BMW PGA Championship 2021 R1
September 09-12
Wentworth Golf Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
$8,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat and South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout took the opening lead at the BMW PGA Championship, the third Rolex Series event of the 2021 Race to Dubai.
BMW PGA Championship 2021 R1
Aphibarnrat started slowly with a single birdie on the front nine, but produced seven more on the back nine for a bogey-free 64 to take the clubhouse lead.
He endured a knee injury in 2019 as well as a 24 week break from competition in 2020 due to the pandemic and has so far missed eleven cuts in fifteen events this year. His 64 was his lowest European Tour round since the 2017 Italian Open.
Kiradech had the short game working today 👏#BMWPGA | #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/a0LQwO7YED
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) September 9, 2021
BMW PGA Championship 2021 R1
“I’ve had a really hard time the last two years. Playing with the injury, hurting my right knee after The Masters and then when Covid hit I had to go back to my country and was stuck in the country for eight months – I couldn’t play much golf.
“I just want to come up here and enjoy every single minute that I spend on the European Tour, every time I come back it just feels like home. I feel comfortable over here – I see some friends, see my coaches. It’s a lovely golf course. I enjoy it every time I come back to Wentworth.”
PGA Championship 2021 R1
He was later joined at the top of the leaderboard by Bezuidenhout whose seven birdies were accompanied by an eagle at the par-5 4th and a bogey at the par-4 15th.
Bezuidenhout scored two consecutive wins at home in 2020 and finished seventh on the 2020 Race to Dubai but hasn’t yet made it into the top 10 at any competition this year.
“Everything with my game feels better than a year ago,” he said. “But I’m not getting the scores or the results and stuff. I just keep on doing the right things, keep on doing the same things that have obviously been working over the last year.
“I drove the ball lovely today, so I just kept it in play. Gave myself a chance, and the putter was good.”
@CbezGolf‘s best finish at a Rolex Series event was here in 2019. (3rd)#BMWPGA | #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/rjuhIdQyr9
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) September 9, 2021
BMW PGA Championship 2021 R1
Adam Scott of Australia lies one shot behind followed two further behind by England’s Justin Rose and Laurie Canter as well as Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura in fourth place.
Spain’s Miguel Ángel Jiménez, making his 30th appearance in the event at 57, is tied in seventh place at 4-under alongside compatriot Pablo Larrazábal, Joost Luiten of the Netherlands and Italy’s Francesco Laporta.
Miguel. The gift that keeps on giving ✍️#BMWPGA | #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/sjeUT56Nm9
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) September 9, 2021
BMW PGA Championship 2021 R1
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
Thru |
R1 |
T1 |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | -8 |
F |
64 |
T1 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -8 |
F |
64 |
3 |
Adam Scott | -7 |
F |
65 |
T4 |
Justin Rose | -5 |
F |
67 |
T4 |
Laurie Canter | -5 |
F |
67 |
T4 |
Masahiro Kawamura | -5 |
F |
67 |
T7 |
Jeff Winther | -4 |
17 |
|
T7 |
Miguel Angel Jiménez | -4 |
F |
68 |
T7 |
Pablo Larrazabal | -4 |
F |
68 |
T7 |
Joost Luiten | -4 |
F |
68 |
T7 |
Francesco Laporta | -4 |
F |
68 |
T12 |
Alexander Björk | -3 |
F |
69 |
T12 |
Thomas Detry | -3 |
F |
69 |
T12 |
Francesco Molinari | -3 |
F |
69 |
T12 |
Matthias Schwab | -3 |
F |
69 |
T12 |
Joachim B. Hansen | -3 |
F |
69 |
T12 |
Jamie Donaldson | -3 |
F |
69 |
T12 |
Julian Suri | -3 |
F |
69 |
T12 |
Henrik Stenson | -3 |
F |
69 |
T12 |
Raphael Jacquelin | -3 |
F |
69 |
T12 |
Oliver Wilson | -3 |
F |
69 |
T22 |
Kalle Samooja | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Thomas Pieters | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Ignacio Elvira Mijares | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Nicolai Højgaard | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Alex Noren | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Danny Willett | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Shane Lowry | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Lee Westwood | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Steven Brown | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Dean Burmester | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Thorbjørn Olesen | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Aaron Rai | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Daniel Gavins | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Marcus Armitage | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Robin Roussel | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Ross McGowan | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
David Drysdale | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Matthew Southgate | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Andrew Johnston | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Martin Kaymer | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Grant Forrest | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Billy Horschel | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Justin Walters | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Jack Senior | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Marc Warren | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Shubhankar Sharma | -2 |
