Garcia leading late in round 3.. Tiger and McIlroy falter early, but are fightng back

First point is that the wind has increased significantly in the desert around Dubai and it has affected the scoring...

Rory McIlroy started with the lead, bogeyed his first 3 holes, was out in +3 38 and is at E on his back nine right now -8 total, now T2

Tiger bogeyed his first two, added another bogey and a double along with a birdie, out in +4 39, but he chipped in for eagle on 10 and birdied 11 so is +1 today -6 total playing 15 T9

Lee Westwood is at E on his day playing 17 -5 T13

Martin Kaymer is T49 after a +4 76

Meanwhile Sergio also bogeyed the first but added 2 birdies, out in -1 34, but he has just made bogey at 11 and 12 so he leads at -10


1 GARCIA, Sergio -9 12 +1 67 67 1 - 134


1 51 70 ↑+3 T2 HANSEN, Anders -8 13 -1 69 68 -1 - 137

1 9 7 ↓-1 T2 MCILROY, Rory -8 12 +3 65 68 3 - 133

1 8 97 - T2 AIKEN, Thomas -8 11 +2 67 67 2 - 134

1 109 212 ↑+53 T5 VELASCO, Alvaro -7 18 -7 74 70 65 - 209

1 5 36 ↑+22 T5 QUIROS, Alvaro -7 18 -4 73 68 68 - 209

1 133 82 ↑+15 T5 ANDERSSON HED, Fredrik -7 18 -3 69 71 69 - 209

1 103 382 - T5 HOEY, Michael -7 14 Par 70 67 Par - 137

1 15 74 ↑+2 T9 GALLACHER, Stephen -6 17 -1 70 69 -1 - 139

1 120 126 ↓-4 T9 RUMFORD, Brett -6 15 +1 69 68 1 - 137

1 35 372 ↓-4 T9 GONNET, Jean-Baptiste -6 14 +1 68 69 1 - 137

1 -- 3 ↓-4 T9 WOODS, Tiger -6 13 +1 71 66 1 - 137

1 19 148 ↑+45 T13 KINGSTON, James -5 18 -5 72 72 67 - 211

1 70 274 ↑+45 T13 STRANGE, Scott -5 18 -5 72 72 67 - 211

1 104 381 ↑+32 T13 LAFEBER, Maarten -5 18 -4 71 72 68 - 211

1 90 310 ↑+19 T13 OTTO, Hennie -5 18 -3 72 70 69 - 211

1 84 110 ↑+19 T13 JACQUELIN, Raphaël -5 18 -3 72 70 69 - 211

1 12 176 ↑+7 T13 MARTIN, Pablo -5 18 -1 68 72 71 - 211

1 188 1 ↓-2 T13 WESTWOOD, Lee -5 16 Par 69 70 Par - 139

1 14 35 ↓-3 T13 HANSON, Peter -5 15 +1 69 69 1 - 138

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Bryan Angus @ 6.45am