Matt Wallace leads DP World Tour Championship with a record-breaking spherical of 60… after consecutive birdies on closing 9 holes propels him to at least one stroke forward of rivals Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland

Matt Wallace secures place in DP World Tour Championship by slim marginsTommy Fleetwood is one stroke behind Wallace after his record-breaking roundWallace secured 9 consecutive birdies to safe his place in closing 9 holes By Riath Al-samarrai for The Mail on Sunday Revealed: 15:28 GMT, 18 November 2023 | Up to date: 21:04 GMT, 18 November 2023

Think about the Earth Course scorched. Matt Wallace solely made it into the 50-man discipline for the DP World Tour Championship by the slenderest of margins, however he carded the spherical of a lifetime on Saturday to steer the race for the £2.5million prize in Dubai.The story of the Englishman’s extraordinary loop could possibly be advised be in two components – the regular progress of going three below by his opening 9 after which the kind of inward journey that broke information and defied perception.With birdies on each single a kind of closing 9 holes, he made it in for simply 27 strokes and signed for a 60 that left him 16 below par for the event and one away from Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland. To contextualise what his numbers meant, he grew to become the primary man in DP World Tour historical past to scrub sweep a complete half of the cardboard, and the 9 straight birdies additionally levelled the document set by James Nitties of Australia within the 2019 Vic Open. It may need even dipped right into a 59 had his bunker shot on the final dropped under floor as a substitute of burning the sting of the outlet.‘What an incredible day,’ the 33-year-old mentioned. ‘I simply tried my hardest to get myself again into the event, so I’m actually pleased I’ve been ready to try this and performed nice. With birdies on each single a kind of closing 9 holes, he made it in for simply 27 strokes and signed for a 60 that left him 16 below par for the event Tommy Fleetwood of England tees off on the 18th gap throughout Day Three of the event‘On the finish there, I didn’t even assume it was for a 59, actually. I’m form of gutted now truly a bit of bit. It was a fantastic alternative to do it. But it surely was incredible and a very good effort.’Considered one of golf’s extra temperamental skills, this was a bogey-free spherical that showcased solely the most effective of Wallace, who earlier this yr added a maiden PGA Tour title to 4 gained on the European circuit. His day may greatest be summarised by the standard of his iron play within the closing seven holes – not a kind of pictures left him with a putt past 6ft, which is spectacular contemplating 4 of them had been fired on the inexperienced from 170 yards or extra.For Wallace, it’s shaping right into a high-quality finale to the season, having almost misplaced his DP World Tour card in the summertime after ploughing most of his efforts into the PGA Tour. Certainly, his qualification for this 50-man occasion was solely secured with a giant closing spherical final weekend in South Africa.Now he leads a stellar discipline, with Fleetwood nicely positioned after a second successive 66. With Everton supervisor Sean Dyche watching him, Fleetwood, from Southport, made a storming begin, carding 5 birdies in seven holes and an eagle on the 14th. Bogeys at 12 and 17 would in the end price him a share of the lead.Jon Rahm is ominously positioned 5 off the lead on 11 below after a 67, whereas Rory McIlroy improved dramatically on opening rounds of 71 and 72 by taking pictures 65. He now stands at eight below after rolling in from off the inexperienced for an eagle at 18.He mentioned: ‘I have never performed a lot in any respect after the Ryder Cup. I attempted to place in a bit of little bit of practise during the last couple of weeks however I jammed my wrist a pair weeks in the past and that kind of restricted what number of balls I hit, too. I got here in not as ready as I may have been or ought to have been, however I really feel like I am beginning to discover my toes a bit of bit after a couple of days.’ The DP World Tour Championship is going down on the Earth Course in Jumeirah, Dubai Viktor Hovland of Norway performs a shot on the 18th inexperienced in the course of the spherical three 

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Matt Wallace leads DP World Tour Championship with a record-breaking spherical of 60… after consecutive birdies on closing 9 holes propels him to at least one stroke forward of rivals Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland

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