Sharma's 66 takes him to joint third at BMW PGA

Shubhankar Sharma produced an action-packed six-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 on Saturday.

Sharma carded 66 with nine birdies and three bogeys, including one on the 18th. He moved to 12-under and was third alongside 2016 Olympic 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."