In the wake of the reception he received on the first tee at Wentworth for his opening round at the BMW PGA Championship—a mixture of mild applause and boos—LIV golfer Ian Poulter was in a mood to tell the world that he wasn’t in a mood to talk.
The opening round of the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship, being held 40 kilometres southwest of London in Virginia Water, England, was suspended for the day on Thursday evening following the news that Queen Elizabeth II had died at age 96.
It’s been a while since Keith Pelley has said much of anything about the on-going conflict between the PGA Tour/DP World Tour strategic alliance and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf.
For a man boasting only a 50 percent success rate while leading through three rounds, Molinari put on a near impeccable display in search of the $US1,166,660 first-place cheque.
There have been times over the course of his already storied career when Rory McIlroy has been described as a “dangerous” competitor. But perhaps never before has that description carried more veracity than during day three of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.