Rory McIlroy: I turned a 62 into a 68

Rory McIlroy consoled himself with the thought of watching another possible Irish rugby victory over the All Blacks after seeing his title defence suffer a costly late blow in Dubai.

McIlroy has won the DP World Tour Championship twice before and never finished worse than 11th in seven appearances at Jumeirah Golf Estates, but found himself outside the top 20 after a third round of 68.