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Rory McIlroy, stronger than Reed in Dubai

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World number one Rory McIlroy wins his first Rolex Series tournament.

The world number one Rory McIlroy withstood the charge of the last lap from his best enemy the American Patrick Reed to win the Dubai Desert Classic. A birdie on the par five of the 18th hole allowed the Northern Irishman to win his first Rolex Series and finish with a total of -19 with a stroke ahead of Reed.

To claim his 15th title on the European Tour, Rory McIlroy displayed a remarkable level of play throughout the tournament (66-70-65-68), pushed until the last lap by the American, author of an excellent last card (65). The record of the day being achieved by the Swede Henrik Stenson.

The victory is all the sweeter for the Northern Irishman as Reed had described him as “small immature child“, causing an incident at the practice when the American then teeed off on the world number 1 before the tournament. McIlroy then refused to salute the winner of the 2018 Masterswho had turned to the LIV Golf at the start of last year.

Thanks to this victory in Dubai, Rory McIlroy jumps up the rankings (2nd) in the Race to Dubai and is now on the heels of Victor Perez, leader since last week and the trophy won in Abu Dhabi during the first Rolex Series tournament of the season. . It also consolidates its position as world number one.

Among the French, author of a convincing last card of 68 (-4), the Frenchman Julien Brun finished in a good 5th place at -14. Romain Langasque (-10) is 16th while Victor Perez (75 in the last lap, -8 overall) is 28th. Julien Guerrier (-4) and Antoine Rozner (-1) are further away.

Classement final du Hero Dubai Desert Classic :

1. Rory McIlroy (Irl. Nord) -19 (66-70-65-68)

2 Patrick Reed (E.-U.) -18

3 Lucas Herbert (Austr.) -16

4 Callum Shinkwin (Eng.) -15

5 Julien Brun (France) -14… etc

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