{"id":775830,"date":"2026-09-19T13:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775830\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T13:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:56:18","slug":"bmw-pga-championship-makes-important-mid-tournament-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775830\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW PGA Championship makes important mid-tournament change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThere was an important change to the West Course during the second round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth\u2026<\/p>\n<p>DP World Tour organizers teamed up with Sport United Against Dementia for an important cause in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.<\/p>\n<p>During the second round of the circuit\u2019s flagship tournament in Surrey, a unique change was made to the course buildout to support the pioneering Alzheimer\u2019s Society campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Fans on the West Course may have noticed on the third tee that both the par and yardage information had been removed. <\/p>\n<p>And one player from a series of the marquee morning and afternoon groups had their name removed from their caddie bib, as well as their score from the walking scorecard as they played the hole.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every 3 minutes someone in the UK develops dementia. 1 in 3 people wait over a month to speak out about early symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Today, on the 3rd hole, the name patch has been removed from one caddie in the marquee groups to highlight the fight against dementia with Sport United Against\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lgI9ijlmLg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lgI9ijlmLg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DPWorldTour\/status\/2100927599253782868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This, as the Alzheimer\u2019s Society explains, is to reflect these important \u201cone in three\u201d statistics:<\/p>\n<p>Every 3 minutes someone in the UK develops dementia<\/p>\n<p>1 in 3 people born today will develop dementia<\/p>\n<p>1 in 3 people with dementia do not have a formal diagnosis<\/p>\n<p>1 in 3 people wait over a month to speak out about early symptoms<\/p>\n<p>DP World Tour chief executive Guy Kinnings will walk 100 laps of the outfield of Lord\u2019s cricket ground this month alongside 100 industry and media colleagues to raise funds for Alzheimer\u2019s Society.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of World Alzeimer\u2019s Day on September 21, the tour is also using this third Rolex Series event of the season to promote the cause.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was an important change to the West Course during the second round of the BMW PGA Championship&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-775830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}