Hatton carded a final round 67 to secure a fifth European Tour title and a third Rolex Series win
By Ali Stafford
Last update: 11/10/20 4:51 p.m.
Tyrrell Hatton celebrated a four-shot victory in Wentworth
Tyrrell Hatton and Victor Perez had an exciting final round to achieve a four-stroke victory in the BMW PGA Championship.
The world number 20 scored a five-under-67 win at Wentworth on an exciting Sunday, only to land under on the 19th and break away from Perez, who took the lead several times on the final day.
Hatton’s win is his third title in the Rolex series and his fifth success on the European Tour. The triumph should bring the 28-year-old to the edge of the top 10 in the world for the first time in his career.
Hatton mixed six birdies with a single bogey on the final day
Perez spun two of his last six holes to settle for a final round 68 and finish the week in second place while Andy Sullivan fired a round of day 65 to jump to third place alongside Patrick Reed.
Hatton saw his lead quickly fade overnight when Perez – who played in the group ahead of him – followed a birdie two in the second by taking a 20-foot eagle in the par-5 fourth, only to give the Englishman after a run back forward came from pars by converting 12 feet on the fifth.
Perez stayed behind when applying for a second title on the European Tour
Perez responded by firing his approach to tap-in range on the seventh and taking the corner with part of the lead as Sullivan closed within a 30-on-front nine with birdies on the 12th and 14th.
Hatton emptied a 25-foot run on the ninth, pulled another from nearly 40 feet the next, and then matched Perez’s tap-in birdie on the 11th, only the French paced up and down the sand for one take another shot at the next.
Hatton’s win is his second in 2020, after the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March
Both players had a bogey on the 13th, with Hatton missing a five-foot run to save par and then missing a birdie opportunity from 10 feet the next time, but the leader rolled overnight on May 15. a 12-foot yardage to switch to a two-shot lead with three to play.
Perez saw his hopes end when he had to get back into the game after a wild ride on the 17th and go bogey as Hatton narrowly avoided finding water on his par-5 approach before heading to Closing up and down went birdie.
Perez finished the week under on the 15th
Ian Poulter signed a bogey-free ’68 and took fifth place ahead of Eddie Pepperell, while Joachim B. Hansen, who played in the last group alongside Hatton, finished in seventh with Matt Fitzpatrick and Renato Paratore.
Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood both carded the 73rd round of the finals to drop into the group at nine, while last year’s champion Danny Willett finished his title defense with a four-under-68 to finish 32nd.
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