Rory McIlroy leads by two

For the third day in a row, early-morning fog cut the number of hours when the light was good enough for play in the Dubai Desert Classic today.
The result is that most of the players will have to play something like 25 holes on Sunday - finishing off their third rounds and starting their final rounds.

Belfast boy Rory McIlroy, chasing his first European Tour win at the age of 19, finished his restarted second round in style with an eagle - six-iron for his second shot at a par-5 hole! - to take up the lead and over the holes he managed to play in his third round he consolated that lead to two strokes.
With all players finally having begun their third round by mid-afternoon on the third day at Emirates Golf Club, second-round leader McIlroy picked up a shot over his opening five holes to move onto 13-under-par.
Henrik Stenson and in-form South African Louis Oosthuizen were unable to respond to their playing partners' move and remained at 11 under through six holes.
LEADING POSITIONS DURING SUSPENDED THIRD ROUND
Par 216 (3x72)
-15 after 10 holes Rory McIlroy (NIr).
-13 after 11 holes Richard Green (Aus).
-13 after 10 holes Louis Oosthuizen (SAf).
-11 after 10 holes Justin Rose (Eng)
-10 after 16 holes Scott Strange (Aus).
-10 after 12 holes Paul Casey (Eng).
-10 after 12 holes Martin Kaymer (Ger)
-9 after 10 holes Henrik Stenson (Swe).
-9 after 11 holes Gregory Havret (Fra).
-9 after 14 holes Roberet-Jan Derksen (Net).
Selected scores
-8 after 11 holes Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa).
-7 after 11 holes Sergia Garcia (Spa).
-4 after 11 holes Paul Lawrie (Sco).
COMPLETED THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
206 (-10) Thomas Levet (Fra) 73 67 66.
208 (-8) Ross Fisher (Eng) 72 69 67.
210 (-6) Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 70 70 70, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 69 72 69.
Selected totals
212 Gary Orr (Sco) 71 70 71.
213 Lee Westwood (Eng) 70 70 73.
216 Alastair Forsyth (Sco) 71 70 75.

NON-QUALIFIERS FOR LAST TWO ROUNDS INCLUDED
144 Damien McGrane 73 71, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 75 69, Oliver Fisher 69 75, Johan Edfors (Swe) 77 67, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 71 73, Jamie Donaldson 72 72, Ernie Els (Rsa) 71 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 73 71, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 74 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 74, Paul McGinley 73 71
145 Chris Wood 75 70, Nick Dougherty 74 71, Andrew Coltart 71 74, David Lynn 71 74, David Frost (Rsa) 72 73, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 73 72, Ross Bain 72 73, David Dixon 76 69, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 73 72
146 Erik Compton (USA) 71 75, David Gleeson (Aus) 75 71, Kenneth Ferrie 72 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 73 73, Stephen Gallacher 73 73, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 72 74, Ariel Canete (Arg) 74 72, Barry Lane 75 71
147 Robert Dinwiddie 74 73, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 71 76, Miles Tunnicliff 73 74
148 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 74 74, Steve Webster 71 77, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 72 76, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 74 74, Phillip Archer 77 71, Scott Drummond 73 75, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 75, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 75 73
149 David Howell 71 78, Jose Coceres (Arg) 78 71, Peter Lawrie 73 76
150 Marcel Siem (Ger) 70 80, John Bickerton 76 74, Ross McGowan 77 73
151 Anton Haig (Rsa) 73 78, Mark O'Meara (USA) 77 74, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 79, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 75 76
153 Simon Khan 74 79
158 Khalid Yousef (UAE) 77 81
159 Marc Warren 81 78, Wayne Westner (Rsa) 79 80
160 David Horsey 77 83, Jamie Wood 77 83
Retired: Pelle Edberg (Swe), Rafa Echenique (Arg)