The Englishman Matthew Baldwinwho played in the afternoon, was the first leader of the BMW PGA ChampionshipDP World Tour tournament played on the West Course of Wentworth Clubaround London. Baldwin, 38 years old and world number 363, carded a 65 stroke (7 under par) with seven birdies without a mistake to put himself as the sole leader with one stroke less than the Dane Niklas Norgaard and the Belgian Thomas Detry.
Within two strokes there is a group of ten players, including them world number three Rory McIlroywho played in the morning, the Irish Shane Lowry, the American Billy Horschel and the Italian Matteo Manassero, the four former champions of this prestigious tournament.
McIlroy, who last week came close to winning the Irish Open in Royal County Down, Northern Ireland, scored a 67 stroke (-5), with seven birdies and two bogeys. One of those birdies came on the 12th hole, a short par 5, where after hitting an iron off the fairway on his second shot, the club head was thrown but the ball landed about four feet. from the flag to the whole. surprise the Briton, who then did not make an eagle putt.
Among the legions of Spaniards, only four players have succeeded on the course redesigned at the time by Ernie Els: the San Sebastian native. Adrian Otaegui and the grancanario Rafael Cabrerawho scored 70 hits (-2) and shared 35th place with the Catalan Pablo Larrazabal and the man from Madrid Angel Hidalgo71 (-1), just the limit of the cut.
Source: La Verdad
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