Kiradech Aphibarnrat Leads the 2021 BMW PGA Championship

 

Kiradech Aphibarnrat leads the 2021 BMW PGA Championship (image: AFP)

 

 

Two rounds have been played at the 2021 BMW PGA Championship at The Wentworth Club. Much anticipation was had for this event, given the elite field of players, and as of now, Kiradech Aphibarnrat is the leader at 12-under with a single shot lead over Laurie Canter. 

 

The cut has been set at 2-under par.

APHIBARNRAT IN CONTROL AT WENTWORTH

Aphibarnrat opened the tournambent with an impressive 8-under 64 on Thursday. His round started off quiet however, only carding a single birdie on the front nine. But that changed on the back nine, where Aphibarnrat birdied 7 of the 9 holes for a 30. 

 

He followed up his opening 64 with a 68 on Friday. This time though, he found trouble on the back nine, carding bogeys on holes 11 and 13 with six birdies on the day.

Going into the tournament, Aphibarnrat was ranked 208th in the Race to Dubai rankings. With a win this week, he would sky-rocket up to 14th place; a much needed boost as the season winds down. 

Aphibarnrat's impressive play thus far should be of no surprise, given the wave of momentum he is riding at the moment. Just last week, he successfully regained his PGA Tour card for the 2021-2022 season after an excellent performance at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. 

 

WET WINDY WENTWORTH

If one wasn't truly convinced that The Wentworth Club was located in England, the weather over the first two days certainly would confirm this. Conditions were cool and wet for the opening rounds, but this didn't stop low scores from being shot. The low round of the tournament thus far was a 64 shot by Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Christian Bezuidenhout, both on Thursday.

The wet weather is expected to cease for the weekend rounds, as are the winds. 

HOW ARE OUR PICKS DOING

We gambled this week by making "older" picks who were jousting for Ryder Cup potential. Here's how they are doing so far:

1) Richard Bland: T61 at 2-under

2) Francesco Molinari: T61 at 2-under

3) Ian Poulter: CUT

Not looking too good so far. Both Bland and Molinari experienced up and down rounds, but fought to get over the cutline, with Bland making a key birdie at the par 5 18th hole on Friday. Let's hope the weekend will treat them better.

 

 

Two rounds down, two to go at the 2021 BMW PGA Championship. Stay tuned for our wrap-up post to see who has won.

 

 

-Nick

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