CHARLOTTE, N.C. Future scheduling changes to The Players and PGA Championship have led the European Tour to make a tweak of its own.European Tour CEO Keith Pelley said Tuesday that the circuits flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, will move from May to September beginning in 2019.The future date for the tournament has not yet been announced.Pelley announced the schedule change after the PGA and PGA Tour confirmed that The Players will return to March and the PGA Championship will slide from its traditional August date to the third week of May.
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PGA CEO Pete Bevacqua said that hes had several conversations with Pelley about his organizations plans, and even spoke to the European Tour boss on Monday night. Bevacqua described Pelley as very positive about the move.I think across the board, people understand it makes sense, not just for the PGA Championship, but for the overall golf calendar, both here in the U.S. and potentially around the globe, Bevacqua said.In a release, Pelley said the new September date for the BMW PGA was more favorable. Previously, the BMW PGA was the first of eight Rolex Series events that helped comprise the season-long Race to Dubai.
The move included moving the BMW PGA Championship, the European Tour's flagship event, to the third week of September and the Italian Open from June to October. Not only will the Euro Tour
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The European Tour today announces that the BMW PGA Championship will move from its current date in May to a new September slot from the 2019 season onwards. The Championship, which is part of the European Tour's Rolex Series, will be played at Wentworth Club from May 24-27, 2018, before moving to September for its 65th anniversary edition the
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In the immediate wake of the PGA Championship moving to May, starting in 2019, and so nudging the Players into March, the European Tour announced on Tuesday that the BMW PGA Championship will shift from its traditional May date to September in two years time. No specific date was released for the 2019 BMW, but the change was hardly unexpected.
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In the immediate wake of the PGA Championship moving to May, starting in 2019, and so nudging the Players into March, the European Tour announced on Tuesday that the BMW PGA Championship will
BMW PGA Championship Will Move to September from 2019
European Tour CEO Keith Pelley said Tuesday that the circuit's flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, will move from May to September beginning in 2019. The future date for the tournament has
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The European Tour today announces that the BMW PGA Championship will move from its current date in May to a new September slot from the 2019 season onwards.. The prestigious Championship, which is part of the European Tour's Rolex Series, will be played at Wentworth Club from May 24-27, 2018, before moving to September for its 65th anniversary edition the following year.
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The Italian finished two shots clear of his Ryder Cup teammate Rory McIlroy last May to win the BMW PGA Championship, and he went on to win The Open Championship at Carnoustie in July and the European Tour's Race to Dubai in November, while he also became the first European to claim five points out of five in a Ryder Cup as Europe defeated the United States at Le Golf National.
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