Matt Wallace will be in one of the stand out groups when he gets his second BMW PGA Championship campaign under way on Thursday.

The Moor Park professional is due to tee off at 8am and will partner reigning Race to Dubai champion Tommy Fleetwood and Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter in the first two rounds at Wentworth.

The 28-year-old heads to the first of the European Tour’s prestigious Rolex Series events of the year 18th in the Race to Dubai standings after winning the Hero Indian Open and finishing in a tie for third at the Volvo China Open last month.

Moor Park club-mate Callum Shinkwin, who is also making his second appearance at the prestigious championship, will be one of the later starters on Thursday morning at 11.25am and has been paired with Lee Slattery and Thomas Aiken in the first two rounds.

The Bushey professional is 129th in the Race to Dubai, with his best result this year coming at last month's Trophee Hassan II where he finished in a share of 13th.

Both players missed the cut at Wentworth last year, Wallace's appearance coming less than two weeks after gaining his European Tour card by winning the co-sanctioned Open de Portugal.