DP World Tour: Thorbjorn Olesen takes the lead by two strokes in the final round of Thailand Classic | Golf News

Yannik Paul and Nicolai Hojgaard share second place and Joost Luiten occupies fourth place; Thorbjorn Olesen leads with 18 below and goals for a seventh DP World Tour title; watch the ultimate spherical reside on Sunday from 5am on Sky Sports activities Golf

Thorbjorn Olesen takes a two-stroke lead within the closing spherical of the DP World Tour Thailand Traditional, with Nicolai Hojgaard within the chasing pack.

Olesen adopted a straight 67 over the primary two days with an excellent bogey-free 64 on Saturday at Amata Spring Nation Membership, the six-time DP World Tour winner posting eight birdies to maneuver to 18 below.

The Dane entered the weekend two photographs again, however birdied three on his first six holes and birdied 4 straight from the ninth gap, then took benefit of the par-five fifteenth and closed a 3rd spherical with out stain.

“I feel general it was a fairly good spherical,” Olesen stated. “I did not have numerous bother and a number of the par fours and par fives, I hit it shut and was in a position to make two putts for a birdie. I made it fairly straightforward for myself, that which is sweet. It isn’t at all times like that.”

Countryman Hojgaard tied Olesen’s 64 to share second place with Germany’s Yannik Paul, who birdied 5 in a back-nine 31 to additionally attain 16 below, with Dutchman Joost Luiten three photographs in fourth place.

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A have a look at maybe the strangest gap in golf the place gamers should cross a ship to play the seventeenth par three at Amata Spring Nation Membership in Thailand

Hojgaard birdied on 4 of his first six holes and canceled out a bogey on the par-three eighth with a shiny eagle on the par-five eleventh, earlier than including birdies on the thirteenth, fifteenth and seventeenth to make sure he performed within the closing group on Sunday.

“I have never performed nicely in a very long time and this 12 months I really feel like I’ve added consistency to the sport,” Hojgaard stated. “I like the place I’m for the time being and the way in which issues are growing. Including consistency at all times helps and that is the distinction this 12 months. Clearly you want combating for wins and I am trying ahead to tomorrow.”

Nicolai Hojgaard has completed within the high 15 in three of his final 4 world begins

England’s Dale Whitnell posted a bogeyless 67 to fall right into a share of fifth with Jeunghun Wang and Kazuki Higa, whereas in a single day chief Rafa Cabrera Bello fell 5 strokes stage in eighth after mixing two birdies with as many bogeys in a level-par 72.

Thailand Traditional gamers and workers noticed a minute’s silence throughout the third spherical for former European Tour chief umpire John Paramor, one in all golf’s best-known officers, who died on the age of 67 years.

Who will win the Thailand Traditional? Watch the ultimate spherical reside Sunday from 5am on Sky Sports activities Golf.