Ludvig Aberg of Sweden closed in on his second straight victory on Saturday when he posted a 6-under 66 at Wentworth for a two-shot lead over Connor Syme and Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood in the BMW PGA Championship.
Aberg, in only his fourth month as a pro, seized control early in the third round with a 7-iron to 5 feet for eagle on the par-5 fourth, and even his lone bogey was dynamic when he holed a 35-foot putt on the 13th hole to keep command.
Aberg, who earned a PGA Tour card immediately after his senior year at Texas Tech from leading the “PGA Tour University” ranking, won the European Masters in Switzerland two weeks ago and was picked for the Ryder Cup the next day.Syme surged into the mix with a superb back nine of four birdies and an eagle, only to have to settle for pars on the 17th and 18th — both par 5s — for a 65.
Masters champion Jon Rahm looked to be making a run at the lead with a birdie on the 11th hole — his 12th birdie in a 21-hole stretch dating to Friday — only to drop two shots coming in from the fairway. But he closed with two birdies, including the 18th when he hit a fairway bunker shot over the water and behind the pin, from where it spun back to 5 feet.Rory McIlroy made the cut on the number with a birdie in the dark on Friday night.
He took a penalty stroke from the creek, chipped out to the fairway and left it 35 feet below the hole. He looked certain to make double bogey until he poured in the bogey putt and couldn't help but smile.
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