Pablo Larrazábal revealed he still gets nervous because he cares about winning tournaments after putting himself in contention to claim his tenth DP World Tour title at the 2025 Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship.
The 41-year-old has played nearly 450 events at this level and has entered the winner's circle on nine occasions but still has an appetite for more.
Larrazábal heads into Sunday's final round one shot off the lead on 12 under par after cancelling out two early bogeys with four birdies to sign for a third-round 70 at Royal Golf Club.
The entertaining Spaniard, who made a hole-in-one at the second hole in Friday's second round, said: "I’ve played almost 450 tournaments but the nerves are still there because I care about it. Nothing better than to win a golf tournament.
"I will do my best to be in position for the last few holes, to try to be in contention for the back nine. That’s the strategy – start fast and be in position for the back nine."
Speaking about his third round, Larrazábal added: "It was a shaky start, bogey, bogey. Making that 12-foot par putt on the third, it made me realise I had 15 holes to play, and then another 18 to play.
"I managed myself pretty nice to get back to level par on the front nine.
"The putter has not been working that well, but I had a look at the leaderboard on the 15th green and the leader went from 16 under to 13. I realised I was only two behind and made that putt.
"Coming in I could have made a birdie on 17, but happy to be one behind going into tomorrow."
