Thorbjørn Olesen started the day three shots behind the lead but carded a flawless 64 on Moving Day to take a two-shot lead at 18-under in the Thailand Classic.
.@Thorbjornolesen leads going into the final round.#ThailandClassic
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) February 18, 2023
The Dane’s recent form has been good having finished in the top 20 in his all three of his starts this year. A win on Sunday would be his seventh DP World Tour title.
“I think overall it was a pretty good round.
“I didn’t get in a lot of trouble and at some of the par fours and par fives I hit it pretty close and could two-putt for birdie.
“I made it fairly easy today for myself, which is nice. It’s not always like that.”
Conditions on the floating 17th green were such that a local rule was in place allowing the use of rangefinders.
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) February 18, 2023
Germany’s Yannik Paul (66) and fellow Dane Nicolai Højgaard (64) are tied in second place at 16-under followed by the Netherlands’ Joost Luiten (65) in fourth at 15-under.
England’s Dale Whitnell carded a bogey-free 67 for a share of fifth place at 14-under alongside South Korea‘s Jeunghun Wang (67) and Japan‘s Kazuki Higa (68).
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | -18 | 67 | 67 | 64 |
| 2 | PAUL, Yannik | -16 | 65 | 69 | 66 |
| | HØJGAARD, Nicolai | -16 | 70 | 66 | 64 |
| 4 | LUITEN, Joost | -15 | 69 | 67 | 65 |
| 5 | WHITNELL, Dale | -14 | 69 | 66 | 67 |
| | WANG, Jeunghun | -14 | 68 | 67 | 67 |
| | HIGA, Kazuki | -14 | 70 | 64 | 68 |
| 8 | KNAPPE, Alexander | -13 | 65 | 69 | 69 |
| | ZANOTTI, Fabrizio | -13 | 66 | 67 | 70 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | -13 | 66 | 65 | 72 |
| 11 | VÄLIMÄKI, Sami | -12 | 64 | 71 | 69 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | -12 | 67 | 70 | 67 |
| | PAVON, Matthieu | -12 | 68 | 67 | 69 |
| 14 | MOLINARI, Edoardo | -11 | 70 | 70 | 65 |
| | ROZNER, Antoine | -11 | 67 | 69 | 69 |
| | SORDET, Clément | -11 | 68 | 67 | 70 |
| 17 | FORREST, Grant | -10 | 68 | 71 | 67 |
| | SAMOOJA, Kalle | -10 | 69 | 70 | 67 |
| | SADDIER, Adrien | -10 | 68 | 70 | 68 |
| 20 | SCIOT-SIEGRIST, Robin | -9 | 66 | 75 | 66 |
| | SCHAPER, Jayden | -9 | 69 | 72 | 66 |
| | CHANTANANUWAT, TK Ratchanon (AM) | -9 | 72 | 66 | 69 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | -9 | 71 | 65 | 71 |
| | NØRGAARD, Niklas | -9 | 69 | 70 | 68 |
| | BRING, Christoffer | -9 | 67 | 67 | 73 |
| 26 | MANSELL, Richard | -8 | 71 | 69 | 68 |
| | HILLIER, Daniel | -8 | 72 | 68 | 68 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | -8 | 69 | 68 | 71 |
| | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | -8 | 69 | 70 | 69 |
| | SYME, Connor | -8 | 71 | 68 | 69 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | -8 | 68 | 67 | 73 |
| | SIMONSEN, Martin | -8 | 64 | 72 | 72 |
| 33 | LAGERGREN, Joakim | -7 | 69 | 72 | 68 |
| | BJØRN, Thomas | -7 | 71 | 69 | 69 |
| | HUIZING, Daan | -7 | 69 | 72 | 68 |
| | VAN TONDER, Daniel | -7 | 68 | 72 | 69 |
| | BJÖRK, Alexander | -7 | 67 | 73 | 69 |
| | GAVINS, Daniel | -7 | 68 | 71 | 70 |
| | KANAYA, Takumi | -7 | 72 | 67 | 70 |
| | LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | -7 | 67 | 72 | 70 |
| | WU, Ekpharit | -7 | 71 | 68 | 70 |
| 42 | PARRY, John | -6 | 72 | 69 | 69 |
| | AIKEN, Thomas | -6 | 68 | 72 | 70 |
| | GANDAS, Manu | -6 | 71 | 69 | 70 |
| | BACHEM, Nick | -6 | 68 | 71 | 71 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -6 | 70 | 68 | 72 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | -6 | 68 | 69 | 73 |
| | BROWN, Daniel | -6 | 72 | 67 | 71 |
| | LAWRENCE, Thriston | -6 | 66 | 68 | 76 |
| 50 | MACINTYRE, Robert | -5 | 68 | 73 | 70 |
| WU, Ashun | -5 | 69 | 72 | 70 | |
| | WARREN, Marc | -5 | 72 | 69 | 70 |
| | WALTERS, Justin | -5 | 73 | 68 | 70 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | -5 | 69 | 72 | 70 |
| | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | -5 | 68 | 70 | 73 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | -5 | 72 | 69 | 70 |
| | HANNA, Chase | -5 | 72 | 68 | 71 |
| | AXELSEN, John | -5 | 70 | 67 | 74 |
| 59 | DEL REY, Alejandro | -4 | 68 | 73 | 71 |
| | DE JAGER, Louis | -4 | 72 | 69 | 71 |
| | PIKE, Aaron | -4 | 69 | 71 | 72 |
| | HUNDEBØLL, Oliver | -4 | 70 | 70 | 72 |
| | KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur | -4 | 70 | 70 | 72 |
| | FAHRBRING, Jens | -4 | 70 | 69 | 73 |
| | JAIDEE, Thongchai | -4 | 69 | 70 | 73 |
| 66 | LEE, Joshua | -3 | 67 | 74 | 72 |
| | FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | -3 | 69 | 71 | 73 |
| | WINDRED, Blake | -3 | 69 | 72 | 72 |
| | WARING, Paul | -3 | 70 | 70 | 73 |
| | HURLEY, Gary | -3 | 71 | 67 | 75 |
| 71 | CAMPILLO, Jorge | -1 | 70 | 70 | 75 |
| | DOBBELAAR, Louis | -1 | 70 | 70 | 75 |
| 73 | MORRISON, James | 1 | 71 | 69 | 77 |
| 74 | SCHOTT, Freddy | 2 | 72 | 69 | 77 |
| CUT | |||||
| 75 | VAN DRIEL, Darius | -2 | 67 | 75 | - |
| | KAWAMURA, Masahiro | -2 | 68 | 74 | - |
| | LI, Haotong | -2 | 69 | 73 | - |
| | EDÉN, Tobias* | -2 | 70 | 72 | - |
| | PORTEOUS, Garrick* | -2 | 70 | 72 | - |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | -2 | 72 | 70 | - |
| | KJELDSEN, Søren* | -2 | 73 | 69 | - |
| | MCKIBBIN, Tom* | -2 | 71 | 71 | - |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd* | -2 | 72 | 70 | - |
| | DANTORP, Jens | -2 | 75 | 67 | - |
| | KORHONEN, Mikko | -2 | 74 | 68 | - |
| | PAPADATOS, Dimitrios | -2 | 70 | 72 | - |
| | HELLIGKILDE, Marcus | -2 | 69 | 73 | - |
| 88 | RAVETTO, David* | -1 | 72 | 71 | - |
| | BALDWIN, Matthew* | -1 | 70 | 73 | - |
| | SMITH, Jordan | -1 | 73 | 70 | - |
| | LAW, David | -1 | 68 | 75 | - |
| | EASTON, Bryce* | -1 | 69 | 74 | - |
| | REDMAN, Jake | -1 | 69 | 74 | - |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy* | -1 | 72 | 71 | - |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen* | -1 | 70 | 73 | - |
| 96 | LORENZO-VERA, Mike* | Par | 71 | 73 | - |
| | GREEN, Gavin | Par | 77 | 67 | - |
| | JORDAN, Matthew* | Par | 73 | 71 | - |
| | WINTHER, Jeff* | Par | 74 | 70 | - |
| | TARRIO, Santiago* | Par | 73 | 71 | - |
| CATLIN, John | Par | 69 | 75 | - | |
| | HEBERT, Benjamin* | Par | 72 | 72 | - |
| 103 | WILSON, Andrew* | +1 | 71 | 74 | - |
| | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | +1 | 73 | 72 | - |
| | STALTER, Joël | +1 | 72 | 73 | - |
| | COETZEE, George | +1 | 73 | 72 | - |
| | JAMIESON, Scott | +1 | 71 | 74 | - |
| | LONG, Hurly* | +1 | 72 | 73 | - |
| 109 | GERMISHUYS, Deon | +2 | 74 | 72 | - |
| | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | +2 | 74 | 72 | - |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | +2 | 74 | 72 | - |
| | QUAYLE, Anthony | +2 | 75 | 71 | - |
| 113 | LINDBERG, Mikael* | +3 | 72 | 75 | - |
| | MURPHY, John | +3 | 70 | 77 | - |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | +3 | 72 | 75 | - |
| 116 | SEMIKAWA, Taiga | +4 | 72 | 76 | - |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | +4 | 75 | 73 | - |
| | VILJOEN, MJ | +4 | 73 | 75 | - |
| | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian* | +4 | 73 | 75 | - |
| 120 | STAL, Gary | +5 | 74 | 75 | - |
| | JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh* | +5 | 75 | 74 | - |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | +5 | 72 | 77 | - |
| | VENTER, Albert | +5 | 71 | 78 | - |
| 124 | PULKKANEN, Tapio | +6 | 73 | 77 | - |
| | FREIBURGHAUS, Jeremy* | +6 | 72 | 78 | - |
| | HUTSBY, Sam* | +6 | 75 | 75 | - |
| 127 | VONGVANIJ, Arnond* | +8 | 73 | 79 | - |
| 128 | TANNIN, Kwanchai* | +11 | 79 | 76 | - |
| 129 | CHENGYAO, Ma | +13 | 79 | 78 | - |
| 130 | WIEBE, Gunner* | +14 | 80 | 78 | - |
| 131 | PIAMKULVANICH, Ashita (AM) | +25 | 84 | 85 | - |
| W/D | DONALDSON, Jamie* | +2 | 74 | - | - |
