Wentworth, England, 21-09-2019
Shubhankar Sharma rises to tied third, three off the lead, after penultimate round of BMW PGA Championship
India’s Shubhankar Sharma produced an action-packed six-under 66 to charge up the leaderboard and end his third round in a share of third place at the BMW PGA Championships on Saturday.
The reigning Asian Tour Order of Merit champion marked his card with nine birdies and three bogeys where his three-day total of 12-under-par 204 saw him share third place with 2016 Olympic champion and former US Open winner Justin Rose and South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
Three shots ahead of Sharma were joint-leader Jon Rahm of Spain and 2016 Masters winner, Danny Willett of England.
Sharma was thrilled with the round as he said, “It was a good round. I made a lot of birdies, gave myself a lot of opportunities and I’m pretty pleased with the way I played. The game has been improving as the rounds have been progressing. Obviously it’s my first time playing at Wentworth and learning more about the course with more rounds,” said Sharma.
“I was reading the greens really well. All in all, pretty solid day. I’ve not been playing bad the last few weeks. It’s just about putting in four good rounds together. Just the whole year has been a bit slow, but haven’t felt like I played really bad. It’s just about getting the right breaks and putting in four good rounds. Hopefully I can do that this week and get on a good run after this,” added the Indian.
Source: Asian Tour
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