October 08-11
Wentworth Club, Surrey, England
$7,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
Tyrrell Hatton moved into pole position to claim a third Rolex Series title at the BMW PGA Championship as the Englishman burst clear of a star-studded pack courtesy of a four under par 68 on day three at Wentworth Club.
โIt wasn't easy out there and it was nice to finish with a birdie and shoot another round in the 60s and overall pretty happy with how I played.
โI'm obviously very happy to be in the position I'm in. You can't win the tournament today. There's a lot of golf still to be played tomorrow, so I've just got to go out there tomorrow and try my best.
Taking a 3-shot lead into the final round.
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The best of @TyrrellHatton's 69 📹#BMWPGA #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/mRo2DMBLtR
โI've been in this position before and gone on to win tournaments. I've been in this position before and not won the tournament. It's so hard to win tournaments in golf. When it's your week, obviously everything falls into place. I've really enjoyed the week so far and I'm just hoping that I can kind of have a good day tomorrow and that's all I can -- I can only control myself and that's what I've got to do.
โIt this would be really special. It's kind of a career goal for me to win this event. Being here as a five-year-old and now being inside the ropes is pretty cool. Hopefully I can do that tomorrow.
The 28 year old, who turns 29 next Wednesday, had entered the weekend one shot off the pace set by Matthew Fitzpatrick and Shane Lowry but the halfway leaders both struggled to make any ground over the West Course and Hatton capitalised.
The four-time European Tour winner's eagle three at the 12 th hole was crucial as he built a three-stroke advantage on 14 under par heading into the final day of the third Rolex Series event of the 2020 Race to Dubai. The 2018 Ryder Cup player has already won on the other side of the Atlantic this year and could move into the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career with a home victory.
โToday felt like a slow day at times. That's one of the things about Wentworth. You know you're going to have opportunities towards the end of the round. You've just got to try and stay patient, which is obviously normally a struggle for me. I feel like I've done that pretty well so far this week, and tomorrow is going to be no different. Just got to stay patient and see how we get on.โ
The best of @TommyFleetwood's third round 67 📹#BMWPGA #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/oyTKBdAg7Z
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Joachim B. Hansen of Denmark and Frenchman Victor Perez were the closest contenders on 11 under, both having carded third round 70s at the prestigious Surrey venue, while David Horsey, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry and Patrick Reed were all four shots off the pace on 10 under.
โMaking the last putt on the last definitely made it a lot more satisfying because a lot of things that I've been kind of trying to fix or tweak in my golf swing really paid off today and I felt like I hit the ball kind of where I needed to on most of the holes," said Reed. "A couple, distance control here and there, was a hair off on some of the shots to the green, but besides that, I felt the ball-striking was there.
Three to finish for @PReedGolf 🦅#BMWPGA #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/fanEbcpvp8
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โI hit a lot of good putts and the putts weren't going in so to make that one on the last definitely made me feel better and also got me a little closer to the lead and allows me to go hunting tomorrow.โ
English duo Eddie Pepperell and Ian Poulter shared eighth place on nine under par, while their countryman Jordan Smith recorded the second hole-in-one of the week โ holing out with a nine iron on the second hole to add to David Howell's ace at the 14 th in round two.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
T1 |
Tyrrell Hatton | -14 |
66 |
67 |
69 |
202 |
T2 |
Joachim B. Hansen | -11 |
68 |
67 |
70 |
205 |
T2 |
Shane Lowry | -11 |
67 |
65 |
68 |
200 |
T2 |
Victor Perez | -11 |
69 |
66 |
70 |
205 |
T5 |
Tommy Fleetwood | -10 |
71 |
68 |
67 |
206 |
T5 |
David Horsey | -10 |
70 |
69 |
67 |
206 |
T5 |
Patrick Reed | -10 |
70 |
68 |
68 |
206 |
T8 |
Eddie Pepperell | -9 |
67 |
70 |
70 |
207 |
T8 |
Ian Poulter | -9 |
69 |
70 |
68 |
207 |
T10 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | -8 |
67 |
65 |
71 |
203 |
T10 |
Masahiro Kawamura | -8 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
208 |
T10 |
Pablo Larrazabal | -8 |
73 |
69 |
66 |
208 |
13 |
Andy Sullivan | -7 |
71 |
69 |
69 |
209 |
T14 |
Adri Arnaus | -6 |
66 |
70 |
74 |
210 |
T14 |
Steven Brown | -6 |
75 |
67 |
68 |
210 |
T14 |
Scott Hend | -6 |
68 |
69 |
73 |
210 |
T14 |
Andrew Johnston | -6 |
68 |
71 |
71 |
210 |
T14 |
Martin Kaymer | -6 |
73 |
68 |
69 |
210 |
T14 |
Marcus Kinhult | -6 |
72 |
67 |
71 |
210 |
T14 |
Renato Paratore | -6 |
73 |
69 |
68 |
210 |
T14 |
Jordan Smith | -6 |
72 |
67 |
71 |
210 |
T22 |
Kristoffer Broberg | -5 |
71 |
71 |
69 |
211 |
T22 |
Ryan Fox | -5 |
68 |
70 |
73 |
211 |
T22 |
Garrick Higgo | -5 |
69 |
71 |
71 |
211 |
T22 |
Robert Rock | -5 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
211 |
T22 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | -5 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
211 |
T27 |
Grant Forrest | -4 |
69 |
67 |
76 |
212 |
T27 |
Gavin Kyle Green | -4 |
67 |
71 |
74 |
212 |
T27 |
Matt Wallace | -4 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
212 |
T27 |
