DP WORLD Tour : Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship Tee Times Leaderboard
With 7 holes to play John Rahm -21, Francesco LaPorta -21, Rory -20 and Tyrrell Hatton -20 are neck and neck coming down the home stretch in this version of the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship.
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PGA Tour : World Wide Technology Championship Tee Times Leaderboard
Rookie Ben James 65 64 66 -21 is closing in on the top 50 (#52) to lead this World Wide Technology Championship by 4 shots over Ryan Gerard (65) -17.
James was the #1 ranked player on the 2026 PGA Tour University rankings which has earned him a full Tour card for 2027, made 3 birdies in a row to begin his round on Saturday, and was never challenged, looking for his first PGA Tour win.
Three Canadians have M/C Pendrith, Hughes, Ewart, none are in contention this week, playing to improve their status on Sunday.
CANADIANS (with FedEx / OWGR standings)
T22 Sudarshan Yellamaraju -1171 63 71 64/ 121
T27 Ben Silverman -10 69 66 71 114 / 231
T27 Nick Taylor -10 69 70 67 72/ 92
T65 Adam Svensson -5 68 69 74 181 /549
MC Taylor Pendrith - E 68 76 104 / 129
MC Mac Hughes +1 72 73 103/ 156
MC AJ Ewart +4 73 74 106 /
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DP WORLD Tour : Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship Tee Times Leaderboard
Big time names Adam Scott, Tyrell Hatton, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy are all over the leaderboard on another sun drenched Saturday day on the Yas Links GC outside Abu Dhabi.
Rory would be alone in the lead if not for a surprising double bogey 6 at the par 4th 10th where he drove the green but the ball just caught the front bunker, into a terrible lie, his explosion flew over the green into the rough and he stickhandled his way from there to the six.
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FINAL EDIT 2026/11/07 12pm EST
Jon Rahm produced a roaring back nine to surge into a one-shot lead at the 2026 Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship.
The two-time Major Champion went out in the final group after sharing the lead with Tyrrell Hatton and Francesco Laporta and despite a slow start to his third round, he burst into life after the turn.
Rahm went birdie-eagle-birdie from the tenth which catapulted him to the top in his brilliant -6 66 as he kept his playing partners at arm's length at -18.
He has five Rolex Series stars to his name and will hope to get his name on the trophy at Yas Links to move one ahead of good friend and rival Hatton.
Laporta and Hatton will once again play with Rahm in the final group on Sunday, with the pair one shot behind and Rory McIlroy in solo fourth at -16 under.
The World Number Two birdied the second and after four straight pars, he finished the front nine with a hat-trick of gains to reach -15.
Laporta nudged back ahead with a birdie at the tenth, the same hole McIlroy double-bogeyed after getting in trouble when shooting over the green from a greenside bunker.
McIlroy stormed back from his blip to rattle off four straight birdies from the 11th, which included a magical drive to find the par-four 14th, to join Rahm at the summit.
Rahm moved ahead on his own with a birdie at the 15th and McIlroy slipped two behind after a poor bunker shot at the par-three 17th.
Laporta remained in the hunt with a birdie at the 16th to move alongside Hatton T2 at -17 under before the trio parred their way home.
McIlroy shook his head after he only parred the last to card -5 67 -16 while Adam Scott, who is yet to drop a shot at Yas Links, is at -15 after six birdies in his third round .
Spain's David Puig mixed six birdies and two dropped shots to sit one stroke further back with Jordan also at -14.
"It was a good day overall," Rahm said. "Just holes four, five, and six got away from me for a second. I was in a good position on every single hole with a chance for birdie. Fantastic round, but overall, obviously very good golf.
"It would be amazing (to win). It's been a good year so far, but to win again on the DP World Tour would be special.
"To add to the Rolex Series tally and make it six would be fantastic as well."
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PGA Tour : World Wide Technology Championship Tee Times Leaderboard
American Ben James 65 64 -15 is closing in on the top 50 (#52) to lead this World Wide Technology Championship by a shot over Peter Malnati 66 64 -14 who has moved from 157 to #107 in his quest to retain his PPGA Tour card for 2027.
