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Good evening. These are exciting times for British golf and the | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
English golf in particular. It is only six weeks since Sheffield's | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
Danny Willett was living on the green jacket at Augusta as Europe's | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
first win of the Masters tournament for nearly 17 years and only the | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
second Englishman ever, following -- following Sir Nick Faldo. There was | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
great anticipation and excitement following that of the new major | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
appearance on the home greens at the prestigious Wentworth Club. This | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
place is, once again, for the 36th year, staging the European Tour | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
prize BMW PGA Championship. Always a highlight of the week is | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
the Wednesday pro-am. Some laughs and we got to enjoy their fellow | :01:11. | :01:18. | |
company from stars of cricket and sprinkling of stardust from the | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
likes of a member of One Direction. And it was the Irishman's group. And | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
it was Colsaerts who took the programme honours this time. I'm | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
sure Nile Wilson penning a best ever song again after that. | :01:35. | :01:43. | |
The serious stuff got underway on Thursday morning for the Dubai | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
rankings. The first day was a fine day and the | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
chance for the players to attack the West Coast. It is best to have a bit | :01:52. | :01:58. | |
of power for this and Australian Scott Hend has plenty. He set the | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
pace. He led for a while on his own but was eventually joined by a major | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
winner, YE Yang. Here you started with a bogey at eight birdies | :02:09. | :02:17. | |
followed. -- he started. A total of nine further Joost Luiten to make it | :02:18. | :02:27. | |
at the top. This man opened with a 4-under 68. The name making most | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
headlines was that of Danny Willett, the new master opening with a bogey | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
free, 66, to sit behind the trio of first-round leaders. Day two brought | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
an early start for Willett and what a start for the early-morning crowd. | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
He would falter coming back, taking ten shots more to reach the | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
clubhouse but a 68 left him 10-under, now leading on his own, | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
and coping with his new-found home. -- found fame. A use to be to do my | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
own thing but now people are saying, tell me what you're doing, which is | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
fine, is part and parcel, it's what I should expect, but it is new is a | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
concept. And he should soon have new company at the top of the | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
leaderboard. A closing eagle took his fellow player to 10-under. And a | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
steady 69 left Yang on the same mark. The Scott Jamieson, he was | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
inch perfect on the ten. Having missed his last four cuts, you would | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
make the weekend here and can drive home on Sunday night in his | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
brand-new prize. Well, despite those hiccups, the | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
Masters champion Danny Willett still at the head of the field. | :03:44. | :03:51. | |
He has some good company. YE Yang playing only his fifth event of the | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
year. But seven men within five shots off the lead. Among them two | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
of the hottest players of the year. Also within striking distance the | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
likes of two-time champion Luke Donald and fellow former world | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
number one Lee Westwood. Matthew Fitzpatrick and Graeme McDowell | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
eight behind, wealth offending champion from career is on level | :04:20. | :04:27. | |
par. Last night Scotland's Paul Lawrie and Russell knocks were left | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
out. Much of the intrigue centres on | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
whether Danny Willett can convert his co-lead into a third victory of | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
