Saturday at the BMW PGA Championship was, well, all a little odd.

Viktor Hovland started like a train and came home in an ambulance. Hideki Matsuyama made two sixes on the back-nine, but they didn't matter because he'd already made two sevens on the front. By the time all this was happening, Justin Rose had played himself out of the tournament. Ludvig Aberg's chances took a likely fatal hit at the 11th, when he appeared to find a fairway bunker yet nobody could in fact find his ball.

Despite the various messes the leaders got themselves into, Wentworth always offers chances, particularly on the back-nine, and three players took them. First was TYRRELL HATTON, seven-under for his final 10 holes, then came Adrien Saddier with three birdies in his last four to move ahead of Hatton by two, before Alex Noren eclipsed even that by going birdie-birdie-eagle to join the Frenchman in the lead.

Hovland's closing birdie got him back into fourth, three behind, and as if to add to the madness there's 2,500/1 veteran Darren Fichardt in amongst a bunch of elite or in-form players in fifth. Those behind him, including Patrick Reed, Harry Hall, Aaron Rai, Matt Fitzpatrick and Aberg, are bigger threats to a formidable group at the top of the leaderboard.

Saddier has now ended four of his last 11 rounds with nobody in front of him and is one of the form players on the circuit. Noren is going for a slightly awkward second win in three starts as a Ryder Cup vice-captain rather than player, while Hatton is another past champion here who will go to Bethpage in better form than had looked likely.