Masters champion Danny Willett to feature at BMW PGA Championship

By Ali Stafford

Danny Willett reflects on his success with his wife Nicole and son Zachariah.

Danny Willett will make his first appearance on home soil since winning the Masters when he tees it up in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth next month.

Willett claimed his first major title at Augusta National, closing out a three-stroke victory to become Europe's first Masters champion since 1999, and the first English winner since 1996.

The 28-year-old will join a star-studded field at Wentworth from May 26-29, which already includes Matthew Fitzpatrick, Søren Kjeldsen, Justin Rose and Lee Westwood, all of whom finished in the top 10 at the season's first major.

Image: Willett finished last year's tournament in a tie for 38th

"I'm looking forward to playing in the BMW PGA Championship and taking the Green Jacket down to Wentworth," Willett said. "It's a special week and the atmosphere is brilliant with every hole lined with fans.

"It's always nice to compete in your home country, and I can't wait to play in front of the home supporters and hopefully give them something to cheer about."

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Willett won his first European Tour title at the BMW International Open in 2012, before adding two more last season in South Africa and Switzerland to push Rory McIlroy all the way in the Race to Dubai before finishing second.

Image: Willett is taking several weeks off after his victory at Augusta

He has continued in the same vein in 2016, claiming the Omega Dubai Desert Classic in January before an impressive third-place finish in the first WGC event of the season in March hinted at what was to come at Augusta.

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The Yorkshireman is next expected to feature on the PGA Tour at the Players' Championship at Sawgrass, Florida from May 12-15, before returning to Europe at the Irish Open before his visit to Wentworth. 

"After a couple of weeks' rest I'm going to pick up where I left off, trying to improve each and every day," Willett said.

"You can't beat that feeling of winning and I want to give myself the chance of doing that as often as I can."

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