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Did after noon. These are exciting times for British and English golf. | :00:29. | :00:36. | |
It's only six weeks ago that Sheffield's Danny Willett slipped on | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
the green jacket as the first European winner at Augusta National | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
for 17 years, and the first Masters champion since Sir Nick Faldo, and | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
only the second Englishman ever. Understandably there was huge | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
excitement and anticipation about his first appearance on home greens | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
since those heady moments at Augusta. He was the leading | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
attraction coming into this year's BMW PGA Championship here at the | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
beautiful Wentworth Club in Surrey. It's being staged here for the 36th | :01:09. | :01:16. | |
time, and 41 of the top 50 in the Race to Dubai rankings on the | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
European Tour were here. Serious business for Danny and everyone else | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
in this great field that began on Thursday morning. | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
The first day was a fine day and the chance to attack the West Course. | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
Australian Scott Hendy had plenty of power, distance combined with a sure | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
touch on the greens brought him a 7-under six T5, leading for a while | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
on his own, but eventually joined by a major winner, Korea's YE Yang, who | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
went back the US PGA in 2009. Nine in total for Joost Luiten to make it | :01:52. | :01:58. | |
three at the top. Luke Donald going for three titles here, and he has a | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
strong, loving relationship with the West Course, opening with a four | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
under 68. The name it in most headlines was Danny Willett, the new | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
Masters champion opening with a bogey free six T6 sitting just one | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
behind the opening trio of first-round leaders. Day two brought | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
an early start for Danny Willett, what a performance. Six birdies in | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
eight holes took him to the turn in 29. He faltered coming back, taking | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
ten shots more to reach the clubhouse, but 68 left him nicely | :02:30. | :02:37. | |
positioned. I'm used to keeping quiet, doing my practice sessions on | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
my own and now I think I'm being watched all the time! It's fine, | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
it's part and parcel of what you expect, what it takes getting used | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
to. He would soon have company at the top of the leaderboard. Scott | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
Hend devours par fives and it proved on the last with a closing eagle to | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
take him to 10-under. YE Yang had a steady 69 to leave him on the same | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
mark. And a word for Scott Jamieson, his act nine was all pars except the | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
10th, where he was injured perfect. Having missed the last four cuts | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
coming he would make the weekend here and could drive home on Sunday | :03:12. | :03:13. | |
night in his brand-new prize. Despite the hiccups on the homeward | :03:14. | :03:22. | |
half on Friday, Masters champion Danny Willett is still ahead of the | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
field, sharing the honours at the halfway mark with Australia's Scott | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
Hend, a recent Thailand Classic winner, and fellow major winner, YE | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
Yang, playing just his fifth event of the year. Seven men in five shots | :03:36. | :03:46. | |
off the lead. Also within striking distance, the likes of two-time | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
champion here, Luke Donald, and former world number one Lee | :03:51. | :03:51. | |
Westwood. Defending champion Bjarne Hunt and | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
was at level par. -- John Darren Clarke will be watching with | :03:58. | :04:19. | |
interest because this weekend could shape his Ryder Cup team in the | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
autumn with such a huge prize fund on offer. Making the early moves on | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
Sunday, one of the man who would love to star in the, two-time major | :04:27. | :04:35. | |
champion Martin Kaymer who has found form recently. This was his second | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
shot to the 3rd hole and close enough for a first birdie of the | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
day, the German on the move, five behind. Kaymer hasn't won a regular | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
European Tour event for five years, pushed on at the next, eagle chance | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
gratefully taken and the Ryder Cup hero was at 7-under par, just three | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
from the top. The co-leaders knew he was in the picture. This at the | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
short par-3 5th, Martin's 10th appearance at Wentworth in the | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
Championship, and another golden chance to pick up a four shot in | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
three holes. Martin Kaymer just two off the pace, being maintained by | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
playing partners Danny Willett and Australia's Scott Hend, both at | :05:21. | :05:28. | |
10-under. Korea's YE Yang was a shot behind having conceded a shot at the | :05:29. | :05:37. | |
1st. COMMENTATOR: At last, Danny Willett is ready to play. What's a | :05:38. | :05:42. | |
conversation with his caddy. Simple looking shocked, short iron, | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
gripping well down the shaft. -- simple looking shot. Tugging his | :05:48. | :05:56. | |
arms in quickly. Anything bad seems to go to the left. That's a good | :05:57. | :05:58. | |
shot, on the green. Nice little putt at his second for | :05:59. | :06:13. | |
par seems to have settled Yang. Second into the third. | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
This could be very close. Unlucky. It's a slight Augusta type shot, | :06:21. | :06:31. | |
gathering to the front pin, the little valley at the front of the | :06:32. | :06:33. | |
green. This is not easy, playing a four | :06:34. | :06:49. | |
iron. Old-fashioned. It gets up and that's good. Delightful. | :06:50. | :06:58. | |
Some lovely bird song, I suppose they are watching as anxiously as me | :06:59. | :07:06. | |
as he takes his second up to the third. Nature's chorus watching him. | :07:07. | :07:14. | |
This green has been altered umpteen times since the early 1950s. Those | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
shots, one going one way and one going the other. Both have shots for | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
threes. Danny Willett into the second. A | :07:23. | :07:38. | |
tricky one to read. Tracking, when it gets to the hole side it | :07:39. | :07:41. | |
straightens up. It has caught a few people out today. Par, par start for | :07:42. | :07:52. | |
Danny. This putt to go 6-under. And he's done it. Get in. He really is | :07:53. | :08:00. | |
becoming a formidable player. Used to be a bit nervy but seems to be | :08:01. | :08:02. | |
better. Now, the tall one from Bristol. | :08:03. | :08:18. | |
Chris Wood, 14th hole, 4-under par. What a beauty. Flag on the lower | :08:19. | :08:27. | |
level, as yesterday. Martin Kaymer at the 7th. A critical one, it would | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
be a marvellous save from the front of the green. And he's done it. | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
Super up-and-down from an awkward spot. Keeps the moment of the round | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
going. Look at that for a card, just two behind. Van Zyl, birdie at the | :08:43. | :08:52. | |
3rd after the excellent second. Just on the top side, our side, the | :08:53. | :08:59. | |
right-hand side. Like that. Very smoothly done. Looks so easy, | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
doesn't it? Yang's Berdych putter. He came back | :09:04. | :09:24. | |
off the slope. -- Yang's birdie putt. Did the cha-cha-cha, but in it | :09:25. | :09:33. | |
went. Danny Willett's third shot found a deep bunker on the right and | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
he could only get it out 30 or 40 yards. | :09:38. | :10:00. | |
I just think it was, just like you say... Campillo. He read that | :10:01. | :10:15. | |
perfectly. Well done. Looked like it was running out of puff. Just enough | :10:16. | :10:27. | |
pace and it takes him to 7-under. Chris Wood, after a lovely tee shot | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
at the 14th, a par-3. He has this for two. Bank, well done. Nicely | :10:33. | :10:41. | |
done, Chris. They hole-in-one here last year and won a lovely BMW. He | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
moves to 5-under. -- bang, well done. This really is a bunker, not | :10:47. | :10:56. | |
one of those flat, pussycat things, this one is really deep. Well | :10:57. | :10:58. | |
played. Easy when you know how. After that splendid third shot, | :10:59. | :11:23. | |
Willett has this to remain up at the head of affairs. Yeah, well done. | :11:24. | :11:33. | |
Turns to the candy, a little chatter... No, no. Maybe in a moment | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
or two. Never short of a word or ten. | :11:40. | :11:49. | |
Beautifully done by Van Zyl. Both players dealing with the sand very | :11:50. | :11:58. | |
well. Four tied for the lead on 10-under par. Van Zyl joining Yang, | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
