Virginia Wath, England – The European stars online to participate in the next Ryder Cup are being stadium in the high -level BMW PGA championship by a player who will be one of the team vice capitaine.
Alex Noren, a Swedish who will be among the five assistants of Luke Donald in Bethpage Black, rolled in a 17-foot putt at n ° 18 to finish a Birdie-Birdie-Eagle finish and join Adrien Saddier in equality for the third round during the flagship event of the European Tour.
Saddier, a Frenchman classified n ° 120, sorted out three of his last four holes for 7-mine of 65 years and Noren, the 2017 champion, fired 66.
At 15 sous 201, they were two blows from Tyrrell Hatton, who drew 64 years and was the best of the 11 players of the Ryder Cup who participated in Wentworth this week to start the accumulation of matches from September 26 to 28. A stroke was another, Viktor Hovland, after his 71 left him in fourth place.
Among other Ryder Cup players, Ludvig Åberg (73) and Matt Fitzpatrick (69) were equal to sixth in 10 sous.
Rory McILroy was broken in equality for 53rd out of 5 in after having drawn 70 and was Unable to save the form He showed by winning the Irish Open last week.
Tommy Fleetwood, the recent winner of Fedexcup, fired 71 and was 3 under the tournament.
Hideki Matsuyama and Justin Rose, who were the first and tied for second place, respectively, after 36 holes, abandoned the disappearance after firing 76 for the two joint towers on Saturday.
Noren
Noren knows how to win in Wentworth, after shooting a last round 62 to win the title eight years ago, and finished the season strongly. Two weeks ago, he won the British masters for his 11th European victory – and first in seven years – and he was tied in the third place in the Wyndham championship in early August.
His impressive recent form was not enough to win a captain’s choice for the Ryder Cup, but he could be about to beat many stars with which he will share the European Bethpage team room.
“It’s going to be so fun,” said Noren, looking at the final round. “I like it.”
As for Sadder, he led after three rounds of Irish open, to finish with a 74 and finish equally in fifth row. He is back with a shot to a second title of 2025 – after the Italian Open in June – and the greatest victory of his career.
“I think it will be another day in the office,” said Saddier. “Concentrate on myself and my game. Try to hit a lot of fairways and greens, and we will see if the putts fall tomorrow.”
