European Tour BMW PGA Championship leaderboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2016/tournamentid=2016040/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y
Masters champion Danny Willett led the pack of leaders through a frustrating Saturday afternoon on a very firm West Course at Wentworth in breezy conditions.
His +4 76, along with Scott Hend 73, Jaco Van Zyl 75, YE Yang 75 has thrown this very lucrative BMW PGA Championship wide open as play gets underway this morning.
Whoever wins gets nearly $1m in their jeans, a 5 year exemption on the European tour, and a 3 year exemption to the US Open, not to mention a ton of Ryder Cup points.
How about Lee Westwood, now 43 coming off a T2 at the Masters and a top 10 last week at the Irish Open. He is living on painkillers after tearing a ligament in his ankle while running on Tuesday, and wouldn't he just love to have his great pal and Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke pick him again for the defending champions.
He and his wife Laurae Coltart split last summer, he's dating a model Helen Storey, Laurae and the kids, Sam and Poppy are up in Aberdeen, while Lee has left Florida and moved back to Worksop to be near them.
The lawyers are sorting out the details of his $60m fortune.
There are 8 players within 3 shots of the lead currently held by the lanky Englishman Chris Wood who is at -10 and remember the back 9 at Wentworth has 3 par 5's including the 17th and 18th.
Martin Kaymer is in that pack as is another Englishman, Tyrrel Hatton who birdied five of his last eight holes on the West Course to record a third round of -6 66
Danny Willett has a double bogey followed by an eagle on his front 9, and is E, -6 total.
It's all heading for an exciting finish, and quite possibly a playoff...
Bryan Angus
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