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England's Tommy Fleetwood plays a shot on the 16th hole during the second round of the DP World Tour Championship golf tournament in Dubai. Image Credit: AP

Dubai: Tommy Fleetwood said he will throw everything at the last two days of the DP World Tour Championship after his Race to Dubai rival Francesco Molinari struggled on day two.

The Italian race leader carded a one-over 73 on Friday to fall to tied for 27th on the leaderboard at three under for the tournament.

Molinari is now eight strokes behind midway leader Matt Wallace, who is a stroke clear of Danny Willett, Adrian Otaegui and Jordan Smith, at 11 under.

Fleetwood is tied for sixth three strokes off the pace at eight under after a second round of 67, and he needs to win the tournament and hope that Molinari finishes below fifth in order to clinch the Race to Dubai for a second year running.

“It’s still a very difficult task,” said the Englishman, who shot two birdies on his front nine and three on his return.

“I’ve only won once this year, so it’s not like I’m a prolific winner. I’ve had chances and missed them.

“I’m still trying to knock on that door and win a tournament, the same as everybody is.

“There’s so many different things going on,” he said of Molinari shooting three bogies over his last six holes after opening with three birdies and a bogey through 11.

“But the situation is pretty black and white. I’ve just got to keep going and put everything into it for another two days.”

Perhaps offering some relief to his Ryder Cup mate Molinari, he added: “It’s still only day two and in terms of the golf tournament leaderboards mean nothing, but you can’t help but look at them to know what it is you have to do.

“Every shot seems very important,” he said of the mounting pressure of the Race to Dubai’s culmination. “It’s just a completely different feeling to any other week of the year.

“They are experiences that you have to have and that you want, but yes, every shot just seems a little bit more heightened.

“All your sense are a little bit heightened and every shot means that little bit more because it all comes down to this. And again, from a tournament perspective, 72 holes is a long time but it’s a very short period of time that we’ve got left now in the grand scheme of the year.

“It’s difficult but you just have to keep your mind on the next shot and keep pushing on. The important is to make sure you just have a chance at the end of the day. We’ve done that, so we’ll just be happy with it.”

Overnight leader Wallace shot a seven-under 65 on day two to take him up to 11 under for the tournament with four outward birdies and three on the return.

Smith and Otaegui, who were leading at six under after the first round added identical four-under 68s to go 10 under a stroke behind Wallace.

Meanwhile, Danny Willett who was tied third on five under after day one shot another five-under 67 to share second.