Staff WriterThe BMW PGA Championship has been handed a proper Team Europe injection, with Tommy Fleetwood, Ludvig Åberg and Sepp Straka confirmed for Wentworth Club from September 17-20, adding Ryder Cup muscle, home-soil noise and a fair bit of competitive menace to an already rather well-stocked field.
This is not merely three names being added to a poster. Fleetwood, Åberg and Straka were all part of Europe’s back-to-back Ryder Cup victories over the United States at Marco Simone in Rome in 2023 and Bethpage Black in New York last September. Now they are set to gather again in Surrey, where the galleries tend to be warm, loud and dangerously optimistic by lunchtime.
The trio join a field that already includes the first two Major winners of the 2026 season, Rory McIlroy and Aaron Rai, as well as the past three BMW PGA Championship winners: Alex Noren, Billy Horschel and Ryan Fox. In other words, Wentworth is not exactly struggling for recognisable faces.
Fleetwood Returns To Home Soil
For Tommy Fleetwood, this is familiar territory with extra emotional voltage. The World Number Eight and reigning FedExCup Champion returns after a terrific finish to 2025, a season in which he made his fourth consecutive Ryder Cup appearance, lifted the trophy for the third time, won the DP World India Championship, and finally broke through on the PGA TOUR.
That is quite a year by any normal measure. By professional golf standards, it is the sort of campaign that requires a larger trophy cabinet and a very understanding diary manager.
Fleetwood will be making his 15th consecutive appearance at the BMW PGA Championship, which says plenty about his relationship with Wentworth and even more about the pull of this tournament for British golf fans.
“It’s always such a pleasure to play in front of your home fans, the reception is so warm at Wentworth and you can feel the support throughout the week. The BMW PGA Championship has always been an incredible event, and it’s a privilege to be preparing to tee it up for the 15th time.”
That line about the reception is not throwaway sentiment. Wentworth has always had a particular flavour: part championship, part garden party, part annual gathering of people who believe a par-five in two is a basic human right.
Åberg Adds Scandinavian Cool To Wentworth
Ludvig Åberg returns for his third appearance at Wentworth, and there remains something almost indecently composed about the Swede’s rise. Selected by Luke Donald as a Captain’s Pick after his maiden DP World Tour victory in 2023, Åberg arrived at the Ryder Cup and promptly looked as though he had been built in a laboratory for foursomes golf.
His partnership with Viktor Hovland produced two foursomes wins in Rome, including that record 9&7 defeat of Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka. Golf has many ways of embarrassing a player, but losing 9&7 in Ryder Cup company sits somewhere between a public audit and being chased through an airport by a brass band.
Now 26, Åberg has consecutive Ryder Cup appearances behind him and two PGA TOUR wins to his name. Wentworth will offer another measure of his comfort at the top end of European golf’s biggest stages.
“I’m looking forward to getting back to the BMW PGA Championship this year. I always enjoy playing in Rolex Series events, and Wentworth has been a great experience for me, so I’m sure we’ll have a lot of fun again this year.”
Fun, in Åberg’s case, tends to look suspiciously like controlled violence with a driver.
Straka Back After Missing Last Year
Sepp Straka also returns to the BMW PGA Championship, having recently played on home soil at the Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol.
The four-time PGA TOUR winner will be making his third appearance at Wentworth. His previous visit brought a tied 10th finish alongside Åberg before his 2023 Ryder Cup debut, where he formed a memorable partnership with Shane Lowry. Straka later contributed to more European success in 2025, further strengthening his place in a generation of European players who appear to enjoy making American captains look slightly unwell.
“I wasn’t able to play in the BMW PGA Championship last year, so I’m looking forward to returning this season. It’s an event I’ve enjoyed adding to my schedule in recent years, and it’s always great to have another opportunity to tee it up with the Team Europe guys.”
Straka’s presence gives the field another proven PGA TOUR winner and another Ryder Cup thread for spectators to pull on throughout the week.
Wentworth’s Festival Of Golf Keeps Growing
The BMW PGA Championship has long since outgrown the idea of being only a golf tournament. It is now very much a Festival of Golf, staged just outside Central London and built around a mix of elite competition, celebrity theatre, hospitality, music and the sort of spectator village where even non-golfers can accidentally have a very good day.
This year’s week will include the star-studded Celebrity Pro-Am, the Spectator Village and live entertainment on the Amazon Leo Live Stage, with British festival favourites The Kooks already confirmed as the Saturday headline act.
Over 100,000 spectators are expected across the week, which tells you everything about the tournament’s reach. It is a Rolex Series event with a festival wristband spirit: serious golf inside the ropes, relaxed chaos beyond them.
Ticket options include General Admission for the Tuesday practice day, Wednesday Celebrity Pro-Am and all four tournament days. Fans can also upgrade through Treetops presented by Buffalo Trace and Premium Experience packages.
BMW Group owners will again receive preferred parking benefits, while a free shuttle service from Virginia Water railway station will be available to all spectators.
Why Tickets Are Likely To Move Quickly
The warning signs for anyone planning to “sort it later” are already flashing. Last year’s BMW PGA Championship drew a record attendance, with General Admission completely sold out across Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Treetops presented by Buffalo Trace, formerly Ticket+, also sold out on every tournament day.
Add Fleetwood, Åberg and Straka to McIlroy, Rai, Noren, Horschel and Fox, and the argument for early booking becomes less of a sales nudge and more of a survival tactic.
General Admission, Treetops presented by Buffalo Trace and Premium Experience tickets are available at etg.golf/BMW2026Tickets.
Wentworth does not need much help selling itself, but a Ryder Cup reunion never hurts. Fleetwood brings the home roar, Åberg brings the ice-cold class, Straka brings the quiet steel, and the BMW PGA Championship suddenly looks like one of September’s most compelling tickets in British sport.
