2005 BMW Championship


The 2005 BMW Championship was the 51st edition of the BMW Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 26–29 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.
It was the first year the event's sponsorship had been taken on by BMW, after Volvo's contract to sponsor the event had expired.
Ángel Cabrera won by two strokes ahead of Paul McGinley, having had two previous runner-up finishes in the event.

Course layout

Past champions in the field

Ten former champions entered the tournament.

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Nationalities in the field

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 26 May 2005
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Peter Lawrie67−5
T1José-Filipe Lima67−5
T1Graeme McDowell67−5
T4Ben Curtis68−4
T4Peter Fowler68−4
T4Marcus Fraser68−4
T4Peter Hedblom68−4
T4Nick O'Hern68−4
T4Mårten Olander68−4
T4Andrew Oldcorn68−4
T4Wade Ormsby68−4

Second round

Friday, 27 May 2005
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Peter Hedblom68-65=133−11
2Paul McGinley72-64=136−8
3Nick O'Hern68-69=137−7
T4Peter Hanson69-69=138−6
T4Pádraig Harrington70-68=138−6
T6Michael Campbell71-68=139−5
T6Ben Curtis68-71=139−5
T6Thongchai Jaidee72-67=139−5
T6Peter Lonard69-70=139−5
T6Lee Slattery70-69=139−5

Third round

Saturday, 28 May 2005
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ángel Cabrera70-70-66=206−10
T1Peter Hedblom68-65-73=206−10
T3David Howell70-72-66=208−8
T3Paul McGinley72-64-72=208−8
T5Michael Campbell71-68-71=210−6
T5Peter Hanson69-69-72=210−6
T5Thongchai Jaidee72-67-71=210−6
T5Mårten Olander68-72-70=210−6
T9Bradley Dredge75-68-69=212−4
T9Retief Goosen70-70-72=212−4
T9Pádraig Harrington70-68-74=212−4
T9Damien McGrane69-71-72=212−4
T9Gary Murphy74-68-70=212−4
T9José María Olazábal72-69-71=212−4

Final round

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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