RECORD PRIZEFUND FOR THIS YEAR'S BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT WENTWORTH
NEWS RELEASE FROM EUROPEAN TOUR
A record prize fund of
€4.75million, an increase of €250,000 on last year, will be at
stake for the European Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship
2013, at Wentworth Club, Surrey, England, from May 23-26.
This year’s champion will receive
€791,660, which is over €40,000 more than England’s Luke Donald
collected for his second consecutive BMW PGA Championship success in
2012 when he finished four strokes clear of joint runners-up Paul
Lawrie and Justin Rose.
The total
prize fund has grown by €750,000 – and the first prize by just over
€125,000 - in the eight years since BMW became a partner in the
PGA Championship at Wentworth Club in 2005, when then US Open Champion Angel Cabrera picked up the first prize of
€666,000
after claiming a two shot victory over 2014 European Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley.
George
O’Grady, Chief Executive of The European Tour, said: “The BMW PGA
Championship is our Tour’s flagship event and it is important that the
prize fund reflects that status. This increase to €4.75 million,
offering a cheque of just under €800,000 to the 2013 champion,
underlines the importance of the Championship as a key component in the
season-long Race to Dubai.”
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