Rory Mcllroy takes share of lead into final round at the DP World Tour Championship

Rory McIlroy will take a share of the lead into Sunday's final round at the DP World Tour Championship.

The world number three carded a four-under 68 to move up to 12 under alongside Denmark's Rasmus Hoejgaard and halfway-point leader Antoine Rozner of France.

McIlroy remains well on course towards a third successive Race to Dubai victory. He can only be unseated should his closest pursuer Thriston Lawrence win this tournament with McIlroy himself failing to place inside the top 11. But Lawrence is eight shots back in a tie for 17th.

Tom McKibbin is four shots off the lead in a two-way tie for seventh after an impressive 67, while Shane Lowry is a further shot back in a tie for ninth.

FINAL LEADERBOARD

McIlroy was one shot off the lead as Saturday's third round dawned at the Jumeirah Golf Estates. He eased into the day with a birdie on the second but then bogeyed the fourth.

However, the 34-year-old bounced back quickly with a birdie on the par-4 fifth and followed that up with further gains on seven and nine.

A bogey on the 10th appeared to mark a slow start to the back nine but McIlroy recovered quickly to string back-to-back birdies together on 11 and 12.

McKibbin, meanwhile, bogeyed three and 12 but in an otherwise strong Saturday, birdied two, five, seven, nine, 10, 15 and 18.

Lowry had a mixed round as he birdied two, ten, 14 and 16 but bogeyed seven, 13 and 15 to finish with a one-under 71.