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The changes over the past 30 years, from the setting up of the Premier League to the involvement of nation states are all in here, expertly gathered into a coherent timeline.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CMLAUX6N65E4DA47NMPIGNOALM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218666},"content":"How Sportswashing Took Over Football is the subtitle but it feels like the term is there as a hook, rather than the whole. While the story of the involvement of the oil nations of Middle East is told here in great detail, it’s only one part of the overall disaster. 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His win moved him from 164th to 128th on the updated world rankings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Lauren Walsh aims for rousing end to rookie season</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"JH5DGECDONDADEM5RTB2DL7ZVE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823659},"content":"Lauren Walsh has some tidying-up to do this week on the Ladies European Tour – where she has earned a place in the season-ending Spanish Open at Real Guadalhorce – before heading across the Atlantic to next week’s Final Qualifying in the Kildare golfer’s bid to earn an LPGA Tour card for next season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KR3H63U2RRBOZP7F3KXRKUNUGU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823660},"content":"First things first, and 24-year-old Walsh – who claimed four top-10s in a strong rookie season on the LET – is the lone Irish player in a field limited to 75 players. Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini has already wrapped up the order of merit title and one of the fringe benefits is a pass to the LPGA Tour’s final qualifying.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OXUGMTMCFVD7TKAHAECW6HIA74","additional_properties":{"_id":"UMXD4NNR2FD7LC6XWOKCLT55SQ"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"P3KAMWNB5ND23OXZZUAZALFI74","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823661},"content":"Walsh completes her rookie season in Spain on the back of a campaign that has seen her ranked 19th in the order of merit and move to 235th on the Rolex world rankings, having started the year in 664th.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OM4NIWVCQBGC7K62AAACLDS53Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823662},"content":"The Castlewarden golfer has a quick turnaround after completing the European campaign as she joins Cork golfer Sara Byrne, who also came through the pre-qualifying tournaments, in next week’s LPGA Tour Final Qualifying in Mobile, Alabama.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Emotional time for Lexi Thompson</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"XP4UZZQWARFVJB5MMCROKH7DL4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823669},"content":"“I think as athletes you’re always told to be strong and be intimidating on the golf course. Don’t show any sign of weakness. I did it for a while, and it’s just, you know, it’s gotten to me sometimes. It’s hard. It’s not just me, it’s everybody that goes through a lot of things. It’s just a matter of how much you’re willing to hold in and let people in on your emotions. It’s kind of like the time I’m actually letting myself feel those emotions and actually be real” – an emotional <b>Lexi Thompson</b> after finishing her career as a full-time player on the LPGA Tour. Thompson plans to play a very limited schedule going forward.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>In numbers</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"UNINVLVYOJDDNLEC47VMRFGFEQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823671},"content":"<b>4,000,000 – </b>That’s the amount in US dollars that Jeeno Thitikul collected for winning the season-ending CME Globe LPGA Tour Championship. Thitikul’s win enabled the 21-year-old Thailand player to set a new single-season earnings record on the LPGA Tour with $6,059,309.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>On this day ... November 26th, 2000</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"PACPN6HA6VBNHAMGNVN6Q7JQDQ","additional_properties":{"_id":"GPLGZMBGS5BGJKC2LUQMCYQNYM"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"2GG7XTEAJZBF3MTBZZ3Q4J4QEM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823673},"content":"Although he enjoyed a hugely successful career that included 54 wins as a professional, Colin Montgomerie never did manage to win on the PGA Tour.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JLB373NPGRES7CYYSOM37XML7E","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823675},"content":"However, the Scot did win on US soil.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4MFQW4UIP5D2PBT4HPYVS2NWCM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823676},"content":"It came in the Skins Game – an unofficial event played from 1983 to 2008 – at Indian Wells in California and Monty managed to scoop $415,000 in the novel format when he emerged as the winner over Fred Couples, Vijay Singh and Sergio Garcia.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CM6VN5RU45G3NPCSLDAVERZPBA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823677},"content":"Garcia, actually, had played the best golf of anyone but the novel nature of the Skins Game (where players had to win the hole outright to collect) was such that it left him as a bystander by the time Montgomerie beat Couples in the playoff.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RFXMGKEOIFEF5BZDWVA7YOXSUI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823678},"content":"In the third extra hole of the playoff, Couples drove into a fairway bunker, then his second shot bounced off the lip, hit a cart and landed in a bush. 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Dahmen shot a final round in the season-closing RSM Classic to retain his PGA Tour card (in 124th place) by the narrowest of margins.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AOWM5DJ5NFEC3FO6Q2BTZSGFGA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823682},"content":"That’s a wrap for competitive golf in 2024! Fun ending it in Hong Kong, one of my favourite cities to visit. Thx to everyone involved in the Link @TheHK Open and I hope to be back again soon. Lots for me to ponder and reflect on as I look to use these coming weeks to plan and prepare for a big 2025 season! – <b>Justin Rose</b>, who will be entering his 27th season as a tour professional. Rose’s decision to play in Hong Kong rather than the RSM Classic on the PGA Tour had consequences, as his drop from 60th to 62nd on the final FedEx Cup standings cost him places in the Genesis Invitational and AT&T Pebble Beach pro-am (two signature events) next season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G3WPNZ3PABEGNE7ZAY2PU4ZFL4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823683},"content":"From watching you win your first grand slam in 2005 to watching you win your last in 2022, you have been a hero of mine and an inspiration to how I approach my own career. You will be so missed and tennis won’t be the same without you – <b>Rory McIlroy</b> tipping the cap to Rafa Nadal on his retirement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>In the bag</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"IPVI75IPZRH4NDVTGEIWZOCBPY","additional_properties":{"_id":"3VN3AZDB5RECJADOLSPZ3F4IQY"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"Y6TQXY757REWRPHRP4ENMKLOTM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823685},"content":"<b>Jeeno Thitikul – CME Globe LPGA Tour Championship</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZN6IGC64RBCXBL4F663PPEMNRI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823687},"type":"list"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Know the rules</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"BUV7TYOZORGE5HS5VA5E53RS4M","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823695},"content":"<b>Q: </b>A player searches for their ball and thinks it may have been lifted by a spectator but isn’t sure. 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Couldn’t have told you a starling from a swallow. When a friend told him he should take some pictures of the murmurations around Lough Ennell, his first job was to go away and google what the hell a murmuration was.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YDXBPRGVFBHPJP5NM7MIMKUTKY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571235},"content":"That was four years ago. Ireland was in the maw of the pandemic and the normal run of his day job as a sports photographer had slowed to a crawl. He was looking for something to divert himself and also to distract his buddy, who had recently been through a family tragedy. And so began, in December 2020, a project that would produce the most famous photograph he is ever likely to take.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7YHHZAMPCNB43OVG4KHQMIXGPA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571236},"content":"Crombie’s astonishing bird-shaped murmuration didn’t just go viral, it went global. It appeared first on the front page of The Irish Times on March 4th, 2021 and from there, it went everywhere. To parts known and unknown – National Geographic, CNN, The New Scientist, everywhere else.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KZNPGYDFNBHR5PGRKXD4HZYCOI","additional_properties":{"_id":"2LWP7EWSTFATFKEGLSXGGOGWIY"},"content":"Lough Ennell murmurations seen on video just as James Crombie captures the famous photo","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"I3REI6Z5INC7FAQZQGTK4ZF2KQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571238},"content":"“In the three years since I took it, I’d say not a day goes by without someone mentioning it to me,” Crombie says. “I’ve taken pictures since then that I personally think are better but they will never get the attention that that picture got. I go to the UK and run into photographers over there and they go, ‘Here’s the Bird Man’. Every weekend, it happens somewhere.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZKGCAZR765DNBEXXXWW25XDJUY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571239},"content":"“Which is fine and great – it’s not as if I’m hiding from it. I’m publishing a fecking book off the back of it! But it is funny trying to live up to it. And I don’t think I ever will or ever can, really. I spent the year after I took it half-annoyed because I was going, ‘How am I going to get the next thing that causes that sort of reaction?’ I felt this pressure to deliver something else as good as it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"6OAGE3QJUJATZILFW5VIH2KU6U","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571240},"content":"But as everyone who ever did anything good knows, reaction is an unstable pleasure. It’s a dopamine hit. It doesn’t last and it can’t be why you do it. Crombie took The Bird photo on his 50th night going to Lough Ennell. He kept going back for another 250 nights over the following three years. 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He came back to Ireland and tootled about in a couple of other jobs for a while until a chance came along to take part in a reality TV series called No Experience Required. The idea was that various companies – among them the Inpho sports photography agency – would audition people who had never worked in a particular area before and at the end, take them on to the staff for six months.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HT73SWP3MNGIFODXJTSM5TW7KA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571247},"content":"“I always joke with Billy [Stickland, founder of Inpho] that if I hadn’t won that show, I’d be earning 300 grand a year now and have a second villa down in Spain. But no, I chose sport and photography instead. And it’s been amazing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J63UGHRMHZG4NMYDLHGSYMRQ5I","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571248},"content":"“I would say it took me 10 years to get comfortable with it. I was obsessed from the start. For most of that first six months, I was sitting in the office obsessed with how the other lads were cropping pictures, obsessed with settings, obsessed with the equipment. Eventually, near the end, one of them said to me, ‘Here, are you not going to go out and take any pictures? They won’t keep you on if you don’t.’","type":"text"},{"_id":"O5Y6JHVT7RHR5LEM2E4HGFT7EA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571249},"content":"“It nearly hadn’t occurred to me that I could go out and take them, weird as that sounds. I half-thought I had to stay in the office. So I went out every night to a different football match – Dublin championship, intermediate games, junior games, down to Wicklow for more games then. I still have those pictures and they’re brutal. But that’s how it started.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2WBDUKYNAZFAVGKTUWNKKOY7SI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571250},"content":"The bulk of the job is matches. Rugby, soccer, hurling, football, wash, rinse, repeat. He brings an analogue radio with him to every match – digital radio commentary is always about 40 seconds behind the action. It means that he can be looking around during a game, staying engaged but still able to find pictures away from the pitch.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5Z5KWLJQGVFRBLH3ABMB27QFNM","additional_properties":{"_id":"4WK5YTBCLJBCXPOVFBWEBPZUAQ"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"SX3G4MQSENFHPDC6JHRXIALT7E","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571251},"content":"“I think you need to keep some element of nervousness when you go to games. You don’t want to be too comfortable. If Dublin or Limerick are attacking in the last play of an All-Ireland final, your nerves have to be high because you don’t want to miss the shot.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M56DQVFNCZHSRFV5WIXMY3L5VE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571252},"content":"“I remember this year with Clare and Cork in the All-Ireland final, the Clare guy pulled the Cork guy’s jersey – I got a great shot of it. The jersey is nearly off him. I really thought, ‘How is that not a free?’ This is going to be the pivotal shot. And it didn’t become the pivotal shot because the free wasn’t given.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L7HYUXRLKBE5TL3ANMYUONBF6Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571253},"content":"“Those last shots are where you have to be nervous. I’d say something like that happens maybe 10 times in a year. You know it, you can feel it in the stadium, the last play is so important and you don’t want to mess it up. You need that little bit of edge.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GINBGRWVKZCDHFL25TXYHDGOKY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571254},"content":"The murmuration project was entirely without edge, of course. Which was kind of the point. Crombie is married to Ann – they’ve been together since they were teenagers and have four kids. Having a day job that takes him away at weekends and sometimes for weeks at a time is bad enough. Heading off to hang out with a couple of thousand starlings for 300 nights over four years requires a fair bit of understanding on the home front.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OFBPU25H6VBFRCA6OWVP4DLRZE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571255},"content":"“I would definitely say it’s selfish on my part. I’m gone a lot with sport in the first place. And then to find another reason to be away, it’s a lot. But I met my wife when we were 17. We know each other that long. She manages me, as much as people would have managed Paul McGrath back in the day. Occasionally she’ll say, ‘Right, cop on here.’ But she knows me better than anyone.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2O726S5CQRCTRLICMWPKWS6ZJE","additional_properties":{"_id":"RGDSYRHTXJA5VPGTIHHQ76YMGQ"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"UTPUWOGV4NBT5DTXS2YT3K7MKM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571256},"content":"When the book arrived a couple of weeks back, Crombie’s initial reaction surprised him a little. Delighted and all as he is with it, he couldn’t help being sad at the whole thing coming to an end. Or at least an end of sorts.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TAFXVJWI45FQNG2NYRHSGNLDLA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571257},"content":"The starlings have been coming to Lough Ennell to roost in winter for as far back as anyone can remember. It’s about half an hour’s drive from his house. He’ll never not be able to head out with his camera to shoot them. Will he ever snap another picture like the one he did three years ago? Probably not. Will he ever stop being asked about it. Equally probably not.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PRS4ORNROZAGLOCVHHYO6KOT7M","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571258},"content":"One answer that has never been properly nailed down is the why of it. Why did those thousands of starlings form themselves into the shape of a bird of prey that evening in April 2021? Murmurations are for protection, that much is well known. But why that particular shape for that particular millisecond? Pure coincidence? Or something deeper?","type":"text"},{"_id":"LRV42PVP3FBF7HLACXOQJPLKJA","additional_properties":{"_id":"GCCIAYMVNBBKZKOJJ6FOXMYT3A"},"content":"How Ireland won relay gold in June 2024: Ten photographs that tell the story of a golden night for Irish athletics","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"6YJALFHY3FCFNI2V6EIM5ISCNM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571259},"content":"“I’d like to think it’s something deeper,” Crombie says. “There was another shape that looked like a water wren that same night, within three or four minutes of the one I got. But I’m pretty sure it’s just by chance. I’ve had comments over the years saying it’s a sign of the end of the world, praising Allah, praising God, whatever else. I don’t know.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZBH6HLWSENCPVC3FO7YGWPMCNI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571260},"content":"“I don’t think they did it on purpose. 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As with Topgolf, the action is soundtracked by loud music and fuelled by expensive food and drink, none of which is covered by the $90 green fees.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CQZAH35CJZDAJJDZC4RAXBMJOI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732039238195},"content":"Upper Deck has been at this lark for five years, taking its roadshow to every NFL and MLB stadium that wanted to keep the tills ringing on the down days. Even Fenway Park, John Updike’s “lyric little bandbox” in Boston, has played host to the novelty act. If very few people ever get to face a pitch and take a swing at home plate on that historic turf, this newfangled idea provides an opportunity for fans to climb the bleachers and drive a smaller ball in the direction of the Green Monster. You don’t have to be into the game to appreciate there’s a certain thrill in that. Whether it’s considered golf or not golf.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"premium"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Dave Hannigan"}},"name":"Dave Hannigan"}]},"description":{"basic":"Topgolf gaining popularity in the US, especially among young people, and you don’t have to be any good at it to have a ball"},"display_date":"2024-11-21T06:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Dave Hannigan: Behold a version of golf that’s fun and weirdly cool - but still ludicrously expensive","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"4QJBQB3ZG5GOPMSCCXZXZXAB7I","auth":{"1":"cda5590b3edb99394842391718710aacf1e32bd8b769e4f0b037fdf06a1c118b"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4QJBQB3ZG5GOPMSCCXZXZXAB7I.jpg"}},"subtype":"columnist","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/21/dave-hannigan-behold-a-version-of-golf-thats-fun-and-weirdly-cool-but-still-ludicrously-expensive/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"FXV5NSX7JRD5TMHFHESRGP7GH4","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":312,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/8948/podcasts/d64a3bf1-531b-4df0-bccf-3ef0ade6ce22/versions/1732116341/media/8bb67123166fde0001fe81f86e3d1776_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/21/golf-lowdowns-leona-maguire-looks-to-turn-fortunes-around-at-lpga-tour-championship/","content_elements":[{"_id":"MQN3R5FCAVB2FERMI2HQZLN5AA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903471},"content":"CME Globe LPGA Tour Championship","type":"header"},{"_id":"2AVEVDGMJJHCBOMPZSDDHGLALQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903472},"content":"<b>Purse:</b> €10.4 million (€3.78 million to the winner)","type":"text"},{"_id":"JQKYSYNDMVFSXIJSCB7WYXZM74","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903473},"content":"<b>Where:</b> Naples, Florida","type":"text"},{"_id":"M5DYEF2LYVH6TAONLSUH77RGSE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903474},"content":"<b>The course: </b>Tiburón Golf Club (Gold Course) – 6,556 yards, par 72 – is a Greg Norman-design (Tiburón is the Spanish word for shark) and has played host to the LPGA Tour Championship since 2013. The course is a certified nature sanctuary. Unusually, the bunkers are filled with coquina shell waste rather than sand and they also features turf sods in the formation of the walls.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M7B233LZ55G6HJJBFA5Y6MJS2A","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903475},"content":"<b>The field:</b> Nelly Korda – the world number one and a seven-time winner on tour this season, including last week’s Annika driven by Gainbridge – heads an exceptionally strong line-up in the end-of-season tournament limited to the leading 60 available players off the order of merit. All 60 in the field have a chance to scoop the $4 million (€3.78 million) winner’s prize as, unlike the men’s equivalent where there is a weighted start, all commence from a level playing field.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VOOL63R4C5DWLC3GSWTBCBTYDE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903476},"content":"<b>Quote-Unquote: </b>“Honestly, it’s been a crazy year. I’m grateful for all of it. I am grateful for the highs; grateful for the lows; grateful to be doing what I love in front of people hopefully inspiring the next generation. It’s really tough to win out here against such great players. The calibre of players is really, really high out here. I would say to me, it’s really, really nice to know that all the hard work that I put in with my team is paying off.” – <b>Nelly Korda</b>, already assured of the Rolex Player of the Year on the LPGA Tour, on her “crazy year”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OVCPCZTI2NFXXPIKJFLVQNDUZ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903477},"content":"<b>Irish in the field:</b> Leona Maguire had a nervous weekend at the Annika where she missed the cut before being guaranteed her place in the limited-field season finale. Maguire is ranked 58th of the 60 player field and is paired with American Ryann O’Toole for the opening round (tee-time 12.55pm Irish time).","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7UBYEFY4BFHDI2XDODN657INA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903478},"content":"<b>Betting:</b> Hardly a surprise to see Nelly Korda installed as the 9-2 favourite which represent decent odds given her dominance this season, while Jeeno Thitikul is rated a 15-2 chance. Charley Hull is bang in form and worth a look at 14-1. Leona Maguire’s dip in form (no top-10s on the LPGA Tour since her T-Mobile Matchplay final defeat to Korda back in April) is reflected in odds of 200-1.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PHPFCUI4NBFXXC4XLJSBLPNIM4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903479},"content":"<b>On TV:</b> Live on Sky Sports (live coverage 8pm).","type":"text"},{"_id":"R3FRYBGOSJDQFKHNPQR7YK4ZNY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903480},"content":"RSM Classic","type":"header"},{"_id":"AC54HHO5FJE6LE4M4ZODFZA6UY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903481},"content":"<b>Purse:</b> €7.2 million (€1.3 million to the winner)","type":"text"},{"_id":"STOTBOS6VRE4ZOVLS5SMFY7GPM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903482},"content":"<b>Where:</b> Sea Island, Georgia","type":"text"},{"_id":"P3B3PPEVKJFVDF24F2HXEQUX4Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903483},"content":"<b>The course: </b>The Seaside Course – 7,005 yards, par 70 – is a Tom Fazio redesign of the original Harry Colt/Charles Alison layout by the Atlantic Ocean. Local resident Davis Love III (he designed the complementary Plantation course which is also in play for the first two rounds) has described it as “18 matchless holes” in terms of the challenge and its seaside aesthetics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DDA54PWYFFDRXPFQJ4EQDMUNCA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903484},"content":"<b>The field:</b> As the last of the FedEx Cup Fall Series events, where those ranked 51st-60th in the standings will earn exemptions into the Genesis Invitational and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (both $20 million signature events on the PGA Tour) next season, there is a lot at stake with Séamus Power among those looking to nail down his position.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BFAXWBVGCZAG7IODMGCAIKWWAU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903485},"content":"<b>Quote-Unquote: </b>“I feel 100 per cent, otherwise I wouldn’t be here. I had about four weeks off from playing golf, I didn’t touch a golf club. Started hitting short pitches and wedges at first and then to kind of load it a little bit more and put more pressure on it. Now I’m actually a little bit stronger now than I was before, so that’s good.” – defending champion Ludvig Aberg, who underwent knee surgery following the Tour Championship in August, on returning to competition.