 A two-shot swing proper on the finish of the event on the 72nd gap noticed Tommy Fleetwood edge apart World No. 2 Rory McIlroy to win the inaugural Dubai Invitational by one shot.Standing on the eighteenth collectively, McIlroy at 19-under was one shot forward of Fleetwood at 18-under.Issues modified rapidly as McIlroy hit his drive into the water, took a penalty and got here out with a bogey. Fleetwood in the meantime holed an excellent 16-footer for birdie to make a two-shot swing in his favour and choose his third win within the Center East. He has received twice previously in Abu Dhabi.McIlroy was tied second at 18-under alongside South African Thriston Lawrence, who completed earlier than them.Fleetwood began the ultimate day at Dubai Creek Resort with a one-shot lead. over Ryder Cup group mate McIlroy. Fleetwood stayed constant, however misplaced the lead for the primary time with a bogey on the sixteenth.McIlroy was one behind at the beginning and have become two behind after the entrance 9. When Fleetwood birdied the tenth, the hole was three. Then McIlroy made the cost with three birdies in a row. A bogey adopted on 14th, when McIlroy three-putted from shut however he recovered with a birdie on fifteenth. Fleetwood gave again a shot on sixteenth and fell to 17-under as McIlroy was in lead at 18-under.Each Fleetwood and McIlroy birdied the seventeenth which stored the Northern Eire participant one forward. Then got here the bogey for McIlroy and birdie for Fleetwood, who received the trophy.South African Lawrence completed alongside McIlroy at 18 underneath, two away from England’s Jordan Smith and three forward of 2018 Open Champion Francesco Molinari. American Sean Crocker and in-form South African Zander Lombard was at 14 underneath, with Dane Thorbjørn Olesen and German Yannik Paul two pictures additional again.The victory is Fleetwood’s third within the United Arab Emirates after claiming two wins in Abu Dhabi and follows a second-place end on the 2023 season-ending DP World Tour Championship.A primary win for the reason that 2022 Nedbank Golf Problem additionally strikes Fleetwood to the highest of the Worldwide Swing Rankings, to fourth within the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex and will take him as excessive as eleventh within the Official World Golf Rating.“I’m very completely happy,” mentioned Dubai resident Fleetwood. “It was wonderful profitable. Like virtually all people else on the planet of golf, I don’t win wherever close to as a lot as I want to however simply that profitable feeling nice.“That is clearly the place I stay and have numerous assist. It’s nice to kick off the 12 months with a terrific end result and push on from right here.“I really feel like I’ve been saying for a very long time that I’ve been doing numerous actually nice issues. I've wonderful folks that I’m working with, win, lose or draw at this time. Subsequent week would be the identical. We simply crack on and we hold pushing ahead and hopefully hold transferring in the suitable course.“I used to be very proud of the best way I performed at this time for the big majority of the spherical, felt like I didn’t gap among the putts that I needed to.“I simply stayed affected person and stored taking part in. I knew I used to be taking part in very, very properly, and even the final two holes, performed 17 and 18 nice.”–IANShs/){kind=link}
Dubai, Jan 15 (IANS) A two-shot swing proper on the finish of the event on the 72nd gap noticed Tommy Fleetwood edge apart World No. 2 Rory McIlroy to win the inaugural Dubai Invitational by one shot.
Standing on the eighteenth collectively, McIlroy at 19-under was one shot forward of Fleetwood at 18-under.
Issues modified rapidly as McIlroy hit his drive into the water, took a penalty and got here out with a bogey. Fleetwood in the meantime holed an excellent 16-footer for birdie to make a two-shot swing in his favour and choose his third win within the Center East. He has received twice previously in Abu Dhabi.
McIlroy was tied second at 18-under alongside South African Thriston Lawrence, who completed earlier than them.
Fleetwood began the ultimate day at Dubai Creek Resort with a one-shot lead. over Ryder Cup group mate McIlroy. Fleetwood stayed constant, however misplaced the lead for the primary time with a bogey on the sixteenth.
McIlroy was one behind at the beginning and have become two behind after the entrance 9. When Fleetwood birdied the tenth, the hole was three. Then McIlroy made the cost with three birdies in a row. A bogey adopted on 14th, when McIlroy three-putted from shut however he recovered with a birdie on fifteenth. Fleetwood gave again a shot on sixteenth and fell to 17-under as McIlroy was in lead at 18-under.
Each Fleetwood and McIlroy birdied the seventeenth which stored the Northern Eire participant one forward. Then got here the bogey for McIlroy and birdie for Fleetwood, who received the trophy.
South African Lawrence completed alongside McIlroy at 18 underneath, two away from England’s Jordan Smith and three forward of 2018 Open Champion Francesco Molinari. American Sean Crocker and in-form South African Zander Lombard was at 14 underneath, with Dane Thorbjørn Olesen and German Yannik Paul two pictures additional again.
The victory is Fleetwood’s third within the United Arab Emirates after claiming two wins in Abu Dhabi and follows a second-place end on the 2023 season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
A primary win for the reason that 2022 Nedbank Golf Problem additionally strikes Fleetwood to the highest of the Worldwide Swing Rankings, to fourth within the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex and will take him as excessive as eleventh within the Official World Golf Rating.
“I’m very completely happy,” mentioned Dubai resident Fleetwood. “It was wonderful profitable. Like virtually all people else on the planet of golf, I don’t win wherever close to as a lot as I want to however simply that profitable feeling nice.
“That is clearly the place I stay and have numerous assist. It’s nice to kick off the 12 months with a terrific end result and push on from right here.
“I really feel like I’ve been saying for a very long time that I’ve been doing numerous actually nice issues. I’ve wonderful folks that I’m working with, win, lose or draw at this time. Subsequent week would be the identical. We simply crack on and we hold pushing ahead and hopefully hold transferring in the suitable course.
“I used to be very proud of the best way I performed at this time for the big majority of the spherical, felt like I didn’t gap among the putts that I needed to.
“I simply stayed affected person and stored taking part in. I knew I used to be taking part in very, very properly, and even the final two holes, performed 17 and 18 nice.”
–IANS
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