World Championship DP India: Eugenio Chacarra leads but Rory McIlroy fades before play is stopped

World DP Championship in India, ranking of the third round

-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 (Switzerland) (12*)

Others selected: -9 T Fleetwood (English); -8 R MacIntyre (Scot) (13*), D Bradbury (Eng); -7 S Lowry (Ireland), L Canter (England); -6 P Reed (United States) (13*), E Pepperell (England) (12*), M Armitage (England); -5 A Rai (English) (14*) -4 R McIlroy (NI) (15*); -2 J Rose (Eng) (11*)

*Indicates the number of holes played before the end of play on the first day.

Complete ranking

Eugenio Chacarra extended his lead at the DP India World Championship, but Rory McIlroy lost ground before the third round was halted due to darkness.

Spaniard Chacarra led by one stroke at 10 under after two rounds in the weather event at the Delhi Golf Club and was two clear after 11 holes of his third round.

After successive rounds of 67, the 26-year-old birdied four of his first seven holes to cement his place at the top as he bids to replace American Patrick Reed at the top of the Race to Dubai season leaderboard.

Fellow Spaniard Angel Hidalgo and Dutchman Joost Luisten are his closest rivals at 12 under, with Scotsman Scott Jamieson a little further back.

Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin is four points behind defending champion Tommy Fleetwood at five points after a four-under 68.

Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre is also well placed at eight under with five holes remaining in his third round.

However, McIlroy – who sits third in the Race to Dubai behind Reed and Chacarra – was 10 shots down after an inconsistent third round.

After completing a bogey-free second round of 68 early Saturday, the six-time major winner birdied his first hole before dropping four shots in as many holes from the third.

After a birdie at the seventh, McIlroy made back-to-back bogeys at the ninth and 10th before sensationally coming out of the bunker for an eagle three at the 14th.

Reed played the first 13 holes of his third round to have a two-shot lead over McIlroy.

The 2018 Masters champion, who leads the Race to Dubai leaderboard after early-season victories in Dubai and Qatar, made five birdies and a bogey before sinking his 150-yard approach shot for a spectacular eagle two at the fourth, after teeing off at the 10th.