JUSTIN Rose produced a brilliant finish in his third round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth today.

The Hampshire ace came home with eagle, birdie on the last two holes of the newly-renovated West Course to move back to level par for the tournament.

Rose is likely too far behind the lead to mount any serious challenge for victory tomorrow, but his late flourish this afternoon gives him a chance of a valuable finish, possible even in the top ten if he goes low.

But he is not thinking about how high up the leaderboard he can finish.

“All I’ve really tried to do all week, and it finally paid off a little bit it felt like, was just stay one shot at a time,” he said, “I’ve got a little frustrated at times, because I’ve been playing some good golf without making birdies.

“I’ve made very few birdies this week, but I’ve hit some nice shots in.

“I just keep telling myself ‘one shot at a time’.

“I’m really not into the result too much.

“That’s a nice little chirpy finish and it makes me at least upbeat for tomorrow.

“So who knows? I’ll just continue with the same attitude and hopefully I’ll get a bit of luck like I did over those last few holes and we’ll see.”

Before his final two holes, it had been a frustrating day for Rose.

Despite playing pretty well from tee to green, he couldn’t get the putter going and had drifted out from one-over-par at the start of the day to three-over.

But a monster drive down the 610-yard 17th and a peach of a three wood left Rose less than 15 feet for eagle.

“It was playing into the breeze today and I’ve smoked a drive about 335 yards,” he said.

“Then I had 273 to the hole and obviously hit a three wood.

“I picked my line and thought I’d missed it by a couple of yards to the right.

“So I was a little concerned it was going to run down.

“But obviously I caught it perfect.

“If I’m honest, I thought my best play would be in the little front left hollow and I’ve just managed to slide it up the little hogs back there.

“I’ve made some nice six footers for par this week, but I haven’t made a putt.

“That was the longest I’d made all week.

“It was probably 14 feet, then I managed to follow it in with about another 14-footer at the last, so let’s keep going.”

Rose and playing partner Rory McIlroy did have one added worry in their round today, as they nearly trampled on a snake while walking up the ninth fairway.

If Rose needs any inspiration for tomorrow, he should look no further than Robert Karlsson, who surely enjoyed one of the most remarkable 24-hour periods ever for a golfer.

The Swede had flown home to Monte Carlo last night, thinking he had missed the cut on three-over.

But just before getting to his house, he realised things had changed and he was into the weekend.

However, there were no seats left on any direct flight back to London from Nice.

Undaunted, Karlsson flew to Paris Orly, before hiring a private jet to take him back to England, eventually arriving at Wentworth at 6.45am – two hours before teeing off.

What followed was a scintillating display of golf, as the 40-year-old shot a nine-under-par 62 to fly up the leaderboard and into contention.

The score set a new course record at Wentworth and is the lowest in the history of the PGA Championship.

“Look at Karlsson, that’s incredible,” said Rose.

“I really don’t see that round here, that’s an amazing round of golf.

“I would love someone to do a study on the psyche of that, because Geoff Ogilvy did it not too long ago.

“To come back when you’re obviously just thankful to be here, you’re not angry because you’ve just made the cut, you’re actually happy to just be on the golf course.

“There must be something to it, it’s unbelievable.”