the year. How well is he handling his new status as a major winner? So | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
well. It must be so difficult because suddenly from nowhere | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
everybody wants a piece of you, you have to be out, have to do this, do | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
that. He has a new son as well. But he is handling it fantastically well | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
and wherever you come and play, when you are the centre of attention, it | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
must be so difficult. And it takes Major winners to find their feet -- | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
a bit of time to find their feet, and, as you say, it is the grist | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
sharper scrutiny, the expectation and the fact he is the highest | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
ranked player in his field. This is a fantastic trophy to have on your | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
cabinet. He would like to win this. He was writing there last week in | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
Ireland and he is writing here this week. His play on 29 was fantastic. | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
A fantastic effort. So he is right there, 10-under par, so he has to | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
have two good rounds. Well, what would this day bring? Let's bring | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
you up to speed. Two-time champion Martin Kaymer was | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
up to speed and he's found some form recently. He began the day 4-under | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
par after being this last week in Ireland. Close enough for a first | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
birdie of the day with the German on the move five behind. | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
He hasn't won a regular event in five years but pushed on. An equal | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
chance gratefully taken and suddenly the Ryder Cup hero only three away | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
from the top on 7-under par. He is very much in the picture. And this | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
is modern's 10th appearance here at one with in the Championship. -- | :06:19. | :06:27. | |
Martin's 10th appearance. So only two off the pace now, which is being | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
maintained by playing partners Danny Willett and Scott Hend. Both at | :06:32. | :06:40. | |
10-under. YE Yang is a shot behind. Let's joined the commentary team. | :06:41. | :06:51. | |
Thank you, his name. And at last Willett is ready to play. A simple | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
looking shot. Short iron, could be well down the shop. Pulls his watch | :06:55. | :07:02. | |
hand into that left-hand. Doesn't tuck his arms in very quickly. It | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
seems to go to the left. That's on the green. A good shot. That nice | :07:08. | :07:21. | |
for putt at the second seems to have settled Yang. This is his second for | :07:22. | :07:36. | |
the third. This could be very close. This could dot mac oh, unlucky. A | :07:37. | :07:46. | |
slightly Augustan type shop there. -- shot. This is not easy, playing | :07:47. | :08:03. | |
maybe a 4-iron. I don't know. Will it get up? That's good. Delightful. | :08:04. | :08:11. | |
Lovely birdsong. I suppose they are watching as anxiously as we are! | :08:12. | :08:19. | |
Second up to the third. Nature's chorus watching in this green. Has | :08:20. | :08:27. | |
been here 19 times. Look at those two cracking shots. One went one | :08:28. | :08:29. | |
way, one went the other. Willett for his two at the second. | :08:30. | :08:49. | |
Tricky to read, this one. Tracking a good turn just as he gets to the | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
hole, straightens up. Caught so many people out today. | :08:54. | :09:03. | |
This putt to go 6-under. And he's done it. He really is becoming a | :09:04. | :09:11. | |
formidable player. Used to be a bit nervy but seems to be better. | :09:12. | :09:25. | |
Now the Tour one from Bristol. -- tall. Chris Wood. What a beauty. | :09:26. | :09:35. | |
Flag on the lower level, as yesterday. Kaymer at the seventh. | :09:36. | :09:42. | |
This is a critical one. A marvellous save in front of the Green and he's | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
done it with a super up-and-down from an awkward spot. Keep the | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
momentum of the round going. Just two behind. The birdie at the third | :09:52. | :10:04. | |
after that excellent second. Just on the top side. This our side. | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
Right-hand side. Like that. Very smoothly done. Looks so easy, | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
doesn't it? Yang's birdie putt. Now, he came | :10:15. | :10:33. | |
back off the slope... Ooh! He looks a bit edgy on those. Little body | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
movement. A bit of cha-cha-cha. But in it went. Willett's third shot. | :10:40. | :10:48. | |