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4UXL7E7LGZBOJJ7XNS3TJEHQAI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903486},"content":"<b>Irish in the field:</b> Séamus Power is in a group with Lucas Glover and Francesco Molinari (playing the Plantation Course for the first round) (tee time 3.55pm Irish time).","type":"text"},{"_id":"KK64UWTISBCPXPLXHIDMNJCN5Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903487},"content":"<b>Betting:</b> Although he hasn’t played competitively in almost three months, defending champion Ludvig Aberg is the market leader at 10-1 with Davis Thompson a 14-1 shout. Séamus Power has played well at Sea Island in the past and is a 28-1 shot. In terms of each-way value, Joe Highsmith at 70-1 is worth consideration.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GA3N4PJRPVHY5K7WSH5W73HUDE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903488},"content":"<b>On TV:</b> Live on Sky Sports (live coverage 1pm).","type":"text"},{"_id":"YCDY6C2IB5FUNMX3YVDX7FFP3I","additional_properties":{},"type":"list"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Philip Reid"}},"name":"Philip Reid"}]},"description":{"basic":"Séamus Power looking to book spots on $20m PGA Tour events at RSM Classic"},"display_date":"2024-11-21T06:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Golf lowdowns: Leona Maguire looks to turn fortunes around at LPGA Tour Championship ","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"8948"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"GO42JG73N7GDWGBVGF5R6KQ4QM","auth":{"1":"79c1fd51932a871fdc3506c05ed4ed0b40962e678603b41171cf0957cc0e0cc6"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/GO42JG73N7GDWGBVGF5R6KQ4QM.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/21/golf-lowdowns-leona-maguire-looks-to-turn-fortunes-around-at-lpga-tour-championship/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"RFJ5HEQXCNH6XO2ONKXJJ42DBE","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":137,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/810fe85d-78e5-430f-a4ef-898cf2f57d1c/versions/1732044059/media/fe79f81e9cc0910fa20ec064f9f96f0d_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/19/tyrrell-hatton-set-for-ryder-cup-warm-up-as-liv-rebels-come-in-from-the-cold/","content_elements":[{"_id":"EY5VIVPYDRBJBK7ECJR3QEHMBA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732041413204},"content":"The latest indication of thawing relations between golf’s establishment and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/liv-golf-invitational-series/\" target=\"_blank\">LIV</a> rebels is expected on Wednesday, with Tyrrell Hatton to be named in the European <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/ryder-cup/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryder Cup</a> team’s warm-up event in Abu Dhabi. Sergio García, however, will miss out despite paying around €1.2 million in fines to rejoin the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dp-world-tour/\" target=\"_blank\">DP World Tour</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FHA453I3BVFADGZ4KBZCI3UVRE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732041413205},"content":"The Team Cup, which takes place at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in January, features 10 players a team as Continental Europe take on Great Britain and Ireland. Francesco Molinari and Justin Rose will be the captains for the latest staging of the competition, which is valued by Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald as a means to integrate and assess players. He has previously described the Middle East tournament as a “dry run” for the Ryder Cup.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EW35XGXWZRAQNBZRJVSAYTXDGA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732041413206},"content":"Hatton played in the Ryder Cups of 2018, 2021 and 2023. However, his future in the biennial joust became open to question after his switch to the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV circuit in January of this year. Hatton appealed sanctions imposed on him by the DP World Tour, which allowed him to participate in end of season tournaments and retain membership.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QYBDDTF6HVGUXI66N2NMEHBXSY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732041885545},"content":"Hatton quickly returned to the spotlight; he was heavily criticised for snapping a club during the weekend’s DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. However, the 33-year-old’s form has also pushed him to third in Europe’s Ryder Cup rankings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y4KSS76VXVF2JASYVR5CXSLKF4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732041413207},"content":"The Englishman’s desire to remain part of the Ryder Cup – and Donald’s willingness to have him – will be emphasised by a Team Cup appearance. Hatton played in the event, then the Hero Cup, as a precursor to Europe’s defeat of the US last year. Hatton will join the likes of Tommy Fleetwood in Rose’s GB&I side. Continental Europe is likely to include Denmark’s Højgaard twins, Rasmus and Nicolai.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DI2CWBUPERAYLMJQHQ42TLYRWY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732041413208},"content":"There is no such scope for García to return to the team environment so quickly. Although the Spaniard has settled his fines, it is understood the level of suspension he now has to serve from the DP World Tour will take him beyond the Team Cup and, indeed, the subsequent Dubai Desert Classic. 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But I showed this year that I still have a lot of good golf in me ... I feel like I gave a good account of myself in the Majors this year and the big events. It’s all going the right direction, and hopefully the future is bright.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"RGHYNDE3Z5GGVAWTPQBKH5UN74","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564709},"content":"The bare figures back him up. In 28 tournaments, Lowry had that one win, two third-placed finishes and finished between fourth and 10th on five occasions. At the end of last year, he was ranked 39th in the world. After putting the clubs away in Dubai, Lowry had moved to 28th on the updated world rankings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AQTTUWWAG5FMZJCLEI6CBMKHNY","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564710},"content":"His main aim for next year? “The forefront of my mind is the Ryder Cup next year. I really want to be part of that side [at Bethpage] and I want to be part of a winning side. So I’ll do everything I can over the next nine months to do that and hopefully get the job done.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"N5U2NLCZHVBJVED3LUFKFAMBI4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564712},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Ballyneety Golf Club to host Junior Ryder Cup</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"N5U2NLCZHVBJVED3LUFKFAMBI4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564712},"content":"The future stars of men’s and women’s golf will grace the fairways at Ballyneety Golf Club with confirmation from the European Tour Group that the Co Limerick parkland course will stage the opening two days of the 2027 Junior Ryder Cup, with the final day’s play at Adare Manor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LEVY5SOACNFENAIYUMWBZZTVXM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564713},"content":"Ballyneety – designed by Ryder Cup player Des Smyth and former Irish amateur international Declan Branigan – was chosen to co-host the Junior match between Europe and the United States, with match director Edward Kitson remarking “the next generation of golfing superstars will relish the opportunity to compete on the championship-standard layout.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WLZQCEC2VVHW7HWNNKNPG62UNA","additional_properties":{"_id":"T2QLGTORPRCVDCOMTE5LUYIYM4"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"GUWYLTFPDJARNJB2GJY72S6QWQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564715},"content":"John Leamy, general manager of Ballyneety Golf club, described as “a true honour” being chosen to stage the first two days of the match. “We are looking forward to welcoming the world’s emerging golf talent,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L6C62ZIKOBF3RHBCFP7NJDKHQE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564716},"content":"When the match was staged in Rome last year, Seán Keeling was part of Stephen Gallacher’s successful Europe team. 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Maguire slipped one place from 57th to 58th in the standings to earn her place in the limited field, where the winner will collect a $3 million pay-day.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JBWESHM3YFCN5OCH2RAIPAL3OI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564720},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Word of Mouth</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"2ZFI6D6FZFCTDHTFIXVZHCRO5E","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564721},"content":"“It has been a surreal, surreal week. It was clearly meant to be!” – <b>Rafael Campos, after his breakthrough PGA Tour win in the Bermuda Championship. Campos’s wife gave birth to a daughter on Monday and he only made it to Bermuda on Thursday, in time for the first round.</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"NAEGDQZ2RFGEVLONSP7ANTKAQ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564722},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>On this day: November 19th, 1995</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"JYBVGWV2GVGVXM6LJXMODBGLD4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564723},"content":"Annika Sörenstam showcased her game globally in a dominant season, leading the money lists on both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour, and her win in the Australian Ladies Masters at Royal Pines resort on the Gold Coast only served to reaffirm her position as the world number one.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WVSGOPB5FJBC7GRQI6M3BCZX7M","additional_properties":{"_id":"XKS5XVIFPNFA5NASBGV2WAMILU"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"GM23TYBFABFTHOQE3KFMUMQCGE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564725},"content":"The Swede shot a record low total of 22-under-par 270 to win by eight strokes from American Jane Geddes but still wasn’t entirely happy with a final round 69 which she added to rounds of 66-68-67: “I was very happy with the way I played the first three days but I was a little tentative today and I was swinging the clubs too fast. I didn’t play as aggressively as I would have liked.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GHE6LFP4PVBVZHBHQZIPFHL3LU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564726},"content":"The win was Sörenstam’s sixth of the season, to go with her US Open, GHP Classic and Samsung World Championship wins on the LPGA Tour and her Austrian Open and Hennessy Cup wins on the LET.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CXA2SFZEXJENND4DOL6BAQC3A4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564727},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>X-Twitter Twaddle</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"SI2GQXQQUZBOXC2IANEFPJWQJE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564728},"content":"As another successful season wraps @DPWorldTour it’s clear pro golf needs a new landscape to develop. As the little guy in the middle of 2 huge financial powerhouses the DPWT has survived & thrived in a very difficult business environment against huge odds – <b>Paul McGinley setting out his view on how the DP World Tour has moved on.</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"PWCNAVKRLJE2JMBJCRIIXXNLTI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564729},"content":"Serrano v Taylor was one of the best competitive boxing matches I’ve ever seen – <b>US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau.</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"L4CEL5CJXBDYRF3I5UUCLJCVQU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564730},"content":"Brisbane this week season 18 as a pro, time flies – <b>Tour veteran Richie Ramsay on starting out the new golf season Down Under in the BMW Australian PGA Championship, the first event of the 2025 DP World Tour season. Gary Hurley is the only Irish players in the field.</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"M6Z42NBGVJC7VKAU7OHCFEBIEQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564731},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Know the Rules</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"J6MRE6KQ6FEN7F2EKLXTHH7YVI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564732},"content":"<b>Q </b>In stroke play, a player has interference to their stance from an immovable obstruction. They determine their nearest point of complete relief using a five iron (as that is the club he would have used had the immovable obstruction not been there) and drop the ball within one club-length of that point, no nearer the hole. The ball settles down in the rough, so the player changes club and plays the ball out on to the fairway with a sand wedge. What is the ruling?","type":"text"},{"_id":"YGJ73FA2OZABXPCJTOZKCXXDIM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564733},"content":"<b>A</b> There is no penalty. Once the ball is dropped, it is back in play. 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So I’m liking my chances going into the weekend.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YZ26BMI4OBBI3PW7JJCCZQQUUQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445418},"content":"The three Irish players in the field have different realistic scenarios to chase yet: McIlroy, of course, has that double aim of a tournament win to go with the order of merit, but Shane Lowry too navigated his way into contention for the tournament with a second round 67 for 138 in tied-fifth, while Tom McKibbin’s 70 for 141 in tied-16th ensured the 21-year-old Ulsterman’s bid to claim one of the 10 PGA Tour cards available off the rankings remains a viable aim.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3B77HXS2Y42L2QB7G7IH6SIHCA","additional_properties":{"_id":"II2VEB4LP5EQFGWNYYV4RYLG2I"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"APOJJ4W5LJGDBHMQ7XKXJBLUL4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445420},"content":"Lowry’s 67 moved him into the mix, a run of four birdies in his opening seven holes getting the juices flowing until back-to-back bogeys on the eighth and ninth where he paid the penalty for finding the thick rough. He recovered to claim three birdies in a bogey-free back nine.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AEX3P7STSZDDHCPUTKM6LWZIZQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445421},"content":"“I’m very happy. I knew I had to shoot a decent score if I wanted to get myself back in the tournament. I did that, and hopefully I can keep that going on the weekend. I’m hitting the ball well. I really feel good. You know, I’m happy out there. I feel like I’m in control,” said Lowry who hasn’t finished outside the top-15 in any tournament since the FedEx St Jude Classic back in August.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SLXOBQUWGFHBFN7GLGSXGTJM6A","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445422},"content":"Of the challenging course setup, Lowry remarked: “The course is set up brilliant. This is the way golf should be. It should be penal for missing fairways, and there should be a premium on driving the ball in the fairway and that’s what it is this week ... I’ve been in the tournament every year since 2011, so that’s something to be proud of.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZXTINUZT5VGRTGTDKKZG3A46NM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445423},"content":"“It’s been a long, decent career so far. I finished second here once before, so hopefully I can go one better this week.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"M73ASDRGASLWQJJTBR2OLSGFTA","additional_properties":{"_id":"VSVRGZJVHVDWVA5MCQE6WABTVY"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"XVIYYJF4G5FRBLFEGEO2LFJVN4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445425},"content":"For McKibbin, there is one eye very much on the grand prize of earning a ticket to the PGA Tour for 2024 through the strategic alliance pathway between the US circuit and the DP World Tour. McKibbin was 11th on that list headed into the season finale and is in position for a strong weekend challenge.","type":"text"},{"_id":"72QQO2UFVFG5BAU2FN7SWMOGVU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445426},"content":"“You have to expect to drop a few shots with how tough the rough is, taking a wedge out or trying to advance it as far as you can. Hopefully I can try to play similar, just tidy up a few things,” said McKibbin.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OMAAZBRQN5ALTEOFE4EORUDJRM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445427},"content":"Rozner – who hasn’t won since the Mauritius Open at the start of 2022 – shot a bogey-free second round 65 for 135 to claim a one-shot lead over McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton. With the weighted points, a win would propel the Frenchman to second in the order of merit and also earn him a PGA Tour card.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NWRHSB43WNC5ZFTANB2MZUEUSE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445428},"content":"“I need a really good weekend for that. I’m going to try to focus on having two solid days. See how it goes at the end. I think if I can have a chance on Sunday to either win it or get one of those cards, yeah, it would be great. I’ve been playing really well the last few months, and yeah, let’s go. Let’s take advantage of it,” said Rozner who has transformed his season in the last month with a fourth-placed finish in the Genesis Championship in South Korea and a tied-sixth in Abu Dhabi.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Philip Reid"}},"name":"Philip Reid"}]},"description":{"basic":"Shane Lowry’s 67 moves him into the mix in Dubai while Tom McKibbin still has a ticket to the PGA Tour in his sights"},"display_date":"2024-11-15T14:44:14.618Z","headlines":{"basic":"Rory McIlroy hits speedbump but remains in contention for twin titles","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"WEGM7X6HKRPRKCFGHXI74EQFSQ","auth":{"1":"884907d1bb4f10b7fcdd9bd0add2fede1dcbe4c1e0759c6c128558915cd7a92b"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WEGM7X6HKRPRKCFGHXI74EQFSQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/15/rory-mcilroy-hits-speedbump-but-remains-in-contention-for-twin-titles/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"EG2DNLK4UZC5FNPYC7XQJOZYBA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":266,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/8948/podcasts/8d0e6d6d-361f-4752-b4a4-fd02e099c994/versions/1731594654/media/705a86a9380d13d6bd1b330e0c4497c0_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/14/rory-mcilroy-leads-the-way-in-dubai-after-impressive-opening-round/","content_elements":[{"_id":"IVGLEGQWOZBIPPREAB5JX5RSS4","additional_properties":{},"content":"If not quite a box-ticking exercise, Rory McIlroy – on course for a sixth career Harry Vardon Trophy for winning the order of merit – was sure-footed in taking the opening steps towards securing that target. He hit an opening round of five-under-par 67 in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship on The Earth course in Dubai, where he held a share of the lead with Ryder Cup colleague Tyrrell Hatton.","type":"text"},{"_id":"U27DLK46AZHZXDW2ILVLTGIKPI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The only scenario in which McIlroy would not lay claim to another order of merit would be for South African Thriston Lawrence to win the tournament and for the Northern Irishman to finish 12th or worse. That looked ever less likely though after McIlroy opened with a 67 – of six birdies and a lone bogey – to Lawrence’s 73.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QRCQZ234RVGZJGEYTWRQGU7XRE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Indeed, McIlroy’s true target heading into the next three rounds would be to complete a double-whammy of crowning off his season’s work with a fourth win of the year (to add to the successes in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, the Zurich Classic and the Wells Fargo) to go with the coveted Harry Vardon Trophy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QANWIEXV4NHUDGHOPYTAH7T2VI","additional_properties":{},"content":"McIlroy, who lived in the UAE for four years at the start of his professional career, certainly seemed very much at home. “I still have to go out and play very solid golf to get the job done but I have put myself in a position where I want to go on and win the tournament and end the season on a nice high,” he remarked, before providing a revealing insight with his thoughts on the possibility of the American players being paid to play in next year’s Ryder Cup.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WT6JBIFVRVBFTFDJGVWSPLM5LM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I personally would pay for the privilege to play in the Ryder Cup. The two purest forms of competition in our game right now are the Ryder cup and the Olympics and it is probably because of the purity of no money being involved.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5R4NAERF5ES3IPRJIGSNGPSSQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I can see the other side of the argument because the Ryder Cup does create a lot of revenue, it is one of the top five biggest sporting events in the world so I get the argument that the talent should be or could be getting paid. But I just think the Ryder Cup is so much more than that especially to the Europeans and to this [DP World] tour,” said McIlroy, who suggested such payments would be better used in supporting other tournaments and the Challenge Tour.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PF6DPAA3VFDXVIOCGYDKMTW2PM","additional_properties":{},"content":"He added: “I don’t think any of the European players [would want to be paid] ... I don’t want to say taint it but it would give it a different feel and I think that we have done a really good job in being this cohesive group over the past decade. Every two years there is a 104 weeks, or 103 weeks, you can play golf and get paid, you can say that one week out of 104 is reasonable enough. It won’t change anything on our side.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SIMVNMYSAGJ3EV5VB76EINRJXE","additional_properties":{"_id":"7JCH5CW52RA6RED4BU45SGGKKM"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"FURPS7VFYBAATEL2W6AQFAA3OE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Switching back to the state of his game and aiming to win the tournament and the order of merit title, McIlroy said: “I want to go on from here and win the golf tournament. I’ve opened up with a really good score but I need to go out and play similarly over these next three days, not just to try to win the tournament but also to try to get the job done in the Race to Dubai. I’m under no illusions that that was probably Thriston’s worst day. If he goes out and has three good onee, I still need to go out there and play some very solid golf.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"BFR3QNU2WRDW5AXURIEQTMDURI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The two other Irish players in the field opened with 71s, with Tom McKibbin – who is battling to secure one of the 10 pathway cards to the PGA Tour – chipping in on the 18th hole for his fourth birdie of a round that was slightly blighted by a double-bogey five on the Par 3 fourth hole.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QS45SEZIQNDQVJT4ICJ2TPDHB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That was a pretty good effort,” said McKibbin, adding: “I know I have to play well to try and sneak one of those spots ... it’s quite a nice thing knowing I have to go out and play well and earn it. I will give it my best the next few days.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L3TGPFNR4VFLNBV2DBERMJNO7U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Lowry’s round featured two birdies and one bogey: “it looks like the scoring is not as good this year as it has been. The rough is pretty penal this year. Maybe that’s the difference. I felt like I played good enough to shoot sort of, you know, 67 or 66 but I burned the edge a lot early on, and then the hole got smaller from there ... onwards and upwards to tomorrow and try to shoot a decent number.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YCDY6C2IB5FUNMX3YVDX7FFP3I","additional_properties":{},"type":"list"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Philip Reid"}},"name":"Philip Reid"}]},"description":{"basic":"McIlroy also commented on possibility of Americans being paid to play in Ryder Cup: ‘I personally would pay for the privilege to play’"},"display_date":"2024-11-14T14:25:49.784Z","headlines":{"basic":"Rory McIlroy leads the way in Dubai after impressive opening round","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"8948"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"YSSLVE33HX62I2B235K5ITOXHM","auth":{"1":"f1d01388027982d6f02c219048a38a76353f77417c832804e8e0f91287fd2049"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YSSLVE33HX62I2B235K5ITOXHM.