Pádraig Harrington sits five shots off the lead at the Aviv Dubai Championship after signing off for a third round 67 - the second time in as many days he has shot a round of five under.
Harrington’s round got off to a slightly shaky start with a dropped shot at the par three second, but birdies at five and seven ensured that he took the turn at one under for the day.
Further shots were picked up at 12, 13, 15 and 16 in a bogey-free back nine, before back-to-back pars saw Harrington finish on 14-under for the tournament.
Now sitting in a tie for 10th alongside Paul Casey and Edoardo Molinari amongst others, Harrington remains on course for the top-10 finish he needs to qualify for the DP World Tour Championship.
Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen and Italy’s Francesco Laporta are level at the top on 19-under after both shot third round 67s.
Tommy Fleetwood sits three shots back after carding a 68.
Third round scores & totals in the European Tour Aviv Dubai Championship, (Gbr & Irl unless stated, Par 72):
197 Joachim B. Hansen (Den) 63 67 67, Francesco Laporta (Ita) 66 64 67
198 Antoine Rozner (Fra) 65 64 69
199 Kalle Samooja (Fin) 67 64 68
200 Tommy Fleetwood 66 66 68, Min-Woo Lee (Aus) 67 67 66
201 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 69 67 65, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 67 66 68, Jazz Janewattananond (Tha) 70 68 63
202 Paul Casey 68 68 66, Paul Waring 65 67 70, Pádraig Harrington 68 67 67, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 69 66 67, Sean Crocker (USA) 67 66 69, Adrian Meronk (Pol) 72 67 63
203 Niklas Lemke (Swe) 67 67 69, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den) 67 68 68, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 70 69 64, Sam Horsfield 67 67 69, Andy Sullivan 65 71 67, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 67 70 66, Matthew Jordan 69 67 67, David Coupland 67 69 67
204 Chris Wood 71 68 65, Dean Burmester (Rsa) 65 68 71, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 68 70 66, Marcus Armitage 68 69 67, John Catlin (USA) 69 67 68, Daniel van Tonder (Rsa) 69 66 69, Callum Shinkwin 66 69 69, Scott Jamieson 69 65 70, Fabrizio Zanotti (Pry) 69 69 66
205 Sebastian Soederberg (Swe) 69 68 68, Alexander Bjoerk (Swe) 69 67 69, Robert MacIntyre 68 68 69, Romain Langasque (Fra) 69 68 68, Zander Lombard (Rsa) 66 69 70, Maximilian Kieffer (Ger) 68 71 66, Matthieu Pavon (Fra) 69 67 69, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 67 70 68, Robin Roussel (Fra) 69 64 72, Oliver Farr 69 66 70, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 69 70 66
206 Stephen Gallacher 70 69 67, Ignacio Elvira (Spa) 69 69 68, Guido Migliozzi (Ita) 68 68 70, Jason Scrivener (Aus) 67 70 69, Jack Senior 70 66 70
207 Grant Forrest 69 65 73, Tapio Pulkkanen (Fin) 70 67 70, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 66 71 70
208 Victor Perez (Fra) 70 68 70, Justin Harding (Rsa) 70 69 69, David Law 70 69 69, Jordan Smith 69 68 71, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 67 71 70, Joakim Lagergren (Swe) 70 66 72, Ashley Chesters 68 66 74
209 Sami Valimaki (Fin) 71 68 70, Marcus Kinhult (Swe) 72 66 71, Jeff Winther (Den) 72 66 71, Kristoffer Broberg (Swe) 67 72 70, Daniel Gavins 69 70 70, Jonathan Caldwell (NIrl) 71 67 71, Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn) 69 67 73
211 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 71 64 76, Haydn Porteous (Rsa) 69 70 72
213 James Morrison 68 70 75
214 Joel Stalter (Fra) 71 68 75