Found the deep, deep bunker on the right. Could only get it out some | :10:49. | :10:50. | |
yards. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :10:51. | :11:16. | |
I just think it was like on the soft. | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
Read it perfectly. Well done! Looked like it was running out of puff. | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
Just enough pace and that takes into 7-under. -- takes him to. | :11:32. | :11:42. | |
Chris Wood after a lovely tee shot at the 14th for a par-3. Bang! Well | :11:43. | :11:53. | |
done. Nicely done, Chris. Won a lovely BMW last year. Moves to | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
5-under. This really is a bunker. This isn't | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
one of those flat, pussycat things. This is one of those big ones! Well | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
played. Easy when you know how. Well, after that splendid third | :12:08. | :12:32. | |
shot, Willett has this to remain up at the head of affairs. | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
Yeah. Well done. Turns to the caddy, a little chatter... May be short of | :12:39. | :12:47. | |
a word or ten! Van Zyl. Beautifully done. Both | :12:48. | :13:05. | |
players dealing with the sand very well. Four tied now for the lead on | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
par. He joins Yang and Willett. Campillo is third. He's getting | :13:12. | :13:29. | |
there slowly. Just has to drop one stroke. So, there we are. Four out | :13:30. | :13:43. | |
in front 10-under par. Kaymer in hot pursuit as well. A big-name making | :13:44. | :13:45. | |
his move today. That's a good tee shot from Julien | :13:46. | :14:09. | |
Quesne on that hole. Going for it. And getting it. So, a chance to | :14:10. | :14:21. | |
finish birdie, birdie, eagle. Well, van Zyl stabbing it in there | :14:22. | :14:33. | |
and there it goes. A sorry effort. 18th and it's going to be a fiery | :14:34. | :14:38. | |
finish for Julien Quesne. This, an eagle for the last. Scheduling up. | :14:39. | :14:49. | |
-- rolling up. Now, van Zyl has just joined the leaders on 10-under and | :14:50. | :14:58. | |
needs to -- this is to stay there. So, back to 9-under for the South | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
African. A bogey on the second, a couple of birdies on three and four | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
and then this bogey on the fifth. He goes one shot behind now. Now, Yang | :15:09. | :15:18. | |
deserved better from his little pitch. Just didn't go up the pitch | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
for enough. Does move a lot, doesn't he? That ball was well wide. | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
The last hole. Birdies at the last three. Moves him to 6-under. | :15:31. | :15:40. | |
Currently tied for sixth position. I said they make a few quid on a | :15:41. | :15:47. | |
Sunday! Round in 67. Kaymer has been looking fairly hot. Looking to close | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
this out with another birdie to get within one of the leaders. He | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
thought he had that. We did as well. It'll be a par and an outward nine | :15:59. | :16:02. | |
of 31. Putting himself right in contention today. Willett and Hend | :16:03. | :16:21. | |
tied in the lead. Chris Wood with a good chance on the 17th. He's in | :16:22. | :16:28. | |
that group at six and under. Yang in the middle of the bunker, so should | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
be able to get it out. And he does. Needed to be quick. That's a | :16:33. | :16:41. | |
magnificent effort, a magnificent shot. Running out. Well, you won't | :16:42. | :16:46. | |
see many better than that today. That was high-quality. We have the | :16:47. | :16:56. | |
details. A 14 inch drop, this putt. Doesn't sound much but it is quite | :16:57. | :16:57. | |
quick for Danny. Just caressed it. A double break and | :16:58. | :17:13. | |
in it goes! A beautiful putt and wonderfully read by Danny Willett. | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
Came back a bit and he judged it superbly and Danny Willett with his | :17:18. | :17:20. | |
first birdie of the day. He leads on his own. A bit of movement in this | :17:21. | :17:29. | |
one. You can see where Peter Hanson is aiming. That pinned so close to | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
the water today. Wonderful. Wonderful putt by the Swede. Second | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
birdie of the day for him. He's up to 7-under, no drop shots. But | :17:41. | :17:48. | |
taking that flag on the eighth. After a brilliant shot out of the | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
fairway bunker to get within one... Very slow up the hill. | :17:54. | :18:10. | |
Forward momentum for the Masters champion Danny Willett. On Friday he | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
led the Championship by five shots and he's been pegged back but now he | :18:17. | :18:20. | |
has his nose in front by a single shot once again. | :18:21. | :18:30. | |
If he's not too far away he should... He has clipped the top of | :18:31. | :18:37. | |
it. A little greedy. Must have been right up against it with his second | :18:38. | :18:38. | |