Hend and Willett. Campillo's third, he's getting there | :12:03. | :12:15. | |
slowly after an awkward tee shot. You will have that to drop just one | :12:16. | :12:18. | |
stroke. There we are, four out in front on | :12:19. | :12:28. | |
10-under par with Van Zyl joining that group. Martin Kaymer in hot | :12:29. | :12:38. | |
pursuit. Campillo has dropped a shot, back to 6-under. | :12:39. | :12:48. | |
Good tee shot from Julien Quesne on the final hole. Birdies at 16 and | :12:49. | :13:00. | |
17. Going for it. And getting it. Chance to finish birdie, birdie, | :13:01. | :13:09. | |
eagle. Van Zyl stabbing it in there. I way it goes. A fairly sorry | :13:10. | :13:21. | |
effort. -- away it goes. The 18th, it will be a fiery finish for Julien | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
Quesne. This is for eagle at the last. Scuttling up the field. | :13:28. | :13:37. | |
Now, Van Zyl has just joined the leaders at 10-under and this is to | :13:38. | :13:48. | |
stay there. No. Back to 9-under for the South African. Bogeyed the | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
second, a couple of the these at three and four, and that at the 5th. | :13:54. | :14:00. | |
Backe goes, one shot behind. -- cup aloft -- couple of birdies. Does | :14:01. | :14:14. | |
move a lot, that ball was well wide. Not in yet. Julien Quesne at the | :14:15. | :14:23. | |
last hole. What a finish. Birdies at the last three. 6-under, currently | :14:24. | :14:31. | |
tied sixth. That will make a few quid on Sunday, round in 67. Kaymer | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
has been blowing fairly hot on the front nine and this is to close out | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
with another birdie to get within one of the leaders. He and we | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
thought he had that. It will be a par, outward nine of 31. Puts him in | :14:48. | :14:56. | |
contention today. Danny Willett and Scott Hend tied for the lead with | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
Yang and Van Zyl slipping away with dropped shots on five. Kaymer, | :15:04. | :15:13. | |
steady as she goes with the leaders. Another big lip to come over for | :15:14. | :15:17. | |
white yang. He's in the middle of the bunker. Should get it up, and | :15:18. | :15:28. | |
does. It's a magnificent effort. Magnificent shot, running out. You | :15:29. | :15:35. | |
will not seem any better than that today. It was high-quality. -- not | :15:36. | :15:46. | |
see many. 14 inch drop, this putt. Doesn't sound a lot, but it's quite | :15:47. | :15:47. | |
quick for Danny. Just caressed it, double breaker and | :15:48. | :16:02. | |
in it goes. Beautiful putt, wonderfully red by Danny Willett. | :16:03. | :16:08. | |
Judged it superbly. -- wonderfully read. | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
A bit of movement in this. We can see where Peter Hanson is aiming, | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
the pin so close to the water today. Wonderful putt by the Swede. Peter | :16:22. | :16:29. | |
Hanson, his second birdie of the day, no dropped shots and he sat | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
7-under. He will fancy attacking the flag on the eighth hole. This to get | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
within one after that wonderful shot out of the bunker. YE Yang, very | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
slow up the hill. Forward momentum for the Masters | :16:45. | :17:03. | |
champion, Danny Willett. At one point on Friday he let this | :17:04. | :17:06. | |
Championship by five shots. He's been pegged back but now has his | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
nose in front by a single shot once again. Martin Kaymer's ball, don't | :17:12. | :17:20. | |
know how close to the lip it is. And he's clipped the top of it. A little | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
greedy, must have been right up against it. His second to the 11th. | :17:26. | :17:36. | |
Scott Hend's second shot, this is an awkward one. If you can get it on | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
the green it will have been a mighty good shot. | :17:43. | :17:53. | |
And he has, will it go through the back? It scuttles through. Might not | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
be all that bad. Tricky to get down in two. | :18:01. | :18:09. | |
So many deliberations over this shot for Danny Willett. Just a wedge, one | :18:10. | :18:22. | |
to 5-130. -- 125-130. Has to come back down the slope with the spin. | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
Try to get it beyond the flag. Very nicely played. | :18:29. | :18:41. | |
A bit more off the right and it has been. Kaymer, that's a catalogue of | :18:42. | :18:51. | |
errors at the 11th. His round had been so impressive as well. A real | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
shame. But one perhaps of his own making. | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
Danny Willett on the seventh, a bit of trouble for his playing partner | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
Scott Hend, who fluffed his chip from the back. He has something left | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
for his par. Danny Willett for birdie now. | :19:14. | :19:23. | |
He has given it a race. Not far from going all the way down the front. | :19:24. | :19:36. | |
Now, Chris would. He came out of the bunker to hear for his closing | :19:37. | :19:43. | |
birdie. -- Chris Wood. Sad way to end. Had great chance of birdie on | :19:44. | :19:49. | |
17, good chance on 18 as well. Could have been a miraculous finish with | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
birdies at 14 and 15. 68 for Chris Wood. In the group on 6-under par, | :19:56. | :20:04. | |
could have been better. The result of that little chip from Scott Hend. | :20:05. | :20:14. | |
That's gone on as well. At least one shot will go for the Australian. | :20:15. | :20:30. | |
Testing putt for Willett. This is for par. | :20:31. | :20:38. | |
Scott Hend to drop just one on the seventh, which he manages, but he's | :20:39. | :20:58. | |
down in that group on 9-under alongside Van Zyl and Yang. Two | :20:59. | :21:06. | |
behind Danny Willett. Slipping away from Danny Willett a little bit. | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
Jaco Van Zyl with a double bogey at eight is back to 7-under. Chris Wood | :21:12. | :21:18. | |
with a 68, leaving him 6-under par and having a chat with Hazel Irvine. | :21:19. | :21:24. | |
A five, five finish of that round of 68. I sense a bit of frustration | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
with that finish. Yeah, I played lovely today and didn't birdie a | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
single par-5. The par fives here are very scorer bull. A 5-iron into 18, | :21:36. | :21:42. | |
couldn't have hit a better shot, but maybe a yard for the left and its | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
five feet away. Frustrating when you feel you leave a few out there. | :21:47. | :21:54. | |
Kaymer for birdie at 12, and he gets it. Thank goodness for that. Dropped | :21:55. | :22:03. | |
two strokes at the last hole. Back to 7-under. Thomas Aiken at 14. | :22:04. | :22:14. | |
Chance for the South African to 6-under. Big group at 6-under. | :22:15. | :22:29. | |
Yang taking the aerial route at nine. A lot of trees have been | :22:30. | :22:38. | |
cleared out close to the ninth green. Some silver birch trees. No | :22:39. | :22:42. | |
concern for Yang as he watches his ball keep on rolling. That will be | :22:43. | :22:44. | |
for par. Hatton at 18. He's had a superb | :22:45. | :22:56. | |
round. A big swinging birdie putt. Just ran out of steam. The par fives | :22:57. | :23:04. | |
finish, a good round of golf from Tyrell Hatton. He will be out late | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
tomorrow. Good round of 66. One dropped shot. Yang at the 9th for | :23:11. | :23:14. | |
par. No. After a good tee shot, we | :23:15. | :23:25. | |
missing the green wildly to the left. | :23:26. | :23:34. | |
Another shot dropped, just a couple of shots, nine holes played. Should | :23:35. | :23:43. | |
have done better. This is what you call an up and under. Has to flick | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
it up quickly, or picked up the bank beyond the pin and let it run back. | :23:48. | :23:54. | |
That is delightful. It's so tricky, tiptoeing on to the fringe and just | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
killed it. Impossible to leave it short without going into the bunker. | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
Can Van Zyl finish it off and save his par at the 9th? No. It was never | :24:04. | :24:13. | |
running at the hole, was it? Very scrappy. | :24:14. | :24:14. | |
Danny Willett with his second to the ninth. Flattish green. | :24:15. | :24:28. | |
Straightforward shot. I find it hard to believe these | :24:29. | :24:39. | |
talented players, with a short iron, and that really is very poor. | :24:40. | :24:54. | |
From the right of the tents. Yang for his second. -- of the 10th. | :24:55. | :25:13. | |
That's left for a par-3. Danny Willett, his third shot into the | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
ninth. The leaders are struggling. This isn't easy. Shouldn't have been | :25:19. | :25:28. | |
here. Sounded fluffy. That's the price you pay for a poor second. But | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
you are not alone, Daniel. Yang is hanging in there, but only | :25:34. | :25:45. | |
just. The pace was right but across the face of the hole. Bogeys at nine | :25:46. | :25:49. | |
and ten, he drops to 7-under. Was at 10-under. The first Asian | :25:50. | :26:05. | |
player to win a major Championship, the PGA in 2009. | :26:06. | :26:15. | |
Scott Hend and Willett, the last pair out on the ninth. Fourth shot | :26:16. | :26:27. | |
for Danny Willett. No. Well, from a beautiful drive into the perfect | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
spot. That's not dead yet, it's three or four feet away. | :26:33. | :26:40. | |
This is how it looks at the minute, Danny Willett with his first dropped | :26:41. | :26:49. | |
stroke of the day at nine, he is 10-under. Scott | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
Tyrell Hatton is with Hazel. What a back nine for you today. Very happy | :26:56. | :27:04. | |
with that. It's my first round in the 60s. Very pleased. How special | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
is it to produce a performance like that at a place I know has really | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
inspired you as a player. Why do you love this place so much? I have been | :27:15. | :27:18. | |
