JJ Spaun closed with 4 birdies in his ultimate 5 holes to win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club on Sunday, ending at 17-under 271 for a two-shot victory after Manuel Elvira bogeyed the 18th gap to fall out of a share of the lead.
Spaun started the ultimate spherical one shot off the lead and appeared out of competition earlier than his late surge, birdieing holes 14 and 16 amongst his closing run. Elvira had eagled the seventeenth to tie for the lead however discovered sand along with his second shot on 18, flew the inexperienced along with his third and landed in a bunker once more earlier than ending with a double bogey. Elvira completed tied for second at 15 beneath alongside Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Aaron Rai, every two pictures again.
It was Spaun’s second DP World Tour title of the yr and his first Rolex Series win, following his 2025 U.S. Open championship. He turned solely the third American to win the BMW PGA Championship, after Arnold Palmer and Billy Horschel, and the primary participant to win the match on his debut look since Byeong Hun An in 2015.
Spaun stated being left off the U.S. Presidents Cup crew fueled his week. Captain Brandt Snedeker handed over Spaun, the defending U.S. Open champion, for the crew’s ultimate two spots, choosing Jacob Bridgeman and 21-year-old Jackson Koivun as a substitute. Rather than attend the Presidents Cup outdoors Chicago this week, Spaun performed at Wentworth.
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