Sharma''s 66 takes him to joint third on Day 3

Wentworth (UK), September 21

Shubhankar Sharma produced an action-packed 6-under 66 with nine birdies and three bogeys to climb up the leaderboard to joint third at the end of the third round of the BMW PGA Championships today.

 Sharma carded 66 with nine birdies and three bogeys, including one on the 18th. He moved to 12-under and was third alongside 2016 Olympics champion and former US Open winner Justin Rose (69) and South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout (69), who was also at 12-under. Sharma may well have been better but for his bogey on 18th. 

Three shots ahead of Sharma were joint-leader Jon Rahm, world No. 6, and the 2016 Masters winner, Danny Willett, both of whom were at 15-under. Rahm at one stage reached 16-under but bogeyed 17th, while Willett went up to 15-under with a birdie on 18th.

 Sharma was thrilled with the round as he said, "It was a good round. Made a lot of birdies. Gave myself a lot of opportunities and pretty pleased with the way I played. Obviously it's my first time playing at Wentworth and learning more about the course with more rounds.

 "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. It's just about getting right breaks and putting in four good rounds. It's a great course. A lot of birdie opportunities. So anything's possible and I'll try my best tomorrow."  

Madappa tied-15

Incheon (S Korea): India's Viraj Madappa turned in a superb back nine with four birdies to leap into the top-15 at the end of the third round of the 35th Shinhan Donghae Open here.

Viraj, tied-15, is now 4-under with rounds of 73, 69 and 67 as he rose up by 11 places from his overnight T-42. The only other Indian to make the cut, Rahil Gangjee added another 70 after earlier rounds of 70 and 71. Gangjee is 2-under and lying tied-32nd. Shiv Kapur (72-72), S Chikkarangappa (72-73), Ajeetesh Sandhu (74-72) and Khalin Joshi (76-74) missed the cut which was set at 1-over par 143 with 65 players making it into the last two rounds.

Zimbabwe's Scott Vincent, who is 11-under 202, birdied the final hole for a day's work of 3-under 68. He opened a two-shot lead over his nearest rivals, Sunghoon Kang (65), Jbe Kruger (67). — PTI 

Lahiri T-3 at halfway stage, Atwal misses cut 

Jackson (US): Anirban Lahiri shot a 70 on the second day and was tied 35th with an aggregate score of 5-under 67 at the halfway stage of the Sanderson Farms Championship. Daniel Chopra (69-71) duly made the cut at tied 43rd while Arjun Atwal (74-71) missed the cut, which fell at 3-under. Also missing the cut was debutant and rookie 17-year-old Akshay Bhatia, who has just turned pro. The American golfer of Indian origin shot 70 in first round and added a 74 to go 2-over. After being 4-under through 14 and 7under, he bogeyed 16th and 18th to end at five-under. On Friday Lahiri was excellent with some of his long putts as he holed a 22-footer and a 29-footer. pti