European Tour BMW Championship leaderboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2019/tournamentid=2019080/leaderboard/index.html#/leaderboard
Rory McIlroy is the 2019 PGA Tour Player of the year, and a past winner of this European Tour flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship being played this week at the home of the European Tour, Wentworth GC in glorious sunshine.
The tour moved this event back from May, when to be honest the course wasn't ready, compared to this week. When you turn on your telly you'll see what I mean. It is at it's lush green best.
Rory was -3 through 5 holes, totally in control, putting beautifully par, par,eagle, birdie, and as he stood on the 8th tee he was tied for the early lead. However, and this is what perplexes so many Rory bashers, he then proceeded to bogey 5 of his next 8 holes, seemingly having lost his touch, as Scottish commentator Sam Torrance said, "he's #2 in the world, but just played the last 9 holes like #22"..
He added a lost ball double bogey 7 at the par 5 17th, lost another drive OB at the 18th and staggered home with a bogey 6 for a +4 76. He has never won when he shoots over par on his first round.
The clubhouse lead was held by Henrik Stenson at -6 66, but England's Matt Wallace saved a par 5 at the 18th to shoot -7 65 to take the lead with the late wave now on course.
Defending champion Frankie Molinari shot a -3 69.
The sloping greens at this storied west course are notoriously hard to read, and are running fast which is helping to keep the scoring in check in these idyllic conditions.
The weather forecast is here https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/forecast/7day/London and as you can see, sunny and calm until Sunday, some showers but nothing serious.
Bryan Angus
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