Final-hole blip costs McIlroy lead in Dubai

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 21, 2021 12:17 am

DUBAI: Rory McIlroy suffered a disappointing double-bogey on the closing par-5 hole to fall from a one-shot lead to one behind the leaders at the halfway stage of the European's Tour's season-ending DP World Tour Championship on Friday (Saturday in Manila).

The 32-year-old Northern Irishman, winner of the tournament in 2012 and 2015, was four-under-par through 17 holes and 11-under total. On the par-5 18th, where a stream bisects the fairway, McIlroy's tee shot rolled into the right fairway bunker.

Rory McIlroy AFP PHOTO

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