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.