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McIlroy Needs To Finish Fourth Or Better To Have ANY Chance Of Denying Chacarra.

Rory McIlroy needs a fourth place finish or better to have any chance of surpassing Eugenio Chacarra, who can guarantee the Race To Dubai money-list victory Both McIlroy and Chacarra head to the final day tied at five-under, and with the pressure on the Spaniard. Chacarra entered the week with a 534 point lead over McIlroy in the season-long standings, having won three times this year, only to lose ground with rounds of 72 and 71 over the first two days before a gutsy third day’s 68 that got ...

Chacarra & McIlroy Locked At Five-Under Heading To Final Round In The Final Tournament.

Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra and Rory McIlroy are all square at five-under and sharing fourth place heading to the final hole in the closing event of the DP World Tour season in Dubai. Chacarra posted a ‘moving day’ score of 68 whereas McIlroy picked-up an eagle at the par-5 seventh hole but then dropping three strokes in succession at six, seven and the eighth holes ahead of a birdie on 14 but then only to give the shot back on 15 ahead of a closing birdie at the last in his round of a ...

Luiten’s Just One Shot Back But Needing To Hit The Ball Closer

One birdie all day but still just one shot from the lead. Dutchman Joost Luiten knows how to win though in saying that it’s been eight years since he last won on the DP World Tour and that being a sixth Tour success in the 2018 Oman Open. However after four top-10s this year, including a sixth in the BMW PGA Championship and a season-best of a T5th in the more recent DP World India Championship, it’s not surprise that Luiten is after a sixth DP World Tour ‘W’. LUITEN JUST ...

Rors Declares If He Now Wins The First Trophy, The Second Will Take Care Of Itself.

A birdie at the last has helped rescue Rory McIlroy’s pride heading to the weekend rounds of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. McIlroy’s closing hole birdie, and after back-to-back bogeys at 16 and17, helped restore some confidence in his quest to not only capture the tournament itself but also join Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie with eight Race to Dubai money-list titles. McIlroy had been two shots clear of the field after just 10 holes before dropping three shots from 12 ...

Chacarra Admits Rors Is Going To Be Tough To Beat But 36 Holes Is A Lot Of Golf.

Top Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra now admits Rory McIlroy is going to be tough to beat but 36 holes is a lot of golf heading to the closing two days of the 2026 Race to Dubai season. Chacarra posted scores of 72 and 71, having birdied his closing two holes on day two in continuing bright but difficult windy conditions on the host Jumeriah Estates course in the UAE. He birdied the first and second holes on day two but proceeded to add just a further three birdies, including at the closing two hole but ...

Rors Best Of The Bunch Seeking To End DP World Tour Year With Record-Equalling Eighth Money-List Title.

Rory McIlroy started the strongest of the Race to Dubai title contenders at the season-ending World Tour Championship, posting a 3-under 69 to sit in third place, two strokes off first-round leader Joost Luiten. McIlroy is seeking to claim the yearlong award — crowning the top player on the DP World — for a record-tying eighth time and for the fifth straight year. He is guaranteed to do so with a victory at Jumeirah Golf Estates this week. The world No. 2 is second in the Race to Dubai ...

Luiten Leads The Way Albeit By A Shot In Dubai,

Dutch golfer Joost Luiten leads the way by a shot in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship on the Jumeriah Estates course in Dubai. Luiten, 40, produced seven birdies in a stella five-under-par score 67 to head the elite field of just 50 players contesting the event that winds up the season. Denmark’s Jason Skov Olesen also birdied the last to be lying in second place with a four-under 68 and with five players, including two players in contention all last week dowm the road in the UAE ...