Who is leading the 2024 BMW PGA Championship after Day 1? Leaderboard explored

The first round of the 2024 BMW PGA Championship concluded on Thursday, September 19 at its home venue, The Wentworth Club in Surrey, England. The event is the third stop on the DP World Tour's Rolex Series, which features the five most important tournaments of the year.

Matthew Baldwin leads the BMW PGA Championship at 7-under after the first round. Thirteen players are two shots or less behind him.

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2024 BMW PGA Championship Day 1 leaderboard

The following is the 2024 BMW PGA Championship leaderboard after the first round (top 50 only):

• 1 Matthew Baldwin -7
• T2 Niklas Norgaard -6
• T2 Thomas Detry -6
• T4 Ugo Coussaud -5
• T4 Victor Perez -5
• T4 Rory McIlroy -5
• T4 Shane Lowry -5
• T4 Robert MacIntyre -5
• T4 Matteo Manassero -5
• T4 Marcus Armitage -5
• T4 Dan Bradbury -5
• T4 Billy Horschel -5
• T4 Andy Sullivan -5
• T4 Jeong weon Ko -5
• T15 Danny Willett -4
• T15 Mark Hubbard -4
• T15 Grant Forrest -4
• T15 Matti Schmid -4
• T15 Joe Dean -4
• T15 Thriston Lawrence -4
• T15 Aaron Rai -4
• T15 Jason Scrivener -4
• T23 Harry Hall -3
• T23 Justin Rose -3
• T23 Alexander Björk -3
• T23 Daniel Gavins -3
• T23 Darius van Driel -3
• T23 Jeff Winther -3
• T23 Antoine Rozner -3
• T23 Si Woo Kim -3
• T23 Tommy Fleetwood -3
• T23 Alex Noren -3
• T23 Sebastian Söderberg -3
• T23 Marcus Kinhult -3
• T35 Calum Hill -2
• T35 Nick Bachem -2
• T35 Jordan Smith -2
• T35 Tom McKibbin -2
• T35 Oliver Wilson -2
• T35 Hurly Long -2
• T35 Johannes Veerman -2
• T35 Clément Sordet -2
• T35 Jens Dantorp -2
• T35 Sean Crocker -2
• T35 Matthew Southgate -2
• T35 Jordan Gumberg -2
• T35 Adrian Otaegui -2
• T35 Matt Wallace -2
• T35 Sami Välimäki -2
• T35 Rafa Cabrera Bello -2
• T35 Eddie Pepperell -2
• T35 Haotong Li -2
• T35 Aaron Cockerill -2

Matthew Baldwin's performance during the first round of the BMW PGA Championship included seven birdies with no bogeys. The Englishman had not led the first round of a tournament since the 2018 Soudal Open.

After the first round of the BMW PGA Championship, Baldwin said the following (via DP World Tour news service):

"It's definitely been coming. My game's been strong for a while, results haven't always shown that and I'm quite good at getting in the way of myself. I think today I've tried to be as calm and positive as I could."

Several European stars who regularly perform on the PGA Tour are well positioned on the leaderboard. Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, and Robert MacIntyre are tied for fourth, all with a score of 5-under.

Aaron Rai is tied for 15th place, while Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose are tied for 23rd. American Billy Horschel is one of 11 players sharing fourth place.

Defending champion Ryan Fox finished the first round with a score of 1-under. His performance places him tied for 54th.