Rory McIlroy ‘in good shape’ as he looks to complete double with DP World Tour title

For Lowry to spoil McIlroy’s party, the Offalyman – currently 20th in the world rankings – would have to win the tournament and rely on a combination of other factors including McIlroy finishing worse than seventh, Fox worse than fifth and Fitzpatrick worse than second.

“Being a player that plays on both tours, you look at the big events that you need to do well in and some of the big events and try and achieve that. I had a good finish in a couple of Majors and WGCs, and obviously Wentworth helped me along the way. It’s certainly one of the goals, one of boxes you want to tick at the start of the year and you know any time you find yourself here in Dubai in November, it’s been a decent year.

“I think your iron play needs to be quite precise, and mine is. This week is as thick as I’ve ever seen the rough and as bad as I’ve ever seen the rough. I think off the tee this week, you’ll have to be quite good as well. Putting the ball in the fairway this week and if I hit enough fairways, I think I’ll have a chance.”

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