BMW PGA Championship R3

BMW PGA Championship 2021 R3
September 09-12
Wentworth Golf Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
$8,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Italian Francesco Laporta fired a 69 to move to the top the leaderboard at the BMW PGA Championship on Saturday. He produced an eagle at the par-6 4th, three birdies and two bogeys to move to 14-under.

BMW PGA Championship 2021 R3

“It will be tough. But I like to be under pressure. This is what we play for.

“The crowd is amazing and I’m just looking forward to playing tomorrow and seeing all the crowds.”

BMW PGA Championship 2021 R3

A win on Sunday would make him the second Italian to win a Rolex Series title following Francesco Molinari in 2018.

England’s Laurie Canter is in solo second place at 13-under after signing for a 70.

BMW PGA Championship 2021 R3

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (68) of South Africa shares third place with Jamie Donaldson (69) of Wales, American Billy Horschel (69) and Australian Adam Scott (70) at 12-under.

Overnight leader Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand fired a single birdie but bogeyed three holes to close with a 74 and slipped down into tenth place.

BMW PGA Championship 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	LAPORTA, Francesco	-14	68	65	69	264
2	CANTER, Laurie	-13	67	66	70	170
3	DONALDSON, Jamie	-12	69	66	69	188
​	SCOTT, Adam	-12	65	69	70	39
​	HORSCHEL, Billy	-12	70	65	69	28
​	BEZUIDENHOUT, Christiaan	-12	64	72	68	44
7	LOWRY, Shane	-11	70	66	69	40
​	WIESBERGER, Bernd	-11	71	67	67	63
​	CROCKER, Sean	-11	71	68	66	157
10	APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech	-10	64	68	74	516
10	HØJGAARD, Nicolai	-10	70	67	69	182
​	LAGERGREN, Joakim	-10	70	70	66	323
​	WALTERS, Justin	-10	70	70	66	312
14	ROSE, Justin	-9	67	68	72	45
​	PIETERS, Thomas	-9	70	66	71	128
​	FLEETWOOD, Tommy	-9	71	68	68	37
​	SCHWAB, Matthias	-9	69	69	69	139
​	SHARMA, Shubhankar	-9	70	69	68	377
​	JOHNSTON, Andrew	-9	70	69	68	271
​	RAI, Aaron	-9	70	70	67	98
21	ARMITAGE, Marcus	-8	70	66	72	132
​	KAWAMURA, Masahiro	-8	67	69	72	147
​	CABRERA BELLO, Rafa	-8	71	69	68	203
​	KAYMER, Martin	-8	70	68	70	93
25	ZANOTTI, Fabrizio	-7	70	66	73	311
25	HANSEN, Joachim B.	-7	69	68	72	186
​	FISHER, Ross	-7	71	67	71	341
​	PULKKANEN, Tapio	-7	70	67	72	268
​	DRYSDALE, David	-7	70	70	69	432
​	BJÖRK, Alexander	-7	69	70	70	251
​	LAW, David	-7	72	69	68	453
​	FITZPATRICK, Matt	-7	72	69	68	26
33	HORSFIELD, Sam	-6	72	65	73	103
​	JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Ángel	-6	68	69	73	843
​	KORHONEN, Mikko	-6	70	68	72	168
​	VEERMAN, Johannes	-6	73	66	71	106
​	BURMESTER, Dean	-6	70	70	70	102
​	STENSON, Henrik	-6	69	71	70	137
​	GALLACHER, Stephen	-6	73	67	70	615
​	SENIOR, Jack	-6	70	71	69	329
​	COETZEE, George	-6	73	69	68	125
​	SOUTHGATE, Matthew	-6	70	72	68	269
43	SAMOOJA, Kalle	-5	70	69	72	145
​	ORMSBY, Wade	-5	73	66	72	197
​	WESTWOOD, Lee	-5	70	70	71	33
​	WARING, Paul	-5	73	68	70	419
​	STONE, Brandon	-5	72	69	70	126
​	PEREZ, Victor	-5	76	66	69	51
​	BJERREGAARD, Lucas	-5	73	68	70	814
50	HOVLAND, Viktor	-4	72	67	73	14
50	OTAEGUI, Adrian	-4	72	69	71	165