Lee Westwood | -4 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
212 |
T31 |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | -3 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
213 |
T31 |
Ross Fisher | -3 |
72 |
72 |
69 |
213 |
T31 |
Thorbjørn Olesen | -3 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
213 |
T31 |
Wade Ormsby | -3 |
68 |
71 |
74 |
213 |
T31 |
Richie Ramsay | -3 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
213 |
T31 |
Sami Välimäki | -3 |
72 |
67 |
74 |
213 |
T37 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -2 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
214 |
T37 |
Michael Bullen | -2 |
71 |
72 |
71 |
214 |
T37 |
Sean Crocker | -2 |
72 |
70 |
72 |
214 |
T37 |
Victor Dubuisson | -2 |
72 |
71 |
71 |
214 |
T37 |
Julien Guerrier | -2 |
72 |
67 |
75 |
214 |
T37 |
Joakim Lagergren | -2 |
69 |
72 |
73 |
214 |
T37 |
Bernd Wiesberger | -2 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
214 |
T44 |
Padraig Harrington | -1 |
72 |
71 |
72 |
215 |
T44 |
Graeme McDowell | -1 |
73 |
70 |
72 |
215 |
T44 |
Matthieu Pavon | -1 |
71 |
73 |
71 |
215 |
T44 |
Justin Rose | -1 |
68 |
75 |
72 |
215 |
T44 |
Shubhankar Sharma | -1 |
73 |
70 |
72 |
215 |
T44 |
Erik van Rooyen | -1 |
76 |
68 |
71 |
215 |
T50 |
Thomas Aiken | E |
75 |
68 |
73 |
216 |
T50 |
Oliver Fisher | E |
72 |
72 |
72 |
216 |
T50 |
Thomas Pieters | E |
72 |
71 |
73 |
216 |
T50 |
Danny Willett | E |
71 |
71 |
74 |
216 |
T54 |
Stephen Gallacher | 1 |
72 |
71 |
74 |
217 |
T54 |
Alexander Levy | 1 |
72 |
68 |
77 |
217 |
T54 |
Kalle Samooja | 1 |
71 |
73 |
73 |
217 |
T54 |
Matthias Schwab | 1 |
68 |
71 |
78 |
217 |
T58 |
Robert MacIntyre | 2 |
73 |
68 |
77 |
218 |
T58 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | 2 |
71 |
73 |
74 |
218 |
T60 |
Thomas Detry | 3 |
72 |
71 |
76 |
219 |
T60 |
Ignacio Elvira Mijares | 3 |
74 |
69 |
76 |
219 |
T60 |
Matthew Southgate | 3 |
70 |
73 |
76 |
219 |
T60 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | 3 |
71 |
73 |
75 |
219 |
T64 |
David Howell | 4 |
72 |
68 |
80 |
220 |
T64 |
Søren Kjeldsen | 4 |
73 |
71 |
76 |
220 |
T64 |
Romain Langasque | 4 |
71 |
72 |
77 |
220 |
67 |
Joël Stalter | 5 |
76 |
68 |
77 |
221 |
CUT |
Dean Burmester | 1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Lorenzo Gagli | 1 |
76 |
69 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Benjamin Hebert | 1 |
69 |
76 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Rasmus Højgaard | 1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Jazz Janewattananond | 1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Maximilian Kieffer | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Kurt Kitayama | 1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Mikko Korhonen | 1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
|
CUT |
David Law | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
|
CUT |
James Morrison | 1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Adrian Otaegui | 1 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Aaron Rai | 1 |
68 |
77 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Jason Scrivener | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Lucas Bjerregaard | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Miguel Angel Jiménez | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Guido Migliozzi | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Chris Paisley | 2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
|
CUT |
John Catlin | 3 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Ashley Chesters | 3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Justin Harding | 3 |
66 |
81 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Joost Luiten | 3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Callum Shinkwin | 3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Alexander Björk | 4 |
77 |
71 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Scott Jamieson | 4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Edoardo Molinari | 4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Alvaro Quiros | 4 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Sebastian Soderberg | 4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Brandon Stone | 4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Marc Warren | 4 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Min Woo Lee | 4 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Richard McEvoy | 5 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
|
CUT |
Justin Walters | 5 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
|
CUT |
Paul Waring | 5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
|
CUT |
Oliver Wilson | 5 |
72 |
77 |
149 |
|
CUT |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | 6 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
|
CUT |
Nicolas Colsaerts | 6 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
|
CUT |
David Drysdale | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
|
CUT |
Sam Horsfield | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
|
CUT |
Ashun Wu | 6 |
79 |
71 |
150 |
|
CUT |
Nino Bertasio | 7 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
|
CUT |
Jorge Campillo | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
|
CUT |
Branden Grace | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
|
CUT |
Lucas Herbert | 7 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
|
CUT |
Julian Suri | 8 |
77 |
75 |
152 |
|
CUT |
Jeff Winther | 8 |
78 |
74 |
152 |
|
CUT |
Haotong Li | 11 |
82 |
73 |
155 |
|
CUT |
Haydn Porteous | 11 |
80 |
75 |
155 |
|
CUT |
George Coetzee | 13 |
74 |
83 |
157 |
|
CUT |
Andrea Pavan | 16 |
80 |
80 |
160 |
|
WD |
Thomas Bjørn | 8 |
80 |
80 |
||
WD |
Graeme Storm | 10 |
64 |
64 |
||
WD |
Jack Singh Brar | 9 |
66 |
66 |