Overview
- He fired a 7-under 65 in the third round to reach 17-under 199, the event’s lowest 54-hole score since its 2010 inception.
- He will tee off in Sunday’s final group with fellow Japanese player Rintaro Nakano, who is at 12 under on the Majlis Course in Dubai.
- Thailand’s Fifa Laopakdee sits at 11 under, with Billy Dowling, Harry Takis and Khanh Hung Le at 10 under.
- Nagasaki is debuting in the championship after a tie for 47th at last week’s Japan Open and a runner-up finish at this year’s Japan Amateur.
- Japan’s Kanichiro Katano made a hole-in-one at the par-3 11th, the eighth ace recorded in tournament history.