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DUBAI
t
o hot
f
or
Mc
I
l
r
oy
Ror
y Mc
I
l
r
oy beat
en t
o Dubai
Des
er
t Cl
as
s
i
c by wor
l
d number 60 Li
Haot
ong
Wor
l
d number 60 L
i
Ha
ot
ong hel
d off f
our
-
t
i
me
ma
j
or wi
nner Ror
y Mc
I
l
r
oy t
o wi
n t
he Duba
i
Des
er
t
Cl
a
s
s
i
c
.
T
he Nor
t
her
n I
r
i
s
hma
n t
ur
ned a s
hot de c
i
t a
t t
he
s
t
a
r
t of pl
a
y i
nt
o a t
wo-
s
hot l
ea
d a
t t
he 10t
h,
but hi
s
Chi
nes
e r
i
v
a
l
hi
t bi
r
di
es on 13 a
nd 15.
An er
r
a
nt Mc
I
l
r
oy dr
i
v
e l
ed t
o a bogey on t
he 16t
h.
l
t
hough he bi
r
di
ed t
he na
l
t
wo hol
es
,
L
i
,
22,
A nd a
di
d t
he s
a
me t
o wi
n by a s
hot on 23 under a
s bot
h
pl
a
y
er
s ni
s
hed wi
t
h t
hr
ee-
under
-
pa
r 69s
.
L
i
,
who won t
he 2016 Chi
na Open a
nd ni
s
hed t
hi
r
d
a
t l
a
s
t y
ea
r
'
s Open Cha
mpi
ons
hi
p,
i
s t
he r
s
t As
i
a
n
wi
nner of t
he ev
ent
,
a
nd ea
r
ned t
he bi
gges
t v
i
c
t
or
y
of hi
s edgl
i
ng c
a
r
eer wi
t
h a t
our
na
ment r
ec
or
d
s
c
or
e
.
He wi
l
l
a
l
s
o bec
ome t
he r
s
t ma
n f
r
om Chi
na t
o
br
ea
k i
nt
o t
he wor
l
d'
s t
op 50,
ha
v
i
ng pr
ev
i
ous
l
y
ma
de hea
dl
i
nes i
n J
une 2017 when he t
hr
ew hi
s
put
t
er i
n a l
a
k
e a
t t
he F
r
enc
h Open,
onl
y f
or i
t t
o be
s
hed out by hi
s mot
her
.
Ov
er t
he l
a
s
t f
our hol
es I
hi
t s
ome of t
he bes
t s
hot
s
"
of my l
i
f
e
,
" L
i
s
a
i
d.
"
I
j
us
t di
dn'
t r
ea
l
i
s
e I
c
oul
d ma
k
e
t
ha
t put
t on 15.
T
ha
t wa
s huge
.
I
t
hi
nk t
ha
t wa
s t
he
t
ur
ni
ng poi
nt
.
"
Mc
I
l
r
oy ma
de i
t v
er
y c
l
ea
r how f
r
us
t
r
a
t
ed he wa
s
a
f
t
er '
ment
a
l
er
r
or
s
'
.
Mc
I
l
r
oy ha
s now ni
s
hed t
hi
r
d a
nd s
ec
ond i
n hi
s t
wo
s
t
a
r
t
s s
i
nc
e c
a
l
l
i
ng a
n ea
r
l
y end t
o a
n i
nj
ur
y
-
pl
a
gued
a
nd wi
nl
es
s 2017 c
a
mpa
i
gn,
but wi
l
l
r
ue hi
s wa
y
-
wa
r
d dr
i
v
e on t
he 16t
h a
mong a
n ot
her
wi
s
e ne di
s
-
pl
a
y f
r
om t
he t
ee
.
T
he 28-
y
ea
r
-
ol
d ni
s
hed on 22 under pa
r
,
t
wo s
hot
s
a
hea
d of E
ngl
a
nd'
s T
y
r
r
el
l
Ha
t
t
on,
who s
a
v
ed pa
r on
t
he 18t
h i
n a c
l
os
i
ng 66 des
pi
t
e ndi
ng t
he wa
t
er
wi
t
h hi
s a
ppr
oa
c
h.
A f
r
us
t
r
a
t
ed Mc
I
l
r
oy s
a
i
d:
"
I
t wa
s a c
oupl
e of ba
d
s
hot
s
,
a c
oupl
e of poor dec
i
s
i
ons
,
a c
oupl
e of ment
a
l
er
r
or
s
,
a f
ew t
ent
a
t
i
v
e put
t
s out t
her
e a
s wel
l
.
"
I
k
ept l
ea
v
i
ng my
s
el
f i
n pl
a
c
es wher
e I
c
oul
dn'
t
r
ea
l
l
y gi
v
e i
t a r
un a
t t
he hol
e bec
a
us
e t
hey wer
e
downhi
l
l
,
downgr
a
i
n,
downwi
nd.
I
f s
omeone ha
d t
ol
d me a
t t
he s
t
a
r
t of t
he y
ea
r
"
y
ou'
d ni
s
h t
hi
r
d a
nd s
ec
ond y
our r
s
t t
wo ev
ent
s
,
I
'
d s
a
y
,
y
ea
h,
I
'
d t
a
k
e t
ha
t
.
But bei
ng i
n t
he pos
i
t
i
ons
I
'
v
e been i
n a
nd ha
v
i
ng t
wo c
l
os
e c
a
l
l
s i
t
'
s a l
i
t
t
l
e di
f
-
c
ul
t
.
"
T
he c
ompet
i
t
or i
n me i
s v
er
y di
s
a
ppoi
nt
ed r
i
ght
now.
"
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