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/14/rory-mcilroy-leads-the-way-in-dubai-after-impressive-opening-round/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"C4GGCM2UQNBNFNTZZF5EU2DKJQ","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":417,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/8948/podcasts/a9446175-c8da-4daf-8ca6-3211e21c9f75/versions/1731501781/media/7f0f29476343fa7b48a29b6bc4129431_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/13/odds-firmly-in-rory-mcilroys-favour-to-claim-sixth-race-to-dubai-title/","content_elements":[{"_id":"RX6FG2OPTVDLVA2OARPZXO6Q2Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980694},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rory-mcilroy/\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy</a>’s last competitive act of a long season – his 27th tournament, one in which he won three times and posted 12 top-10s – has taken him to a familiar destination with senses of deja vu: the Northern Irishman has more often than not closed out his year’s work at the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dp-world-tour/\" target=\"_blank\">DP World Tour</a> Championship on The Earth course in Dubai, and his latest visit has him within touching distance of again claiming the Harry Vardon Trophy for topping the order of merit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UKW4KPOHNZGPFO5X7LMJO3GCTA","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980695},"content":"The mathematical equation is straightforward, far from rocket science. Only two players in the field, McIlroy and Thriston Lawrence, have the possibility of finishing up as number one; although the probability is stacked in McIlroy’s favour. For Lawrence to leapfrog to the top place, the South African would need to win and for McIlroy to finish worse than 11th. Pigs might fly, too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5XDKHMKAUVGFTDKFDXXYRHILJE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980696},"content":"Still, McIlroy has his sights set on closing the deal with destiny in his own hands. And a sixth career European Tour order of merit title would take him alongside Seve Ballesteros in the all-time listing and to two behind Colin Montgomerie.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TRK2ZRSHABFY7A4TQGOWUOMZ3A","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980697},"content":"“It’s a nice time to reflect on the year when you come (to Dubai) and you’re on the cusp of doing something that, to me, is still pretty meaningful, and just thinking about the body of work you’ve put together over the last 10 or 11 months,” claimed McIlroy, adding: “You don’t think about it during the year because you’re just going from week-to-week and trying to do your best every tournament that you show up to.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QDFR35I3H5GPDFLXTFSD564FQQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731501423024},"content":"“But when you get to the business end of things at the end of the year, you start to or, realise at least I’ve put together a year that I’m pretty proud of, even if it hasn’t culminated in some of the things that I’ve wanted to achieve. But it’s still been an incredibly consistent year, and I’ve been proud of that ... if I were to win the Race to Dubai for a sixth time, that would be a really cool achievement for me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7XYVLYWLUXBLGQEPCBXA2YYOLQ","additional_properties":{"_id":"IV3V2SGEXJFIDNW7KHBNFW66EE"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"3HCZ3QG4A5DEVGKUGBPRWQNUEM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980699},"content":"In reflective mood on a season which brought three wins – in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, the Zurich Classic (in tandem with Shane Lowry) and the Wells Fargo – but also included a number of near-misses, most dramatically and emotionally at the US Open, McIlroy remarked: “Incredibly consistent again. I’ve been really proud of that over the last few years. But then at the same time, thinking about the ones that got away, I could be sitting up here with a fifth Major title and I am not. So that stings and that’s something that I have to come to terms with but at the same time I’ve got plenty more opportunities in the future.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ARDVZ5GBE5GFXC33KUJSCXIWLM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980701},"content":"“I really just tried to focus on the positives this year of consistently performing at the highest level. You know, still having three wins with an opportunity to get a fourth here this week, to win another Race to Dubai title ... did I achieve every goal I set for myself this year? Probably not. But I still consider it a successful season. It would be a pass. It wouldn’t be a pass with flying colours. Probably an eight,” said McIlroy of his self-assessment.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZV6F5LTUBBC6LAX6AOGH2GYNZM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980702},"content":"Come the 2024 season which he will kick off again in Dubai in January, most likely with a sixth Race to Dubai title, McIlroy will be doing so with an adjusted and reduced playing schedule that will see him omit a number of the regular PGA Tour tournaments from his itinerary. His first appearance in Europe won’t come until the Scottish Open ahead of The Open at Royal Portrush and he has also committed to the Amgen Irish Open at The K Club ahead of the BMW PGA at Wentworth.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TK32JGHGDNEJ5M7SRUHJJCO64A","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980703},"content":"“I’m knocking on it a little bit. I’ve got the grey hairs to prove it. At 35, and I’ve been on tour for 17 or 18 years, look, I’m not slowing down at all, but I just have to take care of myself and take care of my body a little bit more, and 27 events this year is maybe a touch too many. If I can trim it back down to 22 or 23, I think that would be good for me in the long run,” said McIlroy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UMMDAMKYBVENPMUGJMJUTZI5IA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\">DP World Tour Championship</mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"TEJ3FHL43VFS5AQ6IQ2EZZ6UOE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Purse:</b> €9.5 million (€2.85m to the winner).","type":"text"},{"_id":"P5R556F2P5E7DLXJRSFR6U7LWM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Where:</b> Dubai, United Arab Emirates.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NSPPDHRAZJHCFCS5NORACQA5IM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>The course: </b>The Earth Course – 7,706 yards Par 72 – is a Greg Norman-design that manages to integrate lush fairways and copious water features/hazards on a desert landscape. The Great White Shark once described the stretch of four finishing holes from the 15th as the “most challenging mile” in golf which can be taken with a degree of hyperbole. Nevertheless, it is a challenging finish, especially the risk-reward Par 5 18th hole which features a meandering brook which effectively divides the fairway into two options for the player off the tee.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R4FK7MTNTRE6FDMHZ6RI7OWUG4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>The field:</b> Definitely plenty of star quality in the limited 50-man field with world number three McIlroy providing the X-factor in the final event of the European Tour’s season. The tournament offers significant financial incentives, while the other sideshow will focus on the 10 players who will earn PGA Tour cards stateside for next season, with Tom McKibbin (currently 11th on that list) in need of a big week.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5SW3PTHZHBEK7EERW52BGM4ZQE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Quote-Unquote: </b>“I’m knocking on the door of getting in the top 100 (in the world) again, and getting in the US PGA and qualifying for The Open championship. Those are the level of tournaments where I want to play. I’ve had, I’m not going to say a frustrating career, but I’ve always been on the cusp of something, and now to kick down that door and get in these events, its massive for me” – Paul Waring whose win in last week’s Abu Dhabi Championship has brought life- and career-changing opportunities for the 39-year-old Englishman.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7W4BN6WM35AUHKK46SHALGTSKE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Irish in the field:</b> Rory McIlroy – a two-time winner of the tournament – has Thriston Lawrence for company in the opening round (8.45am Irish time); Tom McKibbin, with the added incentive of locking down his PGA Tour card, is paired with Jordan Smith (7.20am); while Shane Lowry is paired with Frederic Lecroix (6.25am).","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z7RQCAMFAJFERCAYD62YM4X7RI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Betting:</b> Rory McIlroy is the market leader at 7/2 with in-form Tyrrell Hatton – 1st-2nd in his last two outings – rate 11/2 and Tommy Fleetwod, on home turf effectively, a 15/2 chance ... Thorbjorn Olesen is worth a look at 20s while Tom McKibbin is an each-way shout at 33/1.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7F773UXR65B5DC3PPIZQIAGOPE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>On TV:</b> Live on Sky Sports (live coverage from 7am).","type":"text"},{"_id":"YCDY6C2IB5FUNMX3YVDX7FFP3I","additional_properties":{},"type":"list"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Philip Reid"}},"name":"Philip Reid"}]},"description":{"basic":"Only McIlroy and Thriston Lawrence remain in the running to top DP World Tour’s order of merit"},"display_date":"2024-11-13T11:38:16.421Z","headlines":{"basic":"Odds firmly in Rory McIlroy’s favour to claim sixth Race to Dubai title","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"8948"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"EJSBQZDYFX3I2ZIGGUSRPUBMNE","auth":{"1":"76fbe8727f8e6cb3e562007bd5d5892b3ac7c2959d605246e472b3f9c0ebb936"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/EJSBQZDYFX3I2ZIGGUSRPUBMNE.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/13/odds-firmly-in-rory-mcilroys-favour-to-claim-sixth-race-to-dubai-title/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"K35HCECKPNBZRAQMLTEOLIZVPA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":410,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/1e060dda-3765-4317-8941-dae96601d0e1/versions/1731341660/media/d31703cedc0e3de15412b37f4a8cdd66_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/12/tom-mckibbin-seeking-a-big-finish-to-secure-pga-tour-card/","content_elements":[{"_id":"XFUA4QIS75GK5CIZYSLPLNLVN4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646075},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>McIlroy, Lowry and McKibben in action in Dubai</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"CTJTXOZN3JGU3CCIF4QVKS6F74","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646076},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tom-mckibbin/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom McKibbin</a> has work to do at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship on the Earth Course in Dubai this week if he is to snatch one of the 10 cards at play for tour rights on the PGA Tour next season, a pathway stateside that is part of the strategic alliance between the two tours.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q36OO2D57BDOVP4G332WXAWXME","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646077},"content":"The 21-year-old Belfast man is currently in 11th place on that ranking list – just behind England’s Jordan Smith – and, with weighted points available in Dubai this week (where he is one of three Irish players along with Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry in the 50-man field), McKibbin will be aiming to finish the season in style.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UUMURUO365HOTCQWIKHJKKZWFM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646078},"content":"On the PGA Tour, Séamus Power returns to action in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, a tournament he won in 2022, as he looks to solidify a strong late season run which has him positioned at 54th in the FedEx Fall rankings. Players ranked from 51st-60th after next week’s RSM Classic will earn places in two PGA Tour signature events next year, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UWDQB5JQ2FHXNHVOHJ7G4VALYU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646079},"content":"For Leona Maguire, this week’s Annika by Pelican tournament in Belleair, Florida, has added importance as the Co Cavan player looks to remain in the top-60 on the Race to CME Globe rankings who will play in next week’s season-ending Tour Championship with its $4 million pay-day. Maguire is currently 57th in the standings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XFUA4QIS75GK5CIZYSLPLNLVN4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646080},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>John Daly’s former Claret Jug up for grabs</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"4QQJWPPHJRBLZESIWD56YIXS2M","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646081},"content":"Another Claret Jug replica trophy – that of John Daly’s – is going under the hammer at online auction house Golden Age, although it would seem to be in the ha’penny place compared to what Gary Player received for his.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HVDNTPKQNZA2RCHVT26YS6RACI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646082},"content":"Daly’s Open win in 1995 at St Andrews saw the Claret Jug (or, rather, the 90 per cent-sized replica) wing its way to his home until he sold it back in 2015.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DN5IM3ENBZBCZHHOK65SLKTYSY","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646083},"content":"The current owner put it up for auction last week with a cut-off for bids on November 17th: the auction started at $500 and has since moved to over $78,000 and set to move higher with the auction house’s itemised log stating, “this players’ trophy is sterling silver (hallmarked) and measures 12 ¼” tall. The magnificent case measures 14¼” x 8½” and is embossed with the R&A logo on its silk-lined interior”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XVXNCMYZYZF7BHFRSUMWZDSQCI","additional_properties":{"_id":"3DHKC45C2ZFYBB3K6RWWZPNLVE"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"BBENQQKA5JAMJO6XXPGMESKOWQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646085},"content":"The trophy also comes with a certificate of authenticity from Daly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MW4B5YUET5EGFA4I7KPWNNNJ54","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646086},"content":"As for Gary Player’s Claret Jug of 1974? That was auctioned off by the Black Knight back in 2020 for $143,000 . . . and just last July was reauctioned at a substantial increase for $481,068.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XFUA4QIS75GK5CIZYSLPLNLVN4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646087},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Word of Mouth</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"GVCDQDYUUVEGFBCMACHUTQIWBI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646088},"content":"“Throughout my career my iron play was what I relied on, so that kind of made me get teary-eyed, because it’s awesome to play the last nine holes and hit every green. Just kind of felt like me, so it was good” – 46-year-old <b>Angela Stanford</b> on closing out her career in the Lotte Championship in Hawaii on the LPGA Tour. Stanford, a seven-time winner on the tour, finished tied-26th in a tournament won by South Korea’s A Lim Kim.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XFUA4QIS75GK5CIZYSLPLNLVN4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646089},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>By the numbers</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"TUAQGN576VCJZONSKVYU75KVJQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646090},"content":"<b>67 — </b>Bernard Langer – 67 years young – shot his age three days in a row to win the Charles Schwab Cup championship by one shot from Richard Green and Steve Alker (whose tied-2nd place finish enabled him to leapfrog Ernie Els to win the order of merit). It marked the German’s 18th consecutive season with a win on the Champions Tour, gave him a 47th career win on the Champions Tour and took his total number of global professional wins to 124.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ECXC43MXRFCITFPTZAGGKZWZMA","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646091},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>On this day . . . 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And he sure-footedly managed to navigate his way home for a $1 million pay-day after rounds of 68-75-65-69 for a total of 11-under-par 277 which gave him a two-stroke winning margin over Lee Westwood, who had the consolation of moving ahead of Darren Clarke to capture the European Tour order of merit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HVPFIBYS4ZDLBEBH57LKS4T4BI","additional_properties":{"_id":"IPCKSUW5QVEN5N7YWZPE7TFYB4"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RRFSHE7G6BFSXGL2EAGRJ2RCCA","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646095},"content":"Weir’s play over the weekend enabled the future Masters champion (of 2003) to claim the biggest win of his career at that point; he hit 32 consecutive greens in regulation in the final two rounds to make up an eight-stroke deficit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UENN7THGYFEATATV6I2TN3GX6A","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646096},"content":"“Three years ago, I was playing [tournaments] when $100,000 Canadian was the total purse. 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After starting like a train with three straight birdies and getting within touching distance of Waring when he birdied the 12th, the Offalyman’s poor tee shot on the 14th, narrowly avoiding the hazard, resulted in a bogey which was followed by further dropped shots on the 17th, where he three-putted from the fringe of the green, and the 18th. 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The manner of his closure, though, was hugely impressive with that 40-footer on the penultimate hole followed by an adrenaline fuelled 3-wood approach over the back of the 18th from where he got up and down for a birdie.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ESTN4JZTTKGR5TMZ55JCYZXSAM","additional_properties":{"_id":"UVJA3AYNR5BCTDBMMVXGZ4E45E"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"HD4TZ3QUMFAV3JONUJX7ROEK6Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Of jumping to fifth in the R2D rankings with just one tournament to finish, in Dubai where he and has family have made their home, and securing one of the PGA Tour cards, Waring remarked: “I was quite happy living in Dubai to be honest with you. It’s going to be a long way to travel, a long commute over to America. But I’m looking forward to that. It’s a new challenge.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UXAVT2TCNNACLI52FQW2NNQS7M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Waring’s only previous tour win came six years ago but he had expected another sooner or later. 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39-year-old from the Wirral carded a course-record 61 on Friday to go into the third round five shots clear but struggled to a one-over 73.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FNI22MABTFBWREI7W3MAZACYMU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731162355118},"content":"Waring’s 18-under total left him one clear of Denmark’s Niklas Norgaard, with Lowry joined byTommy Fleetwood, Thorbjorn Olesen and Sebastian Soderberg on 15 under.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JDKGP6VI6VFN7HCIRJYG3U5XWU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731162355119},"content":"Waring found a bunker with his opening tee shot and had to scramble par from eight feet at the first, but looked to have settled down before three-putting for bogey from eight feet at the fourth.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K3SQN4TZ4FFO3FSQYRJMB373YE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731162355123},"content":"He failed to find a birdie after that, with his only deviation from par coming when he bogeyed the 14th after driving into sand off the 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McIlroy has been stuck on four for a full decade now, dating back to his US PGA Championship of 2014.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QQWZG6PCP5A5BPVAPCXB25LOEY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706441},"content":"“I would like to go down as the most successful European of all time. Obviously Race to Dubai wins would count to that but also Major championships and hopefully I’ve got a few more Ryder Cups ahead of me as well. So, that’s something that I would like to [achieve]. I think is a goal that’s quite attainable over the next 10 years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JJXVQWOS5RB33BECW6APRJ4DUY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706442},"content":"“I’m very proud to be from Europe and have sort of, you know, played on this tour and played on this tour consistently. 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I had a live feed on a TV in front of me of where the club was, and just sort of trying to get the reps in of making the motion that I want to make.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O3IE2QZ2EJAHTBDIRBEZWATXW4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706446},"content":"“I’ve done some work on my swing that I felt like I needed to do; still probably a ways to go. But it will be nice to test it out in competition and see how it holds up. It’s been a long year. I think this is my 26th event of the season. Next week [in Dubai] will be 27. 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If I go out and win this week, obviously you know, it makes it a bit boring next week, but I won’t find it boring; it will be lovely. All I can focus on is the task at hand and trying to play as well as I can,” said McIlroy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2AQGQDSRLBLQAO7FY2NJHEZ66Y","additional_properties":{"_id":"JMNZVAOHZZBCBPTWESTQCANLRM"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"EWQRNUH23NDFVHVARUATRF7FKA","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706449},"content":"Abu Dhabi Championship lowdown","type":"header"},{"_id":"23TCWOOQOFGQBGRJNL7UD6LEVM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706451},"content":"<b>Purse:</b> €8.4 million (€1.43 million to the winner)","type":"text"},{"_id":"O4E34QYHTJA7DEMNEQFDMJEKGU","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706452},"content":"<b>Where:</b> Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE","type":"text"},{"_id":"XDMFHUEKFZBKDNC4Q3LAJREBSU","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706454},"content":"<b>The course: </b>Yas Links is located close by the Arabian Gulf. Designed by Kyle Phillips, it is a contrived links – 7,425 yards, par 72 – and wind off the gulf is usually a factor. There are eight holes located along the shoreline and the layout features in excess of 140 bunkers. Frenchman Victor Perez is the defending champion.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VTTYTCOXUVHI7FBGWSU7JCR3AM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706455},"content":"<b>The field:</b> Given its position as the penultimate event of the DP World Tour season – and the first of two playoff events, which finishes with next week’s Tour Championship finale in Dubai – the limited field of just 70 players has real star power, headed by world No 3 Rory McIlroy who is in a commanding position atop the Race to Dubai order of merit as he eyes a sixth career Harry Vardon Trophy win. McIlroy could seal the deal here before moving on to Dubai, with his nearest challengers Thriston Lawrence and Rasmus Højgaard some distance behind even allowing for the elevated points available.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KAW5C7PVRZGYPE3CULXRED4F5U","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706456},"content":"<b>Quote-Unquote</b>: “I know Rory is a couple of points ahead but it’s not going to stop me to try and catch him. I know I’m good enough to win both events going into the final.” – a gung-ho Thriston Lawrence on seeking to catch McIlroy in the final sprint for the Harry Vardon Trophy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VS2OLDSXSBDMPEUENZY3VBTYWA","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706457},"content":"<b>Irish in the field:</b> <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tom-mckibbin/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom McKibbin</a> heads into the tournament on the bubble of attaining a PGA Tour card for 2024 through the pathway from the DP World Tour and will be looking for a strong showing ahead of the conclusion of that mini-ranking in Dubai. He plays alongside a pair of Danes in the opening two rounds, with Nicolai Højgaard and Thorbjørn Olesen making up his three-ball. Rory McIlroy is in a group with his two nearest challengers Lawrence and Rasmus Højgaard, while <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/shane-lowry/\" target=\"_blank\">Shane Lowry </a>couldn’t have got a better three-ball if he’d picked it himself, playing alongside Bob MacIntyre and Tommy Fleetwood.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IIJK2JNCARAUFLFBZCXK7TFO3M","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706458},"content":"<b>Betting: </b>McIlroy’s time away from competitive golf hasn’t impacted his position as market lead, a short-priced 9-2 to finally get his hands on the Abu Dhabi Championship where he has had a number of near-misses in the past. However, Fleetwood – who is a resident in Dubai – is worth a look at 8-1 while Matt Wallace has come into form of late and is well-priced at 25-1. In terms of each-way value, Jorge Campillo is worth a look at 45s.