DP World Tour Championship third-round leaderboard
-9 T Hatton (Eng); -8 V Perez (Fra); -6 M Lindberg (Swe); -5 A Scott (Aus), E Chacarra (Spa), F Laporta (Ita), R McIlroy (NI)
Chosen others: -4 D Bradbury (Eng), J Schaper (SA), Okay Reitan (Nor); -3 M Wallace (Eng), J Dean (Eng), J Rahm (Spa); +3 P Reed (US), T Fleetwood (Eng)
Rory McIlroy’s hopes of profitable a record-equalling eighth Race to Dubai title pale as he fell 4 pictures behind chief Tyrrell Hatton after three rounds of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
Northern Irishman McIlroy began Saturday tied for the lead with Hatton however, whereas the Englishman remained on the high of the sphere with a four-under-par 68, McIlroy fell away with a 72 on the Earth Course in Dubai.
Hatton, on 9 beneath for the event, holds a one-shot lead over France’s Victor Perez as he bids for a primary DP World Tour Championship, whereas Sweden’s Mikael Lindberg is third on six beneath.
McIlroy is joint fourth in a bunch of 4 gamers which incorporates Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra, the present chief within the Race to Dubai standings.
Six-time main champion McIlroy started the event trailing Chacarra by greater than 500 factors, however understanding a win would assure him an eighth season-long crown to equal the tally set by Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie.
McIlroy additionally has an opportunity of profitable the title if he finishes within the high 4 and Chacarra falls down the order.
He took the outright lead with an eagle three on the par-five seventh, earlier than bogeys on the eighth, ninth and tenth.
A birdie on the 14th was adopted by one other dropped shot on the fifteenth, however McIlroy completed with a birdie on the par-five 18th after narrowly lacking a six-foot eagle putt.
Hatton scrambled a par on the final after driving into the water and discovering a greenside bunker together with his strategy shot.
He’ll play alongside Perez, who carded a 67, on the ultimate day.
“It will imply quite a bit to go on and win tomorrow,” mentioned Hatton.
“There’s a lot that may change. The course is enjoying tough this week and there is loads of improbable gamers simply behind. It will be a troublesome day.”
Spain’s Jon Rahm, who might clinch the Race to Dubai title with victory on Sunday, fell six pictures off the lead with a 3rd consecutive 71.
Chacarra, 4 pictures adrift off the lead after two rounds, carded a 68 that included 9 birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey.
McIlroy will play alongside Englishman Dan Bradbury, who climbed to 4 beneath with a shocking 66.
Chacarra, 4 pictures adrift off the lead after two rounds, carded a 68 that included 9 birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey.
Lindberg will play within the penultimate group alongside Australia’s 2013 Masters winner Adam Scott, who went spherical a 67.
Comply with dwell textual content updates on the DP World Tour Championship remaining spherical on the BBC Sport web site and app on Sunday.
