BMW PGA Championship: Tee times, prize money, TV coverage as Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, LIV Golfers tee it up

The battle lines between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour have been drawn, and this week will see a contest between players on the course at the BMW PGA Championship.

LIV Golf’s emergence has driven a wedge through the game, with a host of players signing up for huge contracts with the new Saudi-backed series.

All players who made the move to LIV and that have not resigned their memberships have been suspended by the PGA Tour. But an injunction has allowed LIV players to compete on the DP World Tour, and a raft of them will be teeing it up at the organisation’s flagship event at Wentworth between 8-11 September.

LIV players are banned from the tournament’s pro-am event and will not be in the featured televised groups, but come Thursday golf will do the talking.

The DP World Tour has big events around the globe, but Wentworth is its spiritual home and the tournament invariably attracts a stellar field.

This week will be no different, with star names Rahm, McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry and defending champion Billy Horschel representing the established tours.

In the LIV corner will be Patrick Reed, Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Talor Gooch and a host of others – 17 in total – and it is sure to make fascinating viewing.

Course: West Course, Wentworth

Steeped in history, Wentworth is the home of the DP World Tour.

The course stretches out to 7267 yards and has been through a number of redesigns.

The venue dates back to 1922, and is now a private members club. Membership fees are in six figures, so it’s not cheap to have a hit.

It might be expensive, but mere mortals who get the chance to tee it up are never disappointed.

Ernie Els, who owns a property on the estate, did some remedial work starting in 2005, adding length and bunkers. The changes to the original Harry Colt design were not well received, and Els had another go in 2017.

It proved to be second time lucky, as the changes were universally well-received and is why star names keep coming back (along with the big prize pot, naturally.)

Els stripped all 18 greens of their original turf and put in bent grass, to improve playability and appearance. He also put in a sub-air system (think Augusta) which allows organisers to make them as fast or as slow as they wish, irrespective of the weather.

Prize Money: $8m (£7m), with the winner’s share being $1.3m (£1.1m).

Format: 72-hole strokeplay.

Course records:

• 18 holes: 62 – Robert Karlsson (2010), Thomas Bjorn (2014), Alex Noren (2017)
• 72 holes: 267 – Byeong-hun An (2015)

TV Coverage: The BMW PGA Championship is live on Sky Sports in the UK.

Past Winners:

• 2021: Billy Horschel
• 2020: Tyrrell Hatton
• 2019: Danny Willett
• 2018: Francesco Molinari
• 2017: Alex Noren
• 2016: Chris Wood
• 2015: Byeong-hun An
• 2014: Rory McIlroy
• 2013: Matteo Manassero
• 2012: Luke Donald
• 2011: Luke Donald
• 2010: Simon Khan
• 2009: Paul Casey
• 2008: Miguel Angel Jimenez
• 2007: Anders Hansen
• 2006: David Howell
• 2005: Angel Cabrera
• 2004: Scott Drummond
• 2003: Ignacio Garrido
• 2002: Anders Hansen
• 2001: Andrew Oldcorn
• 2000: Colin Montgomerie

Tee Times:

06:40

• PAVON, Matthieu
• LAGERGREN, Joakim
• PULKKANEN, Tapio

06:50

• KAWAMURA, Masahiro
• JORDAN, Matthew
• GUERRIER, Julien

07:00

• SHARMA, Shubhankar
• KARLBERG, Rikard
• DRYSDALE, David

07:10

• LACROIX, Frederic
• JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh
• BEKKER, Oliver

07:20

• HUTCHEON, Greig
• HORSEY, David
• JAMIESON, Scott

07:30

• ANCER, Abraham
• HEND, Scott
• SODERBERG, Sebastian

07:40

• ANTCLIFF, Maverick
• DONALDSON, Jamie
• SOUTHGATE, Matthew

07:50

• ROZNER, Antoine
• MCDOWELL, Graeme
• VALIMÄKI, Sami

08:00

• ELVIRA, Nacho
• VEERMAN, Johannes
• BROWN, Steven

08:10

• LAWRENCE, Thriston
• RAMSAY, Richie
• LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo