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FYUNDOZRCJEJVCH4V6BOHMJ32I","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706459},"content":"<b>On TV:</b> On Sky Sports from 3.30am (Irish time).","type":"text"},{"_id":"YCDY6C2IB5FUNMX3YVDX7FFP3I","additional_properties":{},"type":"list"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Philip Reid"}},"name":"Philip Reid"}]},"description":{"basic":"World No 3 has been working on his swing indoors as he looks to wrap up a sixth Race to Dubai title a week early"},"display_date":"2024-11-06T16:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Rory McIlroy looking to wrap up another European title in Abu Dhabi after indoor swing work ","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"5R3AQ6NONFTHTD75HZGQGL3H24","auth":{"1":"d3ce31ee224c63fa71f5deb5f07f638a88f5b8b30f36573d3e95c92e284b24d3"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/5R3AQ6NONFTHTD75HZGQGL3H24.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/06/rory-mcilroy-looking-to-wrap-up-another-european-title-in-abu-dhabi-after-indoor-swing-work/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"LZN73AOO5BAF3DC2KQS5VSA5LU","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":146,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/aaa34ab4-c3d7-4f5c-af1b-af2a29d5d3be/versions/1730897098/media/7030acad6d154c6ddcc84d8f90eddce5_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/06/rory-mcilroy-backs-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-to-secure-peace-deal-in-golfs-civil-war/","content_elements":[{"_id":"RR3TOGNN4FBGTHNRHJ5HAXDGYQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109387},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rory-mcilroy/\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy</a> believes <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a> becoming US president for the second time could help “clear the way” for a peace deal in golf’s civil war.","type":"text"},{"_id":"55XW7XBMFFDRRIWSA3K525YNWU","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109388},"content":"The four-time Major winner also said the potential involvement of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk</a>, a supporter of Trump and the owner of social media platform X, could speed up the process.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QKDNCDVIWRBOHJJHESESK6RCRE","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109389},"content":"Talks between the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/pga-tour/\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour</a>, <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dp-world-tour/\" target=\"_blank\">DP World Tour</a> and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which bankrolls <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/liv-golf-invitational-series/\" target=\"_blank\">LIV Golf</a>, have been ongoing since the signing of a framework agreement in June 2023.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TKGZM3JMOFHERABCQDIGA35DTQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109390},"content":"McIlroy said in September that a 50-50 split between players on both sides, along with the US department of justice, represented the biggest obstacles to a deal, with the DOJ having already forced a non-solicitation clause to be removed from the framework agreement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DNBMKK72FNDHVMIWPHPVKQ7UIY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109391},"content":"However, the incoming president will be able to influence the priorities of the DOJ and Trump has a close relationship with Saudi Arabia and LIV Golf, with several of their 54-hole events being staged at Trump-owned courses.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B3SUROWNMFAMPPKERATE4XRA3U","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109392},"content":"Speaking in a press conference ahead of this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, McIlroy was asked if he would be surprised if a deal had already been completed, as was reported in a national newspaper at the weekend.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZBCBRGLA2FHPFELJMAQH3TFUPY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109393},"content":"“Yeah, I would, but then obviously given today’s news with what’s happened in America, I think that clears the way a little bit. So we’ll see,” McIlroy, who played in the same group as PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan in the Dunhill Links Championship recently, said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2VG7GOUPP5EK7PBL6F6BL6YOGM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109394},"content":"McIlroy also agreed with the suggestion that the DOJ being more amenable to a deal would be “a huge moment” and was asked in a separate interview about Trump’s claim that he could secure a deal in 15 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NST6YDZCKRH2THY64TNQAUATF4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109395},"content":"“He might be able to,” McIlroy told Sky Sports. “He’s got Elon Musk, who I think is the smartest man in the world, beside him. We might be able to do something if we can get Musk involved, too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P3F36M4RZFHVXAB3MUWKL2O7KM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109396},"content":"“Yeah, I think from the outside looking in, it’s probably a little less complicated than it actually is.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AK7GWTGZZBGI5PUEZ7FAFAAARM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109397},"content":"“But obviously Trump has a great relationship with Saudi Arabia. He’s got a great relationship with golf. He’s a lover of golf. So, maybe. 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She will have completed two successful terms as president, having first assumed the role in 2017 at a time when the federation underwent a major governance review following the 2016 Rio Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VQGMHK3XFVDARPY5L6VCYC2W5A","additional_properties":{"_id":1730889475544},"content":"It was agreed under the restructuring of the federation that all those elected could serve a maximum of two four-year terms. Keane will continue in her role of chief executive of Swim Ireland.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KPZ2X7J3S5FRPGG6M7CQODUEEQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1730889475545},"content":"Board members Moira Aston and Lochlann Walsh have put their names forward to replace Keane. Aston is chief executive of Canoeing Ireland and has extensive sports administration experience, having also worked with Athletics Ireland for 12 years in senior roles, while Walsh has a 20-year track record in sports administration, from grass roots to the chair of the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs).","type":"text"},{"_id":"BSZFMGO5WJAC5PSL75U3I5FBWY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730889475546},"content":"Sarah O’Shea is unchallenged in her bid to become vice-president, with six non-officer positions also to be contested on the night for the four-year period 2025-2029.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UAEDUAJDURBP5HDBUOJ3LIK524","additional_properties":{"_id":1730889475547},"content":"OFI chief executive Peter Sherrard will combine his current role with a new general secretary position, from the date of elections, for the purposes of international representation.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VWPQP3AKLVD3HCGF4FI2RX7CEI","additional_properties":{"_id":1730889475548},"content":"In all, 14 candidates have been nominated for the positions of non-officer members, including three existing board members and two former Olympians in John Menton (athletics) and Sonya McGinn (badminton).","type":"text"},{"_id":"X2CXCPBXPZAE3P3DCJPZKIJZ2U","additional_properties":{"_id":1730889475549},"content":"Also challenging for a non-officer position is Roddy Guiney, whose father Dave competed in the 1948 Olympics in London, along with Aston, Eric Brady, Michelle Carpenter, Georgina Drumm, John Feehan, Aaron Guli, Eadaoin Keane, Aidan McLaughlin, James Quilligan, Siobhán Scarlett and Cecile van Steenberge.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LPCJV5U5VAGZNCSWFQY7A442U","additional_properties":{"_id":1730889475550},"content":"In addition to these elected positions, the OFI board contains two independent directors (Nigel Cowman and Sean Hawkshaw). 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It’s happened a few times in my career and last year was the first time I went and got it properly seen to. I took a break. I didn’t play golf for four months.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QWRH5WKDPBFVXI3XV2GJEJAG7U","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389821},"content":"“I wasn’t sure if I was going to come back playing at all to be honest. I took a lot of time off, worked on it with a psychiatrist who helped me a lot, and I eventually started to play again, but just changed a few things in how I go about my business. I deal with the personal impact that golf has on your life.","type":"text"},{"_id":"H5IMTUEP7REJBJ22ZH7MDNDIRU","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389822},"content":"“Golf is a thing where you have got to roll with the punches, you have to allow it to go away and allow it to come back again and not be too hard on yourself, which is something I struggled with. I have gotten a lot better at it, hopefully in the next six months to a year you will see me back out there.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"AK3NK7IBIZGKXL47EHYSQZBIO4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389823},"content":"The Q-School final at Infinium Golf Resort in Costa Dorada in Spain is a six-round marathon, with 156 players teeing up for 25 tour cards up for grabs.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NXP2ZKJU3VA5LB7GTO4VXBN73Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389824},"content":"<b>Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry return to serious business</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"FAZ6QKSX5ZE57ORME7MLSSBIS4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389825},"content":"The fun Halloween playacting is over for Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry who return to the serious business of closing out their season’s at this week’s Abu Dhabi Championship, the penultimate event of the DP World Tour ahead of the Tour Championship finale in Dubai.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5DRAOWKQ2ZCRNLEBKVDKY2SJD4","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"B3UHQMIPFNB4BDGEZN3VQJIFVY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389826},"content":"McIlroy – who dressed as Super Mario for the Halloween festivities – and Lowry, who kitted out as American football star Travis Kelce (as posted on his Instagram) are part of the 70-player field for the Abu Dhabi Championship with only the top-50 advancing to Dubai where McIlroy is set to claim a sixth Harry Vardon Trophy order of merit win.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I77HEGZCDRAONIOJKWG2RFX76M","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389827},"content":"One of McIlroy’s personal ambitions is to catch Colin Montgomerie’s record total of eight order of merits. McIlroy’s successes came in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2023 and a likely sixth OoM in Dubai next week will see him join Seve Ballesteros in second on the all-time list.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LEMMQ626J5E5RIQK4I5ZNYWIUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389828},"content":"<b>In Words</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"BWGRCVOXXFB5BBS4XQXOC5KTMA","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389829},"content":"“I was planning to take Q-School in December and now I can skip that Q-School and go play next year on the LPGA Tour, which is exciting for me now” – Japanese sensation <b>Rio Takeda</b> after the 21-year-old won her eight title of the season in the Toto Classic, a co-sanctioned event on the LPGA Tour and the JLPGA Tour. The victory earned her fully exempt status on the LPGA Tour.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HRL5Q3GZHJCLXINM3DHL2OHHZ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389830},"content":"<b>By the Numbers: 2</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"BY3CNPFMEBG3VD6DCSERHOY7SE","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389832},"content":"Pádraig Harrington and Darren Clarke are the two Irish players who have reached this week’s Charles Schwab Cup in Phoenix, Arizona. The tournament, confined to the leading 36 players on the Champions Tour order of merit, brings an end to the seniors circuit for 2024 with Harrington, currently in fourth, having an opportunity with a win in Phoenix to overtake current leader Ernie Els.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3IH7QE4F5ZGINFTWRTVPPZS2LQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389833},"content":"<b>X-Twitter Talk</b>","type":"header"},{"_id":"K5PQH3KSKJDVLCBR32DHXOYECY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389834},"content":"Well we have a new addition to our family. Meet Rio. Nothing could replace Wilson but Setanta was lonely without a friend – <b>Pádraig Harrington</b> announcing the arrival of another Bernese Mountain dog to the clan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IV34H7634JEDXH7NXPQQUDBLIU","additional_properties":{"_id":"RSCYQSITRFFX3L5NDGNOCS77ZI"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RBRDAIHRJVGNLOQ52N4AFSCEZE","additional_properties":{"_id":1730735389835},"content":"Thoughts on the proposed field/card change: to be honest, I don’t love the changes but that’s probably because I feel threatened by the number of cards going down from 125 to 100. It’s my job to improve and continue to get better and make sure I’m not in the situation I am this yr – <b>Michael Kim</b>’s take on the move to reduce the number of players who retain their cards on the PGA Tour. 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And <b>Our Finest Hour by Edwin McGreal (Mayo Books, €28.00)</b> is a phenomenal collection of yarns gathered in across every club in Mayo (47 football and five hurling), each telling the story of the greatest day in their history.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WZVXNKQIIRHP7GPYKMVL7MT6GM","additional_properties":{"_id":"RH2WQ5MOARFIBIRYGEWIJKMEGY"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RDNSCO3AERE23DNPMD3QYJ3G4A","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218674},"content":"On the soccer front, <b>Munichs by David Peace (Faber & Faber, €23.20)</b> is a fictional retelling of the 1958 Munich air crash and its aftermath. Epic in scale and depth, it has been gloriously reviewed in most quarters. Turning real life into a novel isn’t to everyone’s taste – and Peace’s insistence on repetition as a writing flourish can be a bit grating at times. 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His sunny, warm character shines through a collection of travelogues, anecdotes and recollections.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HF53VK64FNEQPE5ELICDDWXPH4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218676},"content":"In a similar vein, <b>Saturday Afternoon Fever by Jeff Stelling (Headline, €15.99)</b> is a delightful jaunt through the Sky presenter’s career and if the yarns maybe aren’t always as funny as Stelling himself imagines, there’s more than enough of them to keep the whole show rolling along.","type":"text"},{"_id":"53XDJHKRHZBNFDSTU4IRTX6PNU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218677},"content":"This being the 150th year of the IRFU’s existence, a couple of timely skips through history have hit the shelves. <b>Blood And Thunder by Liam O’Callaghan (Penguin, €22.99)</b> is the livelier of them, a deeply-researched social history of the game in Ireland that isn’t afraid to poke at the stuffed shirts that have run the game over the years. <b>Together Standing Tall by John Scally (Gill, €27.99)</b> is a more official affair, an oral history covering the games and players from down the decades.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KFFJ4INJNRFUPAKB7GDWKML2FI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218678},"content":"Next, two very different autobiographies by two very different Irish sports personalities. <b>Bend, Don’t Break by Frank O’Mara (O’Brien, €17.99)</b> is the former middle-distance runner’s story of his fight with Parkinson’s disease. Though it’s a bracing, uncomfortable read at times, you are left in total admiration for O’Mara in his battle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DOWBQ6EF2VGJFKM7RESFYN7Z3M","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218679},"content":"Davy Russell hasn’t faced serious illness but like most jockeys he’s had no shortage of injury to overcome down the years. They’re a feature of <b>My Autobiography by Davy Russell and Donn McClean (Eriu, €22.00)</b>, along with the people he’s fallen in with and out with over the course of a long career. Russell has always been one of the most interesting jockeys in the weigh room and the sense you get here is that he leaves it with very few regrets.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2VVTPGKIE5BPBGZTXTIYBBFRLM","additional_properties":{"_id":"GTGG5KL36JCYBONA6PV5SI3YTU"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"SP36BI3MGZA2XJZBTGECWBZ2YY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218680},"content":"To finish, some books that are mercifully NOT autobiographies. <b>Death Of A Boxer by Pete Carvill (Biteback, €23.20)</b> is not quite This Bloody Mary Is The Last Thing I Own but it’s fishing in similar waters to Jonathan Rendall’s 1997 classic. Carvill interrogates boxing and specifically he goes rooting around in the psyche of those who get into the ring, even though they know it can end in their death. Even if it’s a little disjointed at times, it’s always thoughtful and always probing, chasing the elusive why.","type":"text"},{"_id":"77IJR6ZO3VDGXF4YNAVEH4OVRI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218681},"content":"<b>A Farewell To The Fairways by Dermot Gilleece (Red Stripe Press, €19.99)</b> is a gorgeous sign-off from the doyen of Irish golf writers. Gilleece graced the pages of just about every paper in town over the course of six decades and this is his reflection on it all. The words are exacting and precise now as they ever were, needless to say.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CMJRM72JIBC7TDKAAWFWLXULAQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218682},"content":"On which note, <b>The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2024 edited by Jane McManus (Triumph Books, €24.00)</b> isn’t to be missed. Get it for the Sally Jenkins masterpiece on Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert – Bitter Rivals. Beloved Friends. Survivors – which genuinely worth the cover price all by itself.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LTKY4SVQHJDGLFBENPT66TYHQ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218637},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>The Kids</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"HSCMGTWYTJBNXHVKXVGVVOUYAM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218685},"content":"Never has there been a greater spread of sports books aimed at young people, from illustrated histories to biographies to YA novels and beyond. <b>The Story of Irish Rugby by Gerard Siggins (O’Brien, €19.99)</b> is the perfect primer for a young person just getting into the game, artfully written by Siggins, author of the popular Rugby Spirit series. Beautifully illustrated by Graham Corcoran, it’s a must for any rugby mad youngster.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MLRSKZ6KWNGQDJKXNCXOGKDOPY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218686},"content":"<b>Ireland’s Call by Paul O’Flynn (Gill, €14.99) </b>is a lightly fictionalised retelling of the 2024 Grand Slam, aimed at the 8-11 year-old age range. It keeps to the general story of the Six Nations campaign and scatters a few imagined conversation between players and coaches throughout.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M5XFAKKDRNCR7DGYXYMDFOR6ZQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732877218687},"content":"And for younger readers – or older ones who want to read to them – <b>‘Twas The Match Before Christmas by Julianne McKeigue (O’Brien, €16.99)</b> is a lot of fun. A reworking of the most famous Christmas poem of them all, it’s set in Croke Park and illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald. 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Woods’ sixth back surgery was done to repair a nerve impingement in his lower back, about two months after his last competitive start at The Open.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LIGJWMCGVRDV5A2QP67ALK2WJE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732616988062},"content":"“The surgery went smoothly, and I’m hopeful this will help alleviate the back spasms and pain I was experiencing throughout most of the 2024 season,” Woods said in a statement at the time. “I look forward to tackling this rehab and preparing myself to get back to normal life activities, including golf.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2SJXDAWOSRHY5IXKYE4JSQPRXE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732616988063},"content":"It is unclear when Woods will compete again. He has played the PNC Championship, a family team event, with his son Charlie each December for the last four years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XOIBIGKHY5HC5AQPUSS2A3XPZA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732616988064},"content":"Woods, meanwhile, said that three remaining places in the Hero Challenge field would be filled by Justin Thomas, Jason Day and Nick Dunlap.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[]},"description":{"basic":"Woods has not played since the British Open, more than four months ago, and underwent back surgery in September"},"display_date":"2024-11-26T10:35:06.426Z","headlines":{"basic":"Tiger Woods will not compete at Hero World Challenge","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"8948"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"7562DD56SFU2IPIEXSU6UMSWP4","auth":{"1":"f8ec15560934d39aaf8e4e59229487dc6468928ef5767f760e52544dbf84231f"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/7562DD56SFU2IPIEXSU6UMSWP4.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/26/tiger-woods-will-not-compete-at-hero-world-challenge/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"CU72BHX6QJGLLCIHHTU5DU7PU4","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":409,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/85ee9ed8-1cda-4328-9140-7aaca1e0f19a/versions/1732563501/media/695e8690cb75b38b3175d0b3d9f5ca09_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/26/patrick-reed-returns-to-winning-ways-despite-worst-warm-up/","content_elements":[{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"Former <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/the-masters/\" target=\"_blank\">Masters</a> champion Patrick Reed – yet to win on <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/liv-golf-invitational-series/\" target=\"_blank\">LIV</a> after defecting from the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/pga-tour/\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour</a> – finally found some success with a win in the Link Hong Kong Open on the Asian Tour, which included a 59 in the third round.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HGTVVDHW4JD7NNMQXSTRVMFTIA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823665},"content":"Unfortunately for Reed, that feat didn’t count as an “official” 59 because lift, clean and place was in operation due to the soggy nature of the course.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UTQJLLLHIJGEBCD2AVQMHSGM5I","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823666},"content":"The sub-60 score came after what Reed described as, “probably one of the worst warm-ups ever. I looked at my caddie, and he goes, ‘Hey, a warm-up is a warm-up, let’s go out and just play golf.’”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FK6CZ4DEKRCANBA6DIM3G62BEM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823667},"content":"Still, Reed’s return to winning ways, for the first time since his Farmers Insurance Open success of 2021 on the PGA Tour, brought with it some upward movement on the world rankings. There are no world ranking points yet available on LIV and Reed’s only chance to earn points is via the Majors or on the Asian Tour. His win moved him from 164th to 128th on the updated world rankings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Lauren Walsh aims for rousing end to rookie season</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"JH5DGECDONDADEM5RTB2DL7ZVE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823659},"content":"Lauren Walsh has some tidying-up to do this week on the Ladies European Tour – where she has earned a place in the season-ending Spanish Open at Real Guadalhorce – before heading across the Atlantic to next week’s Final Qualifying in the Kildare golfer’s bid to earn an LPGA Tour card for next season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KR3H63U2RRBOZP7F3KXRKUNUGU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823660},"content":"First things first, and 24-year-old Walsh – who claimed four top-10s in a strong rookie season on the LET – is the lone Irish player in a field limited to 75 players. Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini has already wrapped up the order of merit title and one of the fringe benefits is a pass to the LPGA Tour’s final qualifying.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OXUGMTMCFVD7TKAHAECW6HIA74","additional_properties":{"_id":"UMXD4NNR2FD7LC6XWOKCLT55SQ"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"P3KAMWNB5ND23OXZZUAZALFI74","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823661},"content":"Walsh completes her rookie season in Spain on the back of a campaign that has seen her ranked 19th in the order of merit and move to 235th on the Rolex world rankings, having started the year in 664th.