On Saturday, January 25, Alejandro Del Rey's late surge helped him take the lead at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship after Day 3. He fired a bogey-free 66 to reach 16-under and take a two-shot lead over Marcus Armitage.
Del Rey entered the third round of the Ras Al Khaimah Championship trailing Armitage by two shots. While Armitage shot a 36 on the front nine with the help of a bogey and a birdie, the Spaniard picked up three birdies. On the back nine, Del Rey added three more birdies, while the Englishman settled for a 2-under 70.
Daniel Brown, who was just two shots off the lead after Day 2, slipped to T6 after shooting a 2-over 74 in the third round. He had a decent start, being 1-under par for the day until the 12th hole, where he made a bogey. He then bogeyed two more holes to close the day 8 shots off the lead.
Leaderboard for the 2025 Ras Al Khaimah Championship after Round 3 explored
Here's the leaderboard for the 2025 Ras Al Khaimah Championship after Round 3:
- 1. Alejandro Del Rey: -16
- 2. Marcus Armitage: -14
- T3. Jason Scrivener: -9
- T3. Shaun Norris: -9
- T3. David Ravetto: -9
- T6. Andrew Wilson: -8
- T6. Ivan Cantero: -8
- T6. Daniel Brown: -8
- T6. Joseph Dean: -8
- T6. David Puig: -8
- T11. Kristoffer Reitan: -7
- T11. Manuel Elvira: -7
- T11. David Micheluzzi: -7
- T11. Ugo Coussaud: -7
- T11. Alexander Bjoerk: -7
- T11. Patrick Reed: -7
- T11. Dylan Naidoo: -7
- T11. Frederic Lacroix: -7
- T19. Joel Moscatel: -6
- T19. Jack Senior: -6
- T19. Ricardo Gouveia: -6
- T19. Kiradech Aphibarnrat: -6
- T19. Maximilian Kieffer: -6
- T19. Scott Jamieson: -6
- T19. Jayden Schaper: -6
- T19. Adrien Saddier: -6
- T19. Andy Sullivan: -6
- T19. Sebastian Soederberg: -6
- T19. Darius van Driel: -6
- T30. Hamish Brown: -5
- T30. Brandon Wu: -5
- T30. Haotong Li: -5
- T30. Andrea Pavan: -5
- T30. Richard Mansell: -5
- T30. Thorbjoern Olesen: -5
- T36. Veer Ahlawat: -4
- T36. Ryan van Velzen: -4
- T36. Deon Germishuys: -4
- T36. Angel Ayora: -4
- T36. Thomas Aiken: -4
- T36. Tom Vaillant: -4
- T36. Joost Luiten: -4
- T36. Sam Bairstow: -4
- T36. Jordan Smith: -4
- T45. Oliver Lindell: -3
- T45. Michael Lorenzo-Vera: -3
- T45. Marcus Kinhult: -3
- T45. Brandon Stone: -3
- T45. Grant Forrest: -3
- T45. Connor Syme: -3
- T45. Andreas Halvorsen: -3
- T45. Adrian Otaegui: -3
- T45. Julien Guerrier: -3
- T45. Johannes Veerman: -3
- T45. Ryan Fox: -3
- T56. Rafael Cabrera: -2
- T56. Joel Girrbach: -2
- T56. Louis de Jager: -2
- T56. Fabrizio Zanotti: -2
- T56. Jeff Winther: -2
- T56. Simon Forsstroem: -2
- T56. Dylan Frittelli: -2
- T63. Wenyi Ding: -1
- T63. Lucas Bjerregaard: -1
- T63. Nicolai von Dellingshausen: -1
- T63. Matthias Schwab: -1
- T63. Joshua Grenville-Wood: -1
- T68. Padraig Harrington: E
- T68. Daniel Gavins: E
- T68. Dale Whitnell: E
- T71. Casey Jarvis: +1
- T71. Pablo Larrazabal: +1
- T73. Robert Karlsson: +2