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2023 BMW PGA Championship: Friday Round 2 tee times, pairings and featured groups
The 2023 BMW PGA Championship tee times and groups unveiled as the DP World Tour returns to Wentworth’s West Course for its 40th consecutive flagship event.
Europe’s top golfers, including world-class talent, are set to tee off at the 2023 BMW PGA Championship starting Thursday. With the complete European Ryder Cup team participating, the tournament boasts a formidable field.
Round 2 starts at 1:45 a.m. ET time on Friday, featuring 138 players, all commencing from the first hole, with most teeing off at 10-minute intervals, except for specific cases with five-minute intervals.
Highly anticipated groups include Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg, and Víktor Hovland, all members of the European Ryder Cup team, teeing off at 7:40 a.m.
Additional participants, using the BMW PGA Championship as a gauge of their form before the Ryder Cup in Italy, include Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, and Sepp Straka, who will start together at 8 a.m.
Captain Luke Donald, along with co-captains Francesco and Edoardo Molinari, will play together, teeing off at 8:30 a.m.
The remaining six European team members are split into two trios: Jon Rahm, Nicolai Hojgaard, and Tyrrell Hatton will start at 3:40 a.m., followed by Justin Rose, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Robert MacIntyre ten minutes later.
Co-captains Thomas Bjorn and Nicholas Colsaerts, along with Stephen Gallacher, will tee off at 7:15 a.m.
Another notable trio includes Padraig Harrington, Victor Perez, and Rasmus Hojgaard.
Vincent Norrman, the newly crowned Irish Open champion, will tee off at 4:10 a.m. alongside Jordan Smith and Jorge Campillo.
The BMW PGA Championship, held at the West Course of the Wentworth Club since 1955, features former champions like Shane Lowry, Tyrrell Hatton, Francesco Molinari, Rory McIlroy, and Luke Donald. Notable past winners Billy Horschell (2021) and Danny Willet (2019) will also participate, along with strong contenders like Jamie Donaldson, Victor Perez, and Justin Rose.
BMW PGA Championship Round 2 tee times
BMW PGA Championship Round 2 tee times (all times ET)
1:45 a.m.
ELVIRA, Nacho
VAN DRIEL, Darius
WINTHER, Jeff
1:55 a.m.
HISATSUNE, Ryo
WALTERS, Justin
ARMITAGE, Marcus
2:05 a.m.
SCHOTT, Freddy
KAWAMURA, Masahiro
NEMECZ, Lukas
2:15 a.m.
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai
PULKKANEN, Tapio
ZANOTTI, Fabrizio
2:25 a.m.
GREEN, Gavin
JAMIESON, Scott
LONG, Hurly
2:35 a.m.
LAW, David
PAVON, Matthieu
DETRY, Thomas
2:45 a.m.
WU, Ashun
HILL, Calum
ROZNER, Antoine
2:55 a.m.
LI, Haotong
MIGLIOZZI, Guido
MCKIBBIN, Tom
3:05 a.m.
PEPPERELL, Eddie
LANGASQUE, Romain
FISHER, Ross
3:15 a.m.
RAI, Aaron
LAWRENCE, Thriston
HOGE, Tom
3:25 a.m.
MERONK, Adrian
WILLETT, Danny
BJÖRK, Alexander
3:40 a.m.
RAHM, Jon
HØJGAARD, Nicolai
HATTON, Tyrrell
3:50 a.m.
ROSE, Justin
FITZPATRICK, Matt
MACINTYRE, Robert
4 a.m.
FOX, Ryan
LEE, Min Woo
LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo
4:10 a.m.
NORRMAN, Vincent
SMITH, Jordn
CAMPILLO, Jorge
4:20 a.m.
SIEM, Marcel
BRADBURY, Dan
CABRERA BELLO, Rafa
4:30 a.m.
BROWN, Daniel
CLEMENTS, Todd
WALLACE, Matt
4:40 a.m.
SHINKWIN, Callum
SAMOOJA, Kalle
BACHEM, Nick
4:50 a.m.
VÄLIMÄKI, Sami
ARNAUS, Adri
FITZPATRICK, Alex
5 a.m.
DU PLESSIS, Hennie
DE JAGER, Louis
RITCHIE, JC
5:10 a.m.
LEVY, Alexander
KJELDSEN, Søren
TARRIO, Santiago
5:20 a.m.
LINDBERG, Mikael
KIMSEY, Nathan
JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz
5:35 a.m.
HUNDEBØLL, Oliver
KNAPPE, Alexander
SCIOT-SIEGRIST, Robin
5:45 a.m.
SULLIVAN, Andy
LEE, Craig
HIDALGO, Angel
5:55 a.m.
KINHULT, Marcus
HANNA, Chase
BESSELING, Wil
6:05 a.m.
CATLIN, John
MORRISON, James
DONALDSON, Jamie
6:15 a.m.
LOMBARD, Zander
LAGERGREN, Joakim
BRUN, Julien
6:25 a.m.
FORSSTRÖM, Simon
STRYDOM, Ockie
HUIZING, Daan
6:35 a.m.
KIEFFER, Maximilian
BALDWIN, Matthew
RAMSAY, Richie
6:45 a.m.
WARING, Paul
BEKKER, Oliver
SYME, Connor
6:55 a.m.
FERGUSON, Ewen
CROCKER, Sean
HOSHINO, Rikuya
7:05 a.m.
SCHNEIDER, Marcel
MANSELL, Richard
SÖDERBERG, Sebastian
7:15 a.m.
BJØRN, Thomas
COLSAERTS, Nicolas
GALLACHER, Stephen
7:25 a.m.
HARRINGTON, Padraig
PEREZ, Victor
HØJGAARD, Rasmus
7:40 a.m.
MCILROY, Rory
ÅBERG, Ludvig
HOVLAND, Viktor
7:50 a.m.
SCOTT, Adam
KIM, Tom
HORSCHEL, Billy
8 a.m.
FLEETWOOD, Tommy
LOWRY, Shane
STRAKA, Sepp
8:10 a.m.
OLESEN, Thorbjørn
PAUL, Yannik
LUITEN, Joost
8:20 a.m.
SHARMA, Shubhankar
SOUTHGATE, Matthew
JORDAN, Matthew
8:30 a.m.
DONALD, Luke
MOLINARI, Edoardo
MOLINARI, Francesco
8:40 a.m.
HILLIER, Daniel
WILSON, Oliver
FORREST, Grant
8:50 a.m.
GAVINS, Daniel
OTAEGUI, Adrian
WHITNELL, Dale
9 a.m.
WARREN, Marc
DUBUISSON, Victor
SCRIVENER, Jason
9:10 a.m.
COCKERILL, Aaron
WANG, Jeunghun
HELLIGKILDE, Marcus
9:20 a.m.
FREIBURGHAUS, Jeremy
GARCIA, Sebastian
GUERRIER, Julien
9:30 a.m.
DANTORP, Jens
NØRGAARD, Niklas
VEERMAN, Johannes