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Danny Willett has brilliantly climbed his way from the ‘dark places’ he had plunged to atop of the European Tour flagship event in capturing the BMW PGA Championship. Willett had just a tap-in birdie putt on the final green in a round of 67 to win by a very impressive three shots at 20-under par on the Wentworth course. The 2016 Masters champion captured a seventh Tour title but a first on English soil and with victory moved straight to the front in the 2020 European Ryder Cup qualifying ...

Rory McIlroy drew on his enormous pride to post a remarkable 16th top-10 in his 22 events this year thanks to rousing weekend finish at the BMW PGA Championship. McIlroy birdied three of his closing four holes in a five-under par 67 for a share of ninth place at 11-under par on the famed Wentworth course. Former Masters champ, Danny Willett collected a seventh tour title and goes straight to the top of the 2020 European Ryder Cup qualifying table in posting a 67 to win by three shots at 20-under ...

We all know it was a basketball called ‘Wilson’ that kept Tom Hanks sane on a uninhabited Pacific Ocean island in the blockbuster movie, CastAway. Now we’re not saying 2020 European Ryder Cup captain is going insane, not for a moment but no sooner had Harrington announced his first vice-captain and the Dubliner unveiled what could be the team mascot – ‘Wilson’ a cute-looking puppy. It is the now 48-year old Dubliner’s first dog and it seemed only appropriate ...

In what could be an amazing scenario and ultra-talented Sharma Shubhanker is targeting being handed the gleaming BMW PGA Championship winning trophy three days after behind presented with his prize for 2018 European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’. The 23-year old added a third round 66 to earlier scores of 71 and 67 to be tied in third place with England’s Justin Rose (67) and South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout (69), who broke through to win a maiden Tour victory earlier this year ...

Shane Lowry has set himself the target ‘sneaking’ a top-10 finish heading to the final round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Lowry posted a third round 69 to head to the last day sharing 27th place at four-under par and with the Offlay golfer now to tee-up at 11.10am ensuring he should get the wish of seein much of the 8.45am start to the Ireland-v-Scotland Rugby World Cup opener. The Open Champion trails 11 shots behind the leading duo of Spain’s Jon Rahm and former Masters winner, ...

Former Wentworth-attached Ross Fisher was celebrating in winning £133,000 stunning BMW i8 Rossa Corsa ‘electric’ sports coupe for a spectacular albatross ‘2’ at the final hole on day three of the BMW Championship. The Englishman, who first played the tournament back in 1994, had 225-yards to the pin at the 18th and pulled-out a 4-iron to see his shot clear the water guarding the green and then disappear into the cup in a back-9 29 for a round of 66 for a seven-under par ...

Richie Ramsay embraced his ‘Project 10’ setting about to hole more putts inside 10-feet, to boost hopes of wrapping-up his 2020 European Tour card. Ramsay did just that grabbing five birdies, including his closing two holes, in a four-under par 68 to be well inside the top-20 at five-under par after two rounds of the BMW PGA at Wentworth. The Edinburgh-based Ramsay heads to day three trailing six shots behind the leading duo of former Masters champ, Danny Willett (65) and Spaniard Jon Rahm (66) ...