A brilliant bogey free 9 birdie 63 has shot Canadian Sudarshan Yellamaraju up the leaderboard T6 at -10 and importantly to 62 in the Fed Ex standings.
CANADIANS (alphabetical, with FedEx / OWGR standings)
Three Canadians were well placed #101 Mac Hughes, #102 Taylor Pendrith, #104 AJ Ewart to make the top 100, but the position on the bubble is precarious and this week they are moving backwards so far after 36 holes.
T6 Sudarshan Yellamaraju -10 71 63 62/ 121
T16 Ben Silverman -9 69 66 114 / 231
T36 Adam Svensson -7 68 69 178 /549
T62 Nick Taylor -5 69 70 76/ 92
T95 Taylor Pendrith - E 68 76 106 / 129
T100 Mac Hughes +1 72 73 105/ 156
T114 AJ Ewart +4 73 74 109 /
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PGA Tour : World Wide Technology Championship Tee Times Leaderboard
American Chris Kirk is ranked #110 FedEx rankings, so his exceptional -9 63 has done him a world of good with 3 events left in the Fall Series to retain his card, he is projected #57.
Nick Dunlap and Zack Blair are T2 -8 64.
Here are the 7 Canadian scores after 18 holes...all moved backwards in the projected Fed Ex standings
CANADIANS (alphabetical, with FedEx / OWGR standings)
Three Canadians were well placed #101 Mac Hughes, #102 Taylor Pendrith, #104 AJ Ewart to make the top 100, but the position on the bubble is precarious so they will be looking to have a strong week to solidify their status.
T29 Taylor Pendrith -4 68 103 / 129
T29 Adam Svensson -4 68 179 /549
T46 Ben Silverman -3 69 118 / 231
T46 Nick Taylor -3 69 75 / 92
T88 Sudarshan Yellamaraju -1 71 67/ 121
T96 Mac Hughes E72 104/ 156
T101 AJ Ewart +1 73 106 /18
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DP WORLD Tour : Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship Tee Times Leaderboard
>>5.50 am est, 2.50pm in Abu Dhabi 2026 / 11/ 06
Playing in ideal desert weather in Abu Dhabi, sunny, clear blue sky, very little breeze, hot on an immaculate Yas Links GC the scoring this Friday morning is low.
Of the early starts, favourite Rory McIlroy led the way with an 11 birdie barrage -9 63 to move into the clubhouse lead at -11.
" Yesterday was yesterday, today was today where despite opening with a bogey, I did everything well, driving, irons and the putts were falling to shoot myself back in contention.
The course is very gettable today, no wind, so well see how the late guys do on the back nine, I'll probably be two or three off the lead..."
* The top 3 with the round well under way T1 Tyrrell Hatton, Matthew Jordan -12, T2 McIlroy, LaPorta, Rahm -11.
FINAL EDIT 10.30am est 7.30pm Abu Dhabi
Ryder Cup team-mates Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton reeled in Francesco Laporta to share the lead heading into the weekend at the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship.
Italian Laporta had led after a brilliant 62 on day one but a 70 in round two at Yas Links left the door ajar and close friends Hatton and Rahm took advantage.
Hatton carded a 65, two shots fewer than Rahm, and the pair will now both head into the weekend at -12 alongside Laporta looking for a record sixth Rolex Series victory.
Rory McIlroy is hoping to join them to join them, and he carded a 63 to sit one shot back alongside Pole Adrian Meronk and English pair Sam Bairstow and Matt Jordan all at -11
The Northern Irishman is also hunting an eighth Race to Dubai title and with leader Eugenio Chacarra back on -3, he is well positioned to advance his cause on that front.
McIlroy found an unplayable lie as he bogeyed the first but then birdied the second, fourth and seventh and made five in a row from the ninth.
That run ended with a bogey but he would still make gains on three of his last four holes for a total of 11 birdies - his highest in a DP World Tour round.
Meronk and Jordan both carded rounds of 67, one shot fewer than Bairstow 68, to sit a shot ahead of Spaniard David Puig and Austrian Bernd Wiesberger at -10
Hatton was a winner of this event in 2021 at Abu Dhabi Golf Club but seems equally at home at Yas Links with a second and two other top tens in four starts.
