Tyrrell Hatton: Small chance of Race to Dubai victory

Tyrrell Hatton hasn’t given up hope of making a late challenge for Race to Dubai victory after moving in to contention at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

Hatton requires at least a top-three finish in South Africa to head to next week's DP World Tour Championship still with a mathematical chance of ending the season as European No 1.

The Englishman - fifth in the standings - posted a two-under 70 in breezy conditions at Gary Player CC to stay in touch with midway pacesetter Victor Dubuisson and keep his hopes alive of a third win of the season.

"This week is going to be the biggest challenge for me," Hatton said. "I sort of struggled here last year, and I think mentally, you have to be quite strong around here.

"Obviously I do struggle with that sometimes, but if I can get through that this week, I'm pretty confident of having a good week next week."I'm a long way behind, but if I can have a great weekend and then have a really good week next week then I've potentially got a really small chance.

"It [Race to Dubai victory] is not something I'm thinking about. I'm just trying to play as well as I can and get as many World Ranking points as I can."

Hatton is joined in the group on three under by Ross Fisher, who requires victories in both of the season-ending events to have a chance to overtake Justin Rose at the top of the standings.

"That's probably one of the toughest rounds around this place I've played since I've played here," Fisher said after his one-under 71. "Today was breezy but it was tricky because it wasn't consistent.

"You look at the scores, and there are not too many low scores. I just needed to stay patient, as the game is in good shape.

"There's some holes out there where if you make pars, you're going to be picking shots up, especially holes like 11 and 13, and even 18. To come out and come away with 71, I'm very pleased with that."

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