Omega Dubai Desert Classic R3

January 28 – 31
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
$3,250,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Paul Casey produced a stunning birdie-eagle finish in a bogey free round of 64 to take a one shot lead into the final day of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.

“It’s a glorious finish. I said to Johnny on the fairway there, that was a cool-looking shot when Monty hit a driver off the deck without the skyline you get now, and it might be cooler now with the skyline. It’s one of the iconic shots in golf, isn’t it. To have a perfect three iron in there and finish off with an eagle is pretty cool.

“I mean, you can never say flawless, can you, because there’s always errors but it was very controlled. Really enjoyable round of golf, challenging yet at the same time with a little bit of wind here and there. I’ve been very fortunate. The strong asset I have in this game is the way I drive it, the length. The game has gone more and more towards length, and I’m fortunate that I’m still able to lean on that strength and compete out here.”

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The Englishman will go in search of his 15th European Tour title after matching the lowest round of the week to get to 15 under par and lead by one from Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre. The 24 year old is aiming to win in consecutive seasons after claiming his maiden victory at the 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open, and a strong finish at Emirates Golf Club could propel him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career.

“I played great golf,” said MacIntyre. “I controlled my golf ball I think as good as I have all week. The wind was up more today. I was patient, and committed to every shot. That’s something I struggled with last year. But this year, it’s been drilled into me by many people: Accept what comes. Just control what you can control. And it’s working well.

“It’s as high as it’s ever been. I’m driving it great. Three wood, five wood, new clubs in the bag, they have been absolutely brilliant. And I’m striking it. I really am striking my irons as well as I struck it late last year. Looking forward to tomorrow and see what it brings.

“Same as always, go for it. I’m not going to hang about. I’m going to put it all on the line whether it’s good or bad. But tomorrow, hopefully it’s going to be good and I’ve just got to enjoy it again. It’s another experience that I want to get, you know what I mean. It’s something that not many people get the chance at my age to do, and I’ll give it everything I’ve got. It would be unbelievable. Still a long way to go, 18 holes. I’m just focused on the tee shot off the first tomorrow.”

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Three-time European Tour winner Brandon Stone of South Africa is a shot further back on 13 under par, with Major winner and 2017 Omega Dubai Desert Classic champion Sergio Garcia at ten under par alongside Englishman Laurie Canter.

“Just solid golf all the way around to be fair,” said Stone. “Drove the ball really nicely all day. Managed to hole some nice putts on the front nine, which always gets the adrenaline and momentum going. Felt very calm and collected all day. Hit the ball fantastically well. Felt like I was putting for birdie on almost every hole, so whenever that’s the case, you’re always going to figure like there’s a low number in you.

“The list of illustrious winners that has won here before is obviously incredible, but at the same time the golf course has its own history and the event itself has that prestige around it. You always want to be playing against the best players, but you want to be playing on the best courses and winning the best tournaments, and I’ve given myself the opportunity to do that tomorrow.”

