Rory McIlroy Round 3 Highlights | 2024 Dubai Invitational

Highlights from Rory McIlroy’s third round 67 at the 2024 Dubai Invitational, at Dubai Creek.

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The DP World Tour resumes its 2024 season with the first event of a five-week stretch in the Middle East as the inaugural Dubai Invitational marks the start of the International Swing. World Number Two Rory McIlroy will be at the Dubai Creek Resort this week. The Northern Irishman has enjoyed great success in middle east, claiming five of his 16 DP World Tour titles in Dubai. The 34-year-old begins the new year aiming to win the sixth Harry Vardon Trophy of his career. Six-time DP World Tour winner Tommy Fleetwood will be in Dubai this week. He’s making back-to-back appearances on the DP World Tour as the Englishman looks to build on momentum generated from an impressive 2023 season, which included his second Ryder Cup win, and a runner up finish in Dubai at the DP World Tour Championship. DP World Tour Championship winner Nicolai Højgaard will also fancy his chances this week. He’ll be looking to kick on from a successful 2023 which included victories as part of Continental Europe in the inaugural Hero Cup and Team Europe in the Ryder Cup at Marco Simone, as well as earning PGA TOUR playing privileges for 2024 via the FedEx Cup. Others to look out for are Luke Donald, Francesco Molinari and Thriston Lawrence.

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This the third for Rory Mao at the third stayed out of the bunker just got caught up by the rough nearly rolled it in that’s going to be three pars to start the day though bit of a quiet start really for Rory but he’s such a special player I don’t

Think it really matters he’s going to make at least five birdies out there today I would Imagine [Applause] nice drive down the power five from Maoy overdone it a a little yeah just holds on that’s okay maybe a little bit of Fringe to deal with this will test Him oh he’s played that [Applause] well that’s why I just think it’s hard to look past mroy this week it feels like the path of him is sort of 68 is same Club Rory M can he get it back to it giv it plenty of air time go on gety

Up 99 in fact it falls away at the hole easy for this to come up eight shy or degreen it long I paint a pretty picture don’t I yeah he’s don’t want it almost chasing don’t you up the green into the grain just like that spot on Wayne you sort of

Got to take it on but you RIS knocking it by but you you got to be aggressive with those and try and get a little bit of hook spin on that top side oh he certainly struck get where meant to yeah I think he looks awfully surprised there about what the ball’s

Going to do the general slope there suggests it’s going to move left to right so that’s just grain let’s cut that ball and left it left no flat out full follow through incoming is it online it’s right down the flag lovely shot just kills itself the grain at the front of the green

Slopes from back to front so digging in hit Rory right in the Jaws painful radar all you need to know is it’s 314 to carry both bunkers down the right hand side 314 yeah it’s it’s probably still Rising when it going over I figurative there’s going to be

One person that was going to try to munch a bit of that corner it was going to be him like throwing Spears 30 time yeah 3/4 wedge from meloy just tucked a little bit a little bit left not great we’re expecting maybe a little bit better from their R out didn’t

We yeah nine under par for the first round just one under for the last 26 he had it yeah another one that falls a bit short look really quick from our angle didn’t it maybe just F him slightly high right shoulder through there I can’t see the flight but I

Expect it to be a tad right when none the wiser radar any eyes on it too far down this is so difficult a 68 yd clip shot easy to Fatt it or knife it see what maoy can do from over here very difficult that’ll do I mean

Really a lot of things could have gone wrong there out of shape two days running at the short Par Four yeah I was just about to say it’s probably the one he’s going to hold it’s a funny old game that’s missed everything most unlikely three you ever see the smile return to

Mroy finally no kink in this hole at all it’s straight [Applause] away straight holes aren’t always that straight forward you got to work out on the te going to hit it with a little fade or a little draw it’s easy to get caught in two mines and that’s a ideal

Raadar it’s a perfect spot there I mean he can take this flag on and start to get a wle on I said the once he holds one part then he gets that spring at his step that he’s always had that was nice Rhythm through the ball like that and then he starts to

Have fun with the golf course nice a bit more like that one yesterday we saw he can speak to players through a leaderboard Anthony Rory mcy yes has that presence just got to keep a head of steam on this one get in and he does right to the heart of the

Cup back within one Rory mroy I like that line you can hug the left there using the palm trees that are just in front of you actually to pick your line straight and be super Direct just a dead arm wedge flag back right up on a tabletop you think he knows what he’s

Doing Rory maroy you think he’s got any clue that W shot Andrew that wedge shot and that wedge swing just more of those it’s the control that you can see when he’s three quarterback and through he’s lightning very very competent turns that into a birdie four and keeps

The birdie run going closes in on the lead overcooked it he’s done that a few times in the last couple of days that’s okay there actually he’s got just a nice chip up pills just if you get anything past that pin on the left it’s it’s pretty much dead

Yep a lot of fluff around it I got that one all wrong that that is a surprise how about that how about that that could be the tournament right there [Applause] yeah 173 wind out of the right hand side just bailing out a little but a good looking

Thing he’s the only one that’s balls reacted like that a big swing this we’ve seen that a few times already just big a spot and imagine what it does on the way down as he got it fist B but everything nice one for under on the back maroi ready to

Launch I just cut just trying to hit that little low fadey one sit down think it crept into it it’s hard to tell yeah with that front pin you want to be coming off the Fairway he’s got one n so he’s going to go up stairs up Penthouse High try to

Get this to come down like a sack of Spuds in the he gone High hurry oh co Lu boy lucky boy We R referring to Freddy Couples who left it out right at Golden Bell the 12th the Masters and his way to Victory from this side this is slow you

Know it’s slow you know it’s uphill can you hit it hard enough TI the lead if he can pop it in oh hopped and bbbl and jumped oh my goodness it’s been a lot of time in the air there uh it’s it’s beautiful to watch now mooy

With that stroke 3 or four years ago stroke was very deliberate very technical now there’s a flow too everything to flow from the Rhythm from the read to the time he Strokes it that was that was a lovely stroke to finish with Rory what do you make of your

Performance today you’re not at the top of the leaderboard for the first time of the tournament but still well in it yeah definitely well in it um I felt like I did okay it was a bit of a slow start uh again um you know I yeah was a little bit of a

Slow start but then I got things going on the back nine shot for under on the back to try to keep up with Tommy he was uh setting the pce out there for all of us and um you know played well that back nine and uh earnt myself a tea time with

Uh with him tomorrow and it’ll it’ll be good fun I’m I’m looking forward to it what are you looking for to the most uh just you know being in the in the final group and you know playing with I felt a little bit of pressure on the back n

Today cuz I was trying to get abdulah over the line for the team event but um I think just you know first week back out get being in a final grip sort of feeling a little bit of the buzz and the pressure trying to win a golf tournament

Um you know you you think you know where your game is until you play in a in a situation like that so um you know I feel like I’ve been playing pretty well this week and you know hopefully one more one more day oh obiously good friends with Abdullah the host himself

You know what was it like playing with him but also seeing his vision come to life yeah absolutely amazing um you know Abdullah has been a big part of um the game of golf in this in this region and and you know the DP World Tour as well

He’s he’s a board member of the DP World Tour for the last um for the last year or so and you know he cares deeply about the game and for him to you know bring everyone to Dubai and and put on a program like this um you know he should

Really be really proud of the of the work that he’s done to to do that um you know and as I said I wish I could have got him over the line it looks like we’re going to get beaten in a comback but um you know it’s been a it’s been a

Great three days and uh you know looking forward to one more day tomorrow yeah well to play for thanks very much Ry cheers thank you to watch another DP world to video click here and to subscribe click here