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OM4NIWVCQBGC7K62AAACLDS53Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823662},"content":"The Castlewarden golfer has a quick turnaround after completing the European campaign as she joins Cork golfer Sara Byrne, who also came through the pre-qualifying tournaments, in next week’s LPGA Tour Final Qualifying in Mobile, Alabama.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Emotional time for Lexi Thompson</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"XP4UZZQWARFVJB5MMCROKH7DL4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823669},"content":"“I think as athletes you’re always told to be strong and be intimidating on the golf course. Don’t show any sign of weakness. I did it for a while, and it’s just, you know, it’s gotten to me sometimes. It’s hard. It’s not just me, it’s everybody that goes through a lot of things. It’s just a matter of how much you’re willing to hold in and let people in on your emotions. It’s kind of like the time I’m actually letting myself feel those emotions and actually be real” – an emotional <b>Lexi Thompson</b> after finishing her career as a full-time player on the LPGA Tour. Thompson plans to play a very limited schedule going forward.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>In numbers</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"UNINVLVYOJDDNLEC47VMRFGFEQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823671},"content":"<b>4,000,000 – </b>That’s the amount in US dollars that Jeeno Thitikul collected for winning the season-ending CME Globe LPGA Tour Championship. Thitikul’s win enabled the 21-year-old Thailand player to set a new single-season earnings record on the LPGA Tour with $6,059,309.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>On this day ... November 26th, 2000</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"PACPN6HA6VBNHAMGNVN6Q7JQDQ","additional_properties":{"_id":"GPLGZMBGS5BGJKC2LUQMCYQNYM"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"2GG7XTEAJZBF3MTBZZ3Q4J4QEM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823673},"content":"Although he enjoyed a hugely successful career that included 54 wins as a professional, Colin Montgomerie never did manage to win on the PGA Tour.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JLB373NPGRES7CYYSOM37XML7E","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823675},"content":"However, the Scot did win on US soil.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4MFQW4UIP5D2PBT4HPYVS2NWCM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823676},"content":"It came in the Skins Game – an unofficial event played from 1983 to 2008 – at Indian Wells in California and Monty managed to scoop $415,000 in the novel format when he emerged as the winner over Fred Couples, Vijay Singh and Sergio Garcia.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CM6VN5RU45G3NPCSLDAVERZPBA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823677},"content":"Garcia, actually, had played the best golf of anyone but the novel nature of the Skins Game (where players had to win the hole outright to collect) was such that it left him as a bystander by the time Montgomerie beat Couples in the playoff.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RFXMGKEOIFEF5BZDWVA7YOXSUI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823678},"content":"In the third extra hole of the playoff, Couples drove into a fairway bunker, then his second shot bounced off the lip, hit a cart and landed in a bush. His next shot found a watery grave, which led to an anticlimactic ending as Montgomerie won the jackpot.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R6R3HDSQABAILIO4KOTCUMLPUU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823679},"content":"As Couples put it late of his comedy of errors, “[the second shot] hit a first-aid cart, which is something I needed at the time.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>X-Twitter Twaddle</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"O3H3TJ5N6VFVVNKGF4SKNB2SRA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823681},"content":"Incredible round of golf from @Joel_Dahmen when he needed it most!!! Time to relax with a couple cold ones!! – former PGA Tour player <b>Colt Knost</b> raising a glass to his friend. Dahmen shot a final round in the season-closing RSM Classic to retain his PGA Tour card (in 124th place) by the narrowest of margins.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AOWM5DJ5NFEC3FO6Q2BTZSGFGA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823682},"content":"That’s a wrap for competitive golf in 2024! Fun ending it in Hong Kong, one of my favourite cities to visit. Thx to everyone involved in the Link @TheHK Open and I hope to be back again soon. Lots for me to ponder and reflect on as I look to use these coming weeks to plan and prepare for a big 2025 season! – <b>Justin Rose</b>, who will be entering his 27th season as a tour professional. Rose’s decision to play in Hong Kong rather than the RSM Classic on the PGA Tour had consequences, as his drop from 60th to 62nd on the final FedEx Cup standings cost him places in the Genesis Invitational and AT&T Pebble Beach pro-am (two signature events) next season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G3WPNZ3PABEGNE7ZAY2PU4ZFL4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823683},"content":"From watching you win your first grand slam in 2005 to watching you win your last in 2022, you have been a hero of mine and an inspiration to how I approach my own career. You will be so missed and tennis won’t be the same without you – <b>Rory McIlroy</b> tipping the cap to Rafa Nadal on his retirement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>In the bag</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"IPVI75IPZRH4NDVTGEIWZOCBPY","additional_properties":{"_id":"3VN3AZDB5RECJADOLSPZ3F4IQY"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"Y6TQXY757REWRPHRP4ENMKLOTM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823685},"content":"<b>Jeeno Thitikul – CME Globe LPGA Tour Championship</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZN6IGC64RBCXBL4F663PPEMNRI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823687},"type":"list"},{"_id":"7LYM54UQHNDSFDHUCLM7IYR2Q4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823656},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Know the rules</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"BUV7TYOZORGE5HS5VA5E53RS4M","additional_properties":{"_id":1732549823695},"content":"<b>Q: </b>A player searches for their ball and thinks it may have been lifted by a spectator but isn’t sure. 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He came back to Ireland and tootled about in a couple of other jobs for a while until a chance came along to take part in a reality TV series called No Experience Required. The idea was that various companies – among them the Inpho sports photography agency – would audition people who had never worked in a particular area before and at the end, take them on to the staff for six months.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HT73SWP3MNGIFODXJTSM5TW7KA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571247},"content":"“I always joke with Billy [Stickland, founder of Inpho] that if I hadn’t won that show, I’d be earning 300 grand a year now and have a second villa down in Spain. But no, I chose sport and photography instead. And it’s been amazing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J63UGHRMHZG4NMYDLHGSYMRQ5I","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571248},"content":"“I would say it took me 10 years to get comfortable with it. I was obsessed from the start. 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Heading off to hang out with a couple of thousand starlings for 300 nights over four years requires a fair bit of understanding on the home front.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OFBPU25H6VBFRCA6OWVP4DLRZE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571255},"content":"“I would definitely say it’s selfish on my part. I’m gone a lot with sport in the first place. And then to find another reason to be away, it’s a lot. But I met my wife when we were 17. We know each other that long. She manages me, as much as people would have managed Paul McGrath back in the day. Occasionally she’ll say, ‘Right, cop on here.’ But she knows me better than anyone.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2O726S5CQRCTRLICMWPKWS6ZJE","additional_properties":{"_id":"RGDSYRHTXJA5VPGTIHHQ76YMGQ"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"UTPUWOGV4NBT5DTXS2YT3K7MKM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732207571256},"content":"When the book arrived a couple of weeks back, Crombie’s initial reaction surprised him a little. 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Stake poles and vast nets stretched for a quarter of a mile and nosed 150ft into the sky. Usually located near highways, these sprawling concerns with stadium-standard floodlights resembled some alien craft stamping an oversized footprint on suburbia. Except the point of this invasion was not to colonise the natives but to evangelise; these behemoths were missionaries bent on persuading non-golfers to take clubs in their hands for the first time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OTOLIR45NFHINHJPNECQ3XPJWE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732039238187},"content":"“It’s golf. It’s not golf. It’s Topgolf!” blared the company slogan.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OURWEL2Z75CPTAAIC33JRIVFAY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732039238188},"content":"At last count, there were more than 80 Topgolf facilities in America, enormous triple-decked driving ranges, sporting blots on the landscape that offer a raucous atmosphere more akin to a nightclub than a country club. Television screens abound, music is blaring, beers are flowing and wings are being chomped, all amid the relentless thwack of microchipped balls arcing hither and yon. More Justified Ancients of Mu Mu than Royal and Ancient.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EVAPLON4I5HWZJOVJIBUGYF3QI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732039238189},"content":"In this curious hybrid incorporating video games such as Angry Birds and Sonic the Hedgehog, there are all manner of gimmicky ways to play, and the swings are very often agricultural. No matter. Not many are there to fine-tune their takeaways. These young men and women, most of them couldn’t tell the difference between <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/scottie-scheffler/\" target=\"_blank\">Scottie Scheffler</a> and<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/xander-schauffele/\" target=\"_blank\"> Xander Schauffele</a>, and think Wyndham Clark is a brand of hotel. Drivers in their hands, they don’t really have quality fades and draws on their minds.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OVAGBYOROZCHRMTIBFE3PZ3UVA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732039238190},"content":"Unlike playing 18 holes on a real course, Topgolf doesn’t take five hours or require observing rules of etiquette stitched together by stuffed shirts back in the day. Perhaps most importantly of all, you don’t have to be any good at this version to knock serious fun out of it. Complete novices, more than half their customer base, can still enjoy the experience and this may be why young people, that most coveted demographic, have thronged these venues in the past couple of years. Some have come to hit balls. Others to date. More just to hang. In a country where they can’t get into pubs, gaggles of high schoolers can be found there.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VE4KC56MUFHDXBAKGONE4UG2X4","additional_properties":{"_id":"AJXILAANC5DAVNSMAC2L4ZFUXY"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"CI2RXZI6ERC7BKVW34YR4WLE5Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1732283342775},"content":"That mesmeric decade of <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tiger-woods/\" target=\"_blank\">Tiger Woods</a>’s dominance apart, golf has always been the naffest of sports, its sheer middle-agedness struggling to attract those for whom it is not a family heirloom. More than 800 American courses have closed since 2010, and for years Jack Nicklaus, among others, beat the drum about needing a pacier, more accessible model to bring in the youth.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5LY7V2VCBZB3HIAX2OYZWJES5A","additional_properties":{"_id":1732046115324},"content":"Well, here it is. In what is now labelled the off-course golf entertainment industry, Topgolf, Five Iron Golf (a smaller-scale indoor driving range that uses computerised simulators), and their competitors have created a more exciting, immediate alternative to the real thing. They’ve made the whole experience so weirdly cool Callaway spent $2.6 billion (€2.46 billion) purchasing Topgolf three years back.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HZLIURODBFFX3NOLR5JGEVVHE4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732039238192},"content":"Unfortunately, the one thing this version has in common with regular golf is that it’s ludicrously expensive. Depending on the time of day or night, and the number of participants, an all-weather bay can cost between $30 and $90 per hour at Topgolf. Clubs are provided free, but food and drinks are priced high, near enough to what you might pay at any major sports stadium. And yet, nearly six million Americans between 18 and 35 teed it up at one of these venues last year. It’s estimated that 25 per cent of first-time players were intrigued enough by the experience to go on to give a real course a try.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HR4DDDE3CRGXXHDWXFHPDT6W7Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1732039238193},"content":"In the eternal battle to lure newcomers and especially women to the sport, the virtual space is a busy and successful front. Woods and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rory-mcilroy/\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy</a> are seeking to tap into this zeitgeist with the launch of TGL, <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2024/10/22/inaugural-tgl-to-get-up-and-running-in-january/#:~:text=Finally%2C%20it's%20here!,partnership%20with%20the%20PGA%20Tour.\" target=\"_blank\">their high-tech indoor golf league</a> that will be televised live by ESPN in January. Using state-of-the-art simulators, they will play 15 holes per match while wearing microphones and adhering to a shot clock. Somewhere in Augusta National, the azaleas must be wilting at the heresy of it all.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z2DF3NGF6ZG37CIYJ774AZWI3A","additional_properties":{"_id":1732039238194},"content":"The innovations don’t stop there. The Major League Baseball season just ended, and the Atlanta Braves don’t play a home game again until next April. But, for the next three days, their beloved Truist Park will be transformed to host something called Upper Deck golf. Tee-boxes will be set up at nine different perches around the cavernous arena, from where players try to hit target greens etched out on the field down below. As with Topgolf, the action is soundtracked by loud music and fuelled by expensive food and drink, none of which is covered by the $90 green fees.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CQZAH35CJZDAJJDZC4RAXBMJOI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732039238195},"content":"Upper Deck has been at this lark for five years, taking its roadshow to every NFL and MLB stadium that wanted to keep the tills ringing on the down days. Even Fenway Park, John Updike’s “lyric little bandbox” in Boston, has played host to the novelty act. If very few people ever get to face a pitch and take a swing at home plate on that historic turf, this newfangled idea provides an opportunity for fans to climb the bleachers and drive a smaller ball in the direction of the Green Monster. You don’t have to be into the game to appreciate there’s a certain thrill in that. Whether it’s considered golf or not golf.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"premium"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Dave Hannigan"}},"name":"Dave Hannigan"}]},"description":{"basic":"Topgolf gaining popularity in the US, especially among young people, and you don’t have to be any good at it to have a ball"},"display_date":"2024-11-21T06:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Dave Hannigan: Behold a version of golf that’s fun and weirdly cool - but still ludicrously expensive","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"4QJBQB3ZG5GOPMSCCXZXZXAB7I","auth":{"1":"cda5590b3edb99394842391718710aacf1e32bd8b769e4f0b037fdf06a1c118b"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4QJBQB3ZG5GOPMSCCXZXZXAB7I.jpg"}},"subtype":"columnist","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/21/dave-hannigan-behold-a-version-of-golf-thats-fun-and-weirdly-cool-but-still-ludicrously-expensive/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"FXV5NSX7JRD5TMHFHESRGP7GH4","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":312,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/8948/podcasts/d64a3bf1-531b-4df0-bccf-3ef0ade6ce22/versions/1732116341/media/8bb67123166fde0001fe81f86e3d1776_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/21/golf-lowdowns-leona-maguire-looks-to-turn-fortunes-around-at-lpga-tour-championship/","content_elements":[{"_id":"MQN3R5FCAVB2FERMI2HQZLN5AA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903471},"content":"CME Globe LPGA Tour Championship","type":"header"},{"_id":"2AVEVDGMJJHCBOMPZSDDHGLALQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903472},"content":"<b>Purse:</b> €10.4 million (€3.78 million to the winner)","type":"text"},{"_id":"JQKYSYNDMVFSXIJSCB7WYXZM74","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903473},"content":"<b>Where:</b> Naples, Florida","type":"text"},{"_id":"M5DYEF2LYVH6TAONLSUH77RGSE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903474},"content":"<b>The course: </b>Tiburón Golf Club (Gold Course) – 6,556 yards, par 72 – is a Greg Norman-design (Tiburón is the Spanish word for shark) and has played host to the LPGA Tour Championship since 2013. The course is a certified nature sanctuary. Unusually, the bunkers are filled with coquina shell waste rather than sand and they also features turf sods in the formation of the walls.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M7B233LZ55G6HJJBFA5Y6MJS2A","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903475},"content":"<b>The field:</b> Nelly Korda – the world number one and a seven-time winner on tour this season, including last week’s Annika driven by Gainbridge – heads an exceptionally strong line-up in the end-of-season tournament limited to the leading 60 available players off the order of merit. All 60 in the field have a chance to scoop the $4 million (€3.78 million) winner’s prize as, unlike the men’s equivalent where there is a weighted start, all commence from a level playing field.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VOOL63R4C5DWLC3GSWTBCBTYDE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903476},"content":"<b>Quote-Unquote: </b>“Honestly, it’s been a crazy year. I’m grateful for all of it. I am grateful for the highs; grateful for the lows; grateful to be doing what I love in front of people hopefully inspiring the next generation. It’s really tough to win out here against such great players. The calibre of players is really, really high out here. I would say to me, it’s really, really nice to know that all the hard work that I put in with my team is paying off.” – <b>Nelly Korda</b>, already assured of the Rolex Player of the Year on the LPGA Tour, on her “crazy year”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OVCPCZTI2NFXXPIKJFLVQNDUZ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903477},"content":"<b>Irish in the field:</b> Leona Maguire had a nervous weekend at the Annika where she missed the cut before being guaranteed her place in the limited-field season finale. Maguire is ranked 58th of the 60 player field and is paired with American Ryann O’Toole for the opening round (tee-time 12.55pm Irish time).","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7UBYEFY4BFHDI2XDODN657INA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903478},"content":"<b>Betting:</b> Hardly a surprise to see Nelly Korda installed as the 9-2 favourite which represent decent odds given her dominance this season, while Jeeno Thitikul is rated a 15-2 chance. Charley Hull is bang in form and worth a look at 14-1. Leona Maguire’s dip in form (no top-10s on the LPGA Tour since her T-Mobile Matchplay final defeat to Korda back in April) is reflected in odds of 200-1.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PHPFCUI4NBFXXC4XLJSBLPNIM4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903479},"content":"<b>On TV:</b> Live on Sky Sports (live coverage 8pm).","type":"text"},{"_id":"R3FRYBGOSJDQFKHNPQR7YK4ZNY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903480},"content":"RSM Classic","type":"header"},{"_id":"AC54HHO5FJE6LE4M4ZODFZA6UY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903481},"content":"<b>Purse:</b> €7.2 million (€1.3 million to the winner)","type":"text"},{"_id":"STOTBOS6VRE4ZOVLS5SMFY7GPM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903482},"content":"<b>Where:</b> Sea Island, Georgia","type":"text"},{"_id":"P3B3PPEVKJFVDF24F2HXEQUX4Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903483},"content":"<b>The course: </b>The Seaside Course – 7,005 yards, par 70 – is a Tom Fazio redesign of the original Harry Colt/Charles Alison layout by the Atlantic Ocean. Local resident Davis Love III (he designed the complementary Plantation course which is also in play for the first two rounds) has described it as “18 matchless holes” in terms of the challenge and its seaside aesthetics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DDA54PWYFFDRXPFQJ4EQDMUNCA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903484},"content":"<b>The field:</b> As the last of the FedEx Cup Fall Series events, where those ranked 51st-60th in the standings will earn exemptions into the Genesis Invitational and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (both $20 million signature events on the PGA Tour) next season, there is a lot at stake with Séamus Power among those looking to nail down his position.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BFAXWBVGCZAG7IODMGCAIKWWAU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903485},"content":"<b>Quote-Unquote: </b>“I feel 100 per cent, otherwise I wouldn’t be here. I had about four weeks off from playing golf, I didn’t touch a golf club. Started hitting short pitches and wedges at first and then to kind of load it a little bit more and put more pressure on it. Now I’m actually a little bit stronger now than I was before, so that’s good.” – defending champion Ludvig Aberg, who underwent knee surgery following the Tour Championship in August, on returning to competition.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4UXL7E7LGZBOJJ7XNS3TJEHQAI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903486},"content":"<b>Irish in the field:</b> Séamus Power is in a group with Lucas Glover and Francesco Molinari (playing the Plantation Course for the first round) (tee time 3.55pm Irish time).","type":"text"},{"_id":"KK64UWTISBCPXPLXHIDMNJCN5Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1732109903487},"content":"<b>Betting:</b> Although he hasn’t played competitively in almost three months, defending champion Ludvig Aberg is the market leader at 10-1 with Davis Thompson a 14-1 shout. Séamus Power has played well at Sea Island in the past and is a 28-1 shot. 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However, his future in the biennial joust became open to question after his switch to the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV circuit in January of this year. Hatton appealed sanctions imposed on him by the DP World Tour, which allowed him to participate in end of season tournaments and retain membership.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QYBDDTF6HVGUXI66N2NMEHBXSY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732041885545},"content":"Hatton quickly returned to the spotlight; he was heavily criticised for snapping a club during the weekend’s DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. However, the 33-year-old’s form has also pushed him to third in Europe’s Ryder Cup rankings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y4KSS76VXVF2JASYVR5CXSLKF4","additional_properties":{"_id":1732041413207},"content":"The Englishman’s desire to remain part of the Ryder Cup – and Donald’s willingness to have him – will be emphasised by a Team Cup appearance. Hatton played in the event, then the Hero Cup, as a precursor to Europe’s defeat of the US last year. 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But I showed this year that I still have a lot of good golf in me ... I feel like I gave a good account of myself in the Majors this year and the big events. It’s all going the right direction, and hopefully the future is bright.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"RGHYNDE3Z5GGVAWTPQBKH5UN74","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564709},"content":"The bare figures back him up. In 28 tournaments, Lowry had that one win, two third-placed finishes and finished between fourth and 10th on five occasions. At the end of last year, he was ranked 39th in the world. After putting the clubs away in Dubai, Lowry had moved to 28th on the updated world rankings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AQTTUWWAG5FMZJCLEI6CBMKHNY","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564710},"content":"His main aim for next year? “The forefront of my mind is the Ryder Cup next year. I really want to be part of that side [at Bethpage] and I want to be part of a winning side. 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Maguire slipped one place from 57th to 58th in the standings to earn her place in the limited field, where the winner will collect a $3 million pay-day.