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.2024 BMW PGA Championship Day 1 leaderboardThe following is the 2024 BMW PGA Championship leaderboard after the first round (top 50 only):1 Matthew Baldwin -7T2 Niklas Norgaard -6T2 Thomas Detry -6T4 Ugo Coussaud -5T4 Victor Perez -5T4 Rory McIlroy -5T4 Shane Lowry -5T4 Robert MacIntyre -5T4 Matteo Manassero -5T4 Marcus Armitage -5T4 Dan Bradbury -5T4 Billy Horschel -5T4 Andy Sullivan -5T4 Jeong weon Ko -5T15 Danny Willett -4T15 Mark Hubbard -4T15 Grant Forrest -4T15 Matti Schmid -4T15 Joe Dean -4T15 Thriston Lawrence -4T15 Aaron Rai -4T15 Jason Scrivener -4T23 Harry Hall -3T23 Justin Rose -3T23 Alexander Björk -3T23 Daniel Gavins -3T23 Darius van Driel -3T23 Jeff Winther -3T23 Antoine Rozner -3T23 Si Woo Kim -3T23 Tommy Fleetwood -3T23 Alex Noren -3T23 Sebastian Söderberg -3T23 Marcus Kinhult -3T35 Calum Hill -2T35 Nick Bachem -2T35 Jordan Smith -2T35 Tom McKibbin -2T35 Oliver Wilson -2T35 Hurly Long -2T35 Johannes Veerman -2T35 Clément Sordet -2T35 Jens Dantorp -2T35 Sean Crocker -2T35 Matthew Southgate -2T35 Jordan Gumberg -2T35 Adrian Otaegui -2T35 Matt Wallace -2T35 Sami Välimäki -2T35 Rafa Cabrera Bello -2T35 Eddie Pepperell -2T35 Haotong Li -2T35 Aaron Cockerill -2Matthew 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.