Following a red-hot rollercoaster of a third round, europeantour.com picks out the best stats, storylines and more from Moving Day at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
4 – Danny Willett will be going for a fourth European Tour title on Sunday after a superb seven under par 65 handed the Englishman a one-shot lead heading into Sunday
67 – Rafa Cabrera-Bello’s score for the third day running. He’ll start Sunday one back
20 – Top ten finishes for the Spaniard since winning his last European Tour event here 48 months ago
Rafa Cabrera-Bello celebrates after holing his bunker shot at the third.
17 – Greens in Regulation for the Smiling Assassin in the third round
-34 – Andy Sullivan is 34 under par for his last seven rounds in Dubai (-20 in finishing second at the DP World Tour Championship last November and -14 through three rounds this week)
6 – Shots Scott Hend was under par for the last six holes on Saturday after finishing eagle-birdie-birdie-par-birdie-birdie
74 – Equals Ernie Els’ worst ever score in 53 rounds at Emirates Golf Club. Saturday was the first time the Big Easy has ever shot over par here on a Saturday in a run stretching back to 1993.
-11 – Rory McIlroy’s score to par on the back nine so far this week. No one has played the closing nine holes better this week.
No one has played the back nine better this week than defending champion Rory McIlroy.
5 – Players ranking in excess of 300 yards from the tee so far this week (Scott Hend, Lucas Bjerregaard, Pelle Edberg, Rory McIlroy, Ross Fisher)
5 – Number of fairways Matt Fitzpatrick has missed so far this week. No other player has found more.
7 – Each of the last seven groups for Sunday’s final round contain two European Tour winners
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