Scott Hend was far from happy after his third round at Wentworth.

Hend featured in the last two-ball at Wentworth with home favourite, US Masters winner Danny Willett.

“Danny was getting all the crowd support and I had no problem with that but there were a couple of guys out there who were really over the top and it wasn’t very nice what they were saying,” the 43-year-old said.

“It was quite rude and personal and if it was up to me I would have had them thrown out.

“It’s not Danny’s fault but we are all out here playing golf and it’s not fair being drunk and being smart arses as these two guys were.

“Danny and I are mates. I’ve played with him before and he wants me to do well and I want him to do well but when you get hecklers in the crowd saying pretty rude things as they were, I was ready to punch them.”

Hend, who hit an eagle on the final hole to take a one-shot lead over England’s Tyrrell Hatton, said most of the heckling came towards the end of the round.

“I didn’t see any marshals around but when I mentioned to Danny I was going over to speak to them (the hecklers) he was just waiting for it all to kick off,” Hend said.

“Danny was just waiting for me to punch one of the guys in the mouth. He had been hurling abuse at me before I hit my first putt at 14 and just wouldn’t shut up from there on.”