{"id":786748,"date":"2023-02-04T18:23:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T18:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=786748"},"modified":"2023-02-04T18:33:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T18:33:39","slug":"zander-lombard-takes-lead-with-flawless-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/zander-lombard-takes-lead-with-flawless-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Zander Lombard takes lead with flawless round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zander Lombard started the day four shots behind the lead but produced nine birdies in a flawless round to close with a 63 and a one shot lead at 16-under in the Ras Al Khaimah Championship.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DPWorldTour\/status\/1621882518705262596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1621882518705262596%7Ctwgr%5Edbd66f2afab4ed7622818de1c83b9e710e551674%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FDPWorldTour2Fstatus2F1621882518705262596widget%3DTweet<\/p>\n<p>“It feels good. I did a lot of things really good. Just kept it steady, kept it solid and managed to hole a few putts and get some good momentum going,” said the South African.<\/p>\n<p>“Nine under par, you don’t shoot that every day but I felt solid straight out the blocks – I started birdie-par-birdie – and I just kept the mistakes off the card and that’s the key to a good round.”<\/p>\n<p>Lombard is still seeking his maiden victory on the DP World Tour.<\/p>\n<p>“I’ve knocked on a lot of doors so it would be good to get over the line (for a win), but we\u2019ll see what happens tomorrow.”<\/p>\n<p>Dane Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard saved par at his final hole in spite of finding the water and lies in second place after closing with a 68.<\/p>\n<p>England<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/ras-al-khaimah-championship-2023-r2-david-law-takes-share-of-lead-heading-into-the-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">‘<\/a>s Daniel Gavins carded a bogey-free 68 to move into third place at 14-under followed by France’s Matthieu Pavon (67) in fourth at 13-under.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Nicolai H\u00f8jgaard is tied in fifth place at 12-under alongside Sweden<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">‘<\/a>s Alexander Bj\u00f6rk.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DPWorldTour\/status\/1621905168009666562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1621905168009666562%7Ctwgr%5E4cd83034a4b65d60fc0c6a758b45d1a58d564857%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FDPWorldTour2Fstatus2F1621905168009666562widget%3DTweet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ras Al Khaimah Championship R3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[1781,98,9295,88,89,1783,7177,90,91,92,94,2461,1805],"class_list":["post-786748","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-february-2023","tag-golf-news","tag-news","tag-ras-al-khaimah","tag-ras-al-khaimah-championship","tag-reports","tag-results","tag-scores","tag-tournament","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-zander-lombard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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