Chris Wood’s final round 69 was enough to secure victory at the BMW PGA Championship, holding off the challenge of Rikard Karlberg, who shot a sensational 65 on a day when only six players broke 70.
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Australia’s Scott Hend, who began the day with a one shot lead, made the worst possible start when he double bogeyed the first hole and although he recovered with an nearly obligatory birdie at the downhill par five 4th he would then drop eight shots in six holes around the turn to blow himself out of contention.
Tyrrell Hatton compiled the best round of the day, a 66 moving him within one stroke of the lead.
But he wobbled on the back nine, making bogeys at the 10th, 14th, 16th and the par-five 17th when he took four to get on the green, and came back in 40.
Danny Willett says his game is still a work in progress and he knows the things he now has to work on before the US Open.
James Morrison sparked wild scenes on the final day of the BMW PGA Championship as the two-time European Tour victor hit a hole-in-one at Wentworth Club to land himself a brand new vehicle.
But their combined 11 over par on day three threw the European Tour’s flagship event wide open.
Gains at the 12th and 16th were cancelled out by dropped shots at the 15th and 17th, only for the world No 9 to end his final round under par by getting up-and-down for birdie at the last. The Portush man shot four birdies but a double-bogey seven on the fourth hole proved expensive.
Architectural designs are being made by Reignwood Group, the Chinese company who bought Wentworth in 2014, to restore elements of the West Course closer to the original 1926 design of Harry Colt.
“I’ve been walking around this place since I was a five-year-old and I was in awe of the guys inside the ropes”, he said.
Wood also won in Qatar in 2013.
And I started with a bogey, I thought, “oh well”, but then I hit a great shot and it went in the hole.
Wood began the day three shots off the pace, but overnight leader Scott Hend endured a miserable day and finished on just three-under having carded a final round of six-over par.
“There is three or four months of golf left to play where other players can win other big events to knock me out, so I’ve got to keep pushing and keep pushing”.
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“It was v ery fortunate”, conceded Hend, who can overtake Marcus Fraser in the battle for a place in the Australian Olympic team with world number one Jason Day with a win.