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JBWESHM3YFCN5OCH2RAIPAL3OI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564720},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Word of Mouth</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"2ZFI6D6FZFCTDHTFIXVZHCRO5E","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564721},"content":"“It has been a surreal, surreal week. It was clearly meant to be!” – <b>Rafael Campos, after his breakthrough PGA Tour win in the Bermuda Championship. 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As the little guy in the middle of 2 huge financial powerhouses the DPWT has survived & thrived in a very difficult business environment against huge odds – <b>Paul McGinley setting out his view on how the DP World Tour has moved on.</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"PWCNAVKRLJE2JMBJCRIIXXNLTI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564729},"content":"Serrano v Taylor was one of the best competitive boxing matches I’ve ever seen – <b>US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau.</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"L4CEL5CJXBDYRF3I5UUCLJCVQU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731946564730},"content":"Brisbane this week season 18 as a pro, time flies – <b>Tour veteran Richie Ramsay on starting out the new golf season Down Under in the BMW Australian PGA Championship, the first event of the 2025 DP World Tour season. 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And <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rory-mcilroy/\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy</a> – already at that level – further embellished a wonderful career in winning the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai to also claim a sixth career Harry Vardon Trophy for topping the season-long order of merit. And immediately he set his mind to adding to a fine golfing curriculum vitae next year, when he will play a reduced schedule for the sake of body and mind.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DFB6DK6FHFE6BBTDHTLJ3RKXDQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731852363083},"content":"McIlroy’s financial haul saw him walk away with the €2,842,443 winner’s prize – after a final round 69 for a 15-under-par total of 273 at The Earth course, two strokes clear of runner-up Rasmus Hojgaard – and he also collected a further €1,884,310 ($2 million) from the bonus pool for winning the order of merit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6WVX5F3XNZHSRBUS2P5U6KULOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731852363084},"content":"For sure, McIlroy – and his family, with wife Erica and daughter Poppy greenside for the win, a fourth of the season – aims, and deserves, to enjoy some celebratory days back in Ireland before returning home to Florida. “It’s been a long year, my 27th tournament, which is a lot to me. Looking forward to a little bit of downtime,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZXHY3L6SO5HWBOJ3YCAXWXS7NQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731852363085},"content":"The manner of this latest victory provided validation for his swing changes, which are a work in progress, but also for his mental fortitude. Under pressure from Hojgaard down the stretch, McIlroy produced a magnificent approach shot to the 16th for a tap-in birdie – before he’d even repaired the pitch mark – to regain the lead and closed out with a birdie on the 18th to reign again in the desert.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3QU3RQS2NZCZZIQUFNLFSAVYOQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731852363086},"content":"But this was McIlroy’s own payback for the heartache and pain suffered during the season, most notably at the US Open at Pinehurst.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YDNRCOV5YFGY5AU3QFJJLOES7M","additional_properties":{"_id":1731852363087},"content":"“I’ve been through a lot this year professionally, personally. It feels like the fitting end to 2024. You know, yeah, look, I’ve persevered this year a lot. Had close calls. Wasn’t able to get it done [at times]. So to be able to get over the line, really pleased with the way I finished and thankfully I hung on on a tough day and got it done,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MXMN6GKJBFAGBDIE6WP2DFLVUM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731852363088},"content":"McIlroy’s order of merit success moved him to second in the all-time list alongside Seve Ballesteros with six and just two shy of Colin Montgomerie’s record eight. A measure of McIlroy’s dominance of the DP World Tour was that his points total of 6,997 was almost 3,000 clear of second-placed Hojgaard.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OXUH5KETSVEGRI46DYGPX2IY5E","additional_properties":{"_id":1731852363089},"content":"At 35 years of age, McIlroy has time on his side on that front in his pursuit of Montgomerie’s eight. In terms of greatness, though, McIlroy is well ahead of the Scot with four career Majors.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VIW6PAZNVVFXTP5BYKRVMAAN2A","additional_properties":{"_id":1731852363090},"content":"In 2024, McIlroy, however, is headed into another season looking for a fifth Major and first since his US PGA title in 2014. 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In the European Ryder Cup locker room, all we have are quotes of Seve. We had a changing room with Seve’s shirt from ‘95, the last Ryder Cup he played ... he means so much to European golf and for me to be mentioned in the same breath, I’m very proud.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"3OXKPDNRFBAINL6PT2RMWIYVUU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731850933539},"content":"And, of the challenge of pursuing Montgomerie for the all-time order of merits on the DP World Tour, McIlroy added: “I’m up for it. I’ve just won my third in a row, and I’ve really made it a priority of my schedule over the last few years to give myself the best chance coming into the end of the year to win the Race to Dubai. I don’t see that being any different for the foreseeable future. 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I look at it glass half-full. He’s had an amazingly consistent year. I’ve had a consistent year, but he’s had consistent top three finishes. Mine are Top 15s.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BNHGTJVBFJGKDJTWGXVS5BYQ4U","additional_properties":{"_id":1731850933544},"content":"“[He’s had] four wins around the world ... he probably should have won the US Open, let’s be honest, and he’d say that himself, but he didn’t. I think he is more determined than ever to come out firing next year, and obviously the Masters will be on the forefront of his mind, and same as myself, he’ll be looking towards the other big tournaments and the Ryder Cup.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"QONWMKEMMNBCFNPF77WCDXNXZI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731850933545},"content":"And McIlroy will have added company stateside next season, with McKibbin joining the band. Some private words were whispered into McKibbin’s ears between the 18th green and the score recorders.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KB6LWTAO4RAN3O3A7K65M7S3YY","additional_properties":{"_id":1731850933546},"content":"McKibbin, certainly, will relish the chance to take his game on a continued upwards trajectory. “It seems like I like to play on some of the harder courses and that suits my game a little more, so it will be exciting to get over there and see how it goes,” he said.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Philip Reid"}},"name":"Philip Reid"}]},"description":{"basic":"Shane Lowry finishes in a tie for third while McIlroy draws level with Seve Ballesteros in order-of-merit honours list"},"display_date":"2024-11-17T12:18:17.257Z","headlines":{"basic":"Rory McIlroy wins DP World Tour Championship and clinches sixth Race to Dubai title","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"66G3SV7NW3EHK4CYLARQ4TCERU","auth":{"1":"983c5b9805603cefb4b08772d4509d97d0295ac71d3848b0fcd54627c1750bda"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/66G3SV7NW3EHK4CYLARQ4TCERU.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/17/rory-mcilroy-draws-level-with-seve-ballesteros-as-he-secures-sixth-order-of-merit-title-with-dubai-win/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"DZQIQISKIZD6JASKSCLYTUIHQU","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":194,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/ed3bd88e-8519-4711-86ca-5ca3b0658370/versions/1731773310/media/bf9ca05805c57390acc1d35c7b405651_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/16/rory-mcilroy-shares-lead-heading-into-final-round-at-dp-world-championship/","content_elements":[{"_id":"LG7NLI4LIVGZDO5ECGZTGZPG3Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1731772272907},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rory-mcilroy/\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy</a> could leave Dubai with a coveted double title: the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dp-world-tour/\" target=\"_blank\">DP World Championship</a> and the season-long <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/race-to-dubai/\" target=\"_blank\">Race to Dubai</a> crown.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GFDULL3JZJG67MVQMVHGGAB3HQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731772272908},"content":"He needs to finish in the top 11 of the tournament to capture his sixth season crown and will enter the final round of the DP World Championship in Dubai on Sunday in a three-way tie for first place, sitting at 12-under after shooting a 68 on Saturday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IYHDDHVEZVFIREQW4SXKACET4E","additional_properties":{"_id":1731772272909},"content":"Tied with McIlroy are third-round leader Antoine Rozner of France (69) and Dane Rasmus Hojgaard, who rode six birdies on the front nine to a 66 at Jumeirah Golf Estates.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VCJ4Z2QG7FCRRKOORZNLYSIB2I","additional_properties":{"_id":1731772272910},"content":"McIlroy mixed six birdies with two bogeys on the round, but couldn’t capitalise on any birdie opportunities after the 12th hole, recording pars the rest of the way.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YVDKJ2X4SBG43A6GH7KBQXEYRI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731772272911},"content":"“After the birdie on 12, you know, I had a good chance,” McIlroy told reporters after the round. “I hit a really good shot into 13 and just caught the edge. 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Indeed, the first of the two-pronged bids for glory – that of securing the Harry Vardon Trophy for the order of merit – seems virtually a given, with his only challenger on the front, Thriston Lawrence, who needs a win, languishing in tied-34th, all of nine shots adrift of the leader.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CHMBY72SZZEALL2SZOUTUC35RE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445414},"content":"So in effect, McIlroy is headed into the weekend chasing the tournament itself, with its near €3 million winner’s cheque, for what would be a fourth win of the season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KRSLP6UCDRBPRJGJ6G7FFCOPLU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445415},"content":"McIlroy had moved into solo lead two shots clear of his nearest pursuers with four birdies in his opening seven holes only for a three-putt bogey on the eighth and a pulled drive into the wood bark on the 10th leading to dropped shots.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HQD3WMGTXJGLFJ7J3VPUKVQRKU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445416},"content":"“I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t kick on after such a great start. I just started to miss a few fairways around the turn and not by much either but the rough is so thick, and you lose all control of your golf ball if you hit it in there,” said McIlroy, who steadied the ship on the back nine with seven straight pars before birdieing the 18th for a 69.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YYLNC53MNBE63LOAEPDU2OWFII","additional_properties":{"_id":"JA6TA45XLZGLHJPJZK7D2LPDF4"},"content":"https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2024/10/22/inaugural-tgl-to-get-up-and-running-in-january/","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"5JB2PX7WLVA4PGJ772VOSC3EXU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445417},"content":"With the Order of Merit effectively a done deal, McIlroy said of his mindset going into the final two rounds: “At this point, I’m just trying to win the golf tournament, and if I win the golf tournament, then everything else that happens alongside that is nice. I’m so comfortable around this place and I’ve had success before. So I’m liking my chances going into the weekend.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YZ26BMI4OBBI3PW7JJCCZQQUUQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445418},"content":"The three Irish players in the field have different realistic scenarios to chase yet: McIlroy, of course, has that double aim of a tournament win to go with the order of merit, but Shane Lowry too navigated his way into contention for the tournament with a second round 67 for 138 in tied-fifth, while Tom McKibbin’s 70 for 141 in tied-16th ensured the 21-year-old Ulsterman’s bid to claim one of the 10 PGA Tour cards available off the rankings remains a viable aim.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3B77HXS2Y42L2QB7G7IH6SIHCA","additional_properties":{"_id":"II2VEB4LP5EQFGWNYYV4RYLG2I"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"APOJJ4W5LJGDBHMQ7XKXJBLUL4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445420},"content":"Lowry’s 67 moved him into the mix, a run of four birdies in his opening seven holes getting the juices flowing until back-to-back bogeys on the eighth and ninth where he paid the penalty for finding the thick rough. He recovered to claim three birdies in a bogey-free back nine.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AEX3P7STSZDDHCPUTKM6LWZIZQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445421},"content":"“I’m very happy. I knew I had to shoot a decent score if I wanted to get myself back in the tournament. I did that, and hopefully I can keep that going on the weekend. I’m hitting the ball well. I really feel good. You know, I’m happy out there. I feel like I’m in control,” said Lowry who hasn’t finished outside the top-15 in any tournament since the FedEx St Jude Classic back in August.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SLXOBQUWGFHBFN7GLGSXGTJM6A","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445422},"content":"Of the challenging course setup, Lowry remarked: “The course is set up brilliant. This is the way golf should be. It should be penal for missing fairways, and there should be a premium on driving the ball in the fairway and that’s what it is this week ... I’ve been in the tournament every year since 2011, so that’s something to be proud of.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZXTINUZT5VGRTGTDKKZG3A46NM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445423},"content":"“It’s been a long, decent career so far. I finished second here once before, so hopefully I can go one better this week.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"M73ASDRGASLWQJJTBR2OLSGFTA","additional_properties":{"_id":"VSVRGZJVHVDWVA5MCQE6WABTVY"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"XVIYYJF4G5FRBLFEGEO2LFJVN4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445425},"content":"For McKibbin, there is one eye very much on the grand prize of earning a ticket to the PGA Tour for 2024 through the strategic alliance pathway between the US circuit and the DP World Tour. McKibbin was 11th on that list headed into the season finale and is in position for a strong weekend challenge.","type":"text"},{"_id":"72QQO2UFVFG5BAU2FN7SWMOGVU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445426},"content":"“You have to expect to drop a few shots with how tough the rough is, taking a wedge out or trying to advance it as far as you can. Hopefully I can try to play similar, just tidy up a few things,” said McKibbin.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OMAAZBRQN5ALTEOFE4EORUDJRM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445427},"content":"Rozner – who hasn’t won since the Mauritius Open at the start of 2022 – shot a bogey-free second round 65 for 135 to claim a one-shot lead over McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton. With the weighted points, a win would propel the Frenchman to second in the order of merit and also earn him a PGA Tour card.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NWRHSB43WNC5ZFTANB2MZUEUSE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731682445428},"content":"“I need a really good weekend for that. I’m going to try to focus on having two solid days. See how it goes at the end. I think if I can have a chance on Sunday to either win it or get one of those cards, yeah, it would be great. I’ve been playing really well the last few months, and yeah, let’s go. Let’s take advantage of it,” said Rozner who has transformed his season in the last month with a fourth-placed finish in the Genesis Championship in South Korea and a tied-sixth in Abu Dhabi.","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Philip Reid"}},"name":"Philip Reid"}]},"description":{"basic":"Shane Lowry’s 67 moves him into the mix in Dubai while Tom McKibbin still has a ticket to the PGA Tour in his sights"},"display_date":"2024-11-15T14:44:14.618Z","headlines":{"basic":"Rory McIlroy hits speedbump but remains in contention for twin titles","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"WEGM7X6HKRPRKCFGHXI74EQFSQ","auth":{"1":"884907d1bb4f10b7fcdd9bd0add2fede1dcbe4c1e0759c6c128558915cd7a92b"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WEGM7X6HKRPRKCFGHXI74EQFSQ.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/15/rory-mcilroy-hits-speedbump-but-remains-in-contention-for-twin-titles/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"EG2DNLK4UZC5FNPYC7XQJOZYBA","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":266,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/8948/podcasts/8d0e6d6d-361f-4752-b4a4-fd02e099c994/versions/1731594654/media/705a86a9380d13d6bd1b330e0c4497c0_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/14/rory-mcilroy-leads-the-way-in-dubai-after-impressive-opening-round/","content_elements":[{"_id":"IVGLEGQWOZBIPPREAB5JX5RSS4","additional_properties":{},"content":"If not quite a box-ticking exercise, Rory McIlroy – on course for a sixth career Harry Vardon Trophy for winning the order of merit – was sure-footed in taking the opening steps towards securing that target. He hit an opening round of five-under-par 67 in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship on The Earth course in Dubai, where he held a share of the lead with Ryder Cup colleague Tyrrell Hatton.","type":"text"},{"_id":"U27DLK46AZHZXDW2ILVLTGIKPI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The only scenario in which McIlroy would not lay claim to another order of merit would be for South African Thriston Lawrence to win the tournament and for the Northern Irishman to finish 12th or worse. That looked ever less likely though after McIlroy opened with a 67 – of six birdies and a lone bogey – to Lawrence’s 73.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QRCQZ234RVGZJGEYTWRQGU7XRE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Indeed, McIlroy’s true target heading into the next three rounds would be to complete a double-whammy of crowning off his season’s work with a fourth win of the year (to add to the successes in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, the Zurich Classic and the Wells Fargo) to go with the coveted Harry Vardon Trophy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QANWIEXV4NHUDGHOPYTAH7T2VI","additional_properties":{},"content":"McIlroy, who lived in the UAE for four years at the start of his professional career, certainly seemed very much at home. “I still have to go out and play very solid golf to get the job done but I have put myself in a position where I want to go on and win the tournament and end the season on a nice high,” he remarked, before providing a revealing insight with his thoughts on the possibility of the American players being paid to play in next year’s Ryder Cup.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WT6JBIFVRVBFTFDJGVWSPLM5LM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I personally would pay for the privilege to play in the Ryder Cup. The two purest forms of competition in our game right now are the Ryder cup and the Olympics and it is probably because of the purity of no money being involved.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5R4NAERF5ES3IPRJIGSNGPSSQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"“I can see the other side of the argument because the Ryder Cup does create a lot of revenue, it is one of the top five biggest sporting events in the world so I get the argument that the talent should be or could be getting paid. But I just think the Ryder Cup is so much more than that especially to the Europeans and to this [DP World] tour,” said McIlroy, who suggested such payments would be better used in supporting other tournaments and the Challenge Tour.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PF6DPAA3VFDXVIOCGYDKMTW2PM","additional_properties":{},"content":"He added: “I don’t think any of the European players [would want to be paid] ... I don’t want to say taint it but it would give it a different feel and I think that we have done a really good job in being this cohesive group over the past decade. Every two years there is a 104 weeks, or 103 weeks, you can play golf and get paid, you can say that one week out of 104 is reasonable enough. It won’t change anything on our side.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SIMVNMYSAGJ3EV5VB76EINRJXE","additional_properties":{"_id":"7JCH5CW52RA6RED4BU45SGGKKM"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"FURPS7VFYBAATEL2W6AQFAA3OE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Switching back to the state of his game and aiming to win the tournament and the order of merit title, McIlroy said: “I want to go on from here and win the golf tournament. I’ve opened up with a really good score but I need to go out and play similarly over these next three days, not just to try to win the tournament but also to try to get the job done in the Race to Dubai. I’m under no illusions that that was probably Thriston’s worst day. If he goes out and has three good onee, I still need to go out there and play some very solid golf.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"BFR3QNU2WRDW5AXURIEQTMDURI","additional_properties":{},"content":"The two other Irish players in the field opened with 71s, with Tom McKibbin – who is battling to secure one of the 10 pathway cards to the PGA Tour – chipping in on the 18th hole for his fourth birdie of a round that was slightly blighted by a double-bogey five on the Par 3 fourth hole.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QS45SEZIQNDQVJT4ICJ2TPDHB4","additional_properties":{},"content":"“That was a pretty good effort,” said McKibbin, adding: “I know I have to play well to try and sneak one of those spots ... it’s quite a nice thing knowing I have to go out and play well and earn it. I will give it my best the next few days.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L3TGPFNR4VFLNBV2DBERMJNO7U","additional_properties":{},"content":"Lowry’s round featured two birdies and one bogey: “it looks like the scoring is not as good this year as it has been. The rough is pretty penal this year. Maybe that’s the difference. I felt like I played good enough to shoot sort of, you know, 67 or 66 but I burned the edge a lot early on, and then the hole got smaller from there ... onwards and upwards to tomorrow and try to shoot a decent number.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YCDY6C2IB5FUNMX3YVDX7FFP3I","additional_properties":{},"type":"list"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Philip Reid"}},"name":"Philip Reid"}]},"description":{"basic":"McIlroy also commented on possibility of Americans being paid to play in Ryder Cup: ‘I personally would pay for the privilege to play’"},"display_date":"2024-11-14T14:25:49.784Z","headlines":{"basic":"Rory McIlroy leads the way in Dubai after impressive opening round","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"8948"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"YSSLVE33HX62I2B235K5ITOXHM","auth":{"1":"f1d01388027982d6f02c219048a38a76353f77417c832804e8e0f91287fd2049"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YSSLVE33HX62I2B235K5ITOXHM.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/14/rory-mcilroy-leads-the-way-in-dubai-after-impressive-opening-round/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"C4GGCM2UQNBNFNTZZF5EU2DKJQ","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":417,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/8948/podcasts/a9446175-c8da-4daf-8ca6-3211e21c9f75/versions/1731501781/media/7f0f29476343fa7b48a29b6bc4129431_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/11/13/odds-firmly-in-rory-mcilroys-favour-to-claim-sixth-race-to-dubai-title/","content_elements":[{"_id":"RX6FG2OPTVDLVA2OARPZXO6Q2Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980694},"content":"<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/rory-mcilroy/\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy</a>’s last competitive act of a long season – his 27th tournament, one in which he won three times and posted 12 top-10s – has taken him to a familiar destination with senses of deja vu: the Northern Irishman has more often than not closed out his year’s work at the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dp-world-tour/\" target=\"_blank\">DP World Tour</a> Championship on The Earth course in Dubai, and his latest visit has him within touching distance of again claiming the Harry Vardon Trophy for topping the order of merit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UKW4KPOHNZGPFO5X7LMJO3GCTA","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980695},"content":"The mathematical equation is straightforward, far from rocket science. Only two players in the field, McIlroy and Thriston Lawrence, have the possibility of finishing up as number one; although the probability is stacked in McIlroy’s favour. For Lawrence to leapfrog to the top place, the South African would need to win and for McIlroy to finish worse than 11th. Pigs might fly, too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5XDKHMKAUVGFTDKFDXXYRHILJE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980696},"content":"Still, McIlroy has his sights set on closing the deal with destiny in his own hands. And a sixth career European Tour order of merit title would take him alongside Seve Ballesteros in the all-time listing and to two behind Colin Montgomerie.