walking around this place since a five-year-old. I was in awe of the | :27:19. | :27:24. | |
guys inside the ropes. Now I'm playing my third BMW PGA, and it's | :27:25. | :27:28. | |
great, I love this event. Come and take two second to the 10th, and | :27:29. | :27:38. | |
it's awkward. -- COMMENTATOR: Second to the 10th, and it's awkward. How | :27:39. | :27:40. | |
will it bounce? Westwood, nearing the end of his | :27:41. | :28:05. | |
round. Well done, 6-under. Another birdie at the last, 7-under. | :28:06. | :28:10. | |
Good-looking got it? Oh! Thought it might just | :28:11. | :28:33. | |
run out. Drops to 9-under. He joins Scott Hend as joint leaders. | :28:34. | :28:44. | |
A puff of wind behind doesn't help Yang to land it softly on this | :28:45. | :28:53. | |
screen. -- on this green. Trying to get it to come down softly, and he | :28:54. | :28:58. | |
has. Couldn't have pitched that into a better spot to kill it. He will | :28:59. | :29:03. | |
have an eagle chance to get back into it. Standing a little bit below | :29:04. | :29:09. | |
the ball, Scott Hend. It might move a little bit to the left in the EF. | :29:10. | :29:13. | |
Very good now. -- in the air. Wonderful shot from Scott Hend. Jaco | :29:14. | :29:30. | |
Van Zyl with a yawning bunker just short of the flag. He saw his | :29:31. | :29:34. | |
playing partner hit a very good shot into here, YE Yang. Elegant swing, a | :29:35. | :29:48. | |
cry of, the good! -- be good. Landing softly. Just hanging on. On | :29:49. | :29:54. | |
the very edge of the fringe of the green. It will break hard to his | :29:55. | :30:00. | |
right. The clubface is open, just stab it forward. Too difficult. It | :30:01. | :30:09. | |
better sit down, it could go and go. Stay on the tier, just about manages | :30:10. | :30:11. | |
to. Danny Willett and Scott Hend tied at | :30:12. | :30:22. | |
9-under par. Tyrell Hatton right into things with his 66. Kaymer | :30:23. | :30:28. | |
hanging in. YE Yang has a chance to get into things. | :30:29. | :30:34. | |
The train arrives just at the wrong time. That is slipping away from | :30:35. | :30:45. | |
him. Bogey on the ninth, bogey on the 10th, bogey on the 11th. It can | :30:46. | :30:49. | |
easily happen around here, but Danny Willett back to 8-under par, one | :30:50. | :30:53. | |
behind his playing partner, this man. Hend with a chance to finally | :30:54. | :31:03. | |
extend his lead. Hend has a two shot lead. | :31:04. | :31:07. | |
The 12th, and Jaco van Zyl for an eagle. It would take him to 8-under, | :31:08. | :31:18. | |
within a couple. Up the slope. Oh! Not quite. He makes his birdie | :31:19. | :31:25. | |
there. 7-under par. It's been an up and down day, but hanging right in | :31:26. | :31:27. | |
there. So, YE Yang. Lori 's second shot | :31:28. | :31:53. | |
into the 12th, this for a three. A chance to get in 9-under. -- | :31:54. | :31:58. | |
glorious second shot. Not convincing, but it is a two putt | :31:59. | :32:05. | |
birdie, gratefully received and it takes him to 9-under. Alongside | :32:06. | :32:19. | |
Hatton and will -- Danny Willett. Suddenly things are comfortable. | :32:20. | :32:25. | |
And. Tyrrell Hatton with a marvellous 66 which has catapulted | :32:26. | :32:30. | |
him up the board alongside YE Yang and Willett. They are getting in | :32:31. | :32:36. | |
contention as well ahead of the final day. Lee Westwood, one to | :32:37. | :32:44. | |
play. The 18th, Lee Westwood's second, to the par-5. Water left, | :32:45. | :32:54. | |
bunkers right. Narrow putting surface. Pretty good but he's left | :32:55. | :32:57. | |
himself a little tricky one across the edge of the bunker, but on dry. | :32:58. | :33:07. | |
-- but on dry land. Danny Willett, a 3-wood off the tee but he gave it a | :33:08. | :33:14. | |
good nudge and he has left himself a four iron. You can just see the pin | :33:15. | :33:21. | |
just above the shaft of his club, there. Left-hand side of the green. | :33:22. | :33:31. | |
Popped up on him and down into the front right bunker. | :33:32. | :33:43. | |
A massive drive just leaves Scott Hend a mid iron. But the wind just | :33:44. | :33:49. | |
becoming problematical. Oh! OK. Had a soft bounce. That is | :33:50. | :34:05. | |
out of bounds, it's OK. He doesn't know it but it is. | :34:06. | :34:10. | |
Lovely car for a hole-in-one. Going right! Right! Dark, everyone! My | :34:11. | :34:23. | |
goodness. I hope that wasn't on someone's head. Catch! It is still | :34:24. | :34:33. | |
bouncing! Well, here we go! Someone is going to stop it... The marshals | :34:34. | :34:37. | |
after it. Westwood, little pitch to here and | :34:38. | :34:47. | |
in it goes. Lee Westwood finishes birdie, birdie. So often can be done | :34:48. | :34:57. | |
here at Wentworth, 68, not a blemish on the card, 7-under par and right | :34:58. | :35:06. | |
in there. So, Hend the leader. Two clear at the moment. A birdie putt | :35:07. | :35:14. | |
but down in two will do. Judged that very nicely. Can YE Yang make his | :35:15. | :35:29. | |
par? What a great four, having found trouble off the tee. He stays at | :35:30. | :35:34. | |
8-under. Fabulous finish to this course, with the five is offering | :35:35. | :35:44. | |
something. After a bit of help from his caddy, Smarty, looks to be | :35:45. | :35:49. | |
aiming on the left edge. The line of his ball pointing in that direction. | :35:50. | :35:54. | |
It certainly does turn a bit to the right. No. Pushed it, or didn't | :35:55. | :36:09. | |
allow enough. Well, a par. A good tee shot. | :36:10. | :36:24. | |
He likes this little rescue, Mr Yang. My goodness me. Good luck with | :36:25. | :36:42. | |
that one! He has a good line, looks to have a backswing, but trying to | :36:43. | :36:48. | |
avoid that left-hand fairway bunker. Pop it out into position. I mean, | :36:49. | :36:58. | |
that was square on middle stump. The sound it made there. The leader is | :36:59. | :37:12. | |
in bother, Peter. Well, when you hit a tree three in front of you, it | :37:13. | :37:23. | |
seems a bit silly. You should be in the ditch... No, you're all right. | :37:24. | :37:31. | |
Danny Willett, shot off the back of the bunker. It has done all right | :37:32. | :37:35. | |
for him and a good line to come into this 13th. Good strike... Someone | :37:36. | :37:48. | |
like it, but I'm not sure Danny did. That is fine. Good for distance. A | :37:49. | :37:54. | |
lot of change happening here on the 13th. Yang from the back of the | :37:55. | :38:02. | |
14th. You talk about delicate shots. This could be very good. Well, you | :38:03. | :38:12. | |
couldn't do it much better than that without going in the hole. That was | :38:13. | :38:20. | |
a classic little dab. He leads by two, but he has played three already | :38:21. | :38:29. | |
here. Scott Hend, 112 to the flag. Can he salvage the situation? He | :38:30. | :38:39. | |
certainly can. Damage limitation of the highest order from Scott Hend. | :38:40. | :38:47. | |
Playing hard to get, this is. She's not at all interested in the golf, | :38:48. | :38:58. | |
or him! Willett for a birdie at the 13th. A little bit of swing on this. | :38:59. | :39:07. | |
Struck it well. Just fell away at the end. Stop the rot. | :39:08. | :39:28. | |
This putt of Hend's, for a very adventurous five. What a journey | :39:29. | :39:35. | |
with only a drop shot. Well, Hend still leads but only by | :39:36. | :39:53. | |
one now after salvaging that birdie on the 13th. Tyrrell Hatton is | :39:54. | :39:57. | |
looking better and better. Lee Westwood, birdies to finish on the | :39:58. | :40:02. | |
17th and 18th for his 68. 7-under par and talking to Hazel. A 23rd | :40:03. | :40:07. | |
straight appearance in this Championship. I know you're very | :40:08. | :40:10. | |
proud of that. What does that do for your chances tomorrow at the bogey | :40:11. | :40:16. | |
free 68? Well, it gives me a better chance than I had. I was pleased I | :40:17. | :40:21. | |
did not make any bogeys, making mistakes. I didn't really hole a | :40:22. | :40:28. | |
putt over four feet, so to shoot 68 shows the quality of my tee to | :40:29. | :40:30. | |
green. You see what is on offer for a | :40:31. | :40:40. | |
hole-in-one. He could actually do it today. This is the last group that | :40:41. | :40:43. | |
could do it today with this pin position. If it feeds down and get | :40:44. | :40:48. | |
just -- gets just the right distance. You don't want to be too | :40:49. | :40:53. | |
far beyond the hole, though. Go back, go back, go back. So close to | :40:54. | :41:00. | |
being all the way back down there. That is fast, fast, fast on that | :41:01. | :41:07. | |
slope. Well, they will be wondering why there is little applause as Hend | :41:08. | :41:20. | |
tees up. Hend's tee shot on the way. Willett towards the back of the | :41:21. | :41:28. | |
green. Hend will drift away but on the same level... Not too bad. That | :41:29. | :41:35. | |
was a cracking tee shot from YE Yang down the 15th again with a little | :41:36. | :41:37. | |
rescue club. And that is just a necky, squirt E, | :41:38. | :41:53. | |
nasty, unpleasantness, horrible, awful by by -- goodbye. Hend has to | :41:54. | :42:06. | |
get the speed right. The wider you go, the slower you have to go. Just | :42:07. | :42:10. | |
fell away at the death. Not bad. YE Yang, after that second shot at | :42:11. | :42:33. | |
the 15th. Just looking to get it to roll out down the slope. Looks like | :42:34. | :42:39. | |
he's going to slip away from that group at 8-under. A lot of players | :42:40. | :42:45. | |
coming back into contention. Willett's putt here is a tricky one. | :42:46. | :42:50. | |
Way out to the left and quite a lot of change in elevation from the high | :42:51. | :42:56. | |
ground to the top of the ridge. It should turn, gathering speed. Not | :42:57. | :43:03. | |
bad, four feet by. You can't really have a stab at it and end up going | :43:04. | :43:11. | |
way past. YE Yang to save par at the 15th. They really are struggling at | :43:12. | :43:21. | |
the moment, the leaders. So, he will slip back to 7-under. Hend and | :43:22. | :43:30. | |
Willett 3-over for the round. They are all having their troubles. Qaim | :43:31. | :43:37. | |
to finish out. In for a birdie. It is a good round but it could have | :43:38. | :43:41. | |
been so much better. That double on the 11th. Still, 6-under and right | :43:42. | :43:53. | |
in there. Hend for a bogey now. This is his herd putt. Rattled in a great | :43:54. | :44:02. | |
pace. We knew it was a tricky stroke, cost him a shot. Now, | :44:03. | :44:11. | |
Willett with one of those. Well done. | :44:12. | :44:21. | |
A good four, four and a bit feet. A bit of pace at the right edge and in | :44:22. | :44:41. | |
she goes. Drops back to minus six. In very Scott Hend like fashion, | :44:42. | :44:48. | |
