Sweden’s Johan Carlsson shot a 6-under 66 at Wentworth and leads the BMW PGA Championship by a stroke over a trio of players at 5-under, including Italy’s Francesco Molinari, Scott Jamieson of Scotland, and Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
It marks the first career overnight lead for the 30-year-old Carlsson.
On his 93rd start Johan Carlsson will take a first round lead for the first time in his career. #BMWPGA pic.twitter.com/vxeZDCeO1p
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 25, 2017
Ten players are tied for fifth at 4-under, headlined by fellow Swede Henrik Stenson, Thomas Pieters of Germany, and South Africa’s Branden Grace.
Leaders
As it stands:
-6 @PGAJohan
-5 @F_Molinari
-5 @ScottJamieson54
-5 @Kiradech
-4 @HenrikStenson
-4 @Thomas_Pieters
-4 Eight others#BMWPGA pic.twitter.com/BWI0UEFZgM— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 25, 2017
Leader’s Scorecard
Carlsson dropped 8 birdies against 2 bogeys, including one of the par-5 18th.
Leader by one ✍? pic.twitter.com/WurbsSnJyw
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 25, 2017
Shots of the Day
Sweden’s Alex Noren holes out from the bunker on 15, and gets a little fist bump from Andrew “Beef” Johnston.
A holed bunker shot and a fist-bump from Beef.
Well played @AlexNorenGolf! pic.twitter.com/Il0ydjuAbh
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 25, 2017
Minute of Silence
Wentworth stands still for a minute at 11am in memory of those who lost their lives in Manchester on Monday night. #BMWPGA pic.twitter.com/HHTpERvdIZ
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 25, 2017
Quotable
? Thoughts from our leader pic.twitter.com/uASJ9ECAiP
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 25, 2017
? The joys of being in the first group out pic.twitter.com/cuBQrGpQPG
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 25, 2017
Leaderboard
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | TOT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Carlsson | -6 | 66 |
| T2 | Scott Jamieson | -5 | 67 |
| T2 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | -5 | 67 |
| T2 | Francesco Molinari | -5 | 67 |
| T5 | Nino Bertasio | -4 | 68 |
| T5 | Graeme Storm | -4 | 68 |
| T5 | Ross Fisher | -4 | 68 |
| T5 | Shane Lowry | -4 | 68 |
| T5 | Bradley Dredge | -4 | 68 |
| T5 | Thomas Pieters | -4 | 68 |
| T5 | Branden Grace | -4 | 68 |
| T5 | Henrik Stenson | -4 | 68 |
| T5 | Alex Noren | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Hao-tong Li | -3 | 69 |
| T14 | Tyrrell Hatton | -3 | 69 |
| T14 | Dean Burmester | -3 | 69 |
| T14 | Richard Sterne | -3 | 69 |
| T14 | Eduardo De La Riva | -3 | 69 |
| T14 | Richie Ramsay | -3 | 69 |
| T20 | Florian Fritsch | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Daniel Brooks | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Jeunghun Wang | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Mikko Ilonen | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Maximilian Kieffer | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Peter Hanson | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Oliver Fisher | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Byeong Hun An | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Lee Westwood | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Andrew Dodt | -2 | 70 |
| T20 | Alexander Bjork | -2 | 70 |
| T31 | Ernie Els | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | David Horsey | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Marcus Fraser | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | David Howell | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Scott Hend | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Joost Luiten | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Nicolas Colsaerts | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Sebastien Gros | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Bernd Ritthammer | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Benjamin Herbert | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Jaco Van Zyl | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Pablo Larrazabal | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Alexander Levy | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Bernd Wiesberger | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Andrew Sullivan | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Soren Kjeldsen | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Rikard Karlberg | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Niclas Fasth | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Paul Dunne (a) | -1 | 71 |
| T31 | Alexander Knappe | -1 | 71 |
| T51 | Danny Willett | E | 72 |
| T51 | Chris Wood | E | 72 |
| T51 | Justin Rose | E | 72 |
| T51 | Thongchai Jaidee | E | 72 |
| T51 | Paul Lawrie | E | 72 |
| T51 | Gregory Bourdy | E | 72 |
| T51 | Jorge Campillo | E | 72 |
| T51 | Jordan Smith | E | 72 |
| T51 | Tommy Fleetwood | E | 72 |
| T51 | Raphael Jacquelin | E | 72 |
| T61 | Lasse Jensen | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Russell Knox | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Darren Clarke | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Padraig Harrington | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | S.s.p Chawrasia | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Jamie Donaldson | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Paul Waring | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | David Lipsky | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Gregory Havret | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Lee Slattery | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Matthew Cort | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Matteo Manassero | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Andrew Johnston | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Victor Dubuisson | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Soomin Lee | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Stephen Gallacher | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Anthony Wall | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | James Morrison | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | George Coetzee | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Adrian Otaegui | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Thomas Aiken | 1 | 73 |
| T61 | Romain Wattel | 1 | 73 |
| T85 | Marcel Siem | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Alvaro Quiros | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Peter Uihlein | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Felipe Aguilar | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Simon Dyson | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Ryan Fox | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Matthieu Pavon | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Damien McGrane | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Darren Fichardt | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Paul Peterson | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Wade Ormsby | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Matthew Southgate | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Ricardo Gouveia | 2 | 74 |
| T85 | Carlos Pigem | 2 | 74 |
| T99 | Greig Hutcheon | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Jason Scrivener | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Renato Paratore | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Luke Donald | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Thomas Bjorn | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Pep Angles | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Michael Lorenzo-Vera | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Robert Rock | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | David Drysdale | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Kristoffer Broberg | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Joakim Lagergren | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Nacho Elvira | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Marc Warren | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Phachara Khongwatmai | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Graham Fox | 3 | 75 |
| T99 | Mikko Korhonen | 3 | 75 |
| T116 | Hideto Tanihara | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Robert Karlsson | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Richard Bland | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Haydn Porteous | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Brandon Stone | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Philip Archer | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Chris Gane | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Justin Walters | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Pelle Edberg | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Ian Poulter | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Martin Kaymer | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Trevor Immelman | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Romain Langasque (a) | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Matt Wallace | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Hennie Otto | 4 | 76 |
| T116 | Zander Lombard | 4 | 76 |
| T132 | Robert Coles | 5 | 77 |
| T132 | Edoardo Molinari | 5 | 77 |
| T132 | Julien Quesne | 5 | 77 |
| T132 | Dylan Frittelli | 5 | 77 |
| T132 | Chris Hanson | 5 | 77 |
| T132 | Magnus Carlsson | 5 | 77 |
| T132 | Paul Streeter | 5 | 77 |
| T139 | Gary Stal | 6 | 78 |
| T139 | Thorbjorn Olesen | 6 | 78 |
| T139 | Paul Hendriksen | 6 | 78 |
| T139 | Alejandro Canizares | 6 | 78 |
| T139 | Callum Shinkwin | 6 | 78 |
| T144 | Chris Paisley | 7 | 79 |
| T144 | Daniel Im | 7 | 79 |
| 146 | Sam Brazel | 8 | 80 |
| 147 | Sam Walker | 9 | 81 |
| 148 | Neil O'briain | 10 | 82 |
| 149 | Brett Rumford | 11 | 83 |
| - | Nathan Holman | WD | -- |
