europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field taking to the flagship BMW PGA Championship this week from May 23-26 at Wentworth Club.
In the field are:
10 former winners of the BMW PGA Championship with 14 titles
Player | Year |
| Paul Casey | 2009 |
| Luke Donald | 2011, 2012 |
| Scott Drummond | 2004 |
| Ignacio Garrido | 2003 |
| Anders Hansen | 2002, 2007 |
| David Howell | 2006 |
| Miguel Angel Jiménez | 2008 |
| Simon Khan | 2010 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| José María Olazábal | 1994 |
9 Major winners with 15 victories
Player | Number of wins | Tournaments | ||||
| Ernie Els | 4 | US Open Championship (1994, 97) Open Championship (2002, 12) | ||||
| Retief Goosen | 2 | US Open Championship (2001, 2004) | ||||
| Rory McIlroy | 2 | US Open Championship (2011) US PGA Championship (2012) | ||||
| José María Olazábal | 2 | Masters (1994, 99) | ||||
| Michael Campbell | 1 | US Open Championship (2005) | ||||
| Darren Clarke | 1 | Open Championship (2011) | ||||
| Martin Kaymer | 1 | US PGA Championship (2010) | ||||
| Paul Lawrie | 1 | Open Championship (1999) | ||||
| Graeme McDowell | 1 | US Open Championship (2010) |
8 former European Tour Number Ones with 18 titles
Player | Year |
| Luke Donald | 2011 |
| Ernie Els | 2003, 2004 |
| Retief Goosen | 2001, 2002 |
| Martin Kaymer | 2010 |
| Rory McIlroy | 2012 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 1993-99, 2005 |
| Justin Rose | 2007 |
| Lee Westwood | 2000, 2009 |
1 Current Ryder Cup Captain
Paul McGinley - 2014 - The Gleneagles Hotel
2 Former Ryder Cup Captains
Player | Year | Venue | ||||
| Colin Montgomerie | 2010 | The Celtic Manor Resort | ||||
| José María Olazábal | 2012 | Medinah CC |
12 Challenge Tour graduates from 2012
Player | Challenge Tour Ranking 2012 |
| Espen Kofstad | 1 |
| Kristoffer Broberg | 2 |
| Andreas Harto | 3 |
| JB Hansen | 4 |
| Gary Lockerbie | 5 |
| Simon Wakefield | 7 |
| Alessandro Tadini | 8 |
| Alexandre Kaleka | 9 |
| Chris Doak | 10 |
| Scott Henry | 11 |
| Chris Paisley | 12 |
| Eddie Pepperell | 13 |
27 different nationalities represented
 | Argentina | 2 |
 | Australia | 4 |
 | Austria | 2 |
 | Belgium | 1 |
 | Chile | 1 |
 | China | 1 |
 | Denmark | 7 |
 | England | 36 |
 | Finland | 1 |
 | France | 10 |
 | Germany | 3 |
 | India | 3 |
 | Ireland | 6 |
 | Italy | 5 |
 | Netherlands | 3 |
 | Northern Ireland | 5 |
 | Norway | 1 |
 | New Zealand | 1 |
 | Paraguay | 1 |
 | Portugal | 1 |
 | Scotland | 14 |
 | South Africa | 14 |
 | Spain | 10 |
 | Sweden | 8 |
 | Thailand | 3 |
 | USA | 1 |
 | Wales | 2 |
