DP World Tour Championship LIVE scores: Rory McIlroy, Tyrrell Hatton one back in Dubai
Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton both trail by one shot as Antoine Rozner strikes the front heading into the weekend at DP World Tour Championship.
Antoine Rozner | -9 |
Tyrrell Hatton | -8 |
Rory McIlroy | -8 |
Joaquin Niemann | -7 |
Rasmus Hojgaard | -6 |
Shane Lowry | -6 |
Jesper Svensson | -6 |
Keita Nakajima | -6 |
Rory McIlroy is still strolling serenely to a third straight Race to Dubai title and sixth overall after the second round of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai.
McIlroy, 35, held a commanding lead atop the DP World Tour Rankings heading into this week where only South Africa's Thriston Lawrence could catch him in the Race to Dubai.
Lawrence needed to win the DP World Tour Championship and then hope McIlroy finished outside the top 10.
But there is no chance of that happening now as McIlroy has all-but wrapped things up as he bids to match the feat of late great Seve Ballesteros for six Harry Vardon trophies.
The Northern Irishman finds himself at 8-under par in a tie for second alongside Tyrrell Hatton.
The European Ryder Cup stars trail Frenchman Antoine Rozner by one shot heading into the weekend following rounds of 69.
Rozner, a three-time winner on the DP World Tour, vaulted to the top of the board on Friday courtesy of a flawless 7-under 65.
He leads at 9-under par.
McIlroy's second round included five birdies and two bogeys, while Hatton made four bogeys and one bogey.
Lawrence, on the other hand, could only card a 71 to move to level par for the tournament.
As the Race to Dubai stands right now, McIlroy would be crowned champion with Rozner in second and Hatton in third.
Should McIlroy win the Race to Dubai as expected, he will also receive a bonus $2m prize.
Check out how much they are playing for at the DP World Tour Championship and Race to Dubai this week.
McIlroy will not just want to secure another Race to Dubai title this week, but he will also want to do it in style by winning the DP World Tour Championship for a joint-record third time in his career.
Jon Rahm currently holds the record of three wins at the DP World Tour Championship, but the LIV Golf star chose to bypass this week's event.
Despite not winning a major for a 10th straight season, four-time major champion McIlroy reflected on 2024 in front of reporters earlier this week.
While clearly still disappointed to have thrown away with the US Open to Bryson DeChambeau in June, the World No.3 did defend his Dubai Desert Classic title earlier in the season and he added two more wins on the PGA Tour at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans alongside Shane Lowry before winning a record fourth Wells Fargo Championship in his next start.
McIlroy revealed on Wednesday that he would grade his season 8/10.
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