2008 BMW PGA Championship

The 2008 BMW PGA Championship was the 54th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 22–25 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

2008 BMW PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	22–25 May 2008
Location	Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Course(s)	Wentworth Club West Course
Tour(s)	European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,304 yards (6,679 m)
Field	150 players, 70 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	€4,500,000
Winner's share	€750,000
Champion
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
277 (−11)

Wentworth Club

Location in England

Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez defeated Englishman Oliver Wilson in a playoff to capture his first BMW PGA Championship title.[1]

Course layout

Wentworth Club, West Course[2]

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	474	154	465	552	203	418	396	392	449	3,503	184	416	531	470	179	489	383	610	539	3,801	7,304
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

Eight former champions entered the tournament.[3]

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Anders Hansen	Denmark	2002, 2007	75	69	77	68	289	+1	T40
Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	2005	73	72	72	73	290	+2	T46
Ignacio Garrido	Spain	2003	73	68	74	82	297	+9	T63
David Howell	England	2006	70	71	77	79	297	+9	T63

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Scott Drummond	Scotland	2004	74	73	147	+3
Andrew Oldcorn	Scotland	2001	75	72	147	+3
Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	1998, 1999, 2000	73	75	148	+4
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994	75	73	148	+4

Nationalities in the field

North America (0)	South America (7)	Europe (118)	Oceania (8)	Asia (7)	Africa (10)
	Argentina (6)	England (40)	Australia (6)	India (4)	South Africa (10)
	Chile (1)	Northern Ireland (3)	New Zealand (2)	Singapore (1)
		Scotland (11)		Thailand (2)
		Wales (6)
		Ireland (6)
		Austria (1)
		Denmark (5)
		Finland (1)
		France (10)
		Germany (2)
		Italy (2)
		Netherlands (2)
		Portugal (1)
		Spain (11)
		Sweden (17)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 22 May 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Paul McGinley	Ireland	65	−7
2	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	66	−6
T3	Marcus Fraser	Australia	67	−5
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa
T5	Garry Houston	Wales	68	−4
	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa
	Daniel Vancsik	Argentina
	Simon Wakefield	England
T9	Mike Lorenzo-Vera	France	69	−3
	Álvaro Velasco	Spain
	Marc Warren	Scotland

Second round

Friday, 23 May 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Paul McGinley	Ireland	65-66=131	−13
T2	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	66-69=135	−9
	Miles Tunnicliff	England	70-65=135
T4	Marcus Fraser	Australia	67-69=136	−8
	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	71-65=136
	Oliver Wilson	England	70-66=136
7	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	70-67=137	−7
T8	Felipe Aguilar	Chile	71-67=138	−6
	Alejandro Cañizares	Spain	72-66=138
	Damien McGrane	Ireland	72-66=138
	Gary Orr	Scotland	70-68=138
	Daniel Vancsik	Argentina	68-70=138

Third round

Saturday, 24 May 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	66-69-70=205	−11
T2	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	70-67-72=209	−7
	Oliver Wilson	England	70-66-73=209
T4	Paul McGinley	Ireland	65-66-79=210	−6
	Jyoti Randhawa	India	73-68-69=210
	Daniel Vancsik	Argentina	68-70-72=210
T7	Rafael Echenique	Argentina	70-73-68=211	−5
	Gary Orr	Scotland	70-68-73=211
T9	Felipe Aguilar	Chile	71-67-74=212	−4
	Alejandro Cañizares	Spain	72-66-74=212
	Paul Casey	England	71-68-73=212
	Marcus Fraser	Australia	67-69-76=212
	Richard Green	Australia	70-69-73=212
	Martin Kaymer	Germany	71-70-71=212
	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	71-65-76=212
	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	68-71-73=212
	Miles Tunnicliff	England	70-65-77=212

Final round

Sunday, 25 May 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (€)
T1	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	70-67-72-68=277	−11	Playoff
	Oliver Wilson	England	70-66-73-68=277
T3	Luke Donald	England	72-69-73-65=279	−9	253,350
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	66-69-70-74=279
5	Jyoti Randhawa	India	73-68-69-70=280	−8	190,800
T6	Retief Goosen	South Africa	76-69-70-66=281	−7	126,450
	Richard Green	Australia	70-69-73-69=281
	Alex Norén	Sweden	75-68-71-67=281
	Andrés Romero	Argentina	72-69-73-67=281
T10	Alejandro Cañizares	Spain	72-66-74-70=282	−6	76,275
	Paul Casey	England	71-68-73-70=282
	Simon Khan	England	71-71-71-69=282
	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	71-65-76-70=282
	Paul McGinley	Ireland	65-66-79-72=282
	Steve Webster	England	71-70-72-69=282

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	5
Jiménez	−7	−7	−8	−9	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11
Wilson	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−11	−11
Donald	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9
Karlsson	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−10	−9
Randhawa	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8
Goosen	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
Green	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−7
Norén	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7
Romero	−1	−2	−3	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:[3]

Playoff

The playoff began on the par five 18th; both players went for the green in two. Wilson ended up in the greenside bunker; Jiménez at the back of the green. Jiménez three-putted for a par 5 which was matched by Wilson.

The players headed once again for the 18th tee, this time Jiménez was able to get home in two after a superb drive; Wilson, on the other hand could only manage a lay up after he missed his tee shot to the right. Wilson managed to play his approach shot to 12 feet (3.6m), but his putt slipped by. Jiménez managed to two-putt for a birdie 4 and the title.[4]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	5-4	−1	750,000
2	Oliver Wilson	England	5-5	E	500,000

References

1. "Jimenez completes the BMW set". European Tour. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
2. "Course Card". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
3. "2008 BMW PGA Championship leaderboard". PGA European Tour. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
4. "Jimenéz wins BMW PGA Championship in a playoff". PGA Tour. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2020.