After the suspension due to the death of Queen Elizabeth, and the decision not to play today, the BMW PGA Championship of golf will resume tomorrow in England. The Rolex Series tournament, scheduled for Virginia Water, in Surrey, from the initial 72 holes has been reduced to 54 and will conclude on Sunday 11 September.
BMW PGA Championship, statements
This is the decision taken by the DP World Tour with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The death of Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom since 1952, has paralyzed the world this Thursday, the planet and golf has not been an exception.
The news was known in the throes of the first round of the PGA European Championship, which takes place at the Wentworth Club of Virginia Water, in the English county of Surrey. “Following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, play at the BMW PGA Championship has been suspended for the remainder of Thursday,” the organization reported mid-afternoon.
All club facilities were closed and several players were left without finishing the first round. Not among them is Jon Rahm, who finished the 18 holes in -2 and was provisionally 52nd. In the lead was a trio with the English Fleetwood and Sullivan and the Norwegian Hovland, all at -8.
The best Spaniard of the day was the Canarian Cabrera Bello, who did -4. Pablo Larrazábal was at -3 like Adrián Otaegui. At -2, like Rahm, Nacho Elvira and Jorge Campillo, he is after 14 holes. At par Cañizares left and +1 the everlasting Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Adri Arnaus (16 holes) and Tarrio (11).
Sebas García did not go beyond +3 and Sergio García did a +4 that he owes him in the lower part of the table. The action will not resume this Friday, because the DP World, in mourning for the great death, decided to cancel the day.
“News regarding the resumption of the game will be announced soon,” read the circuit note, in which he offered his “deep condolences” to the royal family. “He was really an inspiration to people all over the world,” they added. This Thursday the flags flew at half-staff in Wentworth, not far from Windsor Castle, one of the many royal residences.