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TRK2ZRSHABFY7A4TQGOWUOMZ3A","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980697},"content":"“It’s a nice time to reflect on the year when you come (to Dubai) and you’re on the cusp of doing something that, to me, is still pretty meaningful, and just thinking about the body of work you’ve put together over the last 10 or 11 months,” claimed McIlroy, adding: “You don’t think about it during the year because you’re just going from week-to-week and trying to do your best every tournament that you show up to.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QDFR35I3H5GPDFLXTFSD564FQQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731501423024},"content":"“But when you get to the business end of things at the end of the year, you start to or, realise at least I’ve put together a year that I’m pretty proud of, even if it hasn’t culminated in some of the things that I’ve wanted to achieve. But it’s still been an incredibly consistent year, and I’ve been proud of that ... if I were to win the Race to Dubai for a sixth time, that would be a really cool achievement for me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7XYVLYWLUXBLGQEPCBXA2YYOLQ","additional_properties":{"_id":"IV3V2SGEXJFIDNW7KHBNFW66EE"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"3HCZ3QG4A5DEVGKUGBPRWQNUEM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980699},"content":"In reflective mood on a season which brought three wins – in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, the Zurich Classic (in tandem with Shane Lowry) and the Wells Fargo – but also included a number of near-misses, most dramatically and emotionally at the US Open, McIlroy remarked: “Incredibly consistent again. I’ve been really proud of that over the last few years. But then at the same time, thinking about the ones that got away, I could be sitting up here with a fifth Major title and I am not. So that stings and that’s something that I have to come to terms with but at the same time I’ve got plenty more opportunities in the future.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ARDVZ5GBE5GFXC33KUJSCXIWLM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980701},"content":"“I really just tried to focus on the positives this year of consistently performing at the highest level. You know, still having three wins with an opportunity to get a fourth here this week, to win another Race to Dubai title ... did I achieve every goal I set for myself this year? Probably not. But I still consider it a successful season. It would be a pass. It wouldn’t be a pass with flying colours. Probably an eight,” said McIlroy of his self-assessment.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZV6F5LTUBBC6LAX6AOGH2GYNZM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980702},"content":"Come the 2024 season which he will kick off again in Dubai in January, most likely with a sixth Race to Dubai title, McIlroy will be doing so with an adjusted and reduced playing schedule that will see him omit a number of the regular PGA Tour tournaments from his itinerary. His first appearance in Europe won’t come until the Scottish Open ahead of The Open at Royal Portrush and he has also committed to the Amgen Irish Open at The K Club ahead of the BMW PGA at Wentworth.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TK32JGHGDNEJ5M7SRUHJJCO64A","additional_properties":{"_id":1731496980703},"content":"“I’m knocking on it a little bit. I’ve got the grey hairs to prove it. At 35, and I’ve been on tour for 17 or 18 years, look, I’m not slowing down at all, but I just have to take care of myself and take care of my body a little bit more, and 27 events this year is maybe a touch too many. If I can trim it back down to 22 or 23, I think that would be good for me in the long run,” said McIlroy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UMMDAMKYBVENPMUGJMJUTZI5IA","additional_properties":{},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\">DP World Tour Championship</mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"TEJ3FHL43VFS5AQ6IQ2EZZ6UOE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Purse:</b> €9.5 million (€2.85m to the winner).","type":"text"},{"_id":"P5R556F2P5E7DLXJRSFR6U7LWM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Where:</b> Dubai, United Arab Emirates.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NSPPDHRAZJHCFCS5NORACQA5IM","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>The course: </b>The Earth Course – 7,706 yards Par 72 – is a Greg Norman-design that manages to integrate lush fairways and copious water features/hazards on a desert landscape. The Great White Shark once described the stretch of four finishing holes from the 15th as the “most challenging mile” in golf which can be taken with a degree of hyperbole. Nevertheless, it is a challenging finish, especially the risk-reward Par 5 18th hole which features a meandering brook which effectively divides the fairway into two options for the player off the tee.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R4FK7MTNTRE6FDMHZ6RI7OWUG4","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>The field:</b> Definitely plenty of star quality in the limited 50-man field with world number three McIlroy providing the X-factor in the final event of the European Tour’s season. The tournament offers significant financial incentives, while the other sideshow will focus on the 10 players who will earn PGA Tour cards stateside for next season, with Tom McKibbin (currently 11th on that list) in need of a big week.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5SW3PTHZHBEK7EERW52BGM4ZQE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Quote-Unquote: </b>“I’m knocking on the door of getting in the top 100 (in the world) again, and getting in the US PGA and qualifying for The Open championship. Those are the level of tournaments where I want to play. I’ve had, I’m not going to say a frustrating career, but I’ve always been on the cusp of something, and now to kick down that door and get in these events, its massive for me” – Paul Waring whose win in last week’s Abu Dhabi Championship has brought life- and career-changing opportunities for the 39-year-old Englishman.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7W4BN6WM35AUHKK46SHALGTSKE","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Irish in the field:</b> Rory McIlroy – a two-time winner of the tournament – has Thriston Lawrence for company in the opening round (8.45am Irish time); Tom McKibbin, with the added incentive of locking down his PGA Tour card, is paired with Jordan Smith (7.20am); while Shane Lowry is paired with Frederic Lecroix (6.25am).","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z7RQCAMFAJFERCAYD62YM4X7RI","additional_properties":{},"content":"<b>Betting:</b> Rory McIlroy is the market leader at 7/2 with in-form Tyrrell Hatton – 1st-2nd in his last two outings – rate 11/2 and Tommy Fleetwod, on home turf effectively, a 15/2 chance ... 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Players ranked from 51st-60th after next week’s RSM Classic will earn places in two PGA Tour signature events next year, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UWDQB5JQ2FHXNHVOHJ7G4VALYU","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646079},"content":"For Leona Maguire, this week’s Annika by Pelican tournament in Belleair, Florida, has added importance as the Co Cavan player looks to remain in the top-60 on the Race to CME Globe rankings who will play in next week’s season-ending Tour Championship with its $4 million pay-day. Maguire is currently 57th in the standings.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XFUA4QIS75GK5CIZYSLPLNLVN4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646080},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>John Daly’s former Claret Jug up for grabs</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"4QQJWPPHJRBLZESIWD56YIXS2M","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646081},"content":"Another Claret Jug replica trophy – that of John Daly’s – is going under the hammer at online auction house Golden Age, although it would seem to be in the ha’penny place compared to what Gary Player received for his.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HVDNTPKQNZA2RCHVT26YS6RACI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646082},"content":"Daly’s Open win in 1995 at St Andrews saw the Claret Jug (or, rather, the 90 per cent-sized replica) wing its way to his home until he sold it back in 2015.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DN5IM3ENBZBCZHHOK65SLKTYSY","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646083},"content":"The current owner put it up for auction last week with a cut-off for bids on November 17th: the auction started at $500 and has since moved to over $78,000 and set to move higher with the auction house’s itemised log stating, “this players’ trophy is sterling silver (hallmarked) and measures 12 ¼” tall. The magnificent case measures 14¼” x 8½” and is embossed with the R&A logo on its silk-lined interior”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XVXNCMYZYZF7BHFRSUMWZDSQCI","additional_properties":{"_id":"3DHKC45C2ZFYBB3K6RWWZPNLVE"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"BBENQQKA5JAMJO6XXPGMESKOWQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646085},"content":"The trophy also comes with a certificate of authenticity from Daly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MW4B5YUET5EGFA4I7KPWNNNJ54","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646086},"content":"As for Gary Player’s Claret Jug of 1974? That was auctioned off by the Black Knight back in 2020 for $143,000 . . . and just last July was reauctioned at a substantial increase for $481,068.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XFUA4QIS75GK5CIZYSLPLNLVN4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646087},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>Word of Mouth</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"GVCDQDYUUVEGFBCMACHUTQIWBI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646088},"content":"“Throughout my career my iron play was what I relied on, so that kind of made me get teary-eyed, because it’s awesome to play the last nine holes and hit every green. Just kind of felt like me, so it was good” – 46-year-old <b>Angela Stanford</b> on closing out her career in the Lotte Championship in Hawaii on the LPGA Tour. Stanford, a seven-time winner on the tour, finished tied-26th in a tournament won by South Korea’s A Lim Kim.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XFUA4QIS75GK5CIZYSLPLNLVN4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646089},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>By the numbers</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"TUAQGN576VCJZONSKVYU75KVJQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646090},"content":"<b>67 — </b>Bernard Langer – 67 years young – shot his age three days in a row to win the Charles Schwab Cup championship by one shot from Richard Green and Steve Alker (whose tied-2nd place finish enabled him to leapfrog Ernie Els to win the order of merit). It marked the German’s 18th consecutive season with a win on the Champions Tour, gave him a 47th career win on the Champions Tour and took his total number of global professional wins to 124.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ECXC43MXRFCITFPTZAGGKZWZMA","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646091},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>On this day . . . November 12th, 2000</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"662A5KCYP5EE7JKNJDMF4ARMSI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646092},"content":"When Mike Weir walked up to his ball on the 17th fairway in the final round of the WGC-American Express Championship at Valderrama, there was a long delay. The reason? Tiger Woods, in the group ahead, had become the latest victim of the pond in front of the green and was working out just where to take his penalty drop.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3C22SYK6FRCO3FPC54EELJOR4E","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646093},"content":"What it did for Weir, though, was to convince the left-handed Canadian to opt for a conservative play of his own. And he sure-footedly managed to navigate his way home for a $1 million pay-day after rounds of 68-75-65-69 for a total of 11-under-par 277 which gave him a two-stroke winning margin over Lee Westwood, who had the consolation of moving ahead of Darren Clarke to capture the European Tour order of merit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HVPFIBYS4ZDLBEBH57LKS4T4BI","additional_properties":{"_id":"IPCKSUW5QVEN5N7YWZPE7TFYB4"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"RRFSHE7G6BFSXGL2EAGRJ2RCCA","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646095},"content":"Weir’s play over the weekend enabled the future Masters champion (of 2003) to claim the biggest win of his career at that point; he hit 32 consecutive greens in regulation in the final two rounds to make up an eight-stroke deficit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UENN7THGYFEATATV6I2TN3GX6A","additional_properties":{"_id":1731336646096},"content":"“Three years ago, I was playing [tournaments] when $100,000 Canadian was the total purse. 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After starting like a train with three straight birdies and getting within touching distance of Waring when he birdied the 12th, the Offalyman’s poor tee shot on the 14th, narrowly avoiding the hazard, resulted in a bogey which was followed by further dropped shots on the 17th, where he three-putted from the fringe of the green, and the 18th. 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The manner of his closure, though, was hugely impressive with that 40-footer on the penultimate hole followed by an adrenaline fuelled 3-wood approach over the back of the 18th from where he got up and down for a birdie.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ESTN4JZTTKGR5TMZ55JCYZXSAM","additional_properties":{"_id":"UVJA3AYNR5BCTDBMMVXGZ4E45E"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"HD4TZ3QUMFAV3JONUJX7ROEK6Q","additional_properties":{},"content":"Of jumping to fifth in the R2D rankings with just one tournament to finish, in Dubai where he and has family have made their home, and securing one of the PGA Tour cards, Waring remarked: “I was quite happy living in Dubai to be honest with you. It’s going to be a long way to travel, a long commute over to America. But I’m looking forward to that. It’s a new challenge.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"UXAVT2TCNNACLI52FQW2NNQS7M","additional_properties":{},"content":"Waring’s only previous tour win came six years ago but he had expected another sooner or later. 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McIlroy has been stuck on four for a full decade now, dating back to his US PGA Championship of 2014.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QQWZG6PCP5A5BPVAPCXB25LOEY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706441},"content":"“I would like to go down as the most successful European of all time. Obviously Race to Dubai wins would count to that but also Major championships and hopefully I’ve got a few more Ryder Cups ahead of me as well. So, that’s something that I would like to [achieve]. I think is a goal that’s quite attainable over the next 10 years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JJXVQWOS5RB33BECW6APRJ4DUY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706442},"content":"“I’m very proud to be from Europe and have sort of, you know, played on this tour and played on this tour consistently. I just think of the greats of European golf that I grew up watching, whether it was Faldo or Woosie or Langer or just sort of the really heyday of the European Tour in the ‘90s, I guess.","type":"text"},{"_id":"22V2KYYPOJERNJ22MV65JKCOWM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706443},"content":"“I remember when I got my first [European Tour] money clip just when I signed up to be a member and that was a really proud moment for me. That’s something that I’ve always been proud of and something I want to continue to do,” said McIlroy, who returns to tournament play for the first time in a month since teeing up at the Alfred Dunhill Links in Scotland.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XECUUZPTRJCBXMH6LIWRWOKVEM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706444},"content":"For the past month, McIlroy has been using indoor studios at various locations to work on a swing aimed at eliminating pushing shots – driver and irons – to the right.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A27LT7Z565EV5AX3DWXAINOHSE","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706445},"content":"He explained: “I locked myself indoors in like a swing studio for three weeks and just hit balls into a blank screen or net and just focused on my swing and focused on the movement of my swing and focused on movement of my body patterns, I guess. I had a live feed on a TV in front of me of where the club was, and just sort of trying to get the reps in of making the motion that I want to make.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O3IE2QZ2EJAHTBDIRBEZWATXW4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706446},"content":"“I’ve done some work on my swing that I felt like I needed to do; still probably a ways to go. But it will be nice to test it out in competition and see how it holds up. It’s been a long year. I think this is my 26th event of the season. Next week [in Dubai] will be 27. 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If I go out and win this week, obviously you know, it makes it a bit boring next week, but I won’t find it boring; it will be lovely. All I can focus on is the task at hand and trying to play as well as I can,” said McIlroy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2AQGQDSRLBLQAO7FY2NJHEZ66Y","additional_properties":{"_id":"JMNZVAOHZZBCBPTWESTQCANLRM"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"EWQRNUH23NDFVHVARUATRF7FKA","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706449},"content":"Abu Dhabi Championship lowdown","type":"header"},{"_id":"23TCWOOQOFGQBGRJNL7UD6LEVM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706451},"content":"<b>Purse:</b> €8.4 million (€1.43 million to the winner)","type":"text"},{"_id":"O4E34QYHTJA7DEMNEQFDMJEKGU","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706452},"content":"<b>Where:</b> Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE","type":"text"},{"_id":"XDMFHUEKFZBKDNC4Q3LAJREBSU","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706454},"content":"<b>The course: </b>Yas Links is located close by the Arabian Gulf. Designed by Kyle Phillips, it is a contrived links – 7,425 yards, par 72 – and wind off the gulf is usually a factor. There are eight holes located along the shoreline and the layout features in excess of 140 bunkers. Frenchman Victor Perez is the defending champion.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VTTYTCOXUVHI7FBGWSU7JCR3AM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706455},"content":"<b>The field:</b> Given its position as the penultimate event of the DP World Tour season – and the first of two playoff events, which finishes with next week’s Tour Championship finale in Dubai – the limited field of just 70 players has real star power, headed by world No 3 Rory McIlroy who is in a commanding position atop the Race to Dubai order of merit as he eyes a sixth career Harry Vardon Trophy win. McIlroy could seal the deal here before moving on to Dubai, with his nearest challengers Thriston Lawrence and Rasmus Højgaard some distance behind even allowing for the elevated points available.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KAW5C7PVRZGYPE3CULXRED4F5U","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706456},"content":"<b>Quote-Unquote</b>: “I know Rory is a couple of points ahead but it’s not going to stop me to try and catch him. I know I’m good enough to win both events going into the final.” – a gung-ho Thriston Lawrence on seeking to catch McIlroy in the final sprint for the Harry Vardon Trophy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VS2OLDSXSBDMPEUENZY3VBTYWA","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706457},"content":"<b>Irish in the field:</b> <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/tom-mckibbin/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom McKibbin</a> heads into the tournament on the bubble of attaining a PGA Tour card for 2024 through the pathway from the DP World Tour and will be looking for a strong showing ahead of the conclusion of that mini-ranking in Dubai. He plays alongside a pair of Danes in the opening two rounds, with Nicolai Højgaard and Thorbjørn Olesen making up his three-ball. Rory McIlroy is in a group with his two nearest challengers Lawrence and Rasmus Højgaard, while <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/shane-lowry/\" target=\"_blank\">Shane Lowry </a>couldn’t have got a better three-ball if he’d picked it himself, playing alongside Bob MacIntyre and Tommy Fleetwood.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IIJK2JNCARAUFLFBZCXK7TFO3M","additional_properties":{"_id":1730894706458},"content":"<b>Betting: </b>McIlroy’s time away from competitive golf hasn’t impacted his position as market lead, a short-priced 9-2 to finally get his hands on the Abu Dhabi Championship where he has had a number of near-misses in the past. However, Fleetwood – who is a resident in Dubai – is worth a look at 8-1 while Matt Wallace has come into form of late and is well-priced at 25-1. 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So we’ll see,” McIlroy, who played in the same group as PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan in the Dunhill Links Championship recently, said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2VG7GOUPP5EK7PBL6F6BL6YOGM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109394},"content":"McIlroy also agreed with the suggestion that the DOJ being more amenable to a deal would be “a huge moment” and was asked in a separate interview about Trump’s claim that he could secure a deal in 15 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NST6YDZCKRH2THY64TNQAUATF4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109395},"content":"“He might be able to,” McIlroy told Sky Sports. “He’s got Elon Musk, who I think is the smartest man in the world, beside him. We might be able to do something if we can get Musk involved, too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P3F36M4RZFHVXAB3MUWKL2O7KM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109396},"content":"“Yeah, I think from the outside looking in, it’s probably a little less complicated than it actually is.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AK7GWTGZZBGI5PUEZ7FAFAAARM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730896109397},"content":"“But obviously Trump has a great relationship with Saudi Arabia. He’s got a great relationship with golf. He’s a lover of golf. So, maybe. 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Byrne, who was a star of the Curtis Cup win for Britain and Ireland over the USA last month before turning professional, and Walsh, who has enjoyed a successful rookie season on the Ladies European Tour, are guaranteed Epson Tour (the secondary women’s circuit in the USA) Category C status. 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The Super Select Squareback 2 Long Design features two 25-gram tungsten sole weights combined with a longer, heavier 17-inch 135-gram pistol-style grip and a longer, custom-designed stiffer shaft – <b>Scotty Cameron</b> covering all the bases with his latest putter design.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JKBEBWJ3JJE7JIJEXG2VC6RNVM","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380808},"content":"“The cleanest looking wedge I’ve ever seen ……” – <b>Shane Lowry</b> on unboxing his new Cleveland Golf prototype wedges for testing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6E765SQOMVBA3FMGPHF4CRSPF4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380809},"content":"“After just 15% of players found the green at Riviera’s 4th during the 2024 Genesis, the club has LENGTHENED the hole to 265 yards! 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In playing mixed foursomes where different teeing areas are used by women and men, if, for example, a man tees off the from the teeing area defined by yellow tee-markers and hits his shot out of bounds, the woman must play the next stroke from the yellow teeing area.