F |
70 |
T22 |
Mikko Korhonen | -2 |
F |
70 |
T51 |
Jonathan Caldwell | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Adri Arnaus | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Bernd Wiesberger | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
David Howell | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Ross Fisher | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Jordan Smith | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Guido Migliozzi | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Joakim Lagergren | -1 |
17 |
|
T51 |
Joel Stalter | -1 |
15 |
|
T51 |
Jorge Campillo | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Tommy Fleetwood | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Rafa Cabrera Bello | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Graeme McDowell | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Alvaro Quiros | -1 |
F |
71 |
T51 |
Richie Ramsay | -1 |
F |
71 |
T66 |
Brandon Stone | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Viktor Hovland | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Padraig Harrington | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Adrian Otaegui | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
John Catlin | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
David Law | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Sean Crocker | E |
17 |
|
T66 |
Daniel van Tonder | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Maximilian Kieffer | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Sam Horsfield | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Matt Fitzpatrick | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Chris Paisley | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Robert Rock | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Jazz Janewattananond | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Adrian Meronk | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Ian Poulter | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Garrick Higgo | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Peter Hanson | E |
F |
72 |
T66 |
Haydn Porteous | E |
F |
72 |
T86 |
Matthew Cort | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Matthew Jordan | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Lucas Bjerregaard | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Kurt Kitayama | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Thomas Bjørn | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Ryan Fox | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Paul Waring | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Edoardo Molinari | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Stephen Gallacher | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Johannes Veerman | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Matthieu Pavon | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
David Horsey | +1 |
16 |
|
T86 |
Wilco Nienaber | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Romain Langasque | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
George Coetzee | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Benjamin Hebert | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Wade Ormsby | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Nino Bertasio | +1 |
F |
73 |
T86 |
Sami Valimaki | +1 |
F |
73 |
T105 |
Søren Kjeldsen | +2 |
F |
74 |
T105 |
Scott Jamieson | +2 |
F |
74 |
T105 |
Tyrrell Hatton | +2 |
F |
74 |
T105 |
Robert MacIntyre | +2 |
F |
74 |
T105 |
Andy Sullivan | +2 |
F |
74 |
T105 |
Julien Guerrier | +2 |
17 |
|
T105 |
Robert Karlsson | +2 |
F |
74 |
T105 |
Richard Bland | +2 |
F |
74 |
T105 |
Matt Wallace | +2 |
F |
74 |
T114 |
Branden Grace | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Justin Harding | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Sebastian Soderberg | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Zander Lombard | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Cormac Sharvin | +3 |
15 |
|
T114 |
Luke Donald | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Callum Shinkwin | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Min Woo Lee | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Chris Wood | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Graeme Storm | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Alexander Levy | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Oliver Fisher | +3 |
F |
75 |
T114 |
Ashley Chesters | +3 |
16 |
|
T127 |
Renato Paratore | +4 |
F |
76 |
T127 |
Lorenzo Gagli | +4 |
16 |
|
T127 |
Victor Perez | +4 |
F |
76 |
T127 |
Tom Lewis | +4 |
F |
76 |
T131 |
James Morrison | +5 |
F |
77 |
T131 |
Victor Dubuisson | +5 |
F |
77 |
T131 |
Antoine Rozner | +5 |
F |
77 |
T131 |
Richard McEvoy | +5 |
F |
77 |
T131 |
Ricardo Santos | +5 |
15 |
|
T136 |
Calum Hill | +6 |
F |
78 |
T136 |
Scott Hend | +6 |
F |
78 |
T136 |
Gavin Kyle Green | +6 |
F |
78 |
T136 |
Eddie Pepperell | +6 |
F |
78 |
140 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | +7 |
F |
79 |
T141 |
Thomas Aiken | +8 |
F |
80 |
T141 |
Marcus Kinhult | +8 |
F |
80 |
143 |
Rasmus Højgaard | +9 |
F |
81 |
144 |
Andrea Pavan | +15 |
F |
87 |
