Adrian Meronk Daily Diary: Latest from BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth

I shot a second round of four under par 68 for a 36 hole total of 138, six under par, in the 72 hole $8 million BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour.

I am tied 32nd as I hand my card in with quite a few players still to complete their second round as I post my Gulf News Daily Diary. Twelve under leads with a great leaderboard of star names assembled, rightly so at our flagship event on the DP World Tour. With Rory McIlroy just one off the lead and in the clubhouse alongside fellow Dubai based DP World Tour player Rafa Cabrera Bello (Spain), we are in for an exciting day’s golf tomorrow.

My round today consisted of a birdie-bogey-birdie start on holes 2-3-4.

That was followed by seven pars and birdies on 16 and 18 saw me home with two nines of 34.

No one was quite sure what to expect as we returned to Wentworth early this morning to finish off the first round and all play our second rounds.

There was an unusual calm around the place.

There was polite applause for birdies and eagles and at 9.50 am this morning there was two minutes of silence across the golf course, the range and the whole tournament to mark the Queen’s passing which was respected by players, caddies, officials, spectators and everyone and a spontaneous round of applause that followed. It was quite emotional for us all.

There has been a lot of talk amongst so many players and also publicly about whether we should have played tournament golf today. Premier League football has been cancelled as have so many weekend sporting activities.

If we had not started today, or tomorrow, I do not see how the tournament could have been completed in any proper or credible form. I think the DP World Tour have made the right decision to play on, as has cricket with the England Team playing South Africa, less than a 30 mile drive away in central London.

I am not one to get too emotional, but the Queen was a keen sports fan, especially in the equestrian world and I am sure she would have not wanted her death to impact anything sporting or anything in life negatively.

On reflection I believe the DP World Tour, the tournament and golf has been respectful in honouring the Queen’s death, with us players and everyone else having the opportunity of wearing remembrance ribbons on our caps and collars to share in the occasion, which were also available to all the spectators.

The spectators came in their droves and hopefully they all enjoyed the golf, without any of the off-course entertainment during and post play, which seems to be the norm at golf tournaments these days.

It looks like four under par will be the cut mark.

I hope I am safely making the cut and I look forward to connecting with you all after tomorrow’s third and final round.

What a remarkable week it has been here at the DP World Tour’s Headquarters.

One we will all remember for various reasons.

Let’s hope a strong final round tomorrow can make this a memorable week for me for golfing reasons.

Hope you are tuning in and watching all the golfing action on TV?

See you soon!

- Adrian is Dubai based, 29 years-old, from Poland and is currently eighth in the DP World Tour Rankings and 60th in the OWGR. He is sponsored by White Eagle Sports, an events company also based in Dubai.