South Korea's Byeong Hun An shot a -5 67 to share the lead with Francesco Molinari after the third round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth after he made seven birdies, including two in the last two holes, to equal the Italian’s overall score of -14 202.
Molinari the younger of two golfing brothers shot a 68 while former paratrooper Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand (68) is two shots back. Young English star Tommy Fleetwood made an albatross on the par-5 fourth hole, with a 7-iron from 198 yards then an eagle on the 12th for a 65 good for fourth.
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez the winner here in 2008, hit a European Tour-record 10th hole-in-one from 148 yards at the par-3 2nd with a 9-iron on his way to a 68 -10 T5.
Star of the show Rory McIlroy missed the cut after a 78 on Friday and most of the other European notables are well down the leaderboard or aren't playing. Wentworth's greens are taking some criticism, they are very bumpy at this time of year, leading former #1 Martin Kaymer to suggest the event should be moved to later in the summer while Luke Donald went as far as saying they should be re surfaced with a different strain of grass to get rid of the poa annua.
Bryan (notes from BBC Reuters europeantour.com)
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