Van de Velde sprints into contention

Jean Van de Velde, back as a winner on the European Tour this year, burst through the field on the third day of the BMW Championship at Wentworth.

Van de Velde sprints into contention

Jean Van de Velde, back as a winner on the European Tour this year, burst through the field on the third day of the BMW Championship at Wentworth.

While David Howell waited to defend his three-stroke overnight lead at the European tour’s flagship event Van de Velde went to the turn in a three-under-par 32 and when he added further birdies on the 11th and 12th he was up into a share of sixth place.

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