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Chacarra leads by 2 shots and in sight of another big win in India · Best of: Features

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  Shakara leads by two shots and in sight of another big win
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  in India.
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  As McElroy fades. This article is being read by an automated voice
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  generated by Everlett. New Delhi, the AP, Eugenio Shakara's moved into
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  position for another big win in India. The Spanish golfer was leading
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  by two strokes on fourteen under par, when Saturday's play at the
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  DP World India's Championship was suspended because of fading light, with most
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  of the field yet to finish their third round. Shakara was four
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  under for his round after eleven holes, having started out in the
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  halfway lead after completing a second round sixty seven early Saturday. Joost
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  Luton, four under after twelve holes, and Angel Hidalgo, four under after
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  eleven holes, were tied for second place, with Daniel Hillier, Adrian Merunk,
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  and Scott Jameson a further shot back. Patrick Reed and Rory McElroy,
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  battling with Shakara for the season long race to Dubai title, were
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  eight and ten shots off the lead, respectively. Shakara earned one of
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  the biggest wins of his career in India last year, triumphing at
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  the Hero Indian Open, where he was playing on an invitation to
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  earn his full status on the European tour. He had previously been
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  on the LIV Golf Circuit. Play will restart at six thirty five
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  AM local time on Sunday, with Shakara needing to play the remaining
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  seven holes of his third round.
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  As well as his entire final round. McKilroy fades, McElroy was
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  only four shots off the thirty six hole lead after a bogey
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  free second round sixty eight, but he slipped out of contention following
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  a dreadful eight hole stretch in the third round Between numbers three
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  ten the Northern Irishman, showing off a new look with his Tommy
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  Fleetwood style baggy pants, made four bogeys and a double that contained
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  a duffed chip from thick rough beside the green. Holling out from
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  a bunker for Eagle at number fourteen eased some of McElroy's misery,
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  but he was still too over for his third round after fifteen
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  holes. McElroy is seeking an eighth race to Dubai title as the
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  European Tour's number one player of the season, which would tie the
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  record of Colin Montgomery. It was previously called the Order of Merit.
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