on the 11th. This is an awkward one. If he can | :18:39. | :18:53. | |
get this on the Greenhill have played a mighty good shot. -- on the | :18:54. | :19:04. | |
green, he will have played. And he has. And that will go through the | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
back. Might not be all that bad. It scuttles through the back. Tricky to | :19:11. | :19:22. | |
get down in two. So many deliberations over this shot for | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
Danny Willett. Just over the edge. 125, 130. Too much spin and it might | :19:28. | :19:30. | |
come all the way back down the slope. Try to get it beyond the | :19:31. | :19:40. | |
flag. There we go. Very nicely played. | :19:41. | :19:54. | |
Kaymer to drop just one... A catalogue of errors on the 11th hole | :19:55. | :20:04. | |
the Kaymer. And his round had been so impressive as well. A real shame. | :20:05. | :20:14. | |
But perhaps of his own making. Now, Danny Willett on the seventh. Some | :20:15. | :20:18. | |
trouble for his playing partner Scott Hend. But Willett for his | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
birdie. He's given it a race. Not too far | :20:24. | :20:39. | |
from going all the way down the front. Now, Chris Wood. Came out of | :20:40. | :20:53. | |
the bunker to here for his closing birdie. A very good chance here on | :20:54. | :21:00. | |
the 18th. Could have been a miraculous finish. Birdies on the | :21:01. | :21:04. | |
14th and 16th as well. But still a 68 for Chris Wood. He sits alongside | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
Julien Quesne. He is in that group of 6-under par but could have been | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
better. Here's the result of that little chip from Scott Hend. No... | :21:18. | :21:25. | |
That's gone on as well. At least one shot will go for the Australian. | :21:26. | :21:40. | |
Testy putt for Willett. This for a par. | :21:41. | :21:48. | |
Now, Scott Hend to drop just one on the seventh, which he manages, but | :21:49. | :22:12. | |
he is down in that group of 9-under. Two behind Danny Willett. So, | :22:13. | :22:18. | |
slipping away from Danny Willett a little bit. Chris Wood with his 68, | :22:19. | :22:30. | |
leaving him 6-under par and having a chat with Hazel. | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
A five hyphen five finish in that round and I sensed a bit of | :22:35. | :22:40. | |
frustration today, would I be right? I've played lovely today. I didn't | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
birdie one par five. So the par fives here are very score full. I | :22:45. | :22:51. | |
had a 5-iron into 18 and it caught the bunker by a yard and then a yard | :22:52. | :22:55. | |
further left and it's maybe five feet away. Yeah, it's frustrating | :22:56. | :22:58. | |
when you feel like you leave a few out there. | :22:59. | :23:05. | |
Kaymer for a birdie at the 12th and he gets it. Thank goodness for that. | :23:06. | :23:13. | |
Dropped two strokes at the last hole and now back to 7-under. Note of the | :23:14. | :23:21. | |
14th, and Thomas Aiken. -- now to the 14th. The South African moves to | :23:22. | :23:25. | |
6-under. A big group on 6-under. Well, Yang taking the aerial route | :23:26. | :23:45. | |
here on the ninth. A lot of trees have been cleared out there to the | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
left-hand side. Silver birch trees. Keep on rolling. | :23:52. | :24:00. | |
Up to the 18th. Hatton, who has had a super round. It just ran out of | :24:01. | :24:13. | |
steam. That is a par five finish. A good round of golf from Tyrrell | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
Hatton. He'll be our late tomorrow. 8-under. A good round, 66. -- out | :24:20. | :24:29. | |
late. Yang on the ninth for a par. No. After a good tee shot, Mr | :24:30. | :24:39. | |
Greenwald Lee for the left. -- missed the green wildly. Another | :24:40. | :24:49. | |
shot dropped. Nine holes played. Should have done better. Now, this | :24:50. | :24:58. | |
is what you call an up and under. You have to flip it up quickly or | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
you can roll it up over the bank. That's delightful. It is so, so | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
tricky. Impossible to leave it shot without leaving it in the bunker | :25:09. | :25:15. | |
almost. Can he finish it off, van Zyl? Can he save his par here at the | :25:16. | :25:22. | |
ninth? No. That was never running at the hole, was it? Very scrappy. | :25:23. | :25:34. | |
Willett. Second to the ninth. A flattish green. A straightforward | :25:35. | :25:48. | |
shot. Well, I find it hard to believe these talented players with | :25:49. | :25:52. | |
a short iron and that really is very poor. | :25:53. | :26:09. | |
Yang, second. Right at the 10th. That left for a par three. Danny | :26:10. | :26:27. | |
Willett's third shot to the ninth. The leaders are struggling. This | :26:28. | :26:30. | |
isn't easy. Shouldn't have been here. Sounded fluffy. That's the | :26:31. | :26:44. | |
price you pay for a poor second. But you're not alone, Daniel. | :26:45. | :26:52. | |
Yang is hanging in there but only just. Straight across the face of | :26:53. | :27:01. | |
the hole. So bogeys at nine and ten and he drops to 7-under. Ten, minus | :27:02. | :27:03. | |
