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
Round summaries First round (Thursday) PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 David Drysdale66−6 Peter LawrieT3 Jamie Donaldson67−5 Justin Rose Álvaro Quirós Richard Johnson Niclas FasthT8 Marc Warren68−4 Robert Rock Ernie Els Bernd Wiesberger Kenneth Ferrie Scott Jamieson Mark Haastrup James Morrison Rafa Cabrera-Bello Francesco Molinari Luke Donald Peter Hedblom
Second round (Friday) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 James Morrison68-64=132−12T2 Luke Donald68-68=136−8 David Drysdale66-70=136T4 Álvaro Quirós67-70=137−7 Peter Lawrie66-71=137T6 Marcel Siem71-67=138−6 Ricardo González71-67=138 Fredrik Andersson Hed70-68=138 Branden Grace69-69=138 Rafa Cabrera-Bello68-70=138 Francesco Molinari68-70=138 Peter Hedblom68-70=138 Justin Rose67-71=138
Third round (Saturday) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Luke Donald68-68-69=205−112 Justin Rose67-71-69=207−93 Peter Lawrie66-71-72=209−7T4 Ernie Els68-73-70=211−5 Paul Lawrie69-71-71=211 Richard Sterne71-68-72=211 Branden Grace69-69-73=211T8 Peter Hedblom68-70-74=212−4 Rafa Cabrera-Bello68-70-74=212 Francesco Molinari68-70-74=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.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)1 Luke Donald68-68-69-68=273 −15750,000T2 Paul Lawrie69-71-71-66=277−11390,850 Justin Rose67-71-69-70=2774 Peter Lawrie66-71-72-71=280 −8225,0005 Branden Grace69-69-73-70=281 −7190,8006 Richard Sterne71-68-72-71=282 −6157,500T7 Marcel Siem71-67-76-69=283−5116,100 Francesco Molinari68-70-74-71=283 Ernie Els68-73-70-72=283T10 David Higgins70-70-74-70=284−478,300 Álvaro Quirós67-70-77-70=284 David Drysdale66-70-78-70=284 Ian Poulter71-73-69-71=284 James Morrison68-64-81-71=284
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