Hend in driving seat at BMW PGA Championship

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Australia’s Scott Hend will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the BMW PGA Championship after Masters champion Danny Willett stumbled for the second Saturday in succession.

Hend, Willett and Y.E. Yang shared the halfway lead at Wentworth but were a combined 11-over-par on day three to throw the European Tour’s flagship event wide open.

England’s Tyrrell Hatton, who was inspired to become a professional by watching the tournament growing up, is Hend’s nearest challenger on 8-under-par after carding five birdies in his last eight holes for a 66, the lowest score of the round.

And Lee Westwood is just a shot further back on his 23rd consecutive appearance thanks to a flawless 68 which left him alongside former major champion Yang.

Willett, who also shared the 36-hole lead in the Irish Open last week but struggled to a 74 and eventually finished 23rd, enjoyed a two-shot lead after a birdie on the fifth, but played his last 10 holes in five over par to card a disappointing 76.

Hend was three over for the round before …

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