Chris Wood of England shot a 4-under 67 Saturday to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the BMW PGA Championship.
Robert Karlsson of Sweden shot a course-record 62 for the lowest round since the European PGA event was first played on the course in 1955. He's two strokes behind Wood in a tie for second with Danny Willett (70).
Karlsson flew home to Monaco on Friday thinking he'd missed the cut at 3 over. He got a phone call saying he was playing on the weekend. He flew to Paris, slept for two hours, then paid $11,000 for a private jet to take him to London, arriving at the course an hour before tee time.
He made nine birdies on Wentworth's redesigned West Course.
``Don't touch my putter, it might burn you,'' Karlsson said. ``Luckily, I snatched a couple of hours sleep at Orly (Airport in Paris). After making three early birdies, I just decided to keep going.
``When you start like that it is easy to sit back and protect those birdies and maybe shoot a 70, but I decided to keep going. My caddy said at the 9th: 'We've been invited to this party, so let's party.'''
He walked off the 18th green after an astonishing round that took him to 6-under 207.
The 22-year-old Wood has top-five finishes at the last two British Opens, and is looking for his first European Tour victory.
``It's good to be leading,'' Wood said after holing three straight birdies from the second green. ``I went off like a train after making a couple of nice putts and I stayed calm.''
Wood drove into trees to bogey the 13th and 15th holes but quickly regained his advantage with a birdie at the 16th.
Willett failed to find consistency, mixing seven birdies with four bogeys and a double.
Overnight leader Luke Donald dropped back to fourth place and 5 under after a 72, and five players were left tied in fifth place at 3 under.
They included defending champion Paul Casey of England, who shot a 72. Ernie Els had a 76 to trail the leader by 10 strokes. Lee Westwood (73) was two more strokes behind.
