At the end of the third round, McIlroy and Neergaard-Peterson (68) were at 13 under par (203), with a one-stroke lead over Tyrrell Hatton and five other competitors.<\/p>\n\nHatton is the only player with mathematical chances of surpassing McIlroy in the Race to Dubai, although he would need the Masters champion to have an unfavorable performance at the Earth course, where McIlroy is the defending champion and already has three titles.\n\n
It would be an incredible way to close the season.<\/p>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMcIlroy comes to this competition after a tie for third place in Abu Dhabi last week, which strengthened his position.\n\nMarco Penge from England, second in the Race to Dubai, had a less favorable start with a 74 and has stayed on the sidelines since then. Although he achieved a 68 on Saturday, he is nine strokes away.\n\nHatton becomes the main contender, thanks to his round of 67, which puts him in the chasing group.\n\nFor Hatton to be crowned champion, he would need to win and for McIlroy to finish outside the top eight, although, given the number of players close in the standings, it is not an outlandish possibility.\n\n
Today’s round has given me an opportunity.<\/p>Tyrrell Hatton<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nNeergaard-Petersen also has a lot at stake. With a clean card after an initial bogey, he managed a 68, securing a place in the final group of the season and his first time playing with McIlroy. A good result could mean a top 10 finish for the Dane, which would earn him a PGA Tour card in 2026.\n\n
My big goal this year has been to see if I could win here, and obviously, if I were to achieve it tomorrow, it would be incredible.<\/p>Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nIn the group following one stroke behind are Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard (65), Matt Fitzpatrick (66), Tommy Fleetwood (68), Laurie Canter (68) and Angel Ayora from Spain, who closed with a bogey for a 67.\n\nNicolai H\u00f8jgaard, with a 73, and Justin Rose (70) and Ludvig \u00c5berg (67) are only two strokes away.\n\nThis sets the stage for an unpredictable finish to the European circuit season, with McIlroy seeking his seventh title as Europe’s number one, approaching Colin Montgomerie’s record.\n\nThis has already been an exceptional year for McIlroy, who completed the career Grand Slam at Augusta National, won The Players Championship and Pebble Beach, took the Irish Open and led Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup.\n\n
I certainly could have enjoyed these last few weeks. But the Race to Dubai is important to me, and it’s important for me to try to get closer to Monty. As I said, I’ve put myself in a great position to do that tomorrow.<\/p>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2013 Rory McIlroy put on an exciting performance at the DP World Tour Championship, achieving three birdies in the last five holes for a 68 (-4), which secured him sharing the lead with Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen from Denmark. McIlroy seeks his fourth consecutive title in the Race to Dubai. The competition at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10183,163,10184,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-78895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-dp-world-tour","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-race-to-dubai","11":"tag-rory-mcilroy"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}