2006 BMW Championship

The 2006 BMW Championship was the 52nd edition of the BMW Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 25–28 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

David Howell cruised to a five stroke victory over Simon Khan to claim his first BMW Championship.

Course layout

Round summaries First round Thursday, 25 May 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Paul Casey67−5 Luke Donald Nick Dougherty Andrew McLardyT5 Ángel Cabrera68−4 David Howell Raphaël Jacquelin Peter LawrieT9 François Delamontagne69−3 Jamie Donaldson Ernie Els Kenneth Ferrie Garry Houston Robert Karlsson Paul Lawrie José María Olazábal Ian Poulter Phillip Price John Wells

Second round Friday, 26 May 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 David Howell68-65=133−112 Nick Dougherty67-69=136−8T3 Ángel Cabrera68-69=137−7 Robert Karlsson69-68=1375 Simon Khan70-68=138−6T6 Paul Casey67-72=139−5 François Delamontagne69-70=139 Luke Donald67-72=139T9 Niclas Fasth70-70=140−4 Raphaël Jacquelin68-72=140 Miguel Ángel Jiménez71-69=140 Peter Lawrie68-72=140

Third round Saturday, 27 May 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 David Howell68-65-69=202−142 Miguel Ángel Jiménez71-69-65=205−11T3 Paul Casey67-72-69=208−8 Simon Khan70-68-70=208T5 François Delamontagne69-70-71=210−6 Nick Dougherty67-69-74=210 Pádraig Harrington72-70-68=210 Jean van de Velde75-69-66=210T9 Niclas Fasth70-70-71=211−5 Søren Hansen70-72-69=211 Robert Karlsson69-68-74=211

Final round Sunday, 28 May 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)1 David Howell68-65-69-69=271−17708,3302 Simon Khan70-68-70-68=276−12472,2203 Miguel Ángel Jiménez71-69-65-72=277−11266,0504 Brett Rumford72-73-69-65=279−9212,5005 Richard Bland73-68-71-68=280−8180,200T6 Andrew Coltart71-72-69-69=281−7112,540 Pádraig Harrington72-70-68-71=281 Trevor Immelman70-73-73-65=281 Gary Orr71-70-73-67=281 Anthony Wall71-71-73-66=281

Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par434534444 345434455 Howell −14 −15 −15 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 Khan −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −12 Jiménez −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 Rumford −2 −2 −2 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 Bland −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −4 −3 −4 −3 −4 −4 −6 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogey Source:

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