BMW PGA: How are all 11 European Ryder Cup players getting on at Wentworth?
BMW PGA: Find out how Luke Donald's European Ryder Cup players are getting on at the DP World Tour's flagship event of the season.
1 | Ludvig Aberg | -8 |
4 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -6 |
8 | Viktor Hovland | -5 |
8 | Shane Lowry | -5 |
8 | Justin Rose | -5 |
33 | Rory McIlroy | -3 |
33 | Tyrrell Hatton | -3 |
67 | Robert MacIntyre | -1 |
67 | Jon Rahm | -1 |
106 | Tommy Fleetwood | +1 |
119 | Rasmus Hojgaard | +2 |
Eleven of Luke Donald's 12 European Ryder Cup players are competing at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in England this week.
The only absentee from Donald's 2025 team this week is Austria's Sepp Straka, who remains on the sidelines as he continues to deal with "personal issues".
The BMW PGA marks the final tournament that all of Donald's Ryder Cup players will compete in before the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York from 26-28 September.
It's therefore the last chance for playing members to impress their skipper as he contemplates his pairings for the foursomes and fourballs.
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Ludvig Aberg is leading the charge right now as the talented Swede surged to the top of the board after the first round of the BMW PGA.
Aberg is making just his second start in the DP World Tour's flagship event of the season.
Despite making a bogey on the 1st, Aberg rallied thereafter with nine birdies on the card to shoot a brilliant 8-under 64.
He shares the early lead with France's Tom Vaillant.
Aberg has now made seven birdies or more in three of his first five rounds at Wentworth West Course.
Ludvig Åberg drains a 50ft birdie putt to move within one of the lead 🙌#BMWPGA | #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/cPEA8tvtOF
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) September 11, 2025
Matt Fitzpatrick is performing next best for the 2025 European Ryder Cup team at 6-under par in tied fourth.
Viktor Hovland, Justin Rose and Shane Lowry are then next up on 5-under par in a tie for eighth.
Elsewhere, Rory McIlroy clumsily bogeyed the par-5 18th in darkness to open with a 3-under 69 alongside Tyrrell Hatton.
Jon Rahm overcame a shocking start to finish the first round under par with Robert MacIntyre.
Tommy Fleetwood is making his first competitive start since winning his first PGA Tour title at the Tour Championship last month, but he looked particularly rusty on day one with an uncharacteristic 73.
Rasmus Hojgaard fared worst of the 11 European Ryder Cup players with a 2-over 74.
The highlight of the Dane's round was a thinned chip-in eagle on the 18th.
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