Double-bogeys blunt McIlroy charge
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RORY McIlroy made double bogeys on successive holes in the third round of the US$8 million DP World Tour Championship in Dubai yesterday, slipping four strokes behind joint leaders Henrik Stenson and Rafael Cabrera-Bello.
World No. 1 McIlroy began two shots adrift of Sweden’s Stenson, but the Northern Irishman sank three successive birdies on holes 5-7 and another at 10 to pull level. Then came 20 minutes of golf that will haunt McIlroy, already crowned European money list winner for a second season in three.
On the par-4 12, the 25-year-old found the bunker, recovered to within 30 feet of the pin, but rolled a putt six feet long and then missed again going back the other way.
At the par-3 13, McIlroy’s tee-shot found the gallery and twice he underplayed chips before double-putting. He sunk birdies on 14 and 18 — the latter after fluffing an eagle chance — for 70 and a 10-under 206.
Defending champion Stenson, 38, was steady throughout his round, sinking four birdies to card 68 and a 14-under 202. He has not dropped a shot for 32 holes.
Spain’s Cabrera-Bello (65) is level with Stenson on 202, England’s Justin Rose (68) is on 205 and four players are a stroke further back — McIlroy, Frenchman Victor Dubiusson (67), Tyrrell Hatton of Britain (68), and Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen (69).
In Manila, veteran Mardan Mamat will take a four-shot lead into the final round of the Asian Tour’s US$1 million Manila Masters after firing a 6-under 66 yesterday.
The 47-year-old began the third round tied at the top with South Korean Wang Jeung-hun (77) but the Singaporean burst out of the blocks with four straight birdies to move clear and finish with a three-day total of 17-under 199.
Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat will join Mamat in the final group today after the reigning Asian Tour Order of Merit winner hit a 68.
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