Rory McIlroy lost the club head on his 9-iron and then lost the lead by going out of bounds on the last hole in shooting an eventful 5-under 67 in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy unintentionally accomplished something extremely rare on the golf course on Thursday: his 9-iron head broke off during a shot at the BMW PGA Championship.

England's Matthew Baldwin eclipsed a powerful field to lead the BMW PGA Championship by one stroke after the first round at Wentworth on Thursday.

Rory McIlroy’s weird year continued on Thursday in the first round of the DP World Tour’s 2024 BMW PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre and Shane Lowry all card opening-round 67s at Wentworth to sit two strokes behind leader Matthew Baldwin on seven under; defending champion Ryan Fox starts with a one-under 71;

Since the course first hosted the World Match Play Championship in 1964, winners of professional events played there have donated a club from their winning tournament to be enshrined in its Hall of Fame.

With the PGA Tour off this week, the European circuit takes center stage with the BMW PGA Championship. The DP World Tour's flagship event headlines the end-of-season stretch that includes some of the tour's most historic events to close out the 2024 campaign.

Rory McIlroy's opening round at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth was nothing short of extraordinary. The Northern Irishman carded a five-under-par 67 despite a series of unusual incidents that would have derailed many players.

I don’t think it’s ever happened to me before,' McIlroy said.

Rory McIlroy suffered a freak incident at the BMW PGA Championship when the head came flying off one of his clubs just after hitting a shot