BMW PGA Championship: Tyrrell Hatton three shots clear at Wentworth
Hatton on 12th on the Western track in round three -14 T Hatton (Eng); -11 JB Hansen (Den), V Perez (Fra); -10 D Horsey (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng), P Reed (US), S Lowry (Ire); -9 I Poulter (Eng), E. Pepperell (Eng); -8 P Larrazabal (Spa), M Kawamura (Jpn), M Fitzpatrick (Eng) Selected others: -6 A Johnston (Spooky); -4 L Westwood (Eng); -1 G McDowell (NI), J Rose (Eng); level D Willett (Eng)
England's Tyrrell Hatton will take a three-shot lead in the final round of the BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth .
The leader of the first day was one night behind, but an eagle and three birdies in his three-under 69 took the world number 15 to 14 below.
Open Champion Shane Lowry slid down to 10 after a 74 and fellow halfway leader Matt Fitzpatrick's 76 brought him down to eight.
Tommy Fleetwood and Patrick Reed also share fourth place with Lowry at 10th bottom.
The latest link made only three birdies between them in cloudy conditions.
Lowry could only throw from the trees after a wayward drive on the ninth, then came short of the green with his third shot and took three more to land for a double- b ogey six.
The Irishman bogeyed two of the three closing holes, while Fitzpatrick, whose commentary on Bryson DeChambeau drew attention on both sides of the Atlantic, ] hooked in the trees to double the 11th.
Hatton, who sealed his first PGA Tour title in March with victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, took full advantage of his found 12th green in two and rolled into the eagle putt from 6 meters.
He got up and down from a bunker on the 18th for a closing birdie.
Fleetwood was left four after opening seven holes in the first round, but made three consecutive birdies from the 15th on round three, before his approach finally found the greenside burn and resulted in a par.
Reed, the highest ranked player in the field, produced a bogey-free round and the American finished in style by rolling into an eagle pit on the last green.
Jordan Smith of England recorded a 139 yards hole-in-one on the par-three second hole.
