DP WORLD Tour : Tour Championship Leaderboard Tee Times
Rory McIlroy put himself in position to secure a possible end-of-season double after sharing the third-round lead with Rasmus Højgaard and Antoine Rozner at the DP World Tour Championship.
The World Number Three only needs a top 11 finish in Dubai to seal a sixth Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex crown of his career and is also chasing a third title on the Earth course.
He began the day one shot behind overnight leader Rozner, but it was Højgaard (66) whose brother Nicolai won it last year, who surged clear at the top after four straight birdies from the second.
The Dane climbed to -12 to move three clear at the eighth, however, McIlroy (68) carded four birdies and a dropped shot in a six-hole stretch from the seventh to sit alongside Højgaard at the summit.
Both players missed chances to nudge in front and could not be separated as they parred their way home, with Rozner (69) carding an eagle at the last to make it a three-way tie at the top ahead of the final round of the 2024 DP World Tour campaign.
Chile's Joaquin Niemann mixed five birdies and two bogeys and Swede Jesper Svensson was flawless in his 68 to sit in fourth at -10, while Englishman Tyrrell Hatton 71 is one shot further back in sixth at -9
Northern Ireland's Tom McKibbin carded a 67 to join Japan's Keita Nakajima 70 at -8
Ryder Cup stars Shane Lowry 71 and Robert MacIntyre 69 are in the top ten with former World Number One Adam Scott 69 and England's Matt Wallace 70 at -7
edit *** Canada's Aaron Cockerill had his best round of the week with 4 birdies, a lone bogey and was heading for a 69 when he got in trouble off the tee at the par 5 14th leading to a costly double bogey 7 for a final -1 71 +6 total, projected to finish at #49 in the Race to Dubai.
To highlight how tough this Earth course can be if you are not careful Tommy Fleetwood with 4 top 5's here, shot 75 today and Billy Horschel a 77 while England's Dan Bradbury hasn't broken par in 54 holes 74 75 76 is dead last at +9.
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