Desert Classic 2022 R3
January 27-30
Emirates GC, Dubai, UAE
$8,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Justin Harding is on course to win his first Rolex Series title at Emirates Golf Club. The South African carded a 71 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead into the final day.

Desert Classic 2022 R3

“At the end of the day, I’ve just got to go out and keep doing what I’m doing and make a couple of birdies and shoot 70, 69, something like that. Make them shoot five or six under par and credit to them.

“I thought I played quite solid. It was a difficult day to be fair, some tough flags to get at. There were times when I didn’t quite put the ball in play and I couldn’t really go anywhere near them.”

Desert Classic 2022 R3

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy kept climbing up the leaderboard and signed for a 69 to move into second place followed by South African Erik van Rooyen (71) and Englishman Tommy Fleetwood (69) in third place at 9-under.

Six players are tied in fifth place at 8-under including Englishmen Tyrell Hatton (73), Richard Bland (71) and defending champion Paul Casey (70).

Desert Classic 2022 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3
1	HARDING, Justin	-12	65	68	71
2	MCILROY, Rory	-10	71	66	69
3	VAN ROOYEN, Erik	-9	69	67	71
​	FLEETWOOD, Tommy	-9	67	71	69
5	HATTON, Tyrrell	-8	69	66	73
​	MERONK, Adrian	-8	69	68	71
​	ZANOTTI, Fabrizio	-8	66	70	72
​	BLAND, Richard	-8	69	68	71
​	CASEY, Paul	-8	70	68	70
​	WIESBERGER, Bernd	-8	71	68	69

