2008 BMW PGA Championship

Coordinates: 51°24′N 0°35′W / 51.40°N 0.59°W / 51.40; -0.59
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2008 BMW PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates22–25 May 2008
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
51°24′N 0°35′W / 51.40°N 0.59°W / 51.40; -0.59
Course(s)Wentworth Club
West Course
Tour(s)European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,304 yards (6,679 m)
Field150 players, 70 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fund4,500,000
Winner's share€750,000
Champion
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
277 (−11)
Location map
Wentworth Club is located in England
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in England
Wentworth Club is located in Surrey
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in Surrey
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The 2008 BMW PGA Championship was the 54th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 22–25 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez defeated Englishman Oliver Wilson in a playoff to capture his first BMW PGA Championship title.[1]

Course layout[edit]

Wentworth Club, West Course[2]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yardage n/a 474 154 465 552 203 418 396 392 449 3,503 184 416 531 470 179 489 383 610 539 3,801 7,304
Par 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 35 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 37 72

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, 22 May 2008

Place Player Score To par
1 Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley 65 −7
2 Sweden Robert Karlsson 66 −6
T3 Australia Marcus Fraser 67 −5
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
T5 Wales Garry Houston 68 −4
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
Argentina Daniel Vancsik
England Simon Wakefield
T9 France Mike Lorenzo-Vera 69 −3
Spain Álvaro Velasco
Scotland Marc Warren

Second round[edit]

Friday, 23 May 2008

Place Player Score To par
1 Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley 65-66=131 −13
T2 Sweden Robert Karlsson 66-69=135 −9
England Miles Tunnicliff 70-65=135
T4 Australia Marcus Fraser 67-69=136 −8
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen 71-65=136
England Oliver Wilson 70-66=136
7 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-67=137 −7
T8 Chile Felipe Aguilar 71-67=138 −6
Spain Alejandro Cañizares 72-66=138
Republic of Ireland Damien McGrane 72-66=138
Scotland Gary Orr 70-68=138
Argentina Daniel Vancsik 68-70=138

Third round[edit]

Saturday, 24 May 2008

Place Player Score To par
1 Sweden Robert Karlsson 66-69-70=205 −11
T2 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-67-72=209 −7
England Oliver Wilson 70-66-73=209
T4 Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley 65-66-79=210 −6
India Jyoti Randhawa 73-68-69=210
Argentina Daniel Vancsik 68-70-72=210
T7 Argentina Rafael Echenique 70-73-68=211 −5
Scotland Gary Orr 70-68-73=211
T9 Chile Felipe Aguilar 71-67-74=212 −4
Spain Alejandro Cañizares 72-66-74=212
England Paul Casey 71-68-73=212
Australia Marcus Fraser 67-69-76=212
Australia Richard Green 70-69-73=212
Germany Martin Kaymer 71-70-71=212
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen 71-65-76=212
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 68-71-73=212
England Miles Tunnicliff 70-65-77=212

Final round[edit]

Sunday, 25 May 2008

Place Player Score To par Money ()
T1 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-67-72-68=277 −11 Playoff
England Oliver Wilson 70-66-73-68=277
T3 England Luke Donald 72-69-73-65=279 −9 253,350
Sweden Robert Karlsson 66-69-70-74=279
5 India Jyoti Randhawa 73-68-69-70=280 −8 190,800
T6 South Africa Retief Goosen 76-69-70-66=281 −7 126,450
Australia Richard Green 70-69-73-69=281
Sweden Alex Norén 75-68-71-67=281
Argentina Andrés Romero 72-69-73-67=281
T10 Spain Alejandro Cañizares 72-66-74-70=282 −6 76,275
England Paul Casey 71-68-73-70=282
England Simon Khan 71-71-71-69=282
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen 71-65-76-70=282
Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley 65-66-79-72=282
England Steve Webster 71-70-72-69=282

Scorecard[edit]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5
Spain Jiménez −7 −7 −8 −9 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11
England Wilson −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11
England Donald −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9
Sweden Karlsson −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −10 −9
India Randhawa −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8
South Africa Goosen −1 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7
Australia Green −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −7
Sweden Norén −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7
Argentina Romero −1 −2 −3 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey

Source:[3]

Playoff[edit]

The playoff began on the par five 18th; both players went for the green in two. Wilson ended up in the greenside bunker; Jiménez at the back of the green. Jiménez three-putted for a par 5 which was matched by Wilson.

The players headed once again for the 18th tee, this time Jiménez was able to get home in two after a superb drive; Wilson, on the other hand could only manage a lay up after he missed his tee shot to the right. Wilson managed to play his approach shot to 12 feet (3.6m), but his putt slipped by. Jiménez managed to two-putt for a birdie 4 and the title.[4]

Place Player Score To par Money (€)
1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 5-4 −1 750,000
2 Oliver Wilson  England 5-5 E 500,000

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jimenez completes the BMW set". European Tour. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Course Card". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. ^ "2008 BMW PGA Championship leaderboard". PGA European Tour. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Jimenéz wins BMW PGA Championship in a playoff". PGA Tour. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2020.