Scott Hend has crushed his tee shot down here. Just a short iron in. | :44:49. | :44:55. | |
Just slipping away over the last few holes. That is a very loose shot | :44:56. | :45:08. | |
with that club in his hand. Well, it doesn't look more than a 7-iron. | :45:09. | :45:15. | |
Square club, must be more than a seven, I think. To miss the Law as | :45:16. | :45:21. | |
badly as that, it is not that all good really. Hend for a four coming | :45:22. | :45:27. | |
up the hill. Quite a slow putt. Another shot dropped, after a | :45:28. | :45:44. | |
beautiful tee shot. Now, Willett at the 15th, left-to-right. Depending | :45:45. | :45:49. | |
on the speed, this must have at least two feet of borrow. If he hits | :45:50. | :45:57. | |
it too hard, it will go whizzing by. No, not high enough. Not quite high | :45:58. | :46:09. | |
enough, never high enough. Do you think he talks in his sleep as well? | :46:10. | :46:18. | |
Jaco van Zyl at the 16th for a birdie, after that excellent result. | :46:19. | :46:26. | |
Oh! Well, he never looked comfortable with that. You can't | :46:27. | :46:34. | |
afford to drop shots like that after a fine result. Danny Willett's third | :46:35. | :46:48. | |
to the 16th. If he gets it right it is like going down the plug hole of | :46:49. | :46:52. | |
a sink, but you've got to get it into the sink first. -- to the sink. | :46:53. | :47:00. | |
It will go past, has he got any spin on it? No! That's not fair! The | :47:01. | :47:19. | |
18th. Two under. Big drive. Not much of a target, though, Kent, is it, | :47:20. | :47:25. | |
this 18th? Looks tiny from there. That's a cracking shot, could go in! | :47:26. | :47:30. | |
Look where he is aiming this, Peter. Eight feet to the right. I hope he's | :47:31. | :47:42. | |
got the line. Well, a very, very good effort indeed. That was a | :47:43. | :47:54. | |
splendid go. At the 18th, this four a three. Very much in the picture. | :47:55. | :48:11. | |
Another stroke going. In that group at 7-under par, Tyrrell Hatton, who | :48:12. | :48:30. | |
was out early, now outright leader. STUDIO | :48:31. | :48:35. | |
What a curious old day. The three leaders have all gone backwards and | :48:36. | :48:39. | |
instead it is the young man from Marlow, not 30 minutes from this | :48:40. | :48:43. | |
beautiful venue, Tyrrell Hatton, who holds the outright lead after that | :48:44. | :48:47. | |
wonderful round of 66 today. One shot ahead of Westwood, Yang, | :48:48. | :48:54. | |
Willett and Hend. COMMENTATOR: There is our camera | :48:55. | :48:58. | |
behind the green, right beneath the umbrella tree. Leaves a straight | :48:59. | :49:05. | |
shot. Not a lot of room to get in and anything left leaves a horrible | :49:06. | :49:12. | |
pitch to the flag. Hello! I don't know what happened there, that could | :49:13. | :49:16. | |
be in the ladies locker room! Yang with the longer of the tee | :49:17. | :49:37. | |
shots, but he has still got the longest shot. Miles Wright, be | :49:38. | :49:52. | |
lucky. My goodness. A big swing, will it be one of those Mickelson | :49:53. | :49:55. | |
specials? Maybe. Now, Mr Yang. He's going to float | :49:56. | :50:23. | |
this up and land it as softly as he can. Virtually impossible to get | :50:24. | :50:40. | |
that by the hole. This would be a get out of jail free card. Pushed | :50:41. | :50:46. | |
it. Most people have missed on the right. Oh dear. After such a | :50:47. | :51:01. | |
promising start, 1-under after eight holes, he is 4-over par for his | :51:02. | :51:07. | |
round. Let's see if Yang can bring some brightness to proceedings. | :51:08. | :51:17. | |
Birdie putt on the last, to much. -- too much. Only one player was | :51:18. | :51:24. | |
struggling in the last few groups out today, Martin Kaymer, who had | :51:25. | :51:29. | |
his own problems. Now YE Yang is in with a 75. A lot of 75th out there | :51:30. | :51:38. | |
in the final few groups. Perhaps that is about par. What do you think | :51:39. | :51:41. | |
he is hitting from here, Ken? A five? A five or a six, not a very | :51:42. | :51:49. | |
long shaft, is it? He's got the length of the green to come up, as | :51:50. | :51:52. | |
long as it is straight it will be OK. I only just, but that could be | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
all right. More than all right! A bit of good fortune, good result. | :51:58. | :52:01. | |
Great result. Lucky. He can't afford any mistakes here. | :52:02. | :52:12. | |
We can't see the ball, nestling down. He's got a lofted club, going | :52:13. | :52:17. | |
to hit it hard over the water and stop it before the bunker at the | :52:18. | :52:20. | |
back of the green. This is no pushover. He thumped it. Stop, stop, | :52:21. | :52:30. | |
he cries. That sailed over everything. It has been a struggle. | :52:31. | :52:42. | |
APPLAUSE How's that for a scene? How is that | :52:43. | :52:57. | |
for a scene? Hospitality full. The Masters champion being welcomed by | :52:58. | :53:00. | |
his hometown crowd. Wonderful setting. | :53:01. | :53:11. | |
Oh! Played it beautifully. That was a dab hand, just caught the edge | :53:12. | :53:21. | |
which killed it. Just a very good result, absolutely splendid. This is | :53:22. | :53:27. | |
the outright lead, this to get to 9-under. Well done. Terrific second | :53:28. | :53:34. | |
shot, brave tee shot and a lovely iron. His aggression pays off. Round | :53:35. | :53:50. | |
in 73. He leads by one. Although it's a short putt, this is missable | :53:51. | :53:55. | |
if you don't just get the line right or the speed, you can spin out. Just | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
inside the left lip really with a bit of speed. Not too much. Well | :54:01. | :54:07. | |
done. A struggle, but it's over. We live to fight another day. | :54:08. | :54:15. | |
They call Saturday moving day, but it has been moving backwards day for | :54:16. | :54:23. | |
the co-leaders. In fact the co-leaders overnight, Scott Hend | :54:24. | :54:28. | |
still in position but one shot worse than before. Thank goodness from his | :54:29. | :54:32. | |
perspective for that eagle at the last. Danny Willett one of the | :54:33. | :54:36. | |
stories of the day, having been in that overnight lead he shot a 4-over | :54:37. | :54:42. | |
par and he will start in a tie for fourth place the. We had everything | :54:43. | :54:45. | |
under control nicely and then a couple of loose shots, a couple of | :54:46. | :54:48. | |
bad decisions, a couple of missed putts and it quickly slipped away. | :54:49. | :54:53. | |
The same thing as three relatively simple par fives and we played them | :54:54. | :54:57. | |
badly on the back nine, as we have done all week. Yeah, it's | :54:58. | :55:04. | |
disappointing to be there or thereabouts and then to kind of | :55:05. | :55:07. | |
played poorly on the back nine like we did yesterday. Off to the range | :55:08. | :55:12. | |
and see if we can get something going for tomorrow. Scott command | :55:13. | :55:16. | |
that 13th tee had a two shot lead and then the wheels began to come | :55:17. | :55:20. | |
off. That eagle at the last, how much of a rescue act was that for | :55:21. | :55:26. | |
you today? Well, it's nice. 3-under par coming down the last, make a | :55:27. | :55:33. | |
four and it's nice. I wasn't aware of the lead because I didn't look at | :55:34. | :55:38. | |
any leaderboards. I know you have won tournaments all over the world, | :55:39. | :55:42. | |
seven different countries, two on the European Tour in total, but how | :55:43. | :55:48. | |
big is this Championship and how big would it be if it were to happen? | :55:49. | :55:53. | |
Obviously it is a big one but I put it in perspective and treat it like | :55:54. | :55:57. | |
just another tournament. If things happen afterwards, you can think | :55:58. | :56:00. | |
about it retrospectively, but right now it's another golf tournament and | :56:01. | :56:05. | |
I'm just trying to do what I did for a living. Well, that was a moving | :56:06. | :56:09. | |
day with a difference, wasn't it? The leaders moving backwards the | :56:10. | :56:13. | |
field and in Danny Willett's case, right back into the chasing pack. | :56:14. | :56:17. | |
He's been overtaken by fallowing Lishman Lee Westwood, and Tyrrell | :56:18. | :56:21. | |
Hatton. Will have an Englishman in the final pairing on Sunday, but | :56:22. | :56:25. | |
perhaps not the one we had been expecting. On the line today for | :56:26. | :56:28. | |
Tyrrell Hatton and leader Scott Hend and so many others in the chasing | :56:29. | :56:33. | |
pack, one of the richest and most prestigious titles on the European | :56:34. | :56:34. | |
Tour. For three days, Wentworth has been | :56:35. | :56:43. | |
dressed in all its latest spring finery. A chance for players to show | :56:44. | :56:48. | |
off their very best. For much of the tournament, the master himself has | :56:49. | :56:53. | |
been on top. Yet Danny Willett has not been without his problems. On | :56:54. | :56:58. | |
Saturday straying from the beaten path, moving day dropping him down | :56:59. | :57:01. | |
to the chasing pack on 6-under. Going forward was Lee Westwood. | :57:02. | :57:07. | |
While most others were faltering, he, who has come so close to victory | :57:08. | :57:13. | |
here on the past, managed a 4-under par 68. All part of a very strong | :57:14. | :57:17. | |
English challenge. One shot further back was Chris Wood, who also | :57:18. | :57:21. | |
managed a 68. Best placed of all on the home front was the man from just | :57:22. | :57:26. | |
down the road. Surrey's Tyrrell Hatton found the lowest round of the | :57:27. | :57:31. | |
day, a 66, which very nearly found in the lead on his own. But for | :57:32. | :57:38. | |
Australia's Scott Hend. He too had his disagreements with the West | :57:39. | :57:41. | |
Course but once again his power brought him a closing eagle to sit | :57:42. | :57:45. | |
9-under and one shot clear was that the field is lining up behind them, | :57:46. | :57:49. | |
so many now with the chance to claim the title on Sunday at Wentworth. | :57:50. | :57:53. | |
STUDIO Yes, a Saturday moving day with a | :57:54. | :57:58. | |
difference, one in which the leaders were brought back to the field and | :57:59. | :58:04. | |
in Danny Willett's case, back into the chasing pack. But Scott Hend | :58:05. | :58:08. | |
remains at the top and he will be joined in the final pairing by local | :58:09. | :58:12. | |
favourite Tyrrell Hatton. Lee Westwood has also climbed right into | :58:13. | :58:17. | |
the reckoning at at 6-under there is Bristol plus Chris Wood and two | :58:18. | :58:21. | |
major winners, Martin Kaymer Germany, who has really found some | :58:22. | :58:25. | |
game of late, and Danny Willett, who is an settled 76 yesterday saw him | :58:26. | :58:30. | |
scurrying to the range to try and regain some of the four-man | :58:31. | :58:35. | |
