Rory McIlroy: I’ll always be streaky putter

Making the extraordinary feel routine is a trick only the greats can master, and while Rory McIlroy is favourite to win his third Race to Dubai crown in four years, Shane Lowry has a fast-track to the Ryder Cup in mind at this week’s Turkish Airlines Open.

Both men are such good ball strikers and so tidy around the greens that their week to week demeanour can be determined by their success rate on the greens.

Dubbed a streaky putter recently by Paul McGinley, Race to Dubai leader McIlroy will tee it up alongside second ranked Danny Willett and fifth ranked Lowry at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal, hoping for an improved performance with the short stick.