Two Englishmen at the head of a pageant to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth

After the first round of the BMW PGA Championship was interrupted by the announcement of Queen Elizabeth’s death, the two Englishmen were at the head of the tournament at Wentworth, located in London, along with Norwegian Viktor Hovland. When Friday’s day was already cancelled, Mathieu Pavon snuck in with Rory McIlroy…

This is A very dark first round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, on the outskirts of London. Queen of England Elizabeth IIThe 96-year-old died at his Scottish home in Balmoral under a particularly gray and rainy British sky. At half-mast!

The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.

The King and Queen will stay at Balmoral this evening and return to London tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/VfxpXro22W

— Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 8, 2022

For the first time in 1952, the explosion of Lord’s death announcement to the British public had the immediate effect of ending the first round of the competition and postponing the rest of the games to Saturday. To restore a little balm to the hearts of the British delegation, the two Englishmen rose in the classification along with the Norwegian. Victor Hovland, score -8 (64). It’s also a career-best card Tommy Fleetwood TP was joined by his partner at the end of the afternoon on the world tour Andy SullivanThen by Scandinavian.

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Three leads at -8

Fleetwood (six birdies in his last seven holes) and Sullivan (six birdies in his last eight holes) made the difference at the end of Wentworth’s course, which was waterlogged at times during the rain. Hovland for his part followed up a birdie on 17 with an eagle on the last two par 5s of the London layout (17 and 18) and gained even more advantage after the 4th round of 16. What ends this first round is -8 with a score of -4 on the last three holes!

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Pawan is in the top 15 along with Horschel and McIlroy

Matthew Jordan (Another Englishman) Fourth, one stroke behind three co-leaders. Matthew Pavon Dropped out of the top 10 at the end of the day, but the Bordeaux player is in 11th place Rory McIlroy and title holder Billy Horschel, thanks in particular to three birdies in a row at the start of his return trip (11, 12 and 13). A small feat for the Frenchman who set off in the rain on the first morning… “We’ve had mixed days with weather since the start of the week, He was eloquent. I must have had five holes today with the rain. Hitting a course like Wentworth at 6.40am this morning is not easy, with high humidity and a very unprogressive ball. But I managed well and made a few putts at the right time. Today I was very patient with a good attitude. I will try to find better connections with my irons in training to do better tomorrow.”

Of the eight tricolors entered this week in the prestigious Rolex Series competition, only Frederic Lacroix Not playing under par (+1). They are five to -3, three lengths from top 5! Victor Perez Stopped at hole No. 18 after two last bogeys (-2). It’s hard to know how the rest of the competition will play out, 10km from Windsor Castle. Attacked from all sides by LIV, Keith Bell (Director of DB World Tour) and Jay Monaghan (PGA Tour Director) could have shouted Code Save the Golf. with Charles III England’s new king, we must deal with God save the king.

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