European Tour 2017: Live leaderboard for Andalucia Valderrama Masters final round

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Sergio Garcia of Spain led by one shot entering the final round of the European Tour's Andalucia Valderrama Masters 2017 on Sunday, Oct. 22, in Spain.

Garcia carded 8-under through 54 holes. Daniel Brooks was second and Joost Luiten (6-under) third.

Jon Rahm, Jamie Donaldson, Andrew Johnston and Padraig Harrington were among other notables in the field at the outset.

The Sergio Garcia Foundation hosts the event.

EUROPEAN TOURANDALUCIA VALDERRAMA MASTERSSite: Sotogrande, Spain.Course: Real Club Valderrama.Purse: 2 million euros.Television: Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel).Defending champion: Andrew Johnston.Last week: Tyrrell Hatton won the Italian Open.Race to Dubai leader: Tommy Fleetwood.Notes: Johnston won his first European Tour event last year at Valderrama when the tournament was the Spanish Open. ... The Andalucia Valderrama Masters was last held in 2011 and won by Sergio Garcia. ... Padraig Harrington is playing in Spain for the first time in nine years. ... Jon Rahm is playing for the second straight week on the European Tour. Next week at the HSBC Champions will be his 12th counting event of the year. He is third in the Race to Dubai behind Fleetwood and Garcia. ... Valderrama was the site of the 1997 Ryder Cup with Seve Ballesteros as the winning captain, and World Golf Championships won in 1999 by Tiger Woods and 2000 by Mike Weir. ... The next four European Tour event s have an average prize fund of just over $8 million.Next week: WGC-HSBC Champions.Online: www.europeantour.com

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