08:20

• CABRERA BELLO, Rafa
• BURMESTER, Dean
• FOX, Ryan

08:30

• FITZPATRICK, Matt
• MCILROY, Rory
• HORSCHEL, Billy

08:45

• LOWRY, Shane
• ROSE, Justin
• FLEETWOOD, Tommy

08:55

• MERONK, Adrian
• MOLINARI, Edoardo
• LONG, Hurly

09:05

• KITAYAMA, Kurt
• JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Ángel
• WILSON, Oliver

09:15

• COLSAERTS, Nicolas
• BJÖRK, Alexander
• GALLACHER, Stephen

09:25

• GARCIA, Sergio
• SAMOOJA, Kalle
• PAVAN, Andrea

09:35

• GAVINS, Daniel
• WIESBERGER, Bernd
• FORREST, Grant

09:45

• WOOD, Chris
• CALDWELL, Jonathan
• KORHONEN, Mikko

09:55

• RAI, Aaron
• POULTER, Ian
• SCRIVENER, Jason

10:05

• HANSEN, Joachim B.
• SHINKWIN, Callum
• GOOCH, Talor

10:15

• BESSELING, Wil
• SENIOR, Jack
• SCHMID, Matti

10:25

• OTAEGUI, Adrian
• PAISLEY, Chris
• SINGH BRAR, Jack

10:35

• BRUN, Julien
• VAN DRIEL, Darius
• LAW, David

10:50

• CANIZARES, Alejandro
• WARREN, Marc
• GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian

11:00

• LAPORTA, Francesco
• LANGASQUE, Romain
• WALTERS, Justin

11:10

• BJERREGAARD, Lucas
• ZANOTTI, Fabrizio
• SULLIVAN, Andy

11:20

• CANTER, Laurie
• APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech
• STERNE, Richard

11:30

• JAIDEE, Thongchai
• KJELDSEN, Søren
• NORRIS, Shaun

11:40

• HORSFIELD, Sam
• JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz
• WINTHER, Jeff

11:50

• FISHER, Ross
• MIGLIOZZI, Guido
• MORRISON, James

12:00

• ARMITAGE, Marcus
• GRACE, Branden
• BROBERG, Kristoffer

12:10

• DUBUISSON, Victor
• SYME, Connor
• HELLIGKILDE, Marcus

12:20

• WALLACE, Matt
• BJORN, Thomas
• WILLETT, Danny

12:30

• LEE, Min Woo
• HERBERT, Lucas
• FERGUSON, Ewen

12:40

• RAHM, Jon
• HOVLAND, Viktor
• HATTON, Tyrrell

12:55

• SCOTT, Adam
• HOJGAARD, Nicolai
• PIETERS, Thomas

13:05

• MOLINARI, Francesco
• MACINTYRE, Robert
• DONALD, Luke

13:15

• HOJGAARD, Rasmus
• PEREZ, Victor
• SMITH, Jordan

13:25

• OLESEN, Thorbjorn
• PEPPERELL, Eddie
• DETRY, Thomas

13:35

• ARNAUS, Adri
• WESTWOOD, Lee
• LI, Haotong

13:45

• KIEFFER, Maximilian
• STONE, Brandon
• CROCKER, Sean

13:55

• REED, Patrick
• CAMPILLO, Jorge
• HIGGO, Garrick

14:05

• CATLIN, John
• BLAND, Richard
• VAN TONDER, Daniel

14:15

• COETZEE, George
• BERTASIO, Nino
• LUITEN, Joost

14:25

• HARDING, Justin
• KINHULT, Marcus
• WU, Ashun

14:35

• ORMSBY, Wade
• VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai
• TARRIO, Santiago

14:45

• FICHARDT, Darren
• WHITNELL, Dale
• GOUVEIA, Ricardo