​	NOREN, Alex	-4	70	70	72	62
​	ROCK, Robert	-4	72	70	70	386
​	SMITH, Jordan	-4	71	71	70	209
​	BLAND, Richard	-4	74	68	70	90
​	MOLINARI, Francesco	-4	69	73	70	177
​	HOWELL, David	-4	71	71	70	1126
58	LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo	-3	68	70	75	339
​	MCDOWELL, Graeme	-3	71	69	73	221
​	HORSEY, David	-3	72	68	73	234
​	MOLINARI, Edoardo	-3	73	67	73	292
​	LUITEN, Joost	-3	68	72	73	211
​	WILSON, Oliver	-3	69	73	71	790
​	FOX, Ryan	-3	73	69	71	195
​	FORREST, Grant	-3	70	72	71	185
66	RAMSAY, Richie	-2	71	70	73	313
​	WILLETT, Danny	-2	70	71	73	151
68	ELVIRA, Nacho	-1	70	70	75	258
​	GAVINS, Daniel	-1	70	69	76	216
​	STALTER, Joël	-1	72	69	74	498
​	SURI, Julian	-1	69	72	74	749
​	LEVY, Alexander	-1	75	67	73	257
73	McGOWAN, Ross	PAR	70	69	77	357
​	BROWN, Steven	PAR	70	72	74	374
75	ROUSSEL, Robin	+1	70	72	75	817
​	ROZNER, Antoine	+1	77	65	75	96
77	KIEFFER, Maximilian	+2	72	70	76	217
78	WINTHER, Jeff	+3	69	73	77	301
79	JACQUELIN, Raphaël	-1	69	74	–	1413
​	MACINTYRE, Robert	-1	74	69	–	54
​	HATTON, Tyrrell	-1	74	69	–	17
​	DONALD, Luke	-1	75	68	–	478
​	CHESTERS, Ashley	-1	75	68	–	470
​	JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz	-1	72	71	–	178
​	POULTER, Ian	-1	72	71	–	48
​	ARNAUS, Adri	-1	71	72	–	180
​	JORDAN, Matthew	-1	73	70	–	230
​	PORTEOUS, Haydn	-1	72	71	–	776
89	BERTASIO, Nino	PAR	73	71	–	417
​	PARATORE, Renato	PAR	76	68	–	207
​	WOOD, Chris	PAR	75	69	–	864
​	HEBERT, Benjamin	PAR	73	71	–	307
​	CATLIN, John	PAR	72	72	–	109
​	SULLIVAN, Andy	PAR	74	70	–	104
​	MERONK, Adrian	PAR	72	72	–	154
​	KITAYAMA, Kurt	PAR	73	71	–	156
​	CALDWELL, Jonathan	PAR	71	73	–	249
​	HANSON, Peter	PAR	72	72	–	1866
99	QUIROS, Alvaro	+1	71	74	–	744
​	HILL, Calum	+1	78	67	–	99
99	OLESEN, Thorbjørn	+1	70	75	–	464
​	CAMPILLO, Jorge	+1	71	74	–	231
​	SHINKWIN, Callum	+1	75	70	–	164
​	LANGASQUE, Romain	+1	73	72	–	243
​	SHARVIN, Cormac	+1	76	69	–	704
​	HIGGO, Garrick	+1	72	73	–	47
107	KJELDSEN, Søren	+2	74	72	–	486
​	JAMIESON, Scott	+2	74	72	–	308
​	HARRINGTON, Padraig	+2	72	74	–	166
​	PAVON, Matthieu	+2	73	73	–	369
​	GUERRIER, Julien	+2	74	72	–	553
​	SANTOS, Ricardo	+2	77	69	–	1073
​	PAISLEY, Chris	+2	72	74	–	296
​	GRACE, Branden	+2	75	71	–	57
​	MORRISON, James	+2	77	69	–	222
116	NIENABER, Wilco	+3	73	74	–	192
​	GAGLI, Lorenzo	+3	76	71	–	611
​	COLSAERTS, Nicolas	+3	72	75	–	314
​	MIGLIOZZI, Guido	+3	71	76	–	71
​	WALLACE, Matt	+3	74	73	–	70
​	CORT, Matthew	+3	73	74	–	1314
122	STORM, Graeme	+4	75	73	–	1268
​	LOMBARD, Zander	+4	75	73	–	559
​	GREEN, Gavin	+4	78	70	–	391
​	VÄLIMÄKI, Sami	+4	73	75	–	158
​	WARREN, Marc	+4	70	78	–	238
127	LEE, Min Woo	+5	75	74	–	60
​	HEND, Scott	+5	78	71	–	338
​	MCEVOY, Richard	+5	77	72	–	702
​	BJØRN, Thomas	+5	73	76	–	1812
​	SODERBERG, Sebastian	+5	75	74	–	408
132	AIKEN, Thomas	+6	80	70	–	1737
​	LEWIS, Tom	+6	76	74	–	183
134	VAN TONDER, Daniel	+7	72	79	–	107
​	HARDING, Justin	+7	75	76	–	95
136	FISHER, Oliver	+8	75	77	–	593
​	HØJGAARD, Rasmus	+8	81	71	–	82
​	KARLSSON, Robert	+8	74	78	–	1380
​	KINHULT, Marcus	+8	80	72	–	286
140	LORENZO-VERA, Mike	+9	79	74	–	302
141	PAVAN, Andrea	+18	87	75	–	805
DISQ	DETRY, Thomas	-5	69	–	–	77
W/D	PEPPERELL, Eddie	6	78	–	–	324
W/D	DUBUISSON, Victor	+5	77	–	–	278