Noren Beats Saddier In Play-off To Win Pga Championship

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-19 A Noren (Swe)*, A Saddier (Fra); -16 A Rai (Eng), P Reed (US); -15 SW Kim (Kor), E Ferguson (Sco), T Hatton (Eng), M Fitzpatrick (Eng), D Fichardt (SA), V Hovland (Nor)

Selected others: - 13 J Rahm (Spa), -12 L Aberg (Swe), R McIlroy (NI); -8 T Fleetwood (Eng), S Lowry (Ire); -6 J Rose (Eng)

* Noren wins play-off

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Sweden's Alex Noren hit France's Adrien Saddier successful a play-off to triumph nan BMW PGA Championship successful torrential upwind astatine Wentworth Club.

While Team Europe's Ryder Cup stars toiled successful nan rain, nan 2 overnight leaders could not beryllium separated complete 18 gruelling holes, finishing 3 shots clear of nan remainder connected 19 nether par.

And it was nan 43-year-old, 1 of Luke Donald's vice-captains for nan showdown successful New York later this month, who won nan play-off astatine nan first other spread aft producing a fabulous changeable retired of nan unsmooth to group up short birdie putt.

It is Noren's 12th triumph connected nan DP World Tour, his 2nd successful his past 3 starts aft winning past month's British Masters, and his 2nd title astatine Wentworth aft his triumph successful 2017.

For Saddier, who yet collapsed done connected nan circuit pinch a triumph connected his 200th commencement successful Italy earlier this year, it is different adjacent miss aft he held 36-hole and 54-hole leads astatine nan European Masters and nan Irish Open complete nan past month.

England's Aaron Rai demonstrated nan shape that had made him a contender to make nan Ryder Cup side, pinch an fantabulous bogey-free information of 66, matched by erstwhile Masters champion Patrick Reed, arsenic they tied for 3rd connected 16 under.

As for Team Europe, Tyrrell Hatton and Matt Fitzpatrick led nan way, some finishing 4 shots back. Playing successful nan last three-ball aft his superb eight-under 64 connected Saturday, Hatton missed a big of short putts connected Sunday and was near down by his playing partners.

Fitzpatrick fired a five-under 67 to decorativeness astatine 15 nether par, alongside Ewen Ferguson of Scotland who changeable 4 birdies successful 5 holes connected nan backmost 9 but was undone by a bogey-six connected nan last.

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