composure he showed so beautifully at Augusta two weeks ago. The | :58:36. | :58:40. | |
possibilities are many. Ken Brown shared it all without yesterday. A | :58:41. | :58:44. | |
disconcerting day for the leaders. I wonder what is your view on why | :58:45. | :58:48. | |
Danny Willett in particular seemed so unsettled out there? I don't know | :58:49. | :58:51. | |
if it was particularly Danny Willett but the back nine holes yesterday | :58:52. | :58:55. | |
had some tough pin positions and the greens were getting drier and | :58:56. | :58:59. | |
speedier. He hit a view hooks and lost his timing, lost his way. | :59:00. | :59:04. | |
Everyone struggled a bit on the back nine, especially the leaders. Scott | :59:05. | :59:08. | |
Hend still has the 1-shot lead. What is your view on young Tyrrell | :59:09. | :59:13. | |
Hatton? It's almost like a dream come true because he used to come | :59:14. | :59:18. | |
here has a five-year-old, 60 old, seven-year-old and watch the Gulf | :59:19. | :59:21. | |
and suddenly he has a chance of winning the title, which would be an | :59:22. | :59:25. | |
amazing performance, a big day. Fortunately there is not too much | :59:26. | :59:28. | |
breeze about. I think the greens will be a bit softer, a bit easier. | :59:29. | :59:33. | |
To win the PGA title is a dream country for anyone. Touch a big | :59:34. | :59:39. | |
first prize, ?640,000. For the likes of Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer, | :59:40. | :59:42. | |
the Ryder Cup could be beckoning with a win here. This week there is | :59:43. | :59:46. | |
such a lot at vague but certainly Ryder Cup points. Any of these | :59:47. | :59:50. | |
players back and finish in the top two would give themselves a huge | :59:51. | :59:55. | |
boost. Other things at stake, you can get a five-year exemption on the | :59:56. | :59:59. | |
Tour. It's a big day to win here and whoever does it will be a deserved | :00:00. | :00:04. | |
winner. Let's check out the early movers on this Sunday. Chertsey's | :00:05. | :00:09. | |
own James Morrison does not have too far to drive home, only about five | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
miles, and he could be doing so in a brand-new motor! He earned one here | :00:14. | :00:20. | |
at the 14th hole. The two-time winner celebrating with Andy | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
Sullivan here. That has already been another ace today come from this | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
man, Rikard Karlberg from Gothenburg. Here he is at the 10th. | :00:30. | :00:34. | |
This is absolutely inspired from B-29 yelled, who has since picked up | :00:35. | :00:37. | |
birdies at three, four, seven and eight. This tee shot, Karl Burke now | :00:38. | :00:45. | |
just two shots off the lead. To England's Chris Wood, who began the | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
day at 6-under. A positive start for the rangy two-time European Tour | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
winner from Bristol. A tap in for the first birdie of the day and what | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
a beautiful shot on the opening hole that was. | :00:58. | :01:04. | |
Frenchman Julien Quesne was also on the move. Forward momentum from many | :01:05. | :01:11. | |
already. But Rikard Karlberg has had most of that. His second to 12 was | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
good enough for last year's Italian Open winner to take another birdie. | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
Astonishingly, 8-under for the Championship, 7-under for his round. | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
One of the top of the leaderboard. The move of the week coming from the | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
Swede. Confirmation of cargo's blistering surge up the rankings, | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
tied with Tyrell Hatton, and in Scott Hend's rear-view mirror. | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
English men Chris Wood and Lee Westwood were in striking distance | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
as well. Masters champion Danny Willett double bogeyed at the 3rd to | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
drop back to 4-under. Fascinating promise in the final round. | :01:55. | :02:05. | |
COMMENTATOR: Oh, dear. Scott Hend, what's he doing at the 1st hole? | :02:06. | :02:12. | |
Standing way above the ball, but perhaps a trifle greedy, back into | :02:13. | :02:16. | |
the sand again. It's a tough enough hole without all these problems. | :02:17. | :02:30. | |
The mistake. Might have been too greedy. -- big mistake. Didn't need | :02:31. | :02:45. | |
any more than 20 yards. Westwood after the bogey at the 1st. Playing | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
partner Yang is back left of the green. | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
Just a 9-iron, perhaps a strong wedge. That's good enough. He will | :02:58. | :03:09. | |
have a lot of support here today, Lee Westwood. A title he desperately | :03:10. | :03:10. | |
wants to win. Just a little tap in for Karlberg, | :03:11. | :03:24. | |
he's 8-under par. If he gets to 11, you never know. But then doubts and | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
fears can creep in. Come on... No. Dropped a shot at the | :03:30. | :03:45. | |
1st. Pars the second. Our leader is playing four, he has | :03:46. | :04:03. | |
called for a ruling, I know not why. Crisp shot. Unlucky. Could well open | :04:04. | :04:26. | |
up with a six. Happy days have not arrived yet. Rikard Karlberg, the | :04:27. | :04:36. | |
car behind him has already been won today by James Morrison with a | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
hole-in-one. I think we heard some Swedish for, "I do not care for that | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
shot". That's a horrible place to be. His pleasant run might be coming | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
to an end. The trials and tribulations of Hend | :04:54. | :05:09. | |
at the 1st. This is for a 1-over par-5. He put down a six. Can we go | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
back ten minutes? Hatton for par at the 1st. Well | :05:13. | :05:38. | |
done. Just you keep plodding on and getting pars, a couple of birdies | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
will stop he will have a happy day. Danny Willett at the 4th. | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
CHEERING It's a silly old game! Worth a smile | :05:49. | :06:01. | |
and a giggle. Six at the last, nine for the two Matt -- two holes. He's | :06:02. | :06:13. | |
the Masters champion, that spar for those two. And a three for Karlberg, | :06:14. | :06:24. | |
that could bring much gold. Martin Kaymer, this strange putt, a big | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
swing on it at the beginning. A 4th hole, this for an eagle three. He's | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
hit that way out but he will miss on the left. No, he's up! It did the | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
shimmy shake, and in it went for eagle to put him right at the top of | :06:43. | :06:44. | |
the leaderboard. Scott Hend, after a six on the | :06:45. | :06:52. | |
first, this is for two. Started with a 1-shot lead. One shot | :06:53. | :07:16. | |
behind now. The challenge coming from the big names now more and more | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
with Martin Kaymer up to 8-under with an eagle on the fourth. He | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
joins Karlberg and Hatton. Chris Wood in the group on 7-under. | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
The tall figure of Chris Wood, setting himself beautifully with the | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
ball. Six foot five. A chance to get up with the leaders | :07:38. | :07:50. | |
if it finds the heart of the green, which it does. That's even leap | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
beyond them. It comes round and round, perhaps moving him to | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
9-under. Now, Karlberg, tied with Kaymer and Hatton. He's got an | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
amazing round going. A pan down to save par here. Easy, easy, no. -- up | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
and down to save par here. Julien Quesne has gone for the full | :08:13. | :08:24. | |
all-white today. Bleeding one out there. The wind is picking up and | :08:25. | :08:32. | |
the flag is coming to life. He has made a good start. Karlberg, if he's | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
going to have a chance of winning, this has got to go in. How about | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
that? Chris Wood for eagle. A big swing | :08:41. | :08:54. | |
left-to-right. Out she goes, round she goes. Yes! Well done. | :08:55. | :09:03. | |
doth thicken. Our leader. Yang is well back. Pitch it short and let it | :09:04. | :09:30. | |
run in. It could be good. A bit will more fire in that and it could have | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
ended up right by the pin. -- a bit more fire. Lots of yellow on the | :09:37. | :09:44. | |
leaderboard today, plenty of eagles. Chris Wood had one at the last to | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
take him to the lead. On the fifth, the pin just over the front left | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
bunker. Just about there. Chris Wood is on fire. Birdie at the 1st, eagle | :09:56. | :10:03. | |
on the fourth, nearly a tap in at five. | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
Westwood had a long look at this. Down the hill, big swing. | :10:09. | :10:20. | |
You wouldn't believe it, would you? Still hasn't borrowed enough. The | :10:21. | :10:29. | |
pace is wonderful. Hello! That's worth at least a Silver Medal. It | :10:30. | :10:31. | |
was brilliant. The chance of two for Chris Wood. He | :10:32. | :10:43. | |
bangs it in. Just the fourth birdie at the 5th hole. Moving to 10-under. | :10:44. | :10:53. | |
Also birdied the fourth, going nicely, leading by two. | :10:54. | :11:10. | |
Why in, similar putt to the one Kaymer had, similar to his playing | :11:11. | :11:19. | |
partner of Westwood. -- YE Yang, similar pot. What a putt. | :11:20. | :11:29. | |
Extraordinary. -- similar putt. Just one behind the leader Chris Wood. | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
This is the kind of scoring we didn't see yesterday afternoon. | :11:34. | :11:35. | |
Wonderful scoring this morning at Wentworth. Karlberg. Third to the | :11:36. | :11:42. | |