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SX3DG7PHAVHLRPKPZCZCV5RVBQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380813},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>In the Bag</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"7EMLTDYRQNG37OPLMJY327NF3E","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380814},"content":"<b>Byeong-hun An – Genesis Championship</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"B2OZC4H4633D7X73ZHRIZ6UIRM","additional_properties":{"_id":"6UOF5PSP4NB6PK2ISUL3QKGLVA"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"C32OQRI5UJH2FIBYAXTXAWSUQ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380816},"content":"<b>Driver</b>: Titleist TSR4 (9 degrees)","type":"text"},{"_id":"WN3A3ICTJVHAXD6HIPM6OW7JYQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380817},"content":"<b>Utility irons:</b> Titleist U505 (1), TitleistT200 (3)","type":"text"},{"_id":"NESIFIBATNCPDKARHGQ4OVFYG4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380818},"content":"<b>Irons: </b>Titleist T150 (4, 5), Titleist 620MB (6-9)","type":"text"},{"_id":"DTNXH5EJCRCKNBUYQQX2FKW2NQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380819},"content":"<b>Wedges: 48-degree wedge</b>: Titleist Vokey SM10 (48, 52, 56 degrees), Titleist Vokey SM9-WW Proto (60 degrees)","type":"text"},{"_id":"HTJ5IYFJKRB7VLYSVBQCNJIDJ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380820},"content":"<b>Putter</b>: L.A.B Golf Mezz 1 Max Long","type":"text"},{"_id":"7DWH6XK6LVDSTPUYJBJENL3DVU","additional_properties":{"_id":1730129380821},"content":"<b>Ball</b>: Titleist Pro V1 X (2023)","type":"text"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Philip Reid"}},"name":"Philip Reid"}]},"description":{"basic":"Tom Kim could face disciplinary action after taking out frustration on door"},"display_date":"2024-10-29T06:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Conor Purcell heads to Challenge Tour finale with DP World Tour card guarantee","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"5469"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"GGFKZTTJBFADFGDFTH24A3MBUM","auth":{"1":"115c872d70555e8c7ba391467b839959bd367416a96d5d0286b4c052da68845e"},"focal_point":{"x":2435,"y":212},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/GGFKZTTJBFADFGDFTH24A3MBUM.jpg"}},"subtype":"columnist","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Golf"},{"name":"Sport"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/sport/golf/2024/10/29/conor-purcell-heads-to-challenge-tour-finale-with-dp-world-tour-card-guarantee/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/sport/golf","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Golf"}}}},{"_id":"7CIF7BGLH5FYTAX6O6Y6ZTIUG4","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":207,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/5469/podcasts/e4c0a388-d3b9-4a2f-887d-b2c710c65e4c/versions/1730122437/media/ff589145db84ae6420b00b241f929f37_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/sport/golf/2024/10/28/padraig-harrington-sets-sights-on-ernie-els-after-third-champions-tour-win-of-season/","content_elements":[{"_id":"4EEFU2D345BSLNFEIQOI72DCPM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Like a rare wine, Pádraig Harrington is ageing well. 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Merchandising flew out the door, like it was Christmas Eve. Host venues paid handsomely – or extortionately – for the privilege of staging the event, expecting a windfall in green fees. How many of them ever covered their original outlay? Didn’t matter. They were buying the prestige too.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VOY2R5EX6BCZDNR76WUJ6T77WE","additional_properties":{"_id":1730028076571},"content":"But, in some respects, the Ryder Cup resided in an Ivory Tower. It was one week every two years where professional golf’s venal relationship with money was seemingly paused – even if that perception was only based on the players not being paid. In every other respect it was awash with money and commercial scalping and corporate glad handing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OMCEPFNS5FFIPOIT5O5K7VTAAI","additional_properties":{"_id":1730028076572},"content":"Woods’s comments in Mount Juliet came three years after the fractious Ryder Cup in Brookline, when players on both sides forgot their manners. Around that time David Duval and Mark O’Meara had raised complaints about the players not being paid. Duval even suggested that a player “boycott” was “imminent”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SC7KQLIOSCMGMUTNIKDMETQSXQ","additional_properties":{"_id":"DV3RKY52SREYNN5LFBDLMTIPHA"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"CWJZ6RMIV5CGBFMM4ROPQKG3N4","additional_properties":{"_id":1730028076573},"content":"In response, the PGA of America conceded that each member of the team would receive $200,000 to donate to charitable causes, and a slice of the TV revenue would be invested in a pension scheme for all PGA Tour players.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P7WVU3DXQRDOLB7YTPPJSW22FI","additional_properties":{"_id":1730028076574},"content":"This put a stop to the public complaining but surely not the private grumbling. It surfaced again in Rome last year when Patrick Cantlay refused to wear his Team USA cap on Saturday and Sunday, and repeatedly denied reports that it was a protest about the players not being paid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X46U545JBFBM3JGFMGVCNMCVCI","additional_properties":{"_id":1730041700320},"content":"In media interviews, however, Xander Schauffele’s Dad, Stefan, seemed to confirm the story. His son was another of the capless protesters. Or alleged protesters.","type":"text"},{"_id":"U4T6WKGODVB2XGOWZ3WUXLCKOY","additional_properties":{"_id":1730028076575},"content":"For the 2022 Presidents Cup – an even more contrived event than the Ryder Cup – the American players were paid $250,000 each, not for charitable causes, but as a little something for their trouble. 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In 2018 the IRFU charged over €100 for category one and category two tickets for the visit of New Zealand, the first time they had strayed into three figure pricing for a single Test match. For the visit of New Zealand on Friday week, category one tickets were pitched at €145 and sold out in jig time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AKPAEUJJ6ZCOVKQJ234HEOLNWE","additional_properties":{"_id":1730028076583},"content":"How can the IRFU justify an almost 50 per cent price hike in six years for the best seats in the house?","type":"text"},{"_id":"HWK4NJBOQ5A6ZBI7DNQ72RB5GE","additional_properties":{"_id":1730041700330},"content":"They will reference inflation and cost pressures but the only justification that matters is that punters are prepared to stump up. 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With no more than four games on the course at any one time for the first two days, you won’t see much golf in comfort.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XGIL5IE6ZZF4VIEQVKXQMOHJ5Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1730028076586},"content":"And they’re charging $750 a day because they think you won’t be able to resist. Nearly a quarter of a century after David Duval threatened a “boycott”, our time has come. 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First the women, maybe in 2028. Then the men, possibly as soon as 2030.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UECFKTD2KNGSBDPJA2BT6U4GSY","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632703},"content":"That was him, taking credit for the whole shebang on a 50-second social media sting. There he was, speaking into his little clipless mic while standing in front of the entrance to <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/portmarnock-golf-club/\" target=\"_blank\">Portmarnock GC</a>. The links wind whipping at his fringe, the camera panning to the watery scrub ground of the estuary behind him.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SWJOHEVWOBBDNKV4WVZP7FQSFQ","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"M333QOPWRNGDPNFQGKQ4CLGGPA","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632705},"content":"All of which begged a few questions.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3N2GWXM5DVGIZK5GPCJV4JMSM4","additional_properties":{"_id":1729878216758},"content":"First off – would they not let him in? Here’s a man who, according to himself, has spent the past few months meeting with the R&A and Portmarnock Golf Club. Surely they’d have let him go and stand by the 18th green for his big announcement. It’s not like he’s a woman, after all.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A2LIMBCTMNGNJFDT2TITGSNMHI","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632706},"content":"But whatever about the small ‘o’ optics, what about the bigger picture? What does it say about us as an electorate that this doesn’t spell political suicide for O’Brien? The Minister for Housing in the middle of a housing crisis weeks out from an election, warbling on about bringing the world’s hoity-toitiest golf tournaments to one of Ireland’s hoity-toitiest sports clubs. And it won’t cost him a vote.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TN5X5TOUTFHEDFZKHWOBXKK37U","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632707},"content":"That’s his calculation, clearly. He couldn’t have been more enthusiastic about his role in getting this done, about what this all means for investment in Portmarnock, both the area and the golf club itself. He droned on about prestige and how this was a “really world-famous event”. In the space of 49 seconds, he mentioned Portmarnock four times and Fingal twice.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4JVU5Q36NRHH5DA27EQJ67K67I","additional_properties":{"_id":"F2U5ALIFNFEQJANZI7X2G3OGWE"},"content":"Bid to to bring Open championships to Portmarnock Golf Club takes significant step forward","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"ZR2YK5TQ6ZHSTJ6G4UUWSCUQ2A","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632708},"content":"None of this was accidental. O’Brien’s constituency has undergone a boundary change since the 2020 election. There were five seats on offer in Dublin Fingal back then – now there are three in Dublin Fingal East. He’s still the biggest beast in the constituency, the TD with the highest national profile. But that isn’t always necessarily a positive.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2CCZWXHAAZGGPOQGXR3R4RWPKQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632709},"content":"So of course he’s going to get out there and trumpet his achievement at bringing such a chunky wedge of dosh into the area. What kind of local politician would he be if he didn’t? He has votes to gather up in Portmarnock, Swords, Malahide and Donabate. Gotta get that parish pump primed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7BFMMEN3QFB4BE3D3COVBOAGAA","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632710},"content":"Still, though. The neck is kind of breathtaking, is it not? This <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/irish-government/\" target=\"_blank\">Government</a> has, by all accounts, just over a month left to run. When they came into office, there were 8,699 homeless people in Ireland. Now the most recent number is 14,760. 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After which, it took O’Brien and this Government a mere three years to go running to them with bags of cash.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DHAIGP5YTFB2HICX7UNHKC2OOM","additional_properties":{"_id":"TZ4ZRIPCJJBXLAKQVFXFOQ4PEI"},"content":"Portmarnock Golf Club votes to admit women as members","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"U24X5FJD75CHTJ2B37U3OBLKIQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632713},"content":"The impetus for all this is the recently announced Government strategy for hosting “Major International Sports Events”. By the unnecessary capitals shall ye know them.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GTOD3FFXKZB5FB4JAU56VMGNOA","additional_properties":{"_id":1729878216768},"content":"The general idea is that Paddy likes the bit of sport so let’s see can we put some of the sport that’s on telly into Paddy’s backyard and see how that works out. Big-time golf, the Euros, the Volvo Ocean Race, that type of thing.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T2TZXOHBIZFDNJJ6BCORGGCEG4","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632714},"content":"All of which sounds good, probably, if you’re into that kind of thing. Except that the policy was launched just last week and the Ryder Cup, Euros, Volvo Ocean Race and so on were all in the books already.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6FFEUOSPCNEOHHU3YHWKHDZGMA","additional_properties":{"_id":1729878216770},"content":"And as O’Brien was at pains to point out, conversations about bringing the Open to Portmarnock have been going on for ages. So mostly this looks like the Government slapping a new label on something that was already being done and calling it fresh policy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3ZWHRLDLE5AUTG5JIXF6P64WCE","additional_properties":{"_id":1729875632715},"content":"But maybe that’s just politics. And normally, you’d wave it off and leave them at it. 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The Open is traditionally one of the largest spectator attended events in golf, with crowds of close to 250,000 anticipated through the week (including practice days and four championship days).","type":"text"},{"_id":"SSQGYF2MXVDC3FB336OY74H5NE","additional_properties":{},"content":"The Government’s commitment to support Portmarnock securing the championships – which would also include considerable infrastructural assistance – will involve an outlay of between €35 million and €40 million as part of the recently published Major International Sports Events Policy, which also includes supporting the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort in Co Limerick.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7KK3ZIRMTBEOLHW5L5SBSIANYE","additional_properties":{},"content":"As Minister for Sport Catherine Martin put it in welcoming the Cabinet’s backing: “Ireland is now a step closer to holding the world’s oldest and most prestigious golf championship, which would also see it being held outside the UK for the very first time. 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Purcell (4th), Dermot McElroy (37th) and Gary Hurley (43rd) have all made the limited-field tournament on October 31st-November 3rd with the leading 20 players in the final rankings earning full DP World Tour cards.</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"6CAYEPPWIFEVRBT5QWF4KBFFHI","additional_properties":{"_id":1729524452555},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>In Numbers</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"IYSZC3EY7ZESHAX6NEIQXD4UNQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1729524452569},"content":"<b>3 – </b>Hannah Green’s wire-to-wire win in the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea gave her a third success of the season on the LPGA Tour. In doing so, Green became the third Australian to win three times in a season, joining Karrie Webb and Jan Stephenson.","type":"text"},{"_id":"H4BKQ6Q2MJAYFLHSXD6SXMRA2Y","additional_properties":{"_id":"PG6CQ5CDTZCH5BC373NTHME5XU"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"6CAYEPPWIFEVRBT5QWF4KBFFHI","additional_properties":{"_id":1729524452555},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>On this day . . . 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I really wasn’t expecting much. I’ll say this: this is my 55th win but the most thrilling win for me. I had no idea . . . it’s a dream come true.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"KYPKR7ABJBAHXLYHVUR6MDQZO4","additional_properties":{"_id":1729524452576},"content":"What she didn’t know is that it would be her last of a remarkable career, one which earned her a place in golf’s Hall of Fame.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6CAYEPPWIFEVRBT5QWF4KBFFHI","additional_properties":{"_id":1729524452555},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>X/Twitter Twaddle</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"QWGIBDC7O5EI7NJAMD5YKP4FZE","additional_properties":{"_id":1729524452577},"content":"White boxes in the locker from @Titleist! Tested some 2025 Prov1x. Will do some more testing next week but early tests feel good. On a robot, it has little ball speed gains and little extra spin across the board. When I hit them I don’t think I could tell the difference <b>– PGA Tour player Michael Kim is not a robot. 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This year, for the first time, Maguire has struggled.","type":"text"},{"_id":"33KZTWJEJBDZVE2RBG54BTRHDY","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337763},"content":"It is five years ago, last week, since she secured her LPGA playing rights for the first time. Mike Whan, the LPGA Tour commissioner, met the new graduates and greeted Maguire with a smile. “We’ve been waiting for you,” he said. She was ready. She jumped off the cliff and flew.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RIRC25F6NVDMRGUNL2CGEKLSYU","additional_properties":{"_id":"COYYFSEGSFFGRNHDWSGH7NKIRQ"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"2OX67KG3SVESTLZY2TBX25PCOE","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337764},"content":"“None of it was a surprise,” said Brooks. “She already had the ability to endure the highs and lows of golf. She had a very stoic approach to the good and was absolutely unaffected by the bad. With Leona I use the word tough. I can’t come up with a better word than that. She’s tough. I always felt that Leona was going to be able to handle the grind of being a pro. Being on tour, it’s a lonely place. She can withstand the loneliness of golf.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"N576NQFTMREELCTI2XWE5H4ZYY","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337765},"content":"Maguire is not expressive. On the golf course her emotions hunker down behind her wraparound shades and her game face. In some of her post-round interviews this season, though, she couldn’t hide how she felt. “I probably have been very harsh on myself,” she said at the KPMG in June. “Probably too harsh. I’ve had people around me, family, people on my team going, ‘you need to be kinder to yourself’.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"5UU5LZWYVVDDRETTGZLUUBF3K4","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337767},"content":"Three months later, on the week after the Solheim Cup, she elaborated on the same theme. “There hasn’t been a lot of fun in my golf this summer. I’m trying to be kinder to myself and enjoy my golf a little bit more. You put in an awful lot of hard work, and when the results don’t show it is frustrating. I know I have the game to do it, it’s just believing in myself a bit more.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"HUW77VEC2NHFLCRPHXSHS2OAZQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337768},"content":"So, what hasn’t worked? At the beginning of the season Maguire was asked about the parts of her game that drive her performance. “For me,” she said, “the weeks that I putt the best are the usually the weeks that I do well.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CS3CC6MMO5FWXFJTJWKTPBVJ7I","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337769},"content":"Clutch putting has always been her point of difference. In 2020, her rookie season, she led the LPGA in average putts per round – the first Irish professional, male or female, to lead a putting category on any major tour. This season she has slipped to 57th, a drop of nearly 40 places from last year. The difference between her best stats and now is nearly 1.2 putts per round, which is essentially five shots per tournament. That bites.","type":"text"},{"_id":"B6BZV3PHOJB6NMXR7YSH5XL2AI","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337770},"content":"“If you delve too much into why it has dropped a little bit all of a sudden you might keep dropping,” says O’Grady. “All you can do is keep doing the same thing and you’ll turn it around. That’s golf.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"PIPHBUR2SAV3WHMKOZKBXACDPM","additional_properties":{"_id":"HPBV2VO63BGZZDM7EKG2JAWUEE"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"VHLAYEFQBNG63LUXUA6UYVRL7U","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337771},"content":"Off the tee Maguire and O’Grady have chased more distance. Just like in the men’s game, the longest hitters on tour are getting longer. In response the courses have been stretched out.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ULYWX3KS25GKRLRXB4XMSL7QB4","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337772},"content":"“I caddied for her in Mission Hills one year [when Maguire played as an amateur in a Major] and the length of the course was 6,400 yards. I was in Baltusrol last year [for another Major] and they said it was 6,900 but it felt like 7,000 yards. Leona had to evolve and do a lot more strength and conditioning.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IBSED7H7INAFLFLEHPHMAS4X7E","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337773},"content":"“Her club head speed is six or seven miles an hour faster than it was three years ago. On a 6,800 yard golf course, if Nelly Korda is going into the par 4s with a drive and a nine iron, and you’re going in with a drive and a three wood, you can’t compete. She has got longer. 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Shane Lowry cut his ties with Kingspan after the report into the Grenfell Tower disaster was published in September.","type":"text"},{"_id":"22BTMP6Y5FDABA2D56A7JCIYHQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337777},"content":"The report concluded that only about 5 per cent of the insulation of the tower was made up of a Kingspan product and that the company was not responsible for the spread of the fire. However, it also found that Kingspan “had knowingly created a false market” for insulation products and demonstrated “deeply entrenched and persistent dishonesty…in pursuit of commercial gain.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"53CWT5O4BBBQBGE4YWTQZTVPXM","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337778},"content":"Grenfell United, the bereaved and survivors’ group, told The Guardian last month that they wrote to Maguire’s management group in September 2023, “urging her to end the deal, but received no response”. This week, a spokesperson for Grenfell United said that “we reached out to her management team again about a month ago and we’ve heard nothing back”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7MTH5M7B6NEETNNZMBRXRIJ6C4","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337779},"content":"On the course the grind continues. Last week China, next week Malaysia. Since the Solheim Cup she has enjoyed her best run of form since March. Nothing special. Not threatening to win yet. Steady. More like it. More like her.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TXGGVB76BJDR3PO4TSF6LHDHUA","additional_properties":{"_id":1729190337780},"content":"Maybe Pettersen cocked up. 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That, I can’t tell you ... he was playing through me today. I don’t know even know what to say. He came to me last night and I’ll never forget it, it’s a gift from God. I just played for him as much as I could today, that is it. That’s why it happened,” said Kelly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WMSWX4LIEHORUFL53PUKZX7DUU","additional_properties":{"_id":"AZR4SRBDNBGZLKMNZP4LF3OE4U"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"ZHYKXDQPZVCXBPC64CW3VYCKGU","additional_properties":{"_id":1728917037538},"content":"He expanded: “They were married for just over a year and he developed melanoma and we lost him within a year. So it’s been a tough go. We all miss him so much, but we’re all here living to support Allie now. We love her like a daughter ... this is definitely my favourite win. I mean, there’s no question. It just means so much more. 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It gave the 22-year-old Chinese golfer a fourth career win on the LPGA Tour.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5KVCQWOTD5GXPCAT2JHYZ7EFZU","additional_properties":{"_id":1728917037545},"content":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><b>On this day ... 15th October 1995</b></mark>","type":"header"},{"_id":"OGPCKQHDGVE2XHCZC7LAQIZBOA","additional_properties":{"_id":1728917037546},"content":"You could say that Des Smyth – who co-designed the course along with Declan Branigan – knew the Seapoint Links like the back of his hand, and he certainly utilised such local knowledge in annexing the Glen Dimplex International Matchplay, an unofficial tournament on the European Tour, to add to his curriculum vitae.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VBW5PZPAABDQPLKBQDMIXIJUJQ","additional_properties":{"_id":"22LJYCFQ6JG6BIOO5NDZ7ZHWQM"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"FXNRQXCB7FHP5FTNWI7ZBMZTAQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1728917037548},"content":"The links was only in its infancy when it hosted the event, which attracted Ryder Cup players Paul Broadhurst, Peter Baker and Eamonn Darcy. 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McIlroy is on a break until the season-ending back-to-back Rolex series events in the UAE, the Abu Dhabi Championship and the DP World Tour Championship finale to the Race to Dubai rankings.</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"HLTARVJFMBFJDDAYAA2XBXE26U","additional_properties":{"_id":1728917037552},"content":"Did we just become best friends? Meet Paddy ... <b>– </b><a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/shane-lowry/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Shane Lowry</b></a><b> introducing his new family dog to his social media followers. Wonder what Pádraig Harrington thinks of the cuddly one’s name?</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"V6ABTJFNCBGEJFBHHWQTSZ3UPA","subtype":"twitter","type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"QYUVWUR5J5DQPBZZ6KYAIR6YCI","additional_properties":{"_id":1728917037554},"content":"Great to be back at Le Golf National in Paris for first time since the Ryder Cup! What a venue! It coped with all Mother Nature could throw its way this week. Lovely support for the fans too. Many thx! 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