Mikael Lindberg carded a four under par 67 to move into a share of the lead with Nacho Elvira ahead of the final round of the Genesis Championship.
The Swede, who graduated from the HotelPlanner Tour after finishing inside the Top 20 of last year’s Road to Mallorca Rankings, carded six birdies and two bogeys to move to eight under par at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club. His was the joint-lowest round of the day and the 32-year-old will go in search of his maiden DP World Tour title tomorrow.
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Elvira carded a two under par round of 69, with the Spaniard bidding for his third DP World Tour title and first since last year’s Soudal Open.
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The pair sit two strokes ahead of a chasing pack of Haotong Li of China, Yuto Katsuragawa of Japan and the English pair of Alex Fitzpatrick and Andy Sullivan, who share third on six under par.
The Genesis Championship is the final regular event on the Race to Dubai before the DP World Tour Play-Offs, with the Top 115 players on the Race to Dubai Rankings keeping their cards for 2026 and the Top 70 available earning a place at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
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Adam Scott, who started the week in 115th place on the Rankings is currently projected to comfortably retain his playing rights for next season as he holds a share of 12th place. Frenchman Antoine Rozner, who is not competing this week, is now projected to end the season in 115th position, with Canada’s Aaron Cockerill, who currently sits in a share of 49th place on level par, projected to end the year in 116th, 1.4 points behind Rozner.
Player Quotes
Mikael Lindberg: “It was a good day for sure. The weather has been very nice since we got here and I like the course. I played with Kiradech, we’ve played a couple of times before, he’s a great guy. We had a great day on the course.
“The greens are very difficult to read, to be honest. So those two were the longest I’ve holed this week (on 14 and 16), they were by far the longest I’ve holed this week. It’s nice to see them roll in.
“I’m not going to try and think to much about it (winning). I’ve been playing well lately and I’ve been playing well this week. Hopefully I can continue to play some good golf tomorrow and we’ll see.”
Nacho Elvira: “It was a grind to be fair, I started off a little bit shaky. It didn’t feel like I was hitting the ball bad, just hit one a little bit short on three which cost me a double. But I tried to stay patient because I know it’s a tough course, the birdies are not guaranteed here so I think I did a good job with that. Two good up and downs to finish. One that my caddie put me in on 17 and one that was my fault, but it was a great up and down to be fair.
“To get to Dubai is a goal for all of us that play here, but it’s not even in my mind. I’m trying to work with my caddie on a couple of things that we’ve been working on in the last two months. I’ve been playing well, but I haven’t been scoring well. So getting in a nice tournament at the end of the year is nice.”
