Because fog has been forecast for Sunday in the capital, the organisers of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship have decided to rejig the final round matches.
The players will start later, and go off in three-ball groups, rather than the usual pairs. Maybe the conditions are being set specifically to test Martin Kaymer.
That said, there is the impression the German golfing machine could play the National Course in dense fog, in the middle of the night, with a gale blowing, with one hand tied behind his back, and still shoot under par.
The Martin Kaymer Abu Dhabi Championship has become a procession. Not for the first time.
Meanwhile, Thomas Pieters, a lanky Belgian of little renown, is leading the other competition taking place this week, the winner of whom will officially be crowned the runner up.
Chasing a fourth title around this course, Kaymer equalled his own record for the largest 54-hole lead in the competition, as he closed Round 3 six shots clear of Pieters.
The lowest tournament aggregate of 24-under - his own personal best, naturally - is well within his reach, too.
“The record is not that interesting to me,” said the world No 12. “To me it is more important to win the golf tournament.
“If it’s by one shot or by six shots or by 10 shots, I don’t really care as long as I win.”
Perhaps it is no surprise Kaymer is so strong around a course set in the UAE desert, given the strength of his sand play.
For the second day in succession, he holed a bunker shot at his 10th hole.
This time, it seemed as if he was having a look around the lesser-visited areas away from the course’s central business district, just to challenge himself.
He erred with his long approach to the green on the par 5, found a bush, took a drop, then sent his fourth shot, from the wasteland, into the greenside bunker. Then, just for giggles, he holed the chip from there to save par.
“I enjoy bunkers more than anywhere else,” said Kaymer, whose successful chip from the sand at his 10th hole 24 hours earlier had been for birdie.
“So if I hit it in the greenside bunker, I feel fairly comfortable of giving myself a good chance to get up and down.
“You can’t make it all the time, but I’d rather be in the bunker than anywhere else. So on the 10th, that was a big, big bonus.”
Rory McIlroy, who endured a rare round outside of the 60s, said the rest of the field are playing for second place now, given Kaymer’s unrelenting dominance.
“He is so confident around this course and he is playing so well,” said the world No 1, who is eight shots off the lead, at 12-under.
“That combination is going to be pretty hard to beat. He’ll be pretty much impossible to beat.”
While the Kaymer vs Kaymer show looks after itself, the competition for second place will be fierce, given the pedigree of players who made the most of moving day.
Jamie Donaldson, the winner here in 2012, reached 11-under when an eagle at the 18th capped a round of 65.
Victor Dubuisson, another of the European Ryder Cup winners from last year, is on the same tally after shooting the lowest score of Round 3, a 64.
Charl Schwartzel, the US Masters winner in 2011, signed for a 65 after a round which he labelled as his finest of recent times.
“It was one of the best rounds I have played for about two years I think,” said the South African player.
“If I had a very good putter today, I would have broken 60. That’s the honest truth. I haven’t had that for quite some time, and I’m very pleased.”
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