short par four 16. 18th green. Andrew Johnston, the | :11:43. | :12:03. | |
current Spanish open champion, winning it recently at Valderrama. | :12:04. | :12:11. | |
The line was good and it has straightened! Where's the beef, the! | :12:12. | :12:29. | |
-- where's the beef, Beef. What a way to finish. | :12:30. | :12:32. | |
awkward little chip up the bank. Nestled down for Karlberg. You | :12:33. | :12:54. | |
expect him to note that one in. -- nudge that one in. That's not too | :12:55. | :13:09. | |
bad. Right-to-left and up the hill for Scott Hend to come for the | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
birdie. Karlberg bogeyed the first and then went on an amazing run. | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
8-under for the intervening holes but he has dropped another shot. | :13:21. | :13:26. | |
Back to 7-under. But he could set a target. Scott Hend made a horrible | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
start but he has steadied things since then. Not too difficult, the | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
putt should have a bit of right-to-left, depends how firmly he | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
hits it. Straight in for birdie. Hend back to 8-under after a double | :13:43. | :13:44. | |
bogey start, 1-under since then. Looking down on Thomas Aiken. Chance | :13:45. | :14:02. | |
for three on the sixth. Right in the middle for the South African. Couple | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
of birdies surrounding a bogey at the 5th. He's alongside Westwood and | :14:08. | :14:18. | |
Karlberg on 7-under. Julien Quesne going on nicely today. | :14:19. | :14:33. | |
How about that, take it away! He will move to 9-under. | :14:34. | :14:46. | |
Great approach from Thomas Aiken, and he makes the most of it. Lovely | :14:47. | :14:53. | |
run there, three birdies in the last four holes. The South African mainly | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
plays on the PGA Tour. Also at 8-under. Chris Wood, good tee shot | :14:59. | :15:07. | |
at seven, down the left. The back right pin position. Right over the | :15:08. | :15:18. | |
flag. Wonderful shot from Chris Wood, who is dialled in today. | :15:19. | :15:28. | |
From off the green, Karlberg. What a run he's had today. Rikard Karlberg | :15:29. | :15:40. | |
can rarely miss today. Bogey at 16 but back contract with a seventh | :15:41. | :15:47. | |
birdie of the day at 17. As well as a hole-in-one at the 2nd. Chris Wood | :15:48. | :15:55. | |
with a beautiful second shot. Left-to-right here. Chance to extend | :15:56. | :16:08. | |
his lead. Yes, eagle, a couple of birdies, 11-under and two shots | :16:09. | :16:15. | |
clear for the tall man. That confirms it, 5-under after his | :16:16. | :16:19. | |
opening seven, in the lead by two at 11-under. | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
Very tight with a lot of golf to be played and the back nine is always | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
tricky. Scott Hend flipping underneath it. | :16:31. | :16:40. | |
Very well done. If you miss on the short side, where the flag is cut | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
these days, the green is so firm and fast it's tricky to get out. Finish | :16:46. | :16:53. | |
it out. Started with a bogey and finishes with par, in between, all | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
the colours of the rainbow. A hole-in-one at the 2nd, seven | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
birdies, 65, joint lowest of the week for Rikard Karlberg. 8-under | :17:04. | :17:06. | |
par, setting the target in the clubhouse. Scott Hend to save his | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
par. It's a messy start to the round for | :17:12. | :17:22. | |
Scott Hend. So much good scoring from other players that he is now | :17:23. | :17:29. | |
2-over for his round, back to seven under. | :17:30. | :17:36. | |
Not bad, doing well. Go on! Well done, I thought it bounced one too | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
many times in the short stuff. I don't believe what's going on | :17:44. | :17:59. | |
here. A ridiculous shot, he's going to hit over everything he can, 300 | :18:00. | :18:02. | |
yards to run out of the fairway. Where's it going? Hop, skip and jump | :18:03. | :18:10. | |
and straight into the ditch. That's one of the most stupid shots you | :18:11. | :18:11. | |
will ever see! LAUGHTER Martin Kaymer wasn't sure whether | :18:12. | :18:41. | |
his ball was going out of bounds but it was fine. His second into nine. | :18:42. | :18:49. | |
Over the ditch, hits the tree, stay there. Could have finished a lot | :18:50. | :18:52. | |
worse. Tyrell Hatton at seven. Par putt. | :18:53. | :19:11. | |
Yes... No! Just letting them drift away. | :19:12. | :19:17. | |
Three birdies and an eagle for Chris Wood who leads by a couple at | :19:18. | :19:25. | |
11-under. The man of the moment is the round 65 of Rikard Karlberg, it | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
included a hole-in-one. Congratulations, a 65 with two | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
bogeys and Anna ace on the card. One of the more eventful rounds of your | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
career so far. I was a little tired after Ireland, and this is a tough | :19:41. | :19:44. | |
course that takes a lot out of you. Starting with a bogey, I thought, oh | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
well. But I hit a great shot that went in the hole and I got pumped | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
after that. You ride that wave. Very happy with the round. Unfortunately | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
in the end I had some tough numbers into the pin, between clubs, but I'm | :20:00. | :20:07. | |
really happy about it. Scott Hend for bogey at seven. | :20:08. | :20:19. | |
There's something of the John Daly in this fella, hugely talented, but | :20:20. | :20:28. | |
just does stupid things. It was a bizarre choice of shot at 17. | :20:29. | :20:31. | |
Throwing away handfuls of whatever. Needs a good putt now. This is for | :20:32. | :20:50. | |
bogey at nine for Kaymer. Ugly six on his card at nine. Errant tee | :20:51. | :20:58. | |
shot, got greedy. Out in level par 35. One eagle, one double bogey. | :20:59. | :21:06. | |
Five behind now, 6-under. Good tee shot but quite a long way back for | :21:07. | :21:08. | |
Chris Wood. Superb iron, sweetly struck. Working | :21:09. | :21:31. | |
off the slope. High quality shot. He's had a few of those this | :21:32. | :21:33. | |
morning. Looking anxious, it's got the pace | :21:34. | :21:46. | |
on it. At last, a birdie on the card, the first red figure. 8-under, | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
back to where he started. Thomas Aiken was just off the green | :21:51. | :22:02. | |
on the other side and played a dreadful shot through the green. | :22:03. | :22:05. | |
He's making a complete mess of this hole. Our Championship leader, Chris | :22:06. | :22:13. | |
Wood at the 9th. This to go to 12-under. Easy PC. -- easy peasy. | :22:14. | :22:30. | |
What is he playing off today? I don't know, but were losing. If | :22:31. | :22:37. | |
Thomas Aiken is going to win this, I think he needs to hole this. Oh | :22:38. | :22:48. | |
dear. Ugly and untimely double bogey, dropping back to 6-under. YE | :22:49. | :23:00. | |
Yang for three at nine. That was always wide, just too wide. Four is | :23:01. | :23:13. | |
always acceptable. Chris Wood's tee shot at ten. It sounded fluffy but | :23:14. | :23:20. | |
he might get away with it because the greens are so fast. He has got | :23:21. | :23:23. | |
away with it, that was a That was a chance, oh my word. He's | :23:24. | :23:52. | |
going to have to do something very impressive on the back nine. It's | :23:53. | :23:55. | |
just getting away from Westwood now. Chris Woods to save par, leading by | :23:56. | :24:07. | |
three at the moment. The first blemish on the card for Chris Wood | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
today. Out in 29, remarkable front nine. Danny Willett did that earlier | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
in the week as well. But that will be shot. At least one, still not | :24:18. | :24:21. | |
dead yet. It wasn't a dreadful tee shot at ten | :24:22. | :24:33. | |
for Chris Wood, but just a slight misjudgement of distance. His first | :24:34. | :24:40. | |
bogey of the day. His lead is down to two. | :24:41. | :24:47. | |
I don't know what's happening, whether it's the lateness of the | :24:48. | :24:58. | |
hour. That's a dreadful shot. Good look at the face for Tyrell | :24:59. | :25:19. | |
Hatton, a bank to go over here. Hmm... Grappling for his par here. | :25:20. | :25:30. | |
After all the early good scoring, they are just beginning to falter. | :25:31. | :25:37. | |
Chris Wood dropping his first of the day, still two clear. Yang in bother | :25:38. | :25:39. | |
at ten. Tyrell Hatton was in the sand on the | :25:40. | :25:58. | |
ninth of the tee. Came out just short of the green, pitched to hear, | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
and I thought he had that. Grumping and growling and sinking to the | :26:05. | :26:11. | |
knees. Not much happening today, but Danny Willett, he sinks one. He is | :26:12. | :26:18. | |
up finally. Double bogey at the 4th, eagle at the 5th and nothing since | :26:19. | :26:22. | |
then until now. Four behind. Julien Quesne on the edge of the bunker. | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
Awkward shot, hoping to find the green. Bit of a tangled lie. | :26:28. | :26:36. | |
That was extraordinary. I don't know if it was up against a stone, | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
Rupert, Bush, I don't know what happened there. -- stone, | :26:42. | :26:54. | |
Chris Wood from the other side of the fairway. Come back, very good. | :26:55. | :27:13. | |
What a shot. Bogey at ten, and he will bounce straight back here with | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
a birdie. Chris Wood is looking better and better with every passing | :27:18. | :27:18. | |
hole. YE Yang to save par at ten. This is a hit and a prayer. It might | :27:19. | :27:50. | |
hit the flag. Well, would you... It was the only way he could get it | :27:51. | :27:52. | |
close. Yang to drop just one at ten. In it goes, but Yang slips back to | :27:53. | :28:09. | |
8-under, so Chris Wood is leading by three, it might be four in a moment. | :28:10. | :28:14. | |
First dropped shot of the day for the South Korean. It's been an | :28:15. | :28:21. | |
adventure for Julien Quesne at 11. Heather down the left, fluffing it | :28:22. | :28:25. | |
into the bunker, pitched here, hit the flag. All the fun of the fair | :28:26. | :28:34. | |
