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BMW PGA Championship with Rory McIlroy

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The big names of the green meet in Virginia Water, Surrey, for the BMW PGA Championship, one of the top events of the DP World Tour. The Rolex Series tournament, scheduled from Thursday to Sunday 11, offers a prize pool of eight Millions of dollars.

First qualifying round, for European players, at the Ryder Cup 2023 in Rome, will see many top players competing. From Rory McIlroy, world number 3 and winner of the show in 2014, to Jon Rahm (second in 2019), from Matt Fitzpatrick to Viktor Hovland.

In the race four among the best eleven in the world and six blues. With Francesco Molinari, who made the competition his own in 2018 (overcoming McIlroy by two strokes), here is also his brother Edoardo, the Apulian Francesco Laporta – in an excellent moment of form and sixth last year after having also been in the lead at the end of the third round – Guido Migliozzi from Vicenza, Nino Bertasio from Brescia and Andrea Pavan from Rome.

BMW PGA Championship, results

Three Italian successes in the event. Before Molinari, Matteo Manassero (in 2013) and Costantino Rocca (1996) were to establish themselves. Curiosity: Chicco Molinari will play the first two laps alongside the English Luke Donald (last to have won the BMW PGA Championship consecutively in 2011-2012), captain of the Europe team at the Ryder Cup, and the Scottish Robert McIntyre, among the best prospects of the circuit.

It is an important opportunity for the Turin player in view of the 2023 appointment that will see the Old Continent, at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Guidonia Montecelio (Rome), challenge the USA. Defending the title will be American Billy Horschel, who spared no criticism of those 18 players – from Lee Westwood to Ian Poulter – who moved to the Arab Super League but regularly on the field at the Wentworth Club.

“I don’t think these golfers deserve to be here. . Theirs is a hypocritical decision, aimed at obtaining points in the world rankings “, the outburst of the American. The BMW PGA Championship precedes the 79th edition of the Italian Open which will take place from 15 to 18 September at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, in the home of the Ryder Cup.

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