Casey No 3 in the world after winning

the BMW PGA Championship

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Paul Casey got up and down from a bunker on the last to win The European Tour's flagship BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club - and with it becomes the World No 3.
After a terrific battle with Ross Fisher, Casey birdied the two closing par fives just like his fellow Englishman to grab the first prize of €750,000 and move up four places on the rankings. He also now leads The Race To Dubai.
Fisher was only one outside the course record with his best of the week 64, but it was not quite enough after he resumed five behind.
It needed three birdies in the last four holes for 31 year old Ryder Cup star Casey to hold off the challenge of his fellow Englishman.
The outcome was far from certain when Casey, 41st in the world at the start of 2009 and seventh entering the tournament, found a greenside bunker with his approach to the par five last.
But he splashed out to five feet and made no mistake with a tricky left to right putt.
"It was not an easy putt, but any putt to win is something I would like to have," said Casey.
"There are great names on this trophy and it feels great. A lot of people have put in a lot of work, but I have to thank Peter Kostis, my coach in the States.
"He's more than a coach and we set some lofty goals at the start of the year."
Casey has not disclosed what they were, but World No 3 would certainly have been stretching things, certainly before the end of May.
“Reaction to three in the world? Wow, yeah, that's pretty cool,” he added.
“I haven't really thought about it too much. I had no idea I think until you told me earlier this week, that I would move to No 3. But I'm excited about that..
“I would love to give myself an opportunity to challenge in The Race to Dubai. That's huge money to be won there, and it's very attractive. Plus, the prestige that goes with that - I think you get a nice exemption as well, a five or seven year exemption winning The Race to Dubai. That's very appealing, something I would like to snap up.”
Fisher admitted his runner-up finish was tinged with regret but he will now aim for a successful defence of his The European Open title next week at The London Club.
“I couldn't really give it anymore than I did today,” he said.
“I played some great golf. Fortunately, I holed a few putts and made some really good saves at key times and into the back nine, thought if I can just make a few more birdies, put Paul under a bit of pressure, I've got a chance.
“But, 64, what more can I ask for? Paul was a great champion - I witnessed his golf the first two days and knew he was going to be tough to beat. Obviously to come up one shy is disappointing, but hey, it's a great week for myself.”
Third was Dane Søren Kjeldsen and fourth Welshman Stephen Dodd, a welcome return to form for the former World Cup winner now ranked 477th in the world.
“This is a very big tournament for us, and it's one we all love to win,” said Kjeldsen. “Therefore, obviously, there's a little bit of disappointment in there, but I'm happy with the way I played, and I'm going to take a lot of good stuff away from this.”
Dodd commented: “It may take a few weeks to uncover the cracks I've had in the last couple of years, but it will be nice to go back to The European Open. I have won that before. It will bring back some fond memories and hopefully spur me on a little.”
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72) Prizemoney in Euros
271 Paul Casey 69 67 67 68 (750,000).
272 Ross Fisher 68 73 67 64 (500,000).
275 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 69 69 68 69 (281,700)
276 Stephen Dodd 71 68 70 67 (225,000).
278 Rory McIlroy 72 70 65 71 (190,800).
279 Anthony Wall 67 71 72 69, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 72 68 71, Ben Curtis (USA) 69 70 73 67 (135,000 each).
280 Thomas Levet (Fra) 70 71 68 71
281 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 72 67 74 68
282 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 72 70 70 70, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 67 77 70 68
283 Graeme McDowell 75 71 68 69, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 74 71 69 69, Nick Dougherty 73 71 67 72
284 Robert Rock 71 74 69 70, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 73 73 70 68, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 72 72 70, Simon Dyson 74 69 68 73, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 71 73 71
285 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 74 69 71, Anders Hansen (Den) 72 70 71 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 73 70 71 71, Paul Waring 75 71 70 69, Paul Broadhurst 73 72 68 72, Marc Warren 72 66 71 76, Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 71 72 73, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 73 70 69, Markus Brier (Aut) 70 74 72 69, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 70 75 71 69, Richard Green (Aus) 72 74 68 71 (45,450 each).
286 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 69 74 72 71, Paul Lawrie 72 71 70 73, Jamie Donaldson 70 71 73 72 (36,000 each).
287 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 77 68 70 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 73 72 70 72, Colin Montgomerie 69 73 69 76, Benn Barham 72 73 72 70, Lee Slattery 70 72 74 71, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 68 74 73 72, Alastair Forsyth 70 75 75 67, Luke Donald 74 72 71 70 (30,600 each).
288 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 73 72 72, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 68 70 74 76, David Horsey 67 71 74 76, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 71 73 70 74, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71 74 70 73
289 Robert Dinwiddie 73 73 74 69, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 69 77 71, Mark Foster 72 70 73 74, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 73 67 73 76
290 Pablo Martin (Spa) 72 73 72 73, Darren Clarke 74 71 74 71
291 Peter Hanson (Swe) 71 74 74 72, Andres Romero (Arg) 71 72 76 72, Tano Goya (Arg) 74 71 70 76, Scott Drummond 69 74 74 74, Seve Benson 73 72 77 69 (14,940 each).
292 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 74 70 74 74, Anton Haig (Rsa) 72 69 81 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 75 75 71, Miles Tunnicliff 73 70 73 76, Sam Little 71 73 74 74
293 Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 73 77 72, Phillip Archer 72 74 76 71, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 70 75 75, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 73 73 78 69
294 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 71 71 78, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 73 73 78 70, Simon Wakefield 75 69 74 76
295 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 70 76 76 73
296 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 76 75 75, John Daly (USA) 73 71 77 75, David Howell 76 69 73 78, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 74 72 73 77
297 Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 72 75 76
299 Barry Lane 68 78 83 70
301 Anthony Kang (USA) 69 76 76 80