and this is to drop just one. Which he does, slipping back to seven, but | :28:35. | :28:38. | |
not too damaging. Bearing in mind all that has gone before. | :28:39. | :28:47. | |
Chris Wood, after bogey at ten, birdie at 11, and his lead is now | :28:48. | :28:52. | |
four. Seven holes to play. Yang at 11. I was about to say... | :28:53. | :29:11. | |
Core blimey. There are a few plays in with a shout if they can ever get | :29:12. | :29:18. | |
their game together. -- a few players. A good look at the tee shot | :29:19. | :29:23. | |
at 12 of Chris Wood. A couple of trees, try and find the gap, | :29:24. | :29:29. | |
right-to-left, follow the contours on the tracer. Good luck, everyone. | :29:30. | :29:40. | |
Too much. It dropped down and hit the tree and came up short of the | :29:41. | :29:46. | |
ditch. I think he has been fortunate. Still not pleasant but | :29:47. | :29:52. | |
could have been worse. We can see if Julien Quesne can find the right | :29:53. | :29:58. | |
shape. A huge crowd, funnelling down. It leaks off to the left. A | :29:59. | :30:08. | |
few are applauding generously. It will be OK down there. Not quite | :30:09. | :30:12. | |
reaching the ditch. It's fine but just not pretty. | :30:13. | :30:24. | |
a beautiful shot on the opening hole that was. | :30:25. | :30:26. | |
Tyrrell Hatton has had his problems as well full of it is for a bogey on | :30:27. | :30:31. | |
the 10th. He is, as they say, spending money | :30:32. | :30:45. | |
on this final day. Chris Wood has got a bit of a truncated | :30:46. | :30:50. | |
follow-through. He's just got to pitch it back. Could have been far | :30:51. | :30:55. | |
worse off the tee. Just creeps onto the fairway. Still will be able to | :30:56. | :31:08. | |
get home in three. Yang's third shot. Third at the 11th. I don't | :31:09. | :31:15. | |
know what has got into this chap. He's either so terribly nervous... | :31:16. | :31:17. | |
He's just lost his swing altogether. Third shot the Chris Wood. -- for | :31:18. | :31:38. | |
Chris Wood. Down, down, down, that is the urgent call. There is a | :31:39. | :31:45. | |
little table top in the middle of the green. | :31:46. | :31:51. | |
Yang, his fourth shot at the 11th. It's all gone very messy. Big swing | :31:52. | :32:04. | |
at the end on this one. You are Chris Doak it up the right-hand | :32:05. | :32:08. | |
side, it looks awful and then all of a sudden it goes sharp left-hand end | :32:09. | :32:15. | |
up not too bad. Not too bad. That's a good view of this 12th green. It | :32:16. | :32:20. | |
used to be fairly level with the rest of the fairway and then they | :32:21. | :32:31. | |
built it up. Julien Quesne to play. In two for a birdie. Not good. | :32:32. | :32:39. | |
Here is Qaim up on the 13th. Long par attempt. -- here is Kaymer. | :32:40. | :32:51. | |
Apart from that eagle on the fourth, it has not been good so far for | :32:52. | :32:56. | |
Kaymer. Bogey and double bogey come he moves back to 5-under. Time | :32:57. | :33:03. | |
running out for Kaymer. Chris Wood, having down the trees off the tee. | :33:04. | :33:15. | |
Going to sit down. A bit of work left. Interesting, the course has | :33:16. | :33:21. | |
got three very tough holes to be played, 13, 15 and 16, a lot of | :33:22. | :33:29. | |
bogeys of those. Julien Quesne for his birdie. Chris Wood having a | :33:30. | :33:34. | |
little look from the sidelines to check the break. Sweetly done. Very | :33:35. | :33:48. | |
nice putt. He moves within four at the moment, 8-under par. He's got a | :33:49. | :33:57. | |
little tasty one here. Chris Wood with a four stroke lead. He sort of | :33:58. | :34:03. | |
controls his own destiny. This is to save his par. That is the easiest | :34:04. | :34:11. | |
hole on the course. 38 birdies today. No birdie here for Chris Wood | :34:12. | :34:16. | |
but a par and he maintains his four shot lead. | :34:17. | :34:21. | |
The second shot. A good tee shot for Jaco van Zyl. Seeing where the tee | :34:22. | :34:34. | |
is at the 15th. It is 5-under par. Please be good... Oh! It's very | :34:35. | :34:39. | |
good. So tricky to get to that flag where it is cut today, with that | :34:40. | :34:46. | |
breeze blowing. A par now for Julien Quesne. Just get it out of the sand. | :34:47. | :34:49. | |
-- a par-5. Just 148 yards left for Chris Wood. | :34:50. | :35:13. | |
A stronger of a drive. -- a stonker. Ooh! And unforced errors. | :35:14. | :35:20. | |
Danny Willett, 15. This is for his par. Problems off the tee. | :35:21. | :35:34. | |
Van Zyl for a very scarce birdie at the 15th today. And he's done it! | :35:35. | :35:41. | |
He's earned it, after an excellent approach. 6-under par. 8-under Leeds | :35:42. | :35:56. | |
in the clubhouse. Feet aiming right commission old is a little open. -- | :35:57. | :36:03. | |
feet aiming right, shoulders a little open. He's scuffed it a bit | :36:04. | :36:08. | |
come he hit a stone. Something hard under the ball. After a perfect | :36:09. | :36:15. | |
drive, struggling for his par. It's got to be his moment sometime here | :36:16. | :36:23. | |
Andrew. Must be now. He needs this and he needs a couple more. Well, | :36:24. | :36:29. | |
he's looking at the green, but I wouldn't say that was the prettiest | :36:30. | :36:34. | |
of strokes. Julien Quesne now, for his par. He found the bunker off the | :36:35. | :36:38. | |
tee. Down the hill and up the other side. | :36:39. | :36:49. | |
A lot of energy in that one. Can he wriggle out of this 13th with | :36:50. | :37:17. | |
a par? He has, you know! What a putt. Just at the right time. Five | :37:18. | :37:25. | |
holes to come. That was a gem, that was a little beauty. Just what he's | :37:26. | :37:32. | |
after. Now, Julien Quesne, to drop just one shot. He watched his | :37:33. | :37:40. | |
playing partner role in his par putt. Julien Quesne back to 7-under, | :37:41. | :37:45. | |
five behind Chris Wood, now. Second shot of Danny Willett, on the | :37:46. | :38:01. | |
16th. I think that should be quite good! | :38:02. | :38:04. | |
LAUGHTER Let's see, Danny. Well, that's a | :38:05. | :38:10. | |
great shot from there. Really is. Moving it around the edge of the | :38:11. | :38:13. | |
trees. Wood, putting up a severe little | :38:14. | :38:32. | |
tier, here. A little shy. Beautiful putt on the eighth from long range, | :38:33. | :38:42. | |
but a bit of work to do. Don't count Danny out. This is for a birdie at | :38:43. | :38:47. | |
the 16th. They have been in short supply. He's made it. Two par fives | :38:48. | :38:50. | |
to come. He holed one from a similar distance | :38:51. | :39:04. | |
at the last for par, can he do so again? Not over yet by any stretch | :39:05. | :39:10. | |
of the imagination. His lead will go down to three. Rikard Karlberg, | :39:11. | :39:15. | |
after his 65, the man closest to him. | :39:16. | :39:23. | |
Interesting to see the current Ryder Cup standings. Chris Wood currently | :39:24. | :39:31. | |
in 13th place, with nine to play their way in by right for the | :39:32. | :39:37. | |
automatic places. This will really help his automatic chances of | :39:38. | :39:42. | |
getting into town clerk's team, were he to land this huge title. -- into | :39:43. | :39:53. | |
Aaron clerk's team. He has struggled off this tee all week. Can he | :39:54. | :40:01. | |
reached it in two? Gone right. Where is that? Down the path, way down | :40:02. | :40:08. | |
there. I've never seen anyone go down there, Peter. That is on its | :40:09. | :40:12. | |
way to the eighth hole. On its way to the 18th tee. Doubtful now but he | :40:13. | :40:22. | |
could have set a good target. A frustrating day on the greens it has | :40:23. | :40:29. | |
been fully west. This is for a par. -- on the greens it has been, for | :40:30. | :40:31. | |
Lee Westwood. APPLAUSE | :40:32. | :40:42. | |
One or two if the parts but a view very good ones that haven't found | :40:43. | :40:47. | |
the bottom of the cup. -- iffy putts. Coming out of the rough. | :40:48. | :40:52. | |
Chris Wood, doesn't want to miss right. | :40:53. | :40:58. | |
Nicely played. Very nicely done. A conservative positional shot, just | :40:59. | :41:10. | |
what he needed. Well, Willett is down in the jungle there now. If | :41:11. | :41:17. | |
he's got a clear shot and a decent lie, it's possible he could get it | :41:18. | :41:22. | |
somewhere... Well, that will go all the way back down the bottom. Well, | :41:23. | :41:26. | |
what a week he's had. Wattel, it is quick down the hill. | :41:27. | :41:46. | |
Is it that quick? Giving it his best. Just a fraction more. He was | :41:47. | :41:49. | |
in the hunt last week in Ireland. Hello! A bit of a misread. He | :41:50. | :42:08. | |
thought it was going to turn the other way. Come on, Danny. Let's | :42:09. | :42:15. | |
have a bit of magic. Going with the putter out of the hollow on the | :42:16. | :42:20. | |
17th. It's a big ask, he knows he needs something. Oh my. Ooh matron. | :42:21. | :42:34. | |
After the 18th, Romain Wattel. He pops one in. Not too bad. That will | :42:35. | :42:51. | |
be a nice week's pocket money. 15 holes played for Chris Wood. He's | :42:52. | :42:56. | |
11-under par. 5-under on his round. He leads by three. Westwood, after | :42:57. | :43:05. | |
that splendid second at the 15th. Just up the left-hand side. He's | :43:06. | :43:08. | |
overdone it... Now, Chris Wood with this ghastly, | :43:09. | :43:28. | |
difficult, horrible one. Well, he tried to play a little, I don't | :43:29. | :43:36. | |
know, a little jigger up the left. Tried to play a bit of Seve magic | :43:37. | :43:43. | |
but wasn't quite up to it. Danny Willett, second shot. Having a cut | :43:44. | :43:48. | |
at the green. Not a very big target. Drifting away. Straight in the sand. | :43:49. | :43:59. | |
And look where the flag is, right at the back left. | :44:00. | :44:05. | |
Chris Wood long putt for a par. It swing from the left. I don't know | :44:06. | :44:15. | |
whether as much as much as that... No, it's coming late. Still a bit to | :44:16. | :44:23. | |
do. Hang on, hang on. Well, I heard Danny Willett say after his second | :44:24. | :44:31. | |
shot, "How can you get round this golf course with a swing like that?" | :44:32. | :44:39. | |
He went to chase this one out of the slope. That's pretty good from | :44:40. | :44:45. | |
there. Just under a yard. APPLAUSE | :44:46. | :44:52. | |
Always in the bag. Damage limitation, just the one stroke | :44:53. | :44:55. | |
gained. Danny Willett, then, to try to | :44:56. | :45:10. | |
finish with a four here. Yes! He has it at the very last, Danny Willett. | :45:11. | :45:17. | |
Too many wayward shots. APPLAUSE | :45:18. | :45:21. | |
Very important shot, that he gets it somewhere in play. Five here would | :45:22. | :45:33. | |
be OK. That is a cracking drive. Write down the middle. Splits the | :45:34. | :45:44. | |
