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Wentworth king Wood eyes Ryder Cup debut
- Updated: May 29, 2016
1:49 PM ET
VIRGINIA WATER, England — If at first you don’t succeed, try again.
On his BMW PGA Championship debut in 2010, Chris Wood led by two after day three at Wentworth before a final-round 77 saw the then 22-year-old forced to settle for a tie for 6th place — a tumble down the leaderboard that cost him his maiden European Tour title and around half a million pounds in prize money.
The following year yielded a missed cut for Wood. But there aren’t many who work harder than the 6-foot-5 Bristolian. Indeed, Danny Willett once said in an interview that he and Wood were always the first in the gym each morning. 6am. On the dot.
Since then — an injury withdrawal in 2013 aside — he has slowly worked his way up the final leaderboard to finish 49th in 2012, 21st in 2014, fourth in 2015 and, the final payoff, top of the pile.
BMW PGA Championship leaderboard
It was an emotional victory for Wood, who shot into the public eye when he finished in a tie for 5th as an amateur at the 2008 Open Championship and has since won two European Tour titles at the 2013 Qatar Masters and 2015 Lyoness Open. Tears in his eyes, he told reporters: …
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