• Spaniard poised to be crowned Europe’s No 1• Mike Lorenzo-Vera lies second in Dubai
There will be no breach of the Trades Descriptions Act as the Race to Dubai hurtles towards its conclusion. A delicately poised DP World Tour Championship perfectly reflects the European Tour’s order of merit with just 18 holes of the season remaining.
Saturday belonged to Jon Rahm, who not only reeled in the previously untouchable Mike Lorenzo-Vera at the summit of the leaderboard but found himself at the top of the Race to Dubai projections as a consequence. Rahm would become only the second Spaniard – after the late, great Seve Ballesteros – to be crowned Europe’s No 1 should he see off all chasers in round four.