
Coetzee and McIlroy both bogeyed the fifth after missing par putts of eight and four feet respectively, but the Northern Irishman responded with a tee shot to 15 inches at the sixth and the subsequent birdie saw him get the gap back to three.
Coetzee – yet to win on The European Tour – was down to third as a result, alongside Ireland’s recent Portugal Masters winner Shane Lowry and England’s World Number Three Luke Donald.
Hanson went four in front when he reached the par five seventh in two and two-putted, while Ian Poulter followed a 20 foot birdie on the tenth with another gain at the 11th to join compatriot and Ryder Cup teammate Justin Rose, McIlroy and Coetzee on 14 under.