Who is leading the 2024 Open de España after Round 3: Leaderboard explored

The third round of the Acciona Open de España presented by Madrid was played on Saturday, September 28th, at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. Angel Hidalgo was able to hold off the challenge from Jon Rahm, his most illustrious compatriot, to maintain his lead in the event.

Hidalgo now leads the Open de España at 13 under, two shots clear of Rahm. A third Spaniard, David Puig, is in third place, three shots behind the leader.

2024 Open de España leaderboard - Round 3

Here is the Open de España leaderboard after the third round:

1 Angel Hidalgo -13
2 Jon Rahm -11
3 David Puig -10
T4 Patrick Reed -8
T4 Joe Dean -8
T6 Jens Fahrbring -7
T6 Adri Arnaus -7
8 Alfredo Garcia-Heredia -6
T9 Sean Crocker -5
T9 Jayden Schaper -5
T9 Tyrrell Hatton -5
T9 Jimmy Walker -5
T9 Tommy Fleetwood -5
T14 Freddy Schott -4
T14 Shane Lowry -4
T14 Richie Ramsay -4
T14 Alejandro Del Rey -4
T14 Todd Clements -4
T14 Ross Fisher -4
T14 Julien Guerrier -4
T14 Sam Bairstow -4
T22 Kristian Krogh Johannessen -3
T22 Andrea Pavan -3
T22 Fabrizio Zanotti -3
T22 Grant Forrest -3
T22 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen -3
T22 Louis de Jager -3
T22 Luis Masaveu (a) -3
T22 Sam Jones -3
T22 Rikuya Hoshino -3
T31 Matt Wallace -2
T31 Romain Langasque -2
T31 Sepp Straka -2
T31 Brandon Robinson Thompson -2
T31 Jeong weon Ko -2
T31 John Parry -2
T31 David Micheluzzi -2
T38 Santiago Tarrio -1
T38 Matthis Besard -1
T38 Matthieu Pavon -1
T38 Pablo Larrazábal -1
T38 Tom Vaillant -1
T38 Ashun Wu -1
T44 Ugo Coussaud E
T44 Ricardo Gouveia E
T44 Shubhankar Sharma E
T44 Yannik Paul E
T44 Jorge Campillo E
T44 Adrian Otaegui E
T44 Hurly Long E
T44 Dan Bradbury E
T52 Jason Scrivener +1
T52 David Law +1
T52 Jacques Kruyswijk +1
T52 Richard Mansell +1
T52 Victor Perez +1
T52 Benjamin Follett-Smith +1
T52 Eugenio Chacarra +1
T52 Jannik De Bruyn +1
T52 Francesco Laporta +1
T52 Sebastian Garcia +1
T62 Andrew Wilson +2
T62 Dylan Frittelli +2
T62 Nick Bachem +2
T62 Alex Fitzpatrick +2
66 Will Enefer +3
T67 Daniel Hillier +5
T67 Sung Kang +5
69 Jack Davidson +8

Angel Hidalgo delivered another impressive performance in the third round of the Open de España, carding five birdies and two bogeys to finish at three under par.

His performance left him two shots clear of three-time Spanish Open winner Jon Rahm, who produced his best performance of the event so far on Saturday. Rahm carded six birdies and no bogeys for a six-under-par round.

David Puig had a similar performance (six birdies and no bogeys) to move up five places to third. Patrick Reed dropped one place and is now tied for fourth with Joe Dean.

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Julio is a Golf specialist for Sportskeeda and boasts immense experience across sports and professions. Having practiced law for 15 years, he then moved to Cuban and International media houses such as Juventud Tecnica Magazine and teleSUR on baseball, track & field and boxing, among other sports, before taking up his current position. He even received an Honorary Mention in the 2023 Cuban National Journalism Contest.

Julio enjoys keeping up with everything that happens in the golf world, which helps him develop interesting angles for even the most mundane stories. What separates him from other journalists is that he has an eye for stats, and is proficient in both Spanish and English. His legal background helps him accurately report non-sporting golf issues such as rules analysis, contract issues, etc.

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Nelly Korda is his favorite golfer due to her pure talent, while he also likes Alison Lee for her perseverance. His non-golf interests include baseball and track & field, while he also enjoys watching TV.

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