ten. The first Asian player to win a | :27:04. | :27:22. | |
major Championship. The PGA in 2009. The last pair out here on the ninth. | :27:23. | :27:35. | |
For this shot for Willett. -- fourth shot. No. Well, from a beautiful | :27:36. | :27:42. | |
drive in the perfect spot... That's not dead yet. That's three, four | :27:43. | :27:53. | |
feet away. This is how it looks at the minute. | :27:54. | :27:58. | |
Danny Willett dropping a stroke. He leads by one from Scott Hend. | :27:59. | :28:01. | |
Tyrrell Hatton had a wonderful round at 66 and he is with Hazel. | :28:02. | :28:08. | |
So, congratulations. A whisker off the 65 and what a back nine for you | :28:09. | :28:14. | |
today. Yes, very happy with that. I think it's my lowest round here. | :28:15. | :28:17. | |
First round in the 60s so very pleased. How special is it to | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
produce a performance like that? And at a place that I know is really | :28:24. | :28:26. | |
special for you. Tell everyone why you love this place so much. I've | :28:27. | :28:30. | |
been walking around this place since I was five and I was in awe of the | :28:31. | :28:35. | |
guys inside the ropes, and for me now playing my third BMW PGA, it's | :28:36. | :28:42. | |
great. I love this event. COMMENTATOR: Second to the 10th and | :28:43. | :28:46. | |
this is awkward. Where is he going to land it? How is it going to | :28:47. | :28:47. | |
bounce? Westwood, nearing the end of his | :28:48. | :29:17. | |
round. And that is well done, 6-under, another birdie at the last | :29:18. | :29:27. | |
And he will be cheerful tomorrow. A small 1-shot lead. | :29:28. | :29:33. | |
Has he got it? Oh, no! I thought it might just run out. He dropped to | :29:34. | :29:44. | |
9-under. Scott Hend joint leader. A puff of wind behind us not help | :29:45. | :30:04. | |
Yang, trying to land it softly on the green. Trying to get it to come | :30:05. | :30:08. | |
down softly. He does, a little upslope, could not have pitched that | :30:09. | :30:16. | |
better. He will have an equal chance. Standing a little below the | :30:17. | :30:22. | |
ball, Scott Hend. It will move a little bit to the left in the F. Oh, | :30:23. | :30:29. | |
dear, yes! Look at that! Foot further, it would have stuck in the | :30:30. | :30:35. | |
rough and been nigh on impossible. A birdie chance, wonderful shot from | :30:36. | :30:40. | |
Scott Hend. Jaco van Zyl, the yawning bunker short of the flag, | :30:41. | :30:44. | |
but he has seen his playing partner put a very good shot in here. | :30:45. | :30:51. | |
Elegant swing, a cry of, be good. Landing so softly. Just hanging on. | :30:52. | :31:07. | |
On the very edge of the green. It is going to break hard to his right. He | :31:08. | :31:11. | |
will stab it forward. Too difficult. It better sit down or | :31:12. | :31:21. | |
it is going to go and go. Just about managers to. -- it's just about | :31:22. | :31:25. | |
manages to. So, Willett and Hend, one quarter | :31:26. | :31:42. | |
today, and a chance for why you Yang to get back into things. -- Y E | :31:43. | :31:45. | |
Yang. That is slipping away from him. | :31:46. | :31:57. | |
Bogey on the ninth, bogey on the 10th and 11th, can easily happen | :31:58. | :32:02. | |
around here that Danny Willett is acting 8-under par. Hend has a | :32:03. | :32:10. | |
chance to extend his lead now. And it goes, three for him to the five | :32:11. | :32:18. | |
four Willett and Hend has a two shot lead. Van Zyl for an eagle will take | :32:19. | :32:22. | |
into 8-under. He makes his birdie there. So, | :32:23. | :32:36. | |
7-under par. And up-and-down day but hanging in there. | :32:37. | :33:01. | |
So, YE Yang, a glorious second shot into the 12th. This for three to | :33:02. | :33:08. | |
take into 9-under. He does not convince on the putts, YE Yang. But | :33:09. | :33:16. | |
it is a 2-putt birdie. He will move to 8-under alongside Hatton and | :33:17. | :33:19. | |
Willett. So, suddenly, things are comfortable | :33:20. | :33:31. | |
for Scott Hend, and again he has not had to do too much. Level par for | :33:32. | :33:35. | |
his round but two shots clear from Tyrell Hatton, a marvellous 66 which | :33:36. | :33:43. | |
has catapulted him up the board. Lee Westwood is alongside Chris Wood. | :33:44. | :33:46. | |
They are getting in contention as well ahead of the final day. | :33:47. | :33:53. | |
The 18th, Lee Westwood's second to the par-5. Water left, bunker on the | :33:54. | :34:06. | |
right, and narrow parting surface. -- putting surface. He has left | :34:07. | :34:13. | |
himself a pretty tricky one but it is on dry land. | :34:14. | :34:23. | |
Danny Willett, 3-wood off the tee, he has left himself a 4-iron. You | :34:24. | :34:30. | |
can deceive the pin just above the shaft of his club. The left-hand | :34:31. | :34:34. | |
side of the green. It pot up on him, and out into the | :34:35. | :34:40. | |
front right bunker. A massive drive leaves Scott Hend | :34:41. | :35:01. | |
with a mid iron. Picking the wind is becoming a problem. | :35:02. | :35:12. | |
It had a soft bounce, I have seen them go to that little wooden fence. | :35:13. | :35:23. | |
A lovely car therefore a hole in one. | :35:24. | :35:29. | |
Ducks, everyone, duck! Oh, my goodness! I hope that was not | :35:30. | :35:35. | |
someone's head. Catch! It is still bouncing! He will have to get his | :35:36. | :35:44. | |
