DP World Tour : Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
The 54 hole leader is former champion Jorge Campillo who found himself one shot clear at the top of the 2023 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters leaderboard with one hole of his third round to complete when play was halted due to fading light on Saturday evening.
The 2020 winner had to return to the course early on day three to finish off his second round, carding four birdies in eight holes to sign for a 65.
And the Spaniard continued his fine form in round three, making six birdies and no bogeys in his first 17 holes to get to 16 under par before the hooter sounded at 16.47 local time.
Finn Sami Välimäki was his nearest challenger on 15 under after finishing his third-round 67 with a birdie at the 18th in near-darkness.
Scottish Ryder Cup star Robert MacIntyre was a single shot further back with two holes of his round still to go.
His countryman Scott Jamieson was among those another stroke back after firing eight birdies in his final ten holes on Saturday to give his chances of keeping his DP World Tour card an enormous boost.
Jamieson started the week 119th on the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex, needing a good result to squeeze into the top 116.
Välimäki turned in 33 courtesy of three front-nine birdies before dropping his first shot of the week at the 11th.
But he bounced straight back, making gains at the 12th, 13th and 18th to get to 15 under.
Välimäki said: "I actually got a really good read (on the 18th). I saw the line and made a really good putt.
"I’ll try to win the tournament, it has been a long time, so hopefully I’ll get back in the circle. I have tomorrow to go and then two more weeks. I need to get one win to make it to the PGA TOUR. That’s my goal."
edit **** With 2 birdies, an eagle and 3 bogey's Aaron Cockerill posted a 3rd round -1 71 to finish at -5. He will be out early Sunday morning.
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Bryan Angus (edit)
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