A Week I'll Never Forget

Winning the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, the European Tour’s flagship event, was such a thrill and I still remember everything so vividly one year later

It's amazing that it's been a year since I won the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Everything is still so clear in my mind. I remember, going back to that Saturday afternoon, I’d finished my third round and had played so well and only shot two-under. It felt like I’d turned a 64 into a 70 and when you think back, you feel ‘that was my chance there’ and I was pretty frustrated. It’s a huge event and it had Ryder Cup connotations, and I thought I had missed my chance.

But I had good chats with Phil Kenyon, my putting coach, and my dad, and they both said the same – you are playing so well, so just be patient, that sort of thing. My former coach also told me a Sunday 67 would get it done. Those three conversations gave me some good focus.

I came out firing on Sunday. I hit a great shot on the 1st with a 6-iron and then I eagled 4, birdied 5, birdied 7 and birdied 9. It was one of those rounds where you just have perfect yardages. It was nuts. I never really had to do anything with the ball – I could be really aggressive and it paid off.