own car for that one. Someone is going to stop it. The Marshall is | :35:45. | :35:47. | |
after it. Westwood, a little pitch to hear and | :35:48. | :36:00. | |
it goes in, so Lee Westwood finishes birdie, birdie. So often can be done | :36:01. | :36:04. | |
here at Wentworth. Back in 35, out in 33. 68, not a blemish on the | :36:05. | :36:11. | |
card, and 7-under par, right in there. Hend is the leader, to clear | :36:12. | :36:20. | |
at the moment, about 2-putt, but down in two is going to do. Judged | :36:21. | :36:34. | |
that very nicely. Can Yang make his par? What a great forehand, trouble | :36:35. | :36:45. | |
off the tee, he stays at 8-under. A fabulous finish to this course with | :36:46. | :36:56. | |
the fives offering something. After a bit of help from his caddy, he is | :36:57. | :37:03. | |
leaning towards the left edge. It turns a little to the right. Oh, no, | :37:04. | :37:08. | |
pushed it. Did not allow enough. Well, par, after a good tee shot, | :37:09. | :37:24. | |
you would have thought he would have made a birdie. | :37:25. | :37:35. | |
He likes this little rescue, does Mr Yang. | :37:36. | :37:45. | |
Oh, my goodness me. Good luck with that one! He has got a good line, | :37:46. | :37:56. | |
looks to have a backswing but he is just trying to avoid that left-hand | :37:57. | :37:59. | |
fairway bunker popping into position. Straight back. That was | :38:00. | :38:09. | |
square on middle stump, the sound it made! | :38:10. | :38:20. | |
The leader is in bother, Peter. When you hit a tree three feet in front | :38:21. | :38:34. | |
of you, it seems a bit silly. Chipped it in the ditch? No, it is | :38:35. | :38:40. | |
all right. Danny Willett got a good shoot off the back of the bunker. | :38:41. | :38:43. | |
Was not pleased with his drive, it has not done too badly, the good | :38:44. | :38:45. | |
line to come into the 13th. Someone like it. I am not sure Danny | :38:46. | :38:59. | |
did, though. It is fine. Good for distance. There is a lot of change | :39:00. | :39:07. | |
happening here in the 13th. Yang from the back of the 14th. If you | :39:08. | :39:13. | |
talk about delicate shots, it could be very good. | :39:14. | :39:19. | |
Well, you could not do it much better than that. If it went in the | :39:20. | :39:28. | |
hole, if it had gone in! That was a classic little dab. He leads by two, | :39:29. | :39:34. | |
but he has played three already on the 13th, Scott Hend, and 112 to the | :39:35. | :39:44. | |
flag. Can he salvage the situation? He certainly can. That to drop just | :39:45. | :39:51. | |
one, damage limitation of the highest order from Scott Hend. | :39:52. | :40:01. | |
Playing hard to get, this is. She is not at all interested in the Gulf or | :40:02. | :40:02. | |
him! Just fell away at the end. Stop the | :40:03. | :40:06. | |
rot. This putt of Hend, for a very | :40:07. | :40:48. | |
adventurous five. What the journey. Only one drop shot. | :40:49. | :40:56. | |
Hend still leads, but only by one after salvaging that bogey on the | :40:57. | :41:02. | |
13th. Tyrrell Hatton is looking better and better after his 66. Yang | :41:03. | :41:08. | |
and Willett a couple over for the day. And Lee Westwood, birdies on | :41:09. | :41:16. | |
the 17th and 18th for his 68. 23rd straight appearance in this | :41:17. | :41:19. | |
Championship. I know you are very proud of that. A bogey free 68. A | :41:20. | :41:24. | |
few chances tomorrow? It gives me a better chance than this morning. I | :41:25. | :41:28. | |
closed the gap little bit. It is not playing quite so easy today. I was | :41:29. | :41:32. | |
pleased that I did not make any mistakes. I did not really hole a | :41:33. | :41:38. | |
putt over four feet, so to shoot 68 shows the quality of my tee shot | :41:39. | :41:40. | |
game. You can see what is on offer for a | :41:41. | :41:53. | |
hole in one, he could not do it today, this is the last group. If | :41:54. | :41:58. | |
you can get just the right distance. You do not want to be too far beyond | :41:59. | :42:06. | |
the hole, though. Go back, go back! So close to going all the way back | :42:07. | :42:11. | |
down there. That is fast, fast down that slope. They will be wondering | :42:12. | :42:22. | |
why there is so little applause while Hend keys up. | :42:23. | :42:28. | |
His tee shot on the way. Will it towards the back of the green. It | :42:29. | :42:39. | |
will drift away but on the same level. That is not too bad. That was | :42:40. | :42:48. | |
a cracking tee shot from YE Yang on the 15th, a little rescue club | :42:49. | :42:49. | |
again. And that is just as QWERTY, nasty, | :42:50. | :43:02. | |
unpleasant, horrible, awful, goodbye! | :43:03. | :43:09. | |
Here he goes, Hend, he has got to get the speed right and the slope. | :43:10. | :43:15. | |
The wider you go, the slower you have got to go. It is running out of | :43:16. | :43:24. | |
speed. Just fell away at the death. Not bad. | :43:25. | :43:36. | |
YE Yang after that second shot of the deepest mediocrity, a bunker on | :43:37. | :43:44. | |
the 15th. Looking to get it to roll out down the slope. It looks like he | :43:45. | :43:49. | |
is going to slip away from the group. They are all coming back to | :43:50. | :43:53. | |
the field, a lot of players coming back into contention. Willett's putt | :43:54. | :43:59. | |
