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Day 3 in Numbers: UBS Hong Kong Open
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Day 3 in Numbers: UBS Hong Kong Open

It was the first moving day of the new season and cool, calm conditions played host to the players who made the cut at the UBS Hong Kong Open. Here's a look at the best facts and figures from an exciting Saturday at Fanling...

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200 - Low score of the week so far, courtesy of SSP Chawrasia. The Indian maintained his overnight position by saw his lead cut to just one shot headed into the final round.

1 -Top ten finish for Chawrasia on the European Tour so far this year. That came in the form of his victory at the Hero Indian Open in March. Other than that, the 39 year old has made just 9 of 16 cuts with one other top 25 finish (Made in Denmark).

64 -For Rafa Cabrera Bello on Moving Day ties the Spaniard's lowest ever round at Hong Kong GC (he shot 64 in the first round here last year) and ties the low round of the week here with Thomas Aiken on Friday and Clement Sordet's round three effort.

7 - Fleetwood has broken 70 in all seven of his career rounds at Hong Kong Golf Club. He shot 66, 68, 67, 68 en route to finishing third last year and has opened with scores of 68, 68, 66 so far this week.

2 -Of the 2017 Race to Dubai winner's European Tour victories have come when he's been behind heading into the final day. He's just two back here.

5 -Shots back for the in-form Justin Rose. His 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions win last month came from eight shots back.

4 -Shots is the largest final round comeback at the UBS Hong Kong Open, since it became part of the European Tour schedule in 2002. That came courtesy of Miguel Angel Jimenez in 2008 when he shot a final round 67 to chase down Robert Karlsson and win the title.

69.21 -The average score on Moving Day. More than 1.5 shots easier than round two and almost 2.5 shots easier than the opening round.

2- Players have won in 2017, leading after every round. Chawrasia could join Sergio Garcia (Omega Dubai Desert Classic) and Matt Wallace (Open de Portugal) with a victory tomorrow.

0 - No player has ever won the Hong Kong Open in wire-to-wire fashion. Rafa Cabrera Bello led after the opening three rounds twelve months ago but ended up losing by a shot to Sam Brazel on Sunday.

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