Round 3
Tyrrell Hatton leads the DP World Tour Championship on 9 under par after round 3, and leads by one shot from Victor Perez on 8 under par. Scoring was good: the field averaged 1.30 under par, and 31 of the 50 players who finished broke par. Dan Bradbury had the low round of the day, a 66. Of all the holes, the par-5 7th gave up the most strokes.
| Pos | Player | Round 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrrell Hatton | 68 (-4) | -9 |
| 2 | Victor Perez | 67 (-5) | -8 |
| 3 | Mikael Lindberg | 69 (-3) | -6 |
| 4 | Adam Scott | 67 (-5) | -5 |
| 4 | Eugenio Chacarra | 68 (-4) | -5 |
| 4 | Francesco Laporta | 68 (-4) | -5 |
| 4 | Rory Mcilroy | 72 (E) | -5 |
| 8 | Dan Bradbury | 66 (-6) | -4 |
| 8 | Jayden Schaper | 70 (-2) | -4 |
| 8 | Kristoffer Reitan | 72 (E) | -4 |
| Round 3 | |
|---|---|
| Scoring average | 70.70 (1.30 under par) |
| Players under par | 31 of 50 |
| Low round | 66 (-6): Dan Bradbury |
| Hardest hole | 9th (par 4): 0.32 over par |
| Easiest hole | 7th (par 5): 0.52 under par |
The scoring average is over the players who completed the round. The holes are from the In-Running page's hole averages.
The leader
Hatton shot 68, a round that included one eagle, four birdies and two bogeys. Most of his gains came from the tee and the green: he gained 1.09 strokes off the tee and 1.07 putting, while his short game cost him a little. Over the event so far, his game fits the course's key metrics. On greens in regulation, a HIGH metric, he ranks joint 3rd, a perfect match. On the CRITICAL metrics, driving distance and play off the tee, he is a match.
| Stat | Round 3 | Event so far |
|---|---|---|
| SG: Off the tee | +1.09 (4) | +0.79 (6) |
| SG: Approach | +0.67 (18) | +1.00 (9) |
| SG: Around the green | -0.13 (28) | +0.47 (12) |
| SG: Putting | +1.07 (11) | +0.85 (11) |
| Driving distance | 320.5 (12) | 318.5 (10) |
| Driving accuracy | 64.3% (13) | 61.9% (19) |
| Greens in regulation | 77.8% (16) | 77.8% (3) |
| Scrambling | 75.0% (4) | 50.0% (27) |
| Putts per round | 29.0 (15) | 29.7 (9) |
Each figure with his rank in the field in brackets, as the In-Running page ranks it. The event so far is rounds 1 to 3: strokes gained, driving distance and accuracy, greens in regulation and putts per round averaged over his rounds, ranked among the players who completed them.
Course Fit ranks each week's field by how closely each player's game over the last 12 months matches what the course rewards beyond the tour norm. This table checks Course Fit's profile of Jumeirah against the week so far: its key metrics, with the leader's rank on each over rounds 1 to 3. The higher the leader ranks on them, round by round, the more the course is rewarding what Course Fit says it does.
See this week's Course Fit table for the DP World Tour
| Key metric | Priority | Tyrrell Hatton, rank over rounds 1 to 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Driving distance | CRITICAL | 10, match |
| Off the tee | CRITICAL | 6, match |
| Greens in regulation | HIGH | 3, perfect match |
Priority is how much the course rewards the metric, read against every venue's Course Fit weights. The rank is over rounds 1 to 3. The verdict: a perfect match is a top-5 rank, a match the top quarter, neutral the top half, an anomaly below.
On the move
Dan Bradbury made the biggest climb into the top 10, rising 17 places. Adam Scott and Eugenio Chacarra also moved up into it. Joost Luiten fell furthest after a round over par. David Puig and Freddy Schott also dropped out of the top 10.
| Player | After round 2 | After round 3 | Move | Round 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Bradbury | 25 | 8 | Up 17 | 66 (-6) |
| Adam Scott | 15 | 4 | Up 11 | 67 (-5) |
| Eugenio Chacarra | 11 | 4 | Up 7 | 68 (-4) |
| Joost Luiten | 3 | 25 | Down 22 | 76 (+4) |
| David Puig | 8 | 20 | Down 12 | 73 (+1) |
| Freddy Schott | 5 | 11 | Down 6 | 72 (E) |
Into the top 10, or out of it, by 5 places or more.
Progress / Regress targets
A Progress target has ranked much higher so far this week from tee to green or on approach than his position, but much lower for putting, although over the last 12 months he has been one of the better putters in this field. His position undersells his long game, and he may climb if his putting returns to its usual level.
A Regress target is the reverse: a weaker putter whose putting so far has lifted him well above what his long game has earned, so his position may flatter him.
Each figure is a rank in this week's field over the event so far, except the last column: his putting rank over the previous 12 months. Only players in the top 50 and ties after the round are considered.
| Target | Player | After round 3 | SG: T2G | SG: Approach | SG: Putting | Putting, last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress | Adrian Meronk | 17 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 2 |
| Regress | Joost Luiten | 25 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 44 |
Progress: SG: Tee to Green or SG: Approach rank over rounds 1 to 3 at least 13 places better than his position, SG: Putting at least 13 places worse, and in the field's top quarter for putting over the previous 12 months. Regress: the reverse, and outside that top quarter. Putting, last 12 months: his rank among the 50 in the field for strokes gained putting over the year before the event, as the CC: SG table ranks it.
Written automatically from the site's in-running data: every figure in it is worked out from it by code.