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), Ok Reitan (Nor); -3 M Wallace (Eng), J Dean (Eng), J Rahm (Spa); +3 P Reed (US), T Fleetwood (Eng)
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Rory McIlroy’s hopes of profitable a record-equalling eighth Race to Dubai title light 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 prime of the sector with a four-under-par 68, McIlroy fell away with a 72 on the Earth Course in Dubai.
Hatton, on 9 underneath for the match, 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 underneath.
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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 match trailing Chacarra by greater than 500 factors, however figuring out a win would assure him an eighth season-long crown to equal the tally set by Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie.
McIlroy will clinch the title if he finishes forward of Chacarra and within the prime 4.
McIlroy 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.
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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 could imply quite a bit to go on and win tomorrow,” mentioned Hatton.
“There’s a lot that may change. The course is taking part in tough this week and there is numerous implausible gamers simply behind. It’s going to be a tricky day.”
Spain’s Jon Rahm, who may 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.
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McIlroy will play alongside Englishman Dan Bradbury, who climbed to 4 underneath with a surprising 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.
Observe stay textual content updates on the DP World Tour Championship ultimate spherical on the BBC Sport web site and app on Sunday.