McIlroy Goes From 64 To 74 In 10-Shot Shock DP World Turnaround

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….. Dubai, UAE 

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy epitomised the phrase two days after never the same in golf in posting a horror second round 74 at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

McIlroy, and a day after signing for a ‘could have played the course blindfolded’ 64, struggled to be the only layer inside the top-10 not to break par on the Jumeirah Estates course.

His two-over par score sent McIlroy tumbling for second on the board and back into a share of fifth place at six-under par in the Race to Dubai finale.

Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera, and McIlroy’s playing partner, clearly was not about to be intimidated in the company of the 27th tournament-winning Irishman in adding a 69 to his blistering first round score of 63.

Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera takes a three-shot lead into the last two rounds of the DP World Tour Championship

Lorenzo-Vera, 34 is yet to win on the European Tour and would have ended five shots clear had it not been for bogeys on 15 and then three-putting the last from 30-feet for his 12-under par total.

If successful, the Bayonne golfer would pocket a cool $3m first prize cheque and revealing he’s already been on the internet surfing for a suitable reward.

“Last night I was trying to get that amount of money out of my head but it did not want to so I accepted it and then went on to the internet to see what car I’d buy if I won,” he said smiling.

“And it would be a Ferrari F12 TDF.”  ‘

The cost of the V-12, 769bh Italian stallion is a few Euro short of Euro 500,000.

England’s Tommy Fleetwood is now projected to become European No. 1 after a second round 68 to be tied in second place with Spaniard Jon Rahm (69) at nine-under par.

McIlroy, and a day after grabbing an eagle and seven birdies, could manage just two birdies along with the same number of bogeys along with a double-bogey at the par-3 sixth where he found the water guarding the green.

“It’s the nature of this game as you can 64 one day and then … it’s just a fickle game,” he said.

“I’ve always said that one day it can seem very easy and someone up there (looking skywards) says, ‘No, not so fast’, and brings you back down to earth.

“That’s golf. I battled through it. I’m still in with a shout to have a go at winning this tournament. Just need to stick the head down over the weekend and get in there and try to shoot a couple good scores.”



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