BMW PGA Championship Geschichte

TOURNAMENT HISTORY.

Fame and honour since 1955.

Tournament History.Fame and honour since 1955.
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BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.

The Players' Flagship.

The BMW PGA Championship is the most prestigious event on the DP World Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers’ Association in Britain and was originally known as the British PGA Championship. Now regarded as the flagship event on the DP World Tour, the championship used to be rotated on several of Britain’s finest courses before finding a permanent home on the West Course at Wentworth Club in 1984.
 

The championship came under the BMW umbrella in 2005 and has since gone from strength to strength, with a number of players likening the atmosphere to that experienced at major championships.
 

The BMW PGA Championship has a great roll call of champions, some of whom are multiple winners. Sir Nick Faldo, the former world No1, won the trophy four times, while Colin Montgomerie is the only player to have won it three years in succession (1998,1999 and 2000). Other winners include such greats as Bernhard Langer (1987, 1993, 1995), Severiano Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam and José María Olazábal.
 

The first winner was Englishman Ken Bousfield, who emerged champion at the Pannal Golf Club in northern England, while Italy’s Matteo Manassero became the youngest player, at 20, to win the championship – in a three-man play-off in 2013. The first American to win the BMW PGA Championship was Arnold Palmer in 1975. More than 45 years later, in 2021, Billy Horschel joined his famous compatriot. Victory provides automatic entry into that year’s US Open tournament and a three-year exemption for the Open Championship, the oldest and most prestigious of all the majors.

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OUTSTANDING CHAMPIONS.

BMW PGA Championship Palmer
Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo
Severiano Ballesteros
BMW PGA Championship Montgomerie
BMW PGA Championship Donald

ARNOLD PALMER.

1975
Arnold Palmer is without any shadow of a doubt one of the greatest golfers the sport has ever seen. Seven major titles and the amicable American’s sheer will to win made the “King” a hugely popular golfer. Palmer can also list the PGA Championship among his many titles.

SIR NICK FALDO.

1978 | 1980 | 1981 | 1989

At the start of the 1990s, Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo – known to the sporting world as Nick Faldo – was the best golfer on the planet. Faldo won the Open Championship (1987, 1990, 1992) and the Masters (1989, 1990, 1996) three times. The Englishman is also the record PGA Championship winner, with four titles to his name.



SEVERIANO BALLESTEROS.

1983 | 1991
Few golfers were as inspiring as Severiano Ballesteros. The Spaniard, who died of a brain tumour in 2011, thrilled the world with his creative game and personality. In doing so, he gave golf in Europe an immeasurable boost. Among Seve’s 91 professional victories were two PGA Championship titles.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE.

1998 | 1999 | 2000
No player has won the “European Tour Order of Merit” as often as Colin Montgomerie: “Monty” achieved this feat no less than eight times. And the Scot also holds a remarkable record at the European Tour’s flagship event: he is the only man to have won the prestigious tournament three times in a row.

LUKE DONALD.

2011 | 2012 
Luke Donald was one of the stars of one of the most incredible play-off scenarios ever: he teed off against Lee Westwood in a play-off at the 2011 BMW PGA Championship. Up for grabs was not only the tournament win, but also the world number one spot. Donald claimed both, and went on to defend his BMW PGA Championship title the following year.

BMW PGA CHAMPIONS.

Year
Winner
Country
2023

Ryan FOX 

New Zealand

2022

Shane LOWRY

Ireland

2021

Billy HORSCHEL

USA

2020
Tyrrell HATTON
England
2019
Danny WILLETT
England
2018
Francesco MOLINARI
Italy
2017
Alex NOREN
Sweden
2016
Chris WOOD
England
2015
Byeong-hun AN
South Korea
2014
Rory McILROY
Northern Ireland
2013
Matteo MANASSERO
Italy
2012
Luke DONALD
England
2011
Luke DONALD
England
2010
Simon KHAN
England
2009
Paul CASEY
England
2008
Miguel Ángel JIMÉNEZ
Spain
2007
Anders HANSEN
Denmark
2006
David HOWELL
England
2005
Ángel CABRERA
Argentina
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