The Englishman birdied his first two holes and then made four in a row from the sixth to turn in 30.
Further birdies followed on the 11th and 13th as he hit the front on his own but a bogey on the 16th dropped him back closer to the pack on a day where several players had held a share of the lead.
"Really happy how I've played," he said. "Obviously, there's been a couple of mistakes. But overall, compared to where I've been at over the last month and a half, it's nice to put a couple of decent scores together again."
Event debutant Rahm went out in the final group of the day and was soon in front with birdies on the second, third and fifth.
He then made four birdies and three bogeys in a roller coaster next seven holes before a two-putt birdie on the last put him back on top.
"Pretty good play," he said. "Only thing to take back would be just a couple of bad tee shots right now, feeling fairly comfortable otherwise. I'm really looking forward to (the weekend). This part of the world has treated me very well, and I'm hoping I can do on the weekend what I've already done.
Laporta had a roller coaster of his own as he bogeyed the third but then made a hat-trick of birdies from the seventh.
"End of the day, it was a good day," he said. "I didn't start very well, I was one over after six. Then I made three birdies in a row, a few mistakes on the back nine, but few really in the last four.
"I'm quite happy about how I finished but still a lot of golf to play."
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DP WORLD Tour : Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship Tee Times Leaderboard
Playing in ideal desert weather in Abu Dhabi, sunny, clear blue sky, gentle breeze, hot on an immaculate Yas Links GC 36 year old Italian Francesco LaPorta made it look easy, out early this morning with an 8 birdie, 1 eagle 30 32 -10 62 for the clubhouse lead.
He moves up 51 places in the Race to Dubai Rankings to #6.
Spaniard Jon Rahm returning to action after the birth of his 4th child, and England's Sam Bairstow are T2 with -7 65.
Remember these 70 players will be reduced to the final 50 who will contest the Tour Championship next week in Dubai.
FINAL EDIT 1pm EST..2026/11/05
Francesco Laporta matched the lowest round of his DP World Tour career to storm into a three-shot lead after round one of the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship.
The Italian carded an eagle and eight birdies in a bogey-free 62 to get to -10 at Yas Links, three shots clear of former World Number One Jon Rahm 65 -7, Englishman Sam Bairstow 65 -7 and Austria's Bernd Wiesberger 65 -7
In the battle to win the Race to Dubai, leader Eugenio Chacarra and third-placed Rory McIlroy carded rounds of -2 70, with second-placed Patrick Reed recording a +2 74.
The 36-year-old Italian, has had a quietly impressive season, the highlight of which so far has been a runner-up finish at the Investec South African Open Championship.
That was the third second-place of his DP World career, a career which has seen him truly establish himself on Tour in recent years after coming through the Qualifying School and then twice graduating from the HotelPlanner Tour, winning the Road to Mallorca in 2019.
"Everything was just going like a video game, like just hitting shots straight and making some putts and just giving myself opportunities," he said. "I'm very happy about that.
"Actually, I was struggling a bit in the last few days. So I had a lot of time on the range yesterday and I spent a lot of time on the greens, just understanding how to work around the lines and the spin because the greens, like they're pure, but they're also quick. So now it works."
Bairstow was the last man in the field and the first man out in the morning, making the most of his opportunity by carding seven birdies in a bogey-free effort.
Spaniard Rahm was playing the event for the first time and was also bogey-free as he looks to make it to Dubai next week.
Wiesberger is currently on track for dual membership with the PGA TOUR and he carded eight birdies and a single bogey -7 65 to sit a shot ahead of England's Matthew Jordan and Pole Adrian Meronk both -6 66
Defending champion Aaron Rai, fellow Englishman Tyrrell Hatton, in-form Japanese Yuto Katsuragawa, China's Wenyi Ding, South African Shaun Norris and Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan were then a further shot back at -5 67s
McIlroy carded six birdies in his round -2 70 including a hat-trick from the 14th, but carded an 8 on the 12th after being penalised two strokes under Rule 8.1b(4) for his actions immediately before playing his fourth stroke, his second chip shot from the rough.
Chacarra -2 70 carded six birdies and four bogeys, while Reed T56 +2 74 made a birdie, a bogey and a double on the last.
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