Karlsson jets back to shoot a record 62
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May 23, 2010, Sunday
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ROBERT Karlsson shot a course record nine-under 62 yesterday to take an early share of the third-round lead at the BMW PGA Championship after having to return overnight because he had left for Monaco in the mistaken belief he'd missed the cut.
The Swede shot the lowest score at the remodeled course since the European PGA event was first played at Wentworth in 1955.
Karlsson was at six-under to share the lead with Luke Donald of England, who had yet to begin his third round.
Karlsson was near his home in Monaco when he got a phone call to say he would be playing at the weekend. He flew to Paris, slept for two hours, then paid US$11,000 for a private jet to take him to London, arriving at the course an hour before his tee time.
"Don't touch my putter it might burn you," Karlsson said after making nine birdie putts. "Luckily, I snatched a couple of hours sleep at Orly (Airport in Paris) and 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 and my caddie said at the ninth: 'We've been invited to this party, so let's party.'"
Karlsson was livid with himself 24 hours earlier after a double-bogey seven at the 18th left him on three-over 145.
"It feels like I definitely got another chance today," said the 40-year-old. "I was sure I was out but in a situation where I just made the cut, I could just go out and play and enjoy it.
"If it doesn't work, nobody cares," said Karlsson after eclipsing the 63s by Nick Job in 1973, Wayne Riley in 1991, Angel Cabrera in 2001, Jarrod Moseley in 2002 and Robert Dinwiddie in 2008.
The Swede shot the lowest score at the remodeled course since the European PGA event was first played at Wentworth in 1955.
Karlsson was at six-under to share the lead with Luke Donald of England, who had yet to begin his third round.
Karlsson was near his home in Monaco when he got a phone call to say he would be playing at the weekend. He flew to Paris, slept for two hours, then paid US$11,000 for a private jet to take him to London, arriving at the course an hour before his tee time.
"Don't touch my putter it might burn you," Karlsson said after making nine birdie putts. "Luckily, I snatched a couple of hours sleep at Orly (Airport in Paris) and 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 and my caddie said at the ninth: 'We've been invited to this party, so let's party.'"
Karlsson was livid with himself 24 hours earlier after a double-bogey seven at the 18th left him on three-over 145.
"It feels like I definitely got another chance today," said the 40-year-old. "I was sure I was out but in a situation where I just made the cut, I could just go out and play and enjoy it.
"If it doesn't work, nobody cares," said Karlsson after eclipsing the 63s by Nick Job in 1973, Wayne Riley in 1991, Angel Cabrera in 2001, Jarrod Moseley in 2002 and Robert Dinwiddie in 2008.
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