Rory McIlroy heads to Shanghai and the second of the Race to Dubai Final Four series events ‘disappointed’ with his showing on the final day of the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek.

McIlroy went into the last found inside the flight cockpit and just one shot from lead but ended his first appearance in the tournament back in economy class posting a score of 71 and a 16-under par tally.

It left him trailing six shots behind Frenchman Victor Dubuisson who claimed a second Turkish Airlines Open in three years.

The four-time Major winning McIlroy enjoyed an impressive European Tour record having won six of seven European Tour events and finished second in the other, when lying within a shot of last day lead.

Rory McIlroy rues one that got away finishing 6th in the Turkish Airlines Open. (Photo – www.europeantour.com)

However McIlroy ruined that stat with three bogeys in a five hole run mid-round and while he birdied 13 and 15 the four-time Major winner trailed six strokes behind his Gleneagles winning team-mate.

“It’s always disappointing whenever you have a chance to win and you don’t play enough to do that,” McIlroy said.

“I’ll be going away from this tournament very disappointed with how I played today. But I’m still playing two more events this year and I feel like my game is good enough to give myself two opportunities to win again.

“It’s not all bad. I feel like my game is in decent shape going forward. I just need to work on a couple of things and if I can get them straightened out in the next couple of weeks, I should be okay.”

McIlroy’s one comfort as he heads to Shanghai and Thursday’s starting WGC – HSBC Champions event is that he has moved a further Euro 128,075 ahead of Danny Willett in the Race to Dubai.

McIlroy is now Euro 399,389 ahead of his English rival after Willett shot a round of 69 to finish T11th at 12-under par.