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12H AGO3 Min ReadEugenio Lopez-Chacarra nearly drains 51-yard shot, sets up birdie on No. 12 at Genesis Scottish OpenPlayers in This ArticleFavorite players to keep them at the top of your leaderboard and get the latest updates. or Sign Up to save favorites across devices. Written by Associated PressNEW DELHI (AP) — Eugenio Chacarra won the DP World India Championship by two strokes on Sunday to maintain a late-season surge that has lifted the Spanish golfer atop the Race to Dubai standings on the DP World Tour. After a third-place finish at the FedEx Open de France and then a second place at last week's Open de España presented by Madrid, Chacarra got his third win of the season by completing a 9-under 63 early Sunday and then shooting 70 to finish at 21-under par for the week at Delhi Golf Club. Chacarra jumped ahead of Patrick Reed into first place in the season-long Race to Dubai that will culminate next month and crown the DP World Tour's top player of the year. Chacarra is in better form than both the American and Rory McIlroy, the other realistic contender for the title.

DP World India Championship, round three leaderboard-14 E Chacarra (Spa) (11*); -12 J Luiten (Ned) (12*), A Hidalgo (Spa) (11*); -11 D Hillier (NZ) (14*), A Meronk (Pol) (11*), S Jamieson (Sco) (11*); -10 T McKibbin (NI) (14*), JC Ritchie (SA) (14*), T Clements (Eng) (12*), J Girrbach (Swi) (12*)Selected others: -9 T Fleetwood (Eng); -8 R MacIntyre (Sco) (13*), D Bradbury (Eng); -7 S Lowry (Ire), L Canter (Eng); -6 P Reed (US) (13*), E Pepperell (Eng) (12*), M Armitage (Eng); -5 A Rai (Eng) (14*) -4 R McIlroy (NI) (15*); -2 J Rose (Eng) (11*)*Denotes number of holes played before play ended on day oneFull leaderboardEugenio Chacarra extended his lead at the DP World India Championship but Rory McIlroy lost ground before the third round was halted because of darkness. Spain's Chacarra led by one shot at 10 under after two rounds at the weather-hit event at Delhi Golf Club and sits two clear after 11 holes of his third round. After successive rounds of 67, the 26-year-old birdied four of his opening seven holes to cement his place at the top as he bids to replace American Patrick Reed at the summit of the season-long Race to Dubai rankings.

Race to Dubai leader Patrick Reed says becoming the second American to be crowned European No 1 would mean "a lot" and insists he has "no excuses" as he looks to extend his advantage over Rory McIlroy after returning from a shoulder injury. Reed will tee it up at the Open de Espana from Thursday in his first appearance since withdrawing during the second round of the flagship BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth last month. The 36-year-old - aiming to follow in the footsteps of compatriot Collin Morikawa, who won the Race to Dubai in 2021 - is around 300 points clear of McIlroy with five DP World Tour events remaining.

Among the unanswered questions from the PGA Tour’s Tuesday eligibility announcement: How will the league’s strategic alliance with the DP World Tour factor into this impending two-tiered competitive model? Following next season’s transition period, future fields for the top level, dubbed the Championship Series, will be filled with the top 90 performers from the previous season; top 20 players from the second tier, the Challenger Series; two-time Challenger winners; the No. 1 player in PGA Tour University; three players from a new Last Chance Series; plus limited medical extensions and career milestone exemptions. What was not included were top performers from the European circuit, which entered its partnership with the PGA Tour five years ago. Currently, the top 10 players in the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai, not already eligible, receive PGA Tour membership; PGA Tour players who benefited from such include Robert MacIntyre and Min Woo Lee.