{"id":228423,"date":"2019-09-18T09:37:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T09:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/what-makes-a-bmw-pga-championship-winner\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T12:26:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T12:26:44","slug":"what-makes-a-bmw-pga-championship-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/what-makes-a-bmw-pga-championship-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a BMW PGA Championship winner?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the first time ever, the BMW PGA Championship is being\nheld in September instead of its usual May slot due to the rescheduling of America\u2019s\nPGA Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, a strong field heads to Wentworth this week, with plenty big names \u2013 such as Rory McIlroy, the 11\/2 favourite in the golf betting<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 competing for one of the European Tour\u2019s most prestigious titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite the change in date, the BMW PGA should, in theory, be one of the easiest tournaments to predict on the European Tour, as it is one of the few that is played at the same venue every single year.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several trends over the past 15 years that point\nto the kind of player that should be expected to win this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

For example, 11 of the last 14 BMW PGA champions were ranked\ninside the top 55 players in the world, so it\u2019s unlikely an outsider comes from\nnowhere to win this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only one of the last 13 winners at this tournament have come\nfrom a country outside of Europe \u2013 Byeong-Hun An in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A handful of American players, like Tony Finau, Patrick Reed\nand Billy Horschel, have made the trip over to play at Wentworth this week, but\nthey should be avoided given their nation\u2019s record in this tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also worth disregarding the older players in the field,\nas this event has been dominated by players under the age of 37 over the past\n15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Miguel Angel Jimenez is the only player to buck that trend,\nhaving triumphed at the age of 44 in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experience is key this week, though, as An is also the only\nplayer in the past 14 years to win at Wentworth despite previously having never\nwon a PGA Tour or European Tour event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History suggests that it\u2019s important to have had a few\ncracks at this event in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2005, 12 of the 14 winners had made at least six\nprevious starts at Wentworth, with An and Matteo Manassero the only exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply turning up every year isn\u2019t enough, though. It\u2019s very\nrare that a player wins this event having never been in contention before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the past 14 winners, 13 had previously finished inside\nthe top 10 at Wentworth at least once. An was the only exception, as he was\nmaking his course debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten of those players had also made the cut at this event in\nthe year before their victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, 10 of the last 15 winners of this event had made\nthe cut in their previous start, so it\u2019s worth avoiding anyone who failed to\nreach the weekend at last week\u2019s KLM Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking all the above criteria into account, only two players\nfit the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rory McIlroy<\/strong> 11\/2 looks a very strong favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 30, the Northern Irishman is in his prime and sits second\nin the world rankings after a fantastic season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A victory in 2014 was his best result in nine starts at this\nevent to date, and he finished second last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four-time major winner finished T2 at the European\nMasters in his last start and has 24 career victories to his name, including three\nalready this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tommy Fleetwood <\/strong>18\/1 is also a great bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Englishman has four career wins at the age of 28 and has\nalready played at Wentworth seven times in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A T6 in 2015 was his best result to date and he finished a\nrespectable T20 last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fleetwood is coming off a T8 at the European Masters last time out and is currently 16th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In collaboration with Betway<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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