fairway. Well, after that 71, Danny Willett wine since elfin first spot. | :45:45. | :45:50. | |
He's with Hazel. Danny, as we speak, third place. Another top five finish | :45:51. | :45:55. | |
for you. We know you had a lead at one stage in this Championship. With | :45:56. | :45:59. | |
hindsight, how will you reflect on your endeavours? I hit too many bad | :46:00. | :46:03. | |
shots but plenty of good ones, plenty of birdies. Just the ones I | :46:04. | :46:07. | |
hit bad this week seemed to be a bit more destructive than usual. That's | :46:08. | :46:11. | |
just this golf course. You've not got to be 1 million miles off and it | :46:12. | :46:15. | |
can jump up and bite you. It all seemed to happen really quickly. The | :46:16. | :46:20. | |
two days, I had a bit of a blip for 45 minutes and that is four shots on | :46:21. | :46:27. | |
each day and it's hard to make up four shots around this golf course. | :46:28. | :46:30. | |
You take some of those away and it could have been another good week. | :46:31. | :46:34. | |
COMMENTATOR: This is Chris Wood, our leader, his third shot. Just missed | :46:35. | :46:40. | |
the fairway on the right. Played up to here. This is not easy, it's in | :46:41. | :46:47. | |
the hollow in front of the green and then pitch it in. That was played | :46:48. | :46:54. | |
with far too much loft on that, I fancy. Pitched it straight in the | :46:55. | :47:02. | |
face. Look at the 18th, Kaymer's second shot. | :47:03. | :47:07. | |
He joins the group who will be thinking what might have been. It | :47:08. | :47:17. | |
should come down the hill a bit. Certainly safety first, but not easy | :47:18. | :47:31. | |
to judge because you come out of a steep bank. Over the other side it's | :47:32. | :47:39. | |
pretty quick. Within a yard would be a beauty. | :47:40. | :47:43. | |
Well, well, well. Two shots, his lead. | :47:44. | :47:53. | |
Well, that was... Even when the golf suddenly becomes scrappy and nervy | :47:54. | :48:14. | |
and edgy, it is still exciting. You feel this has to go. Has he done it? | :48:15. | :48:22. | |
No he hasn't come yet he has! Oh boy oh boy oh boy, what a time to drop a | :48:23. | :48:26. | |
shot. Three shots gone in his last four | :48:27. | :48:40. | |
holes. One Dub Lake 1-shot lead. -- one to play, one shot lead. Kaymer, | :48:41. | :48:54. | |
for an eagle. Left, left, just left. Not quite his day-to-day, Martin | :48:55. | :49:04. | |
Kaymer. A closing birdie. An eagle on the fourth, a double bogey on the | :49:05. | :49:10. | |
ninth. One birdie to finish with a 73. Still a top ten finish but he | :49:11. | :49:13. | |
would have been hoping for so much more. Well, he knows a par is good | :49:14. | :49:21. | |
enough if he is aware of the leaderboard, and I'm sure he is. | :49:22. | :49:25. | |
Sensible off the tee. Must find the fairway. | :49:26. | :49:32. | |
Somebody likes it. And that's the reason why. The thing is now, will | :49:33. | :49:44. | |
he go for the green or they are and pitch it in for two putts. Rikard | :49:45. | :49:55. | |
Karlberg hoping for the best, keeping warm. | :49:56. | :50:01. | |
Probably an eight or 9-iron, no more. Keep it great. Yes he has. | :50:02. | :50:10. | |
He's quite a way back. Watch the spin. We've seen it done before. | :50:11. | :50:18. | |
Back it comes, into the water. Job done. Well, he is keeping warm, | :50:19. | :50:28. | |
Rikard Karlberg. But Chris Wood is doing what he has to do, plotting | :50:29. | :50:33. | |
his way down the 18th. Here we go, Wood's dirt shot. Three from here to | :50:34. | :50:44. | |
win. Got to get over the water. Is it, is it? Will it spin? Yes, it | :50:45. | :50:49. | |
does. Pretty good shape. Exactly where he was aiming as well, safe | :50:50. | :50:54. | |
and secure, 20 feet wide of the flag, job nearly done. At the moment | :50:55. | :51:00. | |
he's heading for the biggest win of his career, the biggest cheque of | :51:01. | :51:03. | |
his career. The man who left onto the scene as a youngster, back in | :51:04. | :51:12. | |
Oakdale at -- Birkdale at The Open. Two putts for his biggest victory on | :51:13. | :51:20. | |
the European Tour and one of the biggest winds -- at one of the | :51:21. | :51:29. | |
biggest tournaments. Two putts, for victory. Looks good. Ooh... I think | :51:30. | :51:39. | |
that will be OK. It's about 20 inches. | :51:40. | :51:50. | |
Chance to finish with a birdie. Chance to tie Danny Willett in third | :51:51. | :52:10. | |
place. It just bobbled with about three feet to go. It just took a | :52:11. | :52:15. | |
bobble and stayed on that line. Still a good finish. Fourth place, | :52:16. | :52:21. | |
6-under par. The man has missed his last two cuts. A great finish for a | :52:22. | :52:32. | |
level par round of 72. A wonderful setting, huge crowd looking on. | :52:33. | :52:39. | |
Little tiddler to win the pot! Well done. Well done, Chris Wood, BMW PGA | :52:40. | :52:45. | |
champion 2016. Great love. -- great stuff. Great victory by | :52:46. | :52:58. | |
Chris Wood. They will be celebrating on the Clifton suspension Bridge | :52:59. | :53:04. | |
tonight. A great victory, strained at times but well done. | :53:05. | :53:10. | |
And our congratulations to Chris Wood. He has come so far here over | :53:11. | :53:16. | |
the years. We remember on his debut in 2010, he was tied for sixth | :53:17. | :53:23. | |
place. He has landed the big one, the biggest title of his career so | :53:24. | :53:27. | |
far, is third European Tour win and in some nervy fashion at the end, | :53:28. | :53:34. | |
but he your champion. And as Chris Wood, our champion, towers over me, | :53:35. | :53:39. | |
time to give out the prizes today, in the company of the chief | :53:40. | :53:42. | |
executive of the European Tour and Doctor Ian Robinson from BMW, lovely | :53:43. | :53:47. | |
to see you. Great week and a great winner. I gave it to Chris last year | :53:48. | :53:56. | |
and again this year. It's a really special event and a great fight at | :53:57. | :54:01. | |
the end. It is what you deserve. Hand it over, thank you, Ian. Our | :54:02. | :54:04. | |
champion is crowned! CHEERING | :54:05. | :54:10. | |
Well, Chris, we remember your debut year six years ago and you've waited | :54:11. | :54:14. | |
some time to get your hands on this. This is your third European Tour | :54:15. | :54:18. | |
title but I suspect it could be your greatest day in golf, yeah? Yes, the | :54:19. | :54:23. | |
strength of the field every year in the BMW PGA is just so strong. To | :54:24. | :54:29. | |
win a tournament like this takes a lot of very good golf. And on such a | :54:30. | :54:34. | |
great golf course... I have to thank BMW, they put on some of the best | :54:35. | :54:37. | |
events for us players. I've always wanted to win one. I love my BMWs! | :54:38. | :54:48. | |
Yeah, this is a massive win for me. It was a fantastic start to you, | :54:49. | :54:52. | |
covering the front nine in 29. A four shot lead with only five holes | :54:53. | :54:58. | |
to go, but one to play with coming down the 18th, I wonder how nerve | :54:59. | :55:00. | |
wracking those closing holes were for you? There you! It's not an easy | :55:01. | :55:08. | |
course to finish on. -- very! You've got to hit some really solid shots | :55:09. | :55:12. | |
coming in from 13 onwards really. There's potential trouble | :55:13. | :55:17. | |
everywhere. And when you're leading, it seems to make it ten times | :55:18. | :55:23. | |
harder. But it doesn't matter how many you win by, if you're one ahead | :55:24. | :55:28. | |
or ten ahead, I've still got my hands on this. So many positives do | :55:29. | :55:33. | |
this title and one of them for you could be a leapfrogging up the Ryder | :55:34. | :55:37. | |
Cup rankings. How positive a day has it been for you in that regard? | :55:38. | :55:42. | |
Yeah, obviously it's a target of mine. I made a great start in the | :55:43. | :55:46. | |
rankings last season. I've had a so-so year up to here and been there | :55:47. | :55:51. | |
or thereabouts, but this is obviously going to go a long way to | :55:52. | :55:57. | |
helping me push towards sneaking in the team, really. I need to start | :55:58. | :56:01. | |
focusing on putting in some more good finishes to try and cement my | :56:02. | :56:08. | |
place and not rely on Mr Clarke picking me! Well, I'm sure if more | :56:09. | :56:16. | |
performances like this come your way he will be picking you. Imagination | :56:17. | :56:18. | |
is once again. -- congratulations once again. | :56:19. | :56:30. | |
Thanks, Hazel. Let's round up some of the other leading contenders for | :56:31. | :56:33. | |
you. Lee Westwood birdied the last for a 3-under par finish for the | :56:34. | :56:39. | |
Championship but closed out today with a disappointing 76. Other | :56:40. | :56:46. | |
chances for the we hope. YE Yang finishing with a 75. Tyrrell Hatton | :56:47. | :56:55. | |
out of the final group. A 75 for him today and a tie for seventh place | :56:56. | :56:59. | |
for the local. Overnight leader Scott Hend, a truly terrible round | :57:00. | :57:03. | |
from the Australian, a round of 78 and a share of 15th place, like | :57:04. | :57:09. | |
Westwood. Chris Wood, this is his final putt, this is the kind of | :57:10. | :57:13. | |
distance you like to have to close out a big win, isn't it? A round of | :57:14. | :57:19. | |
69 to take the victory. Out in 29, home in 40 but he hung on. A 1-shot | :57:20. | :57:26. | |
victory over Rikard Karlberg, who really did brighten everybody's day | :57:27. | :57:30. | |
with that scintillating round of 65. Danny Willett steadied the ship | :57:31. | :57:34. | |
today with a round of 71 for outright third place. A 3-way tie | :57:35. | :57:41. | |
for fourth place. Andrew Johnston, a round of 67 with an eagle at the | :57:42. | :57:45. | |
last, giving everyone a lock to smile about. He's in a group with a | :57:46. | :57:49. | |
tie for seventh place. A bit further down, the name of Lee Westwood in | :57:50. | :57:54. | |
that chair of 15th place after that round of 76. We will doubtless see | :57:55. | :57:58. | |
much more of Chris Wood over the coming months in what is going to be | :57:59. | :58:02. | |
a very significant summer of sport on the BBC. Highlights of the | :58:03. | :58:07. | |
Scottish Open and The Open from Troon, live coverage of the Rio | :58:08. | :58:10. | |
Olympics and before all of that in less than a fortnight, the European | :58:11. | :58:14. | |
football Championships. On that subject, I hope you will be watching | :58:15. | :58:16. | |
this on Wednesday night. But tonight we salute a home win | :58:17. | :58:25. | |
here at the Wentworth Club. Chris Wood naturally stands tall in the | :58:26. | :58:29. | |
world of golf, but tonight he stands head and shoulders above everyone | :58:30. | :58:31. | |
else. Goodbye. | :58:32. | :58:35. |