Rose focused on Dubai glory

“I feel like I struggled in China”, said Lowry, who finished 68th in the HSBC Champions and 56th in the BMW Masters. “Rory pipped me in 2012 when I remember being two ahead playing the last and made birdie”.

McIlroy threw everything at his fellow teenager after conceding that early lead, playing the next nine holes of the windswept links in five-under.

Among other favourites, Henrik Stenson will launch his bid of the hat-trick of titles, following his success on 2013 and 2014, in the company of last week’s runner-up Patrick Reed.

‘After that I had 18 months where I just played great golf.

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Willett said: “Last week was pretty stale – obviously I had a good last round – and this week’s just been stale again”.

“If I go out and win the tournament, I win the overall thing (the RTD) no matter what anybody else does and that’s a nice position to be in”.

Willett could have overtaken McIlroy at the top of the Race to Dubai standings had he finished lone 28th or higher in last week’s BMW Masters, the third event of the Final Series.

Hagy advances: Cal product Brandon Hagy fired a final-round 5-under 67 to finish among the top 24 players and advance to the final stage of Q-School at the second-stage qualifying tournament in Deerwood, Texas. “Coming into this week having not wrapped it up like I have done the previous two times I’ve won, there’s more of an intensity to it”, he added.

McIlroy told Press Association Sport in October that he had to take a “selfish view” of his exemption and stressed on Tuesday that he was not concerned about the prize money or his share of the bonus pool.

“At the beginning of the season, maybe not, but this is the 52nd week of the season and I think having the week off might have benefited him”. And now getting to Dubai and feeling at full strength and feeling 100 per cent healthy, I feel like I’ve got a great chance on a golf course that I’ve played very well at before. For m e it’s about consistency and if I continue to put myself in that position, then the door is going to open for me. It’s taken record-breaking performances to prevent me from winning.

“But I felt like it was still a positive week in a few ways”.

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For Rose to prevail in the Race to Dubai, there are three scenarios. “Due to the fact I’m now hosting the Saltire Energy Match Play at Murcar Links, it was the flawless time to go back on”, said the Aberdonian.

“I think I’ve probably got even more aggressive on this golf course as time has gone on because I’ve got to know the course better. And knowing I haven’t already got it wrapped up, it focuses the mind and I really want to play well this week”. “If I am the champion at the end of the week, it means that I win the Race to Dubai and that’s all I’m thinking about”.