=202 −14T2 Joachim B. Hansen 68-67-70=205 −11 Victor Perez 69-66-70=205T4 Tommy Fleetwood 71-68-67=206 −10 David Horsey 70-69-67=206 Shane Lowry 67-65-74=206 Patrick Reed 70-68-68=206T8 Eddie Pepperell 67-70-70=207 −9 Ian Poulter 69-70-68=207T10 Matt Fitzpatrick 67-65-76=208 −8 Masahiro Kawamura 70-69-69=208 Pablo Larrazábal 73-69-66=208
Final round Sunday, 11 October 2020
Overnight leader Tyrrell Hatton won the tournament with a score of 269, 19-under-par, after a final round 67. He finished four strokes ahead of Victor Perez. Perez was 6-under-par after 12 holes of his final round but was 2-over-par for the remaining holes, finishing with a 68. Patrick Reed had an eagle at the final hole to finish tied for third place with Andy Sullivan, who had a final round 65. Ian Poulter finished fifth, with Eddie Pepperell in sixth place. PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (€)1 Tyrrell Hatton 66-67-69-67=269 −19 974,4572 Victor Perez 69-66-70-68=273 −15 630,531T3 Patrick Reed 70-68-68-68=274 −14 323,863 Andy Sullivan 71-69-69-65=2745 Ian Poulter 69-70-68-68=275 −13 243,0416 Eddie Pepperell 67-70-70-69=276 −12 200,623T7 Matt Fitzpatrick 67-65-76-69=277 −11 147,888 Joachim B. Hansen 68-67-70-72=277 Renato Paratore 73-69-68-67=277T10 Scott Hend 68-69-73-68=278 −10 106,234 Martin Kaymer 73-68-69-68=278 Marcus Kinhult 72-67-71-68=278
References
External links Coverage on European Tour official site Wentworth Club: Golf