2008 BMW PGA Championship

The 2008 BMW PGA Championship was the 54th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 22–25 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez defeated Englishman Oliver Wilson in a playoff to capture his first BMW PGA Championship title.

Course layout

Round summaries First round Thursday, 22 May 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Paul McGinley65−72 Robert Karlsson66−6T3 Marcus Fraser67−5 Louis OosthuizenT5 Garry Houston68−4 Charl Schwartzel Daniel Vancsik Simon WakefieldT9 Mike Lorenzo-Vera69−3 Álvaro Velasco Marc Warren

Second round Friday, 23 May 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Paul McGinley65-66=131−13T2 Robert Karlsson66-69=135−9 Miles Tunnicliff70-65=135T4 Marcus Fraser67-69=136−8 Søren Kjeldsen71-65=136 Oliver Wilson70-66=1367 Miguel Ángel Jiménez70-67=137−7T8 Felipe Aguilar71-67=138−6 Alejandro Cañizares72-66=138 Damien McGrane72-66=138 Gary Orr70-68=138 Daniel Vancsik68-70=138

Third round Saturday, 24 May 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Robert Karlsson66-69-70=205−11T2 Miguel Ángel Jiménez70-67-72=209−7 Oliver Wilson70-66-73=209T4 Paul McGinley65-66-79=210−6 Jyoti Randhawa73-68-69=210 Daniel Vancsik68-70-72=210T7 Rafael Echenique70-73-68=211−5 Gary Orr70-68-73=211T9 Felipe Aguilar71-67-74=212−4 Alejandro Cañizares72-66-74=212 Paul Casey71-68-73=212 Marcus Fraser67-69-76=212 Richard Green70-69-73=212 Martin Kaymer71-70-71=212 Søren Kjeldsen71-65-76=212 Charl Schwartzel68-71-73=212 Miles Tunnicliff70-65-77=212

Final round Sunday, 25 May 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)T1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez70-67-72-68=277−11Playoff Oliver Wilson70-66-73-68=277T3 Luke Donald72-69-73-65=279−9253,350 Robert Karlsson66-69-70-74=2795 Jyoti Randhawa73-68-69-70=280−8190,800T6 Retief Goosen76-69-70-66=281−7126,450 Richard Green70-69-73-69=281 Alex Norén75-68-71-67=281 Andrés Romero72-69-73-67=281T10 Alejandro Cañizares72-66-74-70=282−676,275 Paul Casey71-68-73-70=282 Simon Khan71-71-71-69=282 Søren Kjeldsen71-65-76-70=282 Paul McGinley65-66-79-72=282 Steve Webster71-70-72-69=282

Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par434534444 345434455 Jiménez −7 −7 −8 −9 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 Wilson −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 Donald −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 Karlsson −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −10 −9 Randhawa −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 Goosen −1 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 Green −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −7 Norén −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 Romero −1 −2 −3 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogey Source:

Playoff The playoff began on the par five 18th; both players went for the green in two. Wilson ended up in the greenside bunker; Jiménez at the back of the green. Jiménez three-putted for a par 5 which was matched by Wilson.

The players headed once again for the 18th tee, this time Jiménez was able to get home in two after a superb drive; Wilson, on the other hand could only manage a lay up after he missed his tee shot to the right. Wilson managed to play his approach shot to 12 feet (3.6m), but his putt slipped by. Jiménez managed to two-putt for a birdie 4 and the title.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 5-4 −1 750,0002 Oliver Wilson 5-5 E 500,000

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