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Finland’s Kalle Samooja is then at nine under par, with Major winner and Olympic Gold Medallist Justin Rose, South African Justin Harding and Thomas Detry of Belgium rounding out the top ten on Pink Saturday, as players, caddies, officials, staff and volunteers donned pink to raise awareness for breast cancer research in association with the Al Jalila Foundation.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Paul Casey	-15	67	70	64	201
2	Robert MacIntyre	-14	67	68	67	202
3	Brandon Stone	-13	70	67	66	203
T4	Laurie Canter	-10	70	68	68	206
T4	Sergio Garcia	-10	66	73	67	206
6	Kalle Samooja	-9	68	68	71	207
T7	Thomas Detry	-8	67	67	74	208
T7	Justin Harding	-8	66	70	72	208
T7	Justin Rose	-8	71	69	68	208
T10	Tommy Fleetwood	-7	68	68	73	209
T10	Padraig Harrington	-7	71	69	69	209
T10	Scott Jamieson	-7	70	71	68	209
T10	Mikko Korhonen	-7	70	67	72	209
T10	Alexander Levy	-7	70	68	71	209
T10	Shane Lowry	-7	70	72	67	209
T10	Lee Westwood	-7	69	68	72	209
T17	Rafa Cabrera Bello	-6	73	71	66	210
T17	Nicolas Colsaerts	-6	70	73	67	210
T17	Antoine Rozner	-6	70	71	69	210
T17	Shubhankar Sharma	-6	70	68	72	210
T17	Bernd Wiesberger	-6	73	68	69	210
T22	Adri Arnaus	-5	68	69	74	211
T22	Matthew Fitzpatrick	-5	70	71	70	211
T22	Tyrrell Hatton	-5	76	64	71	211
T22	Takumi Kanaya	-5	70	69	72	211
T22	David Lipsky	-5	72	71	68	211
T22	Guido Migliozzi	-5	71	67	73	211
T22	Justin Walters	-5	72	70	69	211
T29	Lucas Herbert	-4	74	66	72	212
T29	Kurt Kitayama	-4	65	72	75	212
T29	Wade Ormsby	-4	68	73	71	212
T29	Thomas Pieters	-4	71	73	68	212
T29	Matthias Schwab	-4	70	69	73	212
T29	Ashun Wu	-4	71	71	70	212
T35	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-3	68	71	74	213
T35	Ryan Fox	-3	73	69	71	213
T35	Rasmus Højgaard	-3	72	72	69	213
T35	Martin Kaymer	-3	68	70	75	213
T35	Joost Luiten	-3	74	69	70	213
T35	Adrian Otaegui	-3	67	74	72	213
T35	Richard Sterne	-3	64	74	75	213
T42	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-2	74	70	70	214
T42	Steven Brown	-2	72	70	72	214
T42	Grant Forrest	-2	74	69	71	214
T42	Pablo Larrazabal	-2	70	73	71	214
T42	Jason Scrivener	-2	75	69	70	214
T42	Matt Wallace	-2	71	71	72	214
T42	Fabrizio Zanotti	-2	71	67	76	214
T49	Nino Bertasio	-1	75	68	72	215
T49	Alexander Björk	-1	71	71	73	215
T49	Dean Burmester	-1	72	72	71	215
T49	Andy Sullivan	-1	70	72	73	215
T49	Danny Willett	-1	74	69	72	215
T49	Jeff Winther	-1	69	75	71	215
T55	Ashley Chesters	E	72	72	72	216
T55	Ross Fisher	E	68	74	74	216
T55	Benjamin Hebert	E	72	72	72	216
T55	Marcus Kinhult	E	70	72	74	216
T59	Sean Crocker	1	71	73	73	217
T59	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	1	71	72	74	217
T59	Edoardo Molinari	1	76	67	74	217
T59	Renato Paratore	1	74	70	73	217
T59	Jayden Schaper	1	70	73	74	217
T59	Sami Valimaki	1	71	73	73	217
T65	George Coetzee	2	72	72	74	218
T65	Chris Wood	2	71	73	74	218
T67	Richie Ramsay	3	71	72	76	219
T67	Jordan Smith	3	71	73	75	219
T69	Miguel Angel Jiménez	4	74	70	76	220
T69	Collin Morikawa	4	71	73	76	220
71	Gavin Kyle Green	11	73	71	83	227
CUT	John Catlin	1	74	71		145
CUT	Victor Dubuisson	1	72	73		145
CUT	Oliver Fisher	1	71	74		145
CUT	Sebastian Heisele	1	71	74		145
CUT	Scott Hend	1	69	76		145
CUT	Andrew Johnston	1	73	72		145
CUT	David Langley	1	72	73		145
CUT	David Law	1	72	73		145
CUT	Victor Perez	1	72	73		145
CUT	Ian Poulter	1	76	69		145
CUT	Kristoffer Broberg	2	72	74		146
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	2	74	72		146
CUT	Robert Karlsson	2	72	74		146
CUT	Masahiro Kawamura	2	71	75		146
CUT	Søren Kjeldsen	2	72	74		146
CUT	Chris Paisley	2	73	73		146
CUT	Eduard Rousaud (a)	2	73	73		146
CUT	David Drysdale	3	73	74		147
CUT	Stephen Gallacher	3	74	73		147
CUT	Julien Guerrier	3	72	75		147
CUT	Joachim B. Hansen	3	72	75		147
CUT	David Horsey	3	72	75		147
CUT	Romain Langasque	3	68	79		147
CUT	Zander Lombard	3	73	74		147
CUT	James Morrison	3	75	72		147
CUT	Eddie Pepperell	3	74	73		147
CUT	Haydn Porteous	3	76	71		147
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	3	72	75		147
CUT	Paul Waring	3	75	72		147
CUT	Gaganjeet Bhullar	4	77	71		148
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	4	75	73		148
CUT	Aaron Rai	4	72	76		148
CUT	Sebastian Soderberg	4	74	74		148
CUT	David Hague	5	75	74		149
CUT	Graeme McDowell	5	76	73		149
CUT	Richard McEvoy	5	78	71		149
CUT	Wilco Nienaber	5	74	75		149
CUT	Callum Shinkwin	5	75	74		149
CUT	Matthew Southgate	5	74	75		149
CUT	Thomas Bjørn	6	74	76		150
CUT	Ernie Els	6	73	77		150
CUT	Maximilian Kieffer	6	76	74		150
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	6	70	80		150
CUT	Min Woo Lee	6	75	75		150
CUT	Haotong Li	6	72	78		150
CUT	Julian Suri	6	72	78		150
CUT	Connor Syme	6	72	78		150
CUT	Jorge Campillo	7	77	74		151
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	7	75	76		151
CUT	Henrik Stenson	7	74	77		151
CUT	Garrick Higgo	8	76	76		152
CUT	David Howell	8	73	79		152
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	8	79	73		152
CUT	Curtis Knipes (a)	8	79	73		152
CUT	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	8	78	74		152
CUT	Ross McGowan	8	76	76		152
CUT	Oliver Wilson	9	76	77		153
CUT	Shergo Al Kurdi	11	76	79		155
CUT	Karim El Hali	16	82	78		160
WD	Robert Rock	3	75			75
WD	Andrea Pavan	5	57			57