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For a second day running there was occasions when it seemed safer for Rory McIlroy fans to roam the fairways than stay behind the BMW PGA Championship spectator ropes. Such was the nature of McIlroy’s day two score 69 in managing to deliver those fans and event organisers a huge sigh of relief to just make the one-over par cut-off mark at Wentworth. It left the World No. 2 trailing a dozen shots behind the leading duo of former Masters champ, Danny Willett (65) and Spaniard Jon Rahm (66) who lead ...

Past Masters winner, Danny Willett celebrated a 10th straight BMW PGA appearance with an equal season low of 62 on day two of the flagship event at Wentworth. Willett snared an eagle and seven birdies, and with his only blemish being a 14th hole bogey for a then share of the clubhouse lead with Spaniard Jon Rahm (66 & 67). The Englishman’s round matched  a similar 65 on day three of The Open and on route to Willett finishing T6th at Royal Portrush. “It was one of those days, really. ...

Padraig Harrington revealed oldest son, Paddy has now copied the ‘double-pump’ swing of ultra-talented Norwegian rookie pro, Viktor Hovland. Harrington found himself spending the immediate period after his round mixing the task of signing autographs and answering questions on the performance of Hovland and his BMW PGA first and second round playing partner. The recently turned 22-year old Hovland turned pro after competing in this year’s U.S. Open and is making his debut on European ...

Rangers fan Scott Jamieson paid tribute to the Dutch defended Fernando Ricksen in heading the Scottish contingent on the opening day of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Jamieson had the alarm set for 4.30am to out in the very first group at 7am and produced to snatch five birdies, including birdies on the closing two holes, in a four-under par 68. It left the 35-year old Glaswegian trailing three shots adrift of England’s Matt Wallace who posted a blistering bogey-free seven-under par 65. Jamieson’s ...

Shane Lowry’s thrill in being introduced on the opening tee as the 2019 Open Champion was spoilt when he walked from the final green in posting a level par 72 on day one of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Lowry teed-up alongside now fellow Open Champions Rory McIlroy and Francesco Molinari and it was the Italian in finishing stronger than his pair of Irish-born rivals. Molinari, who had gleaned so much confidence in May last year in going head-to-head with McIlroy to set the cornerstone ...

Rory McIlroy produced his worst score in close to a year in posting a horror 76 to trail 11 shots from the lead on day one of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. The World No. 2 ignited hopes of something special in quickly taking to the overtaking lane on the famed ‘Burma Road’ course when he eagled the fourth and then birdied the next to be three-under par. It prompted fellow Open Champion, fellow Irishman and playing partner, Shane Lowry at the time to comment:  “Look out, he goes Rory!” Though ...

England’s Matt Wallace was soaring atop of the BMW PGA Championship day one leader-board all thanks to an eagle and five birdies for a 65. Wallace continued from where he left off less than a week ago in finishing third at the KLM Open to eagle the par-5 fourth hole and bag five birdies to head the strong field on seven-under par. The effort is his best BMW PGA score in eight rounds on the famed Wentworth course to hand the 29-year the lead by a stroke. Extensive highlights of Matt Wallace’s ...