Desert Classic 2022 R3

11	HARRINGTON, Padraig	-7	70	70	69
​	WESTWOOD, Lee	-7	69	69	71
13	HOVLAND, Viktor	-6	68	69	73
​	ARMITAGE, Marcus	-6	70	68	72
​	GARCIA, Sergio	-6	67	74	69
​	SCHMID, Matti	-6	73	68	69
​	SMITH, Jordan	-6	72	69	69
18	SAMOOJA, Kalle	-5	68	74	69
​	WALLACE, Matt	-5	69	73	69
20	LANGASQUE, Romain	-4	70	70	72
​	MORIKAWA, Collin	-4	68	73	71
​	SCOTT, Adam	-4	69	72	71
23	PAVAN, Andrea	-3	67	73	73
​	HORSFIELD, Sam	-3	69	69	75
​	STONE, Brandon	-3	68	72	73
	JAMIESON, Scott	-3	69	71	73
​	MOLINARI, Edoardo	-3	70	72	71
​	COETZEE, George	-3	70	72	71
​	LAGERGREN, Joakim	-3	69	74	70
​	HERBERT, Lucas	-3	70	73	70
​	HILL, Josh (AM)	-3	70	74	69
​	LOWRY, Shane	-3	71	74	68
33	CAMPILLO, Jorge	-2	72	73	69
​	HØJGAARD, Rasmus	-2	73	71	70
​	ELVIRA, Nacho	-2	70	74	70
​	FOX, Ryan	-2	72	73	69
​	WU, Ashun	-2	75	70	69
​	CABRERA BELLO, Rafa	-2	72	73	69
​	BURMESTER, Dean	-2	71	74	69
40	RAMSAY, Richie	-1	74	69	72
​	PIETERS, Thomas	-1	70	69	76
​	SULLIVAN, Andy	-1	72	73	70
​	GUERRIER, Julien	-1	73	72	70
​	ANTCLIFF, Maverick	-1	69	75	71
45	BERTASIO, Nino	Par	70	70	76
​	APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech	Par	68	72	76
​	KJELDSEN, Søren	Par	69	73	74
​	LI, Haotong	Par	73	70	73
​	JORDAN, Matthew	Par	70	73	73
​	VAN TONDER, Daniel	Par	73	71	72
	BJÖRK, Alexander	Par	75	69	72
​	FORREST, Grant	Par	70	74	72
​	ROZNER, Antoine	Par	71	73	72
54	CATLIN, John	+1	72	69	76
​	VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai	+1	77	66	74
​	FISHER, Ross	+1	71	72	74
​	OTAEGUI, Adrian	+1	71	74	72
​	VEERMAN, Johannes	+1	71	74	72
59	HANSEN, Joachim B.	+2	65	72	81
​	LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo	+2	67	75	76
​	WALTERS, Justin	+2	69	72	77
​	GOUVEIA, Ricardo	+2	71	72	75
​	BJØRN, Thomas	+2	75	70	73
​	GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian	+2	68	76	74
​	OLESEN, Thorbjørn	+2	73	71	74
​	STENSON, Henrik	+2	73	72	73
​	PEREZ, Victor	+2	73	72	73
68	JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz	+3	71	72	76
​	SCHWARTZEL, Charl	+3	74	69	76
​	GAVINS, Daniel	+3	70	75	74
71	DRYSDALE, David	+4	74	70	76
​	SHARMA, Shubhankar	+4	72	72	76
73	HIGGO, Garrick	+5	70	73	78
​	JAIDEE, Thongchai	+5	67	73	81
​	SODERBERG, Sebastian	+5	70	74	77
​	LAW, David	+5	70	74	77
​	CANTER, Laurie	+5	75	69	77
78	HORSEY, David	+6	72	73	77
​	LEVY, Alexander	+6	74	71	77
80	BJERREGAARD, Lucas	+7	71	73	79
81	ROCK, Robert	+10	72	73	81
CUT
82	BENNETT, Samuel (AM)	+2	70	76	–
​	SYME, Connor	+2	75	71	–
​	KORHONEN, Mikko	+2	73	73	–
​	KIEFFER, Maximilian	+2	73	73	–
​	WARING, Paul*	+2	74	72	–
​	DONALDSON, Jamie*	+2	75	71	–
88	LUITEN, Joost*	+3	73	74	–
​	DETRY, Thomas*	+3	76	71	–
​	JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Ángel*	+3	74	73	–
​	KARLBERG, Rikard	+3	74	73	–
​	SCHWAB, Matthias	+3	72	75	–
​	BROBERG, Kristoffer	+3	74	73	–
​	WILLETT, Danny	+3	73	74	–
​	GALLACHER, Stephen	+3	72	75	–
​	WHITNELL, Dale*	+3	73	74	–
97	KINHULT, Marcus	+4	75	73	–
​	HELLIGKILDE, Marcus	+4	73	75	–
​	MIGLIOZZI, Guido	+4	75	73	–
100	ARNAUS, Adri*	+5	75	74	–
	ORMSBY, Wade	+5	76	73	–
​	MACINTYRE, Robert*	+5	74	75	–
​	HEND, Scott	+5	76	73	–
​	SHINKWIN, Callum*	+5	72	77	–
​	SINGH BRAR, Jack*	+5	72	77	–
​	HØJGAARD, Nicolai	+5	77	72	–
​	CAÑIZARES, Alejandro*	+5	74	75	–
​	MORRISON, James	+5	73	76	–
109	BROWN, Steven	+6	75	75	–
​	PAISLEY, Chris	+6	75	75	–
​	KAWAMURA, Masahiro*	+6	76	74	–
112	WARREN, Marc	+7	73	78	–
​	CROCKER, Sean*	+7	73	78	–
​	WOOD, Chris*	+7	74	77	–
115	WINTHER, Jeff*	+8	78	74	–
​	DUBUISSON, Victor*	+8	79	73	–
​	POULTER, Ian*	+8	74	78	–
​	LAWRENCE, Thriston*	+8	76	76	–
​	STERNE, Richard*	+8	74	78	–
​	CALDWELL, Jonathan*	+8	71	81	–
​	VAN DRIEL, Darius*	+8	77	75	–
​	KANAYA, Takumi	+8	76	76	–
​	MONTGOMERIE, Colin	+8	80	72	–
​	SCRIVENER, Jason	+8	78	74	–
125	COLSAERTS, Nicolas	+9	76	77	–
126	VÄLIMÄKI, Sami	+10	77	77	–
127	FICHARDT, Darren	+12	80	76	–
128	BESSELING, Wil*	+13	77	80	–
​	SOUTHGATE, Matthew*	+13	79	78	–
130	LAPORTA, Francesco*	+14	79	79	–
131	SKAIK, Ahmad* (AM)	+15	75	84	–
132	PULKKANEN, Tapio	+16	80	80	–
	*Player started on the back nine