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Francesco Laporta moves to the top of the leaderboard
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September 11, 2021
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BMW PGA Championship 2021 R3
September 09-12
Wentworth Golf Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
$8,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

PGA Championship 2021 R3 - Francesco Laporta moves to the top of the leaderboard
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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
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