is tricky, way out to the left, quite a big change in elevation to | :44:00. | :44:04. | |
the high ground, to the top of the rich. It should start to go down and | :44:05. | :44:10. | |
turn to the right, gathering speed. Not bad, four feet, but you cannot | :44:11. | :44:17. | |
dab at them, they will end up going way past. Yang to save par on the | :44:18. | :44:25. | |
15th. The leaders are struggling at the moment, the last couple of | :44:26. | :44:32. | |
groups are out on the course. He will slip back to 7-under. If you | :44:33. | :44:39. | |
look at Hend and Willett, 2-over on their round, Jaco van Zyl, 3-over as | :44:40. | :44:47. | |
well. All having trouble. Kaymer to finish, in for a birdie. It is a | :44:48. | :44:51. | |
good round, it could have been so much better. Bogeys on the 16th and | :44:52. | :45:00. | |
17th, that stubble on the 11th. -- that double on the 11th. Hend for a | :45:01. | :45:09. | |
bogey. This is his third putt, he rattled it in. We knew it was a | :45:10. | :45:11. | |
tricky putt, it cost him a shot. Willett with one of those! Well | :45:12. | :45:18. | |
done. Good for the bit feet, and just the | :45:19. | :45:41. | |
right edge with a bit of pace and in she goes. -- good four and a bit | :45:42. | :45:43. | |
feet. Drops back to 6-under. Scott Hend has crashed his tee shot. | :45:44. | :46:04. | |
Something good is slipping away over the last few holes. That is a very | :46:05. | :46:11. | |
loose shot with that club in his hand. Does not look more than a | :46:12. | :46:24. | |
7-iron. Must be at least seven, I think. To Mr Green as badly as that, | :46:25. | :46:31. | |
with such a short club, not good at all. -- to miss the green. Hend for | :46:32. | :46:37. | |
four, going up the hill. This must have, depending on the | :46:38. | :47:04. | |
speed, at least two feet tomorrow. If he hits it too hard, it will go | :47:05. | :47:15. | |
whizzing by. Not high enough. Not quite high enough. Never high | :47:16. | :47:22. | |
enough. Do you think he talks in his sleep as well? After that excellent | :47:23. | :47:36. | |
results, he never looked comfortable. | :47:37. | :47:53. | |
Cord grips. Danny Willett to the 60s, if he gets it right, it is like | :47:54. | :48:02. | |
going down the pluck the sink, you have got to get it to the sink | :48:03. | :48:07. | |
first. -- down the plug hole of the sink. Pitching it past, any spin on | :48:08. | :48:24. | |
it? Oh, no, that is not fair. The 18th, 2-under. A big drive. Not much | :48:25. | :48:34. | |
of a target, though, this 18th. Looks tiny from that end but that is | :48:35. | :48:38. | |
a cracking shot. It could have gone in! Look where he is aiming this, | :48:39. | :48:47. | |
Peter. He is aiming at eight feet to the right. I hope he has got it | :48:48. | :48:55. | |
right. Well, a very, very good effort indeed. That was a splendid | :48:56. | :49:04. | |
go. Out onto the 18th, this for an eagle. And he had done it, well | :49:05. | :49:09. | |
done, what a brilliant finish. Suddenly he has 4-under and very | :49:10. | :49:15. | |
much in the picture. Despite having a very scrappy round, three birdies | :49:16. | :49:21. | |
and seven. A couple of birdies and an eagle at the last. | :49:22. | :49:33. | |
Another stroke going, in that group at 7-under par, so he is now | :49:34. | :49:43. | |
outright leader. What a curious day and expect the | :49:44. | :49:46. | |
three leaders have all gone backwards and instead, it is the | :49:47. | :49:51. | |
young man from Marlow, not 30 minutes from this beautiful venue, | :49:52. | :49:55. | |
Tyrrell Hatton, who holds the outright lead after that wonderful | :49:56. | :49:59. | |
round of 66 today. One shot ahead of Westwood, Yang, Willett and henna. | :50:00. | :50:06. | |
-- Hend. He need a straight shot. Not a lot | :50:07. | :50:14. | |
of room to get in, but anything left leaves him a horrible chip pitch to | :50:15. | :50:17. | |
the flag. Oh, I do not know what happened | :50:18. | :50:29. | |
there. That could have been in the ladies locker room. Very, very | :50:30. | :50:34. | |
strange. Yang with the longer of the tee | :50:35. | :50:46. | |
shots. He has still got along the second shot because he had gone a | :50:47. | :50:58. | |
little bit down the left side. The lucky. Oh, my goodness! | :50:59. | :51:03. | |
A big swing, do you think one of those Nicholson specials? May be. He | :51:04. | :51:09. | |
has tried it. That is a fine result. Mr Yang. He has got to float this | :51:10. | :51:34. | |
up. Land it as softly as he can and it has gone by. Virtually impossible | :51:35. | :51:40. | |
to get that by the hole. This would be a bit of a get out of | :51:41. | :51:58. | |
jail free card. People have missed it on the right. | :51:59. | :52:06. | |
After such a promising start, 1-under after eight holes, he is | :52:07. | :52:16. | |
4-over par for his round. Let's see if Yang can bring some brightness to | :52:17. | :52:22. | |
proceedings. Birdie putt on the last, too much? Only one player in | :52:23. | :52:32. | |
the last eight groups out and apart, that was Martin Kaymer who had his | :52:33. | :52:37. | |
own problems. He finished with 70. YE Yang is in with 75. A lot of 75s | :52:38. | :52:43. | |
out there in the final few groups. Perhaps that is about par. What you | :52:44. | :52:53. | |
think he is hitting from here, five? Five or six. Not a very long shaft. | :52:54. | :52:59. | |
