Earlier this week, as the leading golfers in Europe steered their exotic cars off the main roads and made their way down the winding drive to the Wentworth Club in Surrey, some, possibly many, must have had a sense that they were coming home. Wentworth to golfers on the European Tour is what Sawgrass is to those on the PGA Tour. Just as the Players Championship is held at the Tournament Players Club in the lee of the PGA Tour’s headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, so the West course at Wentworth in the lee of the tour’s offices is where the BMW PGA Championship – the flagship event on the European Tour – takes place and, in varying guises, has done so for more than 30 years.
“It’s great to be home,” said Justin Rose, making his first visit this year to a golf event in his home country. “There is a lovely autumnal feel about the place. It’s good to be able to catch up with everybody, to experience for the first time the European Tour bubble side of things. You know, I’m excited about playing golf. The BMW PGA Championship is ...
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