2015 BMW PGA Championship Picks

This week we turn our coverage to a European Tour event, in fact, the flagship event of the European Tour, the BMW PGA Championship, which is played yearly at the West course at the Wentworth Club in Surrey, England. This is one of the most elite and biggest events on the European Tour, with a large money prize, 64 WGC points, and exemptions into this year's US Open and the next 3 Open Championships given to the winner. It's roughly the equivalent of The Players Championship on the PGA Tour.

This is also one of my favourite tournaments to watch on the European Tour since it was the setting an amazing moment in golf. In the 2011 edition of the tournament, World Numbers One and Two, Lee Westwood and Luke Donald had finished their final rounds tied for 1st place and had to go to sudden death on the par 5 1st hole of the West course. On the line was not only the tournament win but also the title of World Number One. They both started the hole well and both had roughly the same distances for their approach shots. Luke went first and landed his ball safely on the green, close to the hole. Lee responded by landing his shot just inside Luke's but then watched his ball roll off the water-lined green into the water, resulting in Luke winning the tournament and the title. So much was on the line at that moment and that's why I'll never forget it. But moments like this seem to only happen at big tournaments like this.

Being a more elite tournament, all of the European Tour's (and some PGA Tour) top players will be playing this week. It situations like this, it's always hard to make picks, but we've narrowed it down to three players:

1) Graeme McDowell
2) Danny Willett
3) Chris Wood

Hopefully one of these players will win it this week. Play starts very early tomorrow in the morning in EST time. Stay tuned for our weekend update post on Friday to see who's leading going into the weekend.


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

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