BMW PGA Championship 2016: Final Leaderboard Scores, Prize-Money Payouts

Chris Wood survived a late scare to clinch the 2016 BMW PGA Championship crown on Sunday in Surrey, United Kingdom, where a fourth-round score of 69 saw him shoot up the standings and win by one shot at nine under.  

The Bristolian sealed the third European Tour win of his career after entering the final day tied for fifth, shooting up the standings alongside runner-up Rikard Karlberg, who recorded a joint-tournament best of seven under to finish second.

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Former leaders Danny Willett and Yang Yong-eun notched fourth-round scores of one under and three over par, respectively, with the former settling for third place—two shots behind the winner.

Wood took home the winner's prize fund of €833,330 (£633,000) from the total €5 million (£3.8 million) pool in Surrey. Karlberg claimed the second spot, finishing just a single shot adrift of the champion in the end.

Read on for a breakdown of the leaderboard's top 10 finishers, complete with a recap of the final round at this year's BMW PGA Championship.

Position	Player	To Par	Round 4
1	Chris Wood	-9	69
2	Rikard Karlberg	-8	65
3	Danny Willett	-7	71
T4	Romain Wattel	-6	70
T4	Thomas Aiken	-6	72
T4	Julien Quesne	-6	72
T7	Andrew Johnston	-5	67
T7	Fabrizio Zanotti	-5	69
T7	Jaco Van Zyl	-5	73
T7	Martin Kaymer	-5	73

For a look at the full leaderboard, visit the official European Tour website. 

Recap

Wood's performance on Sunday was as close as they come to a round of two halves. He followed a classy front nine with a back stretch strewn with errors while under pressure.

An eagle on the par-five fourth hole was the highlight of his first nine holes. He collected four birdies along with it to go six under par for the day and earn the praises of fellow professional Shane Lowry in the process:

Karlberg was already in the clubhouse after finishing his tournament at eight under, which hardly looked like a threat to Wood, who led by four shots through 13.

The bogeys that followed on the 14th, 16th and 17th saw the Englishman fall to within a single shot of the chase, but Wood held his nerve to par his last hole. The Daily Telegraph's James Corrigan teased this as a teaser of what's to come in Wood's career, with a place on the Ryder Cup team potentially in the offing:

Karlberg enjoyed a stellar fourth-round score of 65. Only three other players in this year's tournament could match the feat, although it wasn't quite good enough to clinch him first prize at Wentworth.

The Swede's Sunday display was enough to see him rise an outstanding 26 places and head in as the clubhouse leader at eight under overall, and it was largely thanks to cool and collected putting such as this:

Karlberg's day started atrociously after a bogey on the first left him lurching, but he proceeded to ace the second in one before birdieing six of the next 10 holes through 12. While his back nine wasn't quite as impressive as the first half, his fourth round at least gave him a sight on the championship.

The same couldn't quite be said of Willett, whose fourth round was solid, if nothing spectacular. However, the 2016 Masters champion did make sure to bask in the good shots when they did come, such as his birdie on the 16th:

Rightly so, Willett acknowledged prior to his Round 4 outing that he wasn't "too far back" from the top of the order, but he needed something far closer to his first-round 66 if he was to somehow climb back—and it never materialised.

Yang was among the other players to endure an altogether more average final round alongside the likes of Jaco van Zyl (one over) and Julien Quesne (par), each of whom was somewhat fortunate to stay in the top 10.

Scott Hend should also be disappointed with his Sunday display, shooting six over par to end the tournament at three under. Ultimately, a par performance would have been enough to force a play-off with Wood.

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Willett's day was best summarised in his opening three holes, as he parred the first before double-bogeying the second and grabbing an eagle on the third. That was a veritable variety of scores but not the consistency he needed.

Instead, Wood was the Englishman who managed to cling on until the bitter end and avoid what would have been an embarrassing fall from grace after a staggered closing stretch.