BMW PGA Championship 2025 — Round 2 Recap & Round 3 Preview (Wentworth Club, DP World Tour).
Moving Day is here and the leaderboard is stacked. Hideki Matsuyama starts Round 3 at -12, with Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland and Justin Rose just one back at -11. Pablo Larrazabal sits at -10, with Alex Noren and Aaron Rai poised at -9 — a bunched top-7 that sets up a volatile Saturday at Wentworth.
Across two rounds, Wentworth has demanded control off the tee and precise distance control into tight sections of the West Course greens. After a wet opening day, scoring windows appeared, but Round 3 pressure and changing breeze could flip momentum quickly. Expect aggressive lines on scorable par-5s and conservative targets to tucked Saturday pins.
What to watch in Round 3 (Key Storylines):
• Matsuyama’s ball-striking & putting mix — elite when synced; can he keep separation with the pack one shot behind?
• Aberg & Hovland pressure — two of Europe’s premier tee-to-green players, perfectly suited to a firming Wentworth.
• Justin Rose on home soil — savvy course management and Saturday pin discipline could be decisive.
• Larrazabal, Noren, Rai — all within striking distance; one hot mid-round stretch could flip the lead.
Tee times & coverage: Round 3 tee times and featured groups are posted on the DP World Tour site; leaders will head out in the late waves. Check official times & pairings here.
Event info: BMW PGA Championship (Rolex Series), 11–14 Sep 2025, Wentworth Club, Surrey, England. Field strength is among the best of the DP World Tour season.
That’s the way it stands at the halfway stage and you can see how tight it is at the top of the leaderboard. Euan Ferguson finished with an Eagle three late last evening and took him into the group nine under. That includes Alex Nun fresh off any Bet Fred British Masters victory up there at the Belelfrey. So an international flavor to the first two pages of the leaderboard and it’s Matt Wallace and Wakan Neman who have made the most of it today. Both of these players are five underpar. Still four holes left to play of round three. When side, you can see the scoring is good. There’s a little breeze out there, but the course is receptive and yielding plenty of birdies and a few eagles also. So, all of those players at six under on that page, they’re still very much in contention. And you could say the same is in players at five under. That includes Shane Lowry who is two under through seven today and playing alongside Rory Mroy for the third consecutive
