BMW PGA Championship third round report

Eagle finish gives Aussie Hend  Wentworth lead

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Aussie Scott Hend eagled the final hole at Wentworth Club to snatch the outright lead at the end of a thrilling BMW PGA Championship third round today. Hend and Masters Tournament winner Danny Willett struggled for much of the day in the final pairing which  blew the tournament wide open, and England’s Tyrrell Hatton looked set to hold the lead going into the final day when his brilliant 66 took him to eight under par.
But Hend fired an eight iron to within five feet of the par-five 18th and duly converted the putt for a round of 73 that left him one clear on nine under.
Hatton was one ahead of compatriot Lee Westwood, who carded a flawless 68, and South Korean Y E Yang, with Willett part of a six-strong group a shot further back which also includes two-time Major winner Martin Kaymer.
Two-time European Tour winner Hend’s only deviation from par over the first ten holes came with a bogey at the seventh, but after a good approach led to a birdie on the 11th he paid the price for some wayward drives on the back nine with dropped shots at the 13th, 14th, and 15th – the latter the result of a missed five footer.
His luck turned at the penultimate hole, when a miscued approach bounced off rather than into a bush, and he was able to move to the top of a congested leaderboard with three faultless shots at the last. “It was very fortunate - I was just trying to get it anywhere on the green there and two-putt for a birdie," the 43 year old said of his efforts on the 18th.
Asked what it would mean to win such a prestigious event, Hend added: “I’m not really thinking that far ahead right now – I’m just thinking about what I’m going to have tonight to be honest.
“I’ll just go about my work tomorrow and try and get the ball a bit more off the centre of the club , a bit more consistency in the swing and what will be, will be.”
Hend, Willett and Y E Yang shared the halfway lead at Wentworth but were a combined 11 over par on day three.
Willett, who also shared the 36-hole lead in the Irish Open last week but struggled to a 74 and eventually finished 23rd, enjoyed a two-shot lead after a birdie on the fifth, but played his last ten holes in five over par to card a disappointing 76.
Greig Hutcheon is tied 21st after his best round so far - a 70 for 214, seven shots off the lead.
 
THIRD ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)

1	Scott Hend	65	69	73	.				207
2	Tyrrell Hatton	72	70	66					208
T3	Lee Westwood	71	70	68					209
T3	Y.E. Yang	65	69	75					209
T5	Julien Quesne	69	74	67					210
T5	Chris Wood	72	70	68					210
T5	Thomas Aiken	71	69	70					210
T5	Martin Kaymer	70	70	70					210
T5	Jaco Van Zyl	67	68	75					210
T5	Danny Willett	66	68	76					210
T11	Robert Dinwiddie	70	69	72					211
T11	Peter Hanson	70	69	72					211
T13	Nicolas Colsaerts	73	71	68					212
T13	Romain Wattel	69	73	70					212
T13	Daniel Brooks	71	70	71					212
T13	Rafa Cabrera Bello	71	68	73					212
T13	Joost Luiten	65	74	73					212
T18	Seve Benson	70	73	70					213
T18	Gregory Bourdy	73	69	71					213
T18	Jorge Campillo	71	67	75					213
T21	Benjamin Hebert	75	69	70					214
T21	Greig Hutcheon	71	73	70					214
T21	S.S.P. Chawrasia	71	73	70					214
T21	Pablo Larrazabal	71	72	71					214
T21	Fabrizio Zanotti	72	70	72					214
T21	Felipe Aguilar	69	71	74					214
T21	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	68	71	75					214
T28	Bernd Wiesberger	76	68	71					215
T28	Byeong-Hun An	72	72	71					215
T28	Richie Ramsay	71	73	71					215
T28	Scott Jamieson	72	71	72					215
T28	Rikard Karlberg	69	74	72					215
T28	Edoardo Molinari	72	70	73					215
T28	Graeme McDowell	69	73	73					215
T28	Eduardo De La Riva	69	72	74					215
T28	Alex Noren	69	73	73					215
T28	Thomas Pieters	71	70	74					215
T28	Robert Rock	67	73	75					215
T39	Andrew Johnston	76	69	71					216
T39	Hao Tong Li	74	71	71					216
T39	Andy Sullivan	71	73	72					216
T39	James Morrison	73	70	73					216
T39	David Drysdale	70	73	73					216
T39	Nathan Holman	72	71	73					216
T39	Simon Khan	69	73	74					216
T39	David Lingmerth	70	71	75					216
T39	Richard Green	67	73	76					216
T39	Luke Donald	68	72	76					216
T49	Johan Carlsson	71	74	72					217
T49	Marcel Siem	71	74	72					217
T49	Renato Paratore	73	72	72					217
T49	Thongchai Jaidee	70	73	74					217
T49	Joakim Lagergren	71	72	74					217
T49	Steve Webster	73	70	74					217
T49	Matthew Fitzpatrick	72	70	75					217
T49	Jamie Lovemark	71	69	77					217
T57	Jeung-hun Wang	72	73	73					218
T57	Francesco Molinari	72	71	75					218
T59	Andrew Dodt	70	75	74					219
T59	David Lipsky	71	72	76					219
T59	Richard Bland	71	69	79					219
T62	Thomas Bjorn	75	70	75					220
T62	Craig Lee	70	74	76					220
T62	Matt Ford	70	74	76					220
T62	David Horsey	72	71	77					220
66	Victor Dubuisson	69	74	79					222
67	Soomin Lee	73	72	78					223
68	Jens Fahrbring	73	71	80					224
69	Tommy Fleetwood	73	71	81					225