One birdie all round but still just one shot from the lead.
Dutchman Joost Luiten knows how to win though in saying that it’s been eight years since he last won on the DP World Tour and that being a sixth Tour success in the 2018 Oman Open.
However after four top-10s this year, including a sixth in the BMW PGA Championship and a season-best of a T5th in the more recent DP World India Championship, it’s not surprise that Luiten is after a sixth DP World Tour ‘W’.
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“You have to hit them a little bit closer than what I did today” , he said.
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As well, Luiten one of the stalwarts out on Tour, teeing-up in his 442nd Tour start and looking to bolster his sizeable $16.2m prize purse.
Though in golf, no round is never quiet the same as he will now tell us.
Luiten was the first out on Thursday and posting a five-under 67 that held up all day as the leading score though it was a different scenario in dropping a shot to be tied in third place at four-under on day two of the $10m event.
“Well, I felt like yesterday I played, obviously, first group out, the greens were pure, a bit softer. There was a little bit of moist in the greens,” said Luiten.
“And this afternoon they were just baked and a bit crusty on some of the holes, and then it’s hard to hole those 10-, 12-footers. But again, you have to hit them a little bit closer than what I did today.
“So, I’m back in the same position as where I started. I’m just looking up and trying to put a score together and be happy on the golf course, as happy as I can be, and then we’ll see what it brings for the weekend.”
Keep it going Joost.
