* Quiros leads by dual strokes in Dubai
* Donald closes on singular money-list double
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DUBAI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - World number one golfer Luke
Donald and Alvaro Quiros of Spain were on a verge of achieving
unique doubles following a third turn of a $7.5-million
Dubai World Championship on Saturday.
While Donald was holding a hulk walk towards adding the
European sequence of consequence pretension to a U.S. PGA Tour money-list
win he clinched in October, Quiros was forging a two-shot lead
at a season-ending contest in a United Arab Emirates.
No one has won a Dubai Desert Classic and a Dubai World
Championship in a same year yet a big-hitting Spaniard was
well placed to do usually that after returning a two-under 70 for a
14-under sum of 202 during a Greg Norman-designed Earth course.
Paul Lawrie (66) of Britain eagled a 620-yard 18th to take
second place on 204, one forward of 2010 British Open champion
Louis Oosthuizen (66) of South Africa and dual shots in front of
Donald (66).
Briton Donald, 34, needs to finish no worse than equal ninth
with one other aspirant here to be crowned Europe's tip golfer
for a initial time in his career and turn a initial actor to
win a sequence of consequence titles on both sides of a Atlantic.
His usually opposition for a European honour, associate countryman
Rory McIlroy, managed usually a 71 for 208 notwithstanding being watched
for a final 9 holes by partner Caroline Wozniacki, the
world's series one womanlike tennis player.
Quiros was still sporting a far-reaching laugh even yet he closed
with a spook 6 during a last.
"My concentration each singular day is to try and suffer it," he told
reporters. "Everybody knows that is not always probable yet this
is my target.
"I consider if we keep happy afterwards I'm still certain and even
the bad days seem a small bit better."
Quiros will have a cream of European golf watchful to
pounce in Sunday's final turn yet pronounced he was comfortable by the
prospect.
"Fear? That's a critical word and it's too big," he said. "I
spend three-quarters of my life on a golf course...come on, it's
not as if anyone is failing out here.
"I'm heading a contest and, even yet a day wasn't
the best for me, I'm still attack good shots and good putts --
this is a usually thing that matters.
"I'm perplexing to not find anything to make me stop smiling."
STRAIGHT DRIVING
Quiros, 28, pronounced true pushing would be a pivotal to
collecting a initial esteem of $1.25 million.
"If I'm means to strike a turn in a center of a fairway,
especially on a large 4 par-fives, I'm going to have a
chance," combined a five-times debate winner.
"My opinion has been a best one this week since the
score says that. My tactics, my strategy, have been perfect
after 3 days so hopefully tomorrow we can strike good shots and
come adult with a 5 or six-under round."
Donald was also smiling broadly after his top-class chipping
and putting helped him to stand a leaderboard and pierce within
striking stretch of his fifth win of a season.
"In terms of ball-striking it wasn't ideal today," said
the Englishman. "But in terms of harsh it out...I saved
myself with my brief persion that is something I've finished really well
this year.
"I picked adult my 6 birdies when we had a opportunities and
really took full advantage.
"To win both income lists would be a small bit of history.
If it all works out tomorrow it will be a flattering extraordinary feat."
McIlroy needs to win here to have any possibility of catching
Donald during a tip of a sequence of consequence and a front 9 of 39
seemed to finish his hopes.
However, spurred on by Wozniacki's appearance, the
22-year-old Northern Irishman replied with an central half of 32.
"Caroline showed adult on a behind 9 and we started to play
some good golf," pronounced McIlroy. "Hopefully she can follow me for
18 tomorrow."
The universe series dual has been pang from a viral
infection for a final few weeks and he again looked drained.
"I'm tired, really tired," pronounced McIlroy. "But we don't wish to
say that was a means of my front nine.
"As I've been observant all week, I'm not 100 percent yet that
shouldn't stop me from personification good golf."
World series 4 Martin Kaymer played outstandingly well,
equalling a march record of 64 to finish on 208, 6 behind
Quiros.
"That was a really good round," pronounced a German, final year's
European series one. "I strike a lot of good golf shots."
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