The first day of BMW PGA Championship It resumed this Saturday after being suspended on Thursday minutes after learning of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The second round of the always known as British PGAwhich has been disputed for 38 years in the West Course at Wentworth, in the outskirts of London, was also resumed this Saturday morning at 6.40 (British time, one more in Spain) with all the departure times of this second round being the same. Players who had not completed their first round (30) did so starting at 7.30am local time from the spot where their ball lay at the time of the suspension.
Note that the Spanish Jon Ram (70, -2, on the first day) had just started his second round with the Norwegian with a par 4 on hole 1 Viktor Hovland, co-leader with 64 strokes after the first 18 holesand English Tyrrell Hatton. the castellonian Sergio Garcia, author of a 76 (+4) in the first round, decided to withdraw from the tournament. There is no official explanation in this regard, and in principle there is no injury involved. Sergio has only played this tournament five times since 1999, he was absent between 2000 and 2013 and it is the second time that he has withdrawn before finishing the tournament. The best Spaniard so far in the top 20 with 68 strokes was the canary Rafael Cabrera.
Players, caddies, officials, European Tour members and fans during the minute’s silence at Wentworth
The BMW PGA Championship will be played over 54 holes with the intention of finishing this Sunday as planned. It is not possible to play the full 72 holes and finish on Monday as the DP World Tour cannot guarantee staff, facilities or venue security on Monday due to ongoing plans for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral.
