BMW PGA Championship

May 2017

This is Lee's 24th straight appearance at the BMW PGA Championship, at Wentworth this week. Lee finished T15th here last year, his best so far, being a playoff against Luke Donald in 2011.

With a 12.40 teetime alongside Thomas Pieters and Martin Kaymer on Thursday, Lee got off to a good start and was 3 under in the first six holes but dropped back to 2-under following a bogey at 7. 2-under for the day earned him T 20th place.

He had an 8.15 start on Friday and signed for a 3 -under 69. He is now T5th on 5 under par, just 2 shots behind a three way tie for lead.

On Saturday Lee was 3-over on the front nine but birdies on the final three holes, saw him finish on par for the day and T3rd on the leaderboard, 3 strokes behind leader Andrew Dodt.

"My short game's been really sharp, and it needed to be today", he said after his round. "I hit a lot of good chips out there, and didn't give myself too much hard work. And then when I hit fairways and greens on the last four holes, I was 3-under for them".

And tomorrow? "It will take better tee-to-green playing than today, just to keep focusing and the mental strength that I had today, really, I was pleased with myself the way I kept digging in there and grinding away. Myself and Billy were just laughing at it. After about 13 or 14 holes, I got up-and-down again and I got up-and-down on the 14th green and we were just laughing at each other because it was so ridiculous. I hit one green!"

He had a 1300 tee-time on Sunday with Francesco Mollinari and recorded a final round 73. His 4-under par final score earned him T14th.

Alex Noren, who began his day 1-under par, won the event on 11-under, an amazing feat!