{"id":1249141,"date":"2024-01-27T18:07:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T18:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1249141"},"modified":"2024-01-27T18:19:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T18:19:49","slug":"ras-al-khaimah-championship-2024-r3-thorbjorn-olesen-takes-four-shot-lead-into-final-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/ras-al-khaimah-championship-2024-r3-thorbjorn-olesen-takes-four-shot-lead-into-final-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Thorbj\u00f8rn Olesen takes four-shot lead into final day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thorbj\u00f8rn Olesen carded a 63 marred by a single bogey to reach 22-under and take a four-shot lead into the final day at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Dane felt he played better than on Friday when he'd carded a 62.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought today I played a lot better (than yesterday). I hit a lot more fairways today, and that gave me the chance to be aggressive with the second shots. It was nice to find so many fairways. It was a great round again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll play roughly the same (tomorrow). You have a guy like Rasmus behind you and you know anything can happen with his firepower. You have to keep focused, do your own thing. It\u2019s never going to be easy but I\u2019m going to try my hardest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Round 3 Highlights | 2024 Ras Al Khaimah Championship\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W6Zfp6-FI-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Olesen has held the 54-hole lead on the DP World Tour seven times and went on to win six times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel pretty comfortable in that position,\u201d he said. There\u2019s always going to be nerves, but it\u2019s how you deal with it. I enjoy being in that position. That\u2019s what you practice for as a little kid, to have the chance to win on a Sunday on the DP World Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot of fun tomorrow. It would mean a lot. I have both my kids here and my wife. That would make it a lot more fun if I could do it tomorrow. It\u2019s nice to have them when you come off after a round and see the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Compatriot Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard who held a share of the overnight lead carded a 68 and slipped down into second place at 18-under.<\/p>\n<p>France's Frederic Lacroix carded a 66 featuring an eagle at the par-5 8th and a bogey to move into solo third place at 16-under<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/farmers-insurance-open-2024-r3-stephan-jaeger-holds-on-to-lead-after-high-scoring-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>South African Brandon Stone closed with a 67 for a share of fourth place at 15-under alongside Dane Marcus Helligkilde and Spaniard Angel Hidalgo who both carded 66s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spain's Manuel Elvira, who shared the overnight lead, carded a 72 and lies in a share of seventh place at 14-under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ras Al Khaimah Championship R3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1249143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[1781,98,7177,987],"class_list":["post-1249141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours","tag-al-hamra-golf-club","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-ras-al-khaimah-championship","tag-thorbjorn-olesen","priority_tax-homepage-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - 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