MASTERS Champion Danny Willett and Ryder Cup legend Lee Westwood are the latest stars to join the impressive field for the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth this May.

Willett memorably claimed the Green Jacket last year, with Westwood sharing second place.

And the pair will return to Augusta National for the season’s first Major Championship next week, before getting their first look at the revamped West Course at Wentworth Club the following month.

The English pair will be targeting a home victory when they join their Ryder Cup teammates Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose in a star-studded field at the PGA Championship.

“It’s a fantastic event and obviously for me being English, it really is our biggest event we play on home soil,” said Willett.

“You get some great crowds there all week and I’ve been fortunate enough to have a few good finishes around there.

“I was fortunate enough to win the BMW International in Germany a few years ago, so to be able to win another BMW sponsored event, this time on home soil, would make it that little bit more special.”

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Lee Westwood will also be returning to Wentworth for this year's BMW PGA Championship.

Willett finished third at Wentworth in 2016, and with two top ten finishes in the 2017 European Tour season so far, the 29 year-old-is excited to play the West Course, which has undergone a multi-million pound renovation since last year’s tournament.

“Over the last five years with the work they have been doing to change the golf course, I think it has come on loads,” he said.

“It will be interesting to now go back and see the further changes that have happened.

“We see the pictures of (Paul) McGinley and Thomas (Bjørn) and obviously what the Ernie Els design crew have been doing, and it looks as though it has coming on quite nicely. All the feedback has been really good.”

Former World Number One Westwood will make his 24th consecutive appearance at the BMW PGA Championship – having not missed the tournament since 1994 – finished second on two occasions.

The ten-time Ryder Cup player will be the tournament host at the British Masters supported by Sky Sports at Close House, in Newcastle, in September, but he is hoping to make his mark on home soil before that by adding to his haul of 23 European Tour titles.

“The BMW PGA Championship is always one of my favourite tournaments and I’m really looking forward to going back to Wentworth,” said Westwood. “From the pictures I have seen it looks in great condition and I like the look of the changes as well. I think it will be back to its best.”

The tournament is the first event in the European Tour’s new Rolex Series and takes place at Wentworth from May 25-28.

Tickets to all four days plus the practise day and Pro-Am are available from www.europeantour.com