Got the length of the green to come up. As long as it is straight, it is | :53:00. | :53:05. | |
OK. I think he is far enough. Only just, but that could be all right. A | :53:06. | :53:11. | |
little more than all right. A bit of good fortune, a good result. Great | :53:12. | :53:20. | |
result, lucky. He cannot afford any mistakes here. We can't see the | :53:21. | :53:24. | |
ball, nestling down, you have got to loft the club, hit it hard, over the | :53:25. | :53:31. | |
water. And stop it before the bunker at the back of the green, this is | :53:32. | :53:40. | |
note pushover. Stop, stop, he cries. It has sailed over everything. It | :53:41. | :53:45. | |
has been a struggle. How's that for a scene? How is that | :53:46. | :54:05. | |
for a scene? Hospitality is full. Masters champion being welcomed by | :54:06. | :54:10. | |
his hometown crowd. A wonderful setting. | :54:11. | :54:23. | |
Played it beautifully. That was a dab hand, that just caught the edge, | :54:24. | :54:33. | |
if it had, it would have killed it. That was a great result, absolutely | :54:34. | :54:38. | |
splendid. This for the outright lead to get to 9-under. A terrific second | :54:39. | :54:46. | |
shot, brave tee shot, a lovely iron, the aggression this time pays off. | :54:47. | :54:54. | |
Round in 73. 9-under and leading by one. | :54:55. | :55:00. | |
Although it is a short putt, it is missable if you do not get the line | :55:01. | :55:06. | |
right and the speed. You can spin out, left to right, just inside the | :55:07. | :55:12. | |
left lip, really, with a little bit of speed, not too much. Well done. A | :55:13. | :55:20. | |
struggle but it is over. And we live to fight another day. | :55:21. | :55:29. | |
They call Saturday moving day, but it has been moving backwards day for | :55:30. | :55:33. | |
the co-leaders. The joint leaders overnight, Scott Hend still in pole | :55:34. | :55:36. | |
position but one shot worse than before. And thank goodness from his | :55:37. | :55:40. | |
perspective that eagle at the last. But Danny Willett has been one of | :55:41. | :55:44. | |
the major stories of the day. Having been in that overnight lead, it is | :55:45. | :55:50. | |
4-over par round of 76, and he will starts tomorrow in a tie for fifth | :55:51. | :55:53. | |
place. We had everything under control nicely and then a couple of | :55:54. | :56:00. | |
bad shots and bad decisions, Mr putts and it slipped away. Same | :56:01. | :56:07. | |
thing, relatively simple par fives on the back nine and we played them | :56:08. | :56:12. | |
badly again. We're not quite fit. It is disappointing to be there or | :56:13. | :56:20. | |
thereabouts and them to play poorly like we did yesterday. After the | :56:21. | :56:25. | |
range, see if we can set something going tomorrow. | :56:26. | :56:28. | |
You had a two shot lead, then suddenly the wheels began to come | :56:29. | :56:31. | |
off, so it that eagle of the last, -- at the last, how much of a rescue | :56:32. | :56:38. | |
without? I was 3-under par coming into the last, making for all three | :56:39. | :56:43. | |
was a bonus. I do not really look at the leaderboard so I did not know. | :56:44. | :56:48. | |
It was a struggle, but steadied a bit coming in in. I know you have | :56:49. | :56:54. | |
won tournaments in seven different countries, two on the European Tour, | :56:55. | :56:57. | |
how big is this Championship and how big the wind would this be worth a | :56:58. | :57:01. | |
happen? Obviously it is a big one, but to put it in perspective, I | :57:02. | :57:05. | |
treat it like another tournament. If things happen afterwards, you go | :57:06. | :57:11. | |
back and retrospectively think about it but right now it is just another | :57:12. | :57:14. | |
golf tournament, I just tried to do what I do for a living. | :57:15. | :57:18. | |
This has been a most unusual Saturday on this PGA champion ship. | :57:19. | :57:27. | |
Scott Hend at the head of the field, but he leads outright only by one | :57:28. | :57:31. | |
shot. It is the master champion Danny Willett in a share for fifth, | :57:32. | :57:34. | |
he is going to have to launch his assault on the title from three | :57:35. | :57:38. | |
shots behind. A cracking data to other English men, Tyrrell Hatton | :57:39. | :57:42. | |
will be going out with Hend in the final playing pair tomorrow, and Lee | :57:43. | :57:47. | |
Westwood who has come so close to this title on eight publications, is | :57:48. | :57:55. | |
also in the mix. But -- on a couple of occasions, is also in the mix. | :57:56. | :58:00. | |
Eight men are within the possibility of getting the lead. We will be back | :58:01. | :58:04. | |
tomorrow night at 6pm. Golf is part of the Olympic games again which are | :58:05. | :58:09. | |
now only 69 days away, and in the build-up to the games, tomorrow we | :58:10. | :58:12. | |
will have live coverage of the rowing World Cup on BBC Two, at 30 | :58:13. | :58:19. | |
PM from Switzerland. The GB and Northern Ireland team will be | :58:20. | :58:22. | |
finalised on the night of June. Danny Willett might well be going to | :58:23. | :58:28. | |
Rio as well. But the short-term, his priority list, top of that is to | :58:29. | :58:35. | |
become the BMW PGA champion. We will see if he can come back fighting | :58:36. | :58:39. | |
tomorrow, we will be back at 6pm to see them land the knockout blow. | :58:40. | :58:44. |