DP World Tour Championship R3 Leaderboard<\/p>\n
NEERGAARD-PETERSEN, Rasmus<\/p>\n
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MCILROY, Rory<\/p>\n
68<\/p>\n
FLEETWOOD, Tommy<\/p>\n
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68<\/p>\n
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AYORA, Angel<\/p>\n
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H\u00d8JGAARD, Rasmus<\/p>\n
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Rory McIlroy moved into a tie for the 54-hole lead with Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.<\/p>\n
McIlroy and Neergaard-Petersen both carded steady rounds of 68 to move to 13-under par for three rounds at Jumeirah Golf Estates.<\/p>\n
McIlroy missed a tiddler for birdie on the 2nd, but he recovered with four birdies thereafter including three on the last five holes.<\/p>\n
Tommy Fleetwood also carded a 68 to move to within a shot of the leaders.<\/p>\n
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Laurie Canter, Tyrrell Hatton, Angel Ayora, Matt Fitzpatrick and Rasmus Hojgaard are also in a share of third place on 12-under par.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Overnight leader Nicolai Hojgaard fell back into the chasing pack on 11-under par with a 73.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justin Rose and Ludvig Aberg are also on that score.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy closing in on seventh Race to Dubai<\/p>\n
Mcllroy is going in search of a fourth straight Race to Dubai and the seventh of his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His nearest pursuer starting the week was Marco Penge, but the Englishman is out of contention on 4-under par.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The only player standing in McIlroy’s way now is Hatton.<\/p>\n
If McIlroy finishes second alone then he guarantees himself the Race to Dubai.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Should Hatton win the tournament, then he will need to hope McIlroy slides down the board.<\/p>\n
Here’s a look at other permutations:<\/p>\n
Player<\/p>\n
Scenarios to win Race to Dubai<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy<\/p>\n
Finishes 2nd alone would guarantee win<\/p>\n
Tyrrell Hatton<\/p>\n
Win with McIlroy finishing worse than T8 with 1 other and Penge finishing worse than T2 with 1 other.<\/p>\n
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