Hennie du Plessis carded the round of the day on Saturday when he signed for an eight-under-par 64 in the third round of the DP World Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club, south-west of London.

Du Plessis made an eagle, seven birdies and a bogey in his climb into a share of 17^th ahead of the final round. At nine-under-par through 54 holes, he was seven shots behind the leader, Ludvig Aberg of Sweden. Aberg had a six-under 66 to take him two shots clear of Connor Syme of Scotland and Tommy Fleetwood of England who shared second on 14-under-par.

Du Plessis started his third round on the 10^th, and he reeled off five birdies in succession from the 12^th to reach the turn in 32. He picked up his sixth birdie on the third after the turn, and then on the par-five fourth, he made his eagle. There was another birdie on the sixth, but a bogey on the seventh pegged his progress back.

Oliver Bekker was just one stroke further back in a share of 25^th with Joost Luiten of the Netherlands and Poland’s Adrian Meronk. Bekker’s seven-under 65 included eight birdies and a bogey.

Louis de Jager signed for a level-par 72 in the third round, and, at three-under for the tournament, was in a share of 52^nd.

Zander Lombard brought up the rear of the 79 players who made the cut after a third-round seven-over 79 saw him slip to four-over through 54 holes.