Round 3 Highlights | 2025 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

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The DP World Tour Play-Offs get under way this week with a stellar field assembled at Yas Links for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. After 40 events across five continents and 27 countries covering five Global Swings and the Back 9 we have reached the DP World Tour Play-Offs. We have so far seen 35 different winners, with 19 lifting a DP World Tour trophy for the first time. Race to Dubai Rankings leader McIlroy arrives at Yas Links looking for a seventh Harry Vardon Trophy and fourth in a row but he may well not have it all his own way in the UAE. Three-time winner this season Marco Penge is his nearest challenger and it’s very much game on. McIlroy may take the headlines but with all of the top 18 in the Race to Dubai Rankings and 66 of the top 70 on display, he will have to overcome an elite field to finally get his hands on the trophy at an event where he has nine top threes from 13 appearances. Seven of his Ryder Cup team-mates tee it up including Tommy Fleetwood and Robert MacIntyre, both of whom are also currently in the top ten on the Official World Golf Ranking. It’s All To Play For.

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They’re saying to sit, but I don’t know. He’s got a chance. [Applause] Teratton. What a way to start. It’s an eagle two for Hatton at the first. Oh, he likes it. Oh, wow. Wow. Wow. What a start this could be for Tier Hatton. He’s going high. There we go. Like you said, Jamie, once he’s got his teeth in it, he doesn’t let go. Hat. Eagle the first, eagle the second and a birdie at three. So that is five under par through the opening three holes. And Tier Hatton has moved within three shots of the lead, having been eight back, walking onto that first te to the first four holes in professional tournament golf. Well, they have now. Wow, what a start for Tier Hatton, who is now within two shots of the lead. on the way. He’s second. Not much of it ahead of Mroy here at three. And he has dialed that in nicely. Gripping all the way down and the steel weight in his toes. It was awkward as she said, Laura, he’s made pretty good job of that actually. Yeah, he had to try and get up on his tiptoes, didn’t he? Just to try and get himself balanc. Well, that’s not that bad. after standing in the bunker and hitting a chip. He wasn’t happy with it, but he isn’t happy with many things, left or right. Might be happy with that. Well, I you know, he’s one of those golfers that he winges and whines. Why would you winge and whine? I mean, four off the right. [Music] Little 3/4 swing. Flatten it down a bit. Oh, this is perfect. Absolutely perfect from Maroy. and he’s just done himself a water to good. Join the lead with that to six. Mroy, he gets within three. That’s funny. Pen right behind him, makes a birdie. Mroy slides another one on the hall in front of him. Over the next nine days. It’s going to be fun to watch. Now Sterny. Second shot into the first. Hello. That’s the second one we’ve seen today. Tier Hatton pulled it from the left hand side rough and now Richard Stern second bounced in little further down. Third shot ahead of Hoyard here. So might have had a spot of bother along the way. He’s got the length to reach into and then some. Tell you what, no problem whatsoever. That’s going to be a nice little tap in for Nikolai. Speed up a little on the putting surface. It’s going to move from left to right. It needs a bit of pace. Yeah, Fleetwood for Eagle stays up that time. Was looking through his statistics last night. Remarkably, he actually lost with his first nine 36 hole leads and he’s won his last two all in his last four starts. So the FedEx Cup, the DP World India Championship, the pace of Fleetwood and Sterny for Aaron Ry would do nicely. Something like that. Far 313. It’s only 148 yards today. They’re a short left in. You have to be a little bit careful around this hole. It’s a small target. There we go. It’s nicely done. Talking about somebody that needs to close within two. Oh, what a confident stroke. The confident hauling speed. Radar went too early with the wedge. No wind. They take it on. Well, let’s see if Aaron Ry can get the read right on this one at five and extend his lead at the top. And yes, he can. So, Ry is 17 under. All right, I say birthday chance at the par five 11 for Rory. Uphill back into the gray and we can see that. Oh, it’s a good read. He’s got away with it. Doesn’t matter where he went now into a little invasion of those years ago. Anyway, here’s Hatton. Another Englishman. Another maid from Tier Hatton. Good angle as well here for Fleetwood. Still needs to cut it though. [Applause] Longest iron in the bag of Fleetwood and it’s going to possibly knock it in the hole. What an excellent medium iron. Gets better and better. Going to release it a bit extra. It’ll come back. Great contact. Absolutely sublime Richard Sterling game it takes many many departments to be excellent at Tommy is a brilliant putter nowadays three under par through seven I’m backing him it’s pretty easy and right you were radar I’m right sometimes and now there are three that lead here and Abby Dabby including Nikolai Hoyod. Yeah, sweet. Very good. Very well wed out indeed. Just 152 just a wedge. Can he get it inside Sully’s ball? Great opportunity to He sure can. Certainly. Ah, this is an opportunity. just doesn’t want to move a lot down this hill. Inside right, but I’m clutching it stra clutch away. Perfection from it’s a birdie fest here in lengths today. It’s a blind pinpoint accuracy. It’s a pretty easy shot. This made to look easy. Good view of the birdie putt for Nikolai. Good view of it going in as well there at 11. And just like that, Maron Ry has company once more. Excellent shot. Oh, walking it in. Lovely. He said he’s been patting well, hasn’t he? All week. If I do that, I should get that step going. She’ll lip out. He was looking really good after 11 holes. He found six birdies to that point. But Bogey at 14, however, he does get one at the last. It’s a good score, Andrew, but I think it’s still a lot to try and catch up tomorrow. It’s a two-shot lead now. Helia alongside Caner and Smiley. penultimate hole. 217 Alvivera left to right and then it wants to come a little out of the right. [Applause] You betcha. That’s a wonderful puck from Alvivera. peeling from right to left, has he? Yes. Yes, he has. Finally, right on time for Tommy Fleetwood at 16. One of the most patient cate. Well, well, well. It is indeed a bogey for came by way of his first three putt of the week. 255 yds. He didn’t like the t-shirt, but he got away with it. Got away with it. All right. Yeah, I get short there, too. Mr. Boys and girls, we always work from 50 150s. Always in the 50s. You do that, you won’t go far wrong. Well, that is absolutely bang on the number. This the third from off the front edge technically for Eagle for Huygard. kick in range for Birdie. So, he should get to minus 19. Yeah, I think you consider how anxious he was with his t-shirt as well. He’ll be delighted with that that body there at the end. That’s a nice number. 60 into the breeze. 65 playing. It’s great, isn’t it? Golf. You think if Ry makes Tommy might just miss swings and roundabouts. Would love to pile the pressure on here and very nearly did. Well, you don’t get much closer than that without the ball going in. It’s an excellent putt. It’ll just be a par at the end. And under in the house is still impressive golf to cut his gap with the leader Fleetwood. How important will the last 45 minutes be? Those two birdies in the scheme of things tomorrow. Tommy Fleetwood should be in the final group. [Music] Patience personified when many pushed in the final hour. He found something. All right, that’s how it looks at the end of today’s play. It is Aaron Ry over Nikolai Hoygard and Tommy Fleetwood. That will be our final game tomorrow. They’ve all got gold stars next to their name, albeit at different venues. To watch another DP World Tour video, click here. And to subscribe, click here.