BMW PGA Championship celebrates Queen Elizabeth at Wentworth

VIRGINIA WATER, England – Gray skies settled in on Wentworth early Saturday. A fitting stage.

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The BMW PGA Championship resumed just past sunrise following one of the most surreal and sad delays in the history of the ancient game.

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Play was halted by a single horn blast late Thursday just moments after the royal family announced the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

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When Richard Bland left Wentworth Thursday evening, he’d emptied his locker and packed his belongings.

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He figured the tournament would be canceled or postponed.

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“It’s unprecedented. It’s simply too big of a moment,” the Englishman reasoned.

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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, was all Bland had ever known.

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Hundreds of would-be fans paused to watch a truly historic moment.

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