By Kitrina Douglas BBC Sport Online golf columnist

For the second year in a row, the PGA Championship has succeeded in producing an unexpected winner.

Despite the long list of renowned competitors, the player to make the final hurdle was Denmark's Anders Hansen - a relative unknown in the big-name game.

Perhaps it was the blustery, unpredictable weather at Wentworth over the four days that unnerved the more established players.

Perhaps the PGA Championship is developing a taboo - that the most strongly backed entrants become jinxed.

Or maybe it is simply the depth of quality of the current batch of European Tour players.

Whatever the reason, in my view it is wonderful to have the exciting possibility of almost any name from the field having a real chance of success.

This is a far cry from some other sports that seem to have become something of a one horse race.

The down side of lesser known players carrying off the winner's cheque is that it affects the sponsors.

No matter how much people like you and I might be pleased to see the underdog do well, it is not always good business.

Sponsors have historically always hidden a tinge of regret behind the congratulatory speech for the simple reason that unknown faces don't sell their product!