2012 BMW PGA Championship

2012 BMW PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	24–27 May 2012
Location	Surrey, England
Course(s)	Wentworth Club
Tour(s)	European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,302 yards (6,677 m)
Field	150 players, 72 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	€4,500,000
Winner's share	€750,000
Champion
Luke Donald
273 (−15)

The 2012 BMW PGA Championship was the 58th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the 2012 European Tour, contested 24–27 May at Wentworth Club in Surrey, England. Englishman Luke Donald successfully defended his PGA Championship title and regained the World Number One status.

Course layout

Wentworth Club, West Course

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	473	154	465	552	203	418	396	391	449	3,501	184	416	531	470	179	489	383	610	539	3,801	7,302
Par		4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	35	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	37	72

Past champions in the field

Ten former champions entered the 2012 BMW PGA Championship.

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Luke Donald	England	2011	68	68	69	68	283	−15	1
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994	70	72	76	70	288	E	T27
Simon Khan	England	2010	71	74	70	73	288	E	T27
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	2008	71	70	76	74	290	+2	T39
Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	1998, 1999, 2000	69	74	78	81	302	+14	72

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Anders Hansen	Denmark	2002, 2007	73	73	146	+2
David Howell	England	2006	73	74	147	+3
Ignacio Garrido	Spain	2003	71	78	149	+5
Paul Casey	England	2009	78	76	154	+10
Scott Drummond	Scotland	2004	77	77	154	+10

Nationalities in the field

North America (3)	South America (4)	Europe (121)	Oceania (6)	Asia (3)	Africa (13)
United States (3)	Argentina (2)	England (37)	Australia (5)	India (2)	South Africa (13)
	Chile (1)	Northern Ireland (5)	New Zealand (1)	Thailand (1)
	Paraguay (1)	Scotland (13)
		Wales (4)
		Ireland (7)
		Austria (2)
		Belgium (1)
		Denmark (5)
		Finland (1)
		France (10)
		Germany (3)
		Italy (6)
		Netherlands (2)
		Portugal (1)
		Spain (12)
		Sweden (12)

Round summaries

First round (Thursday)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	David Drysdale	Scotland	66	−6
	Peter Lawrie	Ireland
T3	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	67	−5
	Justin Rose	England
	Álvaro Quirós	Spain
	Richard Johnson	Sweden
	Niclas Fasth	Sweden
T8	Marc Warren	Scotland	68	−4
	Robert Rock	England
	Ernie Els	South Africa
	Bernd Wiesberger	Austria
	Kenneth Ferrie	England
	Scott Jamieson	Scotland
	Mark Haastrup	Denmark
	James Morrison	England
	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	Spain
	Francesco Molinari	Italy
	Luke Donald	England
	Peter Hedblom	Sweden

Second round (Friday)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	James Morrison	England	68-64=132	−12
T2	Luke Donald	England	68-68=136	−8
	David Drysdale	Scotland	66-70=136
T4	Álvaro Quirós	Spain	67-70=137	−7
	Peter Lawrie	Ireland	66-71=137
T6	Marcel Siem	Germany	71-67=138	−6
	Ricardo González	Argentina	71-67=138
	Fredrik Andersson Hed	Sweden	70-68=138
	Branden Grace	South Africa	69-69=138
	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	Spain	68-70=138
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-70=138
	Peter Hedblom	Sweden	68-70=138
	Justin Rose	England	67-71=138

Third round (Saturday)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Luke Donald	England	68-68-69=205	−11
2	Justin Rose	England	67-71-69=207	−9
3	Peter Lawrie	Ireland	66-71-72=209	−7
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-73-70=211	−5
	Paul Lawrie	Scotland	69-71-71=211
	Richard Sterne	South Africa	71-68-72=211
	Branden Grace	South Africa	69-69-73=211
T8	Peter Hedblom	Sweden	68-70-74=212	−4
	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	Spain	68-70-74=212
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-70-74=212

Final round (Sunday)

Luke Donald started the final round with a two-stroke lead over countryman Justin Rose. After being caught by Justin Rose four holes into the final round, Donald birdied 6, 7 and 10 to gain a three shot lead. The gap went to five at the 16th when Donald made another birdie, while Rose bogeyed after hitting a bunker. Paul Lawrie hit a best-of-the-day 66 to catch Rose. They finished tied second with a final score of −11, four shots behind champion Donald. Luke Donald is only the third player, after Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie, to win successive PGA Championship titles. He also regained the World Number One ranking by retaining his title.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Luke Donald	England	68-68-69-68=273	−15	750,000
T2	Paul Lawrie	Scotland	69-71-71-66=277	−11	390,850
	Justin Rose	England	67-71-69-70=277
4	Peter Lawrie	Ireland	66-71-72-71=280	−8	225,000
5	Branden Grace	South Africa	69-69-73-70=281	−7	190,800
6	Richard Sterne	South Africa	71-68-72-71=282	−6	157,500
T7	Marcel Siem	Germany	71-67-76-69=283	−5	116,100
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-70-74-71=283
	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-73-70-72=283
T10	David Higgins	Ireland	70-70-74-70=284	−4	78,300
	Álvaro Quirós	Spain	67-70-77-70=284
	David Drysdale	Scotland	66-70-78-70=284
	Ian Poulter	England	71-73-69-71=284
	James Morrison	England	68-64-81-71=284