VIRGINIA WATER, England — Ludvig Åberg held a share of the lead and Rory McIlroy discovered the water on the ultimate gap to complete 5 pictures again on the opening day of the weather-affected BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Thursday.
Aberg, a Swede who’s a captain’s choose for the European Ryder Cup workforce that heads to Bethpage Black later this month, shot 8-under 64 to hitch Tom Vaillant atop the leaderboard.
McIlroy, who gained the Irish Open in a playoff victory over Joakim Lagergren on Sunday, made birdies on the primary and fourth holes earlier than a bogey on the par-3 fifth.
The Northern Irishman added birdies on the tenth, twelfth and sixteenth. However he hit his strategy on the par-five 18th into the water, settling for a bogey and a first-round 69.
Play was suspended due to darkness at 7:30 p.m., so Thursday’s late starters must full their opening rounds Friday morning. A 90-minute climate delay had disrupted play within the afternoon.
Casey Jarvis was alone in third place, one shot off the lead.
Aberg began his day with a bogey on the first gap, however then didn’t drop a shot, making 4 birdies on the entrance 9 and two extra on the tenth and twelfth earlier than ending his spherical with three birdies.
All however one participant from Europe’s Ryder Cup workforce is at Wentworth. Sepp Straka is house together with his spouse, who just lately gave beginning prematurely.
Matt Fitzpatrick (66), one other of Luke Donald‘s captain’s picks, was two pictures off the lead. Justin Rose and Shane Lowry have been one other shot again.
Former No. 1 Jon Rahm had three birdies within the closing 4 holes to complete at 71.
