Winner: Rory McIlroy
Around the wider world of golf: Obviously it's a bit slow this week as the last of the major tours finished up the 2012 season. Jake Higginbottom won the BMW NZ Open on the Australasian Tour, and Jake Roos won the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open on the Sunshine Tour.
There's no longer lots to say, certainly. The World's #1 confirmed each person why he is World #1! After thirteen holes of uneven play in his very last spherical, Rory McIlroy knocked out five birdies inside the very last five holes to take the DP World Tour Championship title.
To go together with his Race to Dubai name, of direction.
Luke Donald, the man maximum appeared to think might be his biggest challenger -- I know I did -- simply didn't have it Sunday. After 102 instantly bogey-unfastened holes at Dubai, he bogeyed not simplest the third however the twelfth hollow as well. In addition, he should most effective control three birdies. A round of -1 within the final spherical just isn't always going to reduce it on the Jumeirah Golf Estates. Luke completed in a tie for third.
No, the marvel challenger was Justin Rose. He blasted through the course with a 10-underneath 62 and said, as he finished his round, that he idea he might have executed enough. Instead, he lost by using 2 strokes. This ought to bode well for Justin going ahead, but it just wasn't enough this week.
As for people who questioned the "validity" of Rory winning the Race to Dubai with out triumphing a European Tour event -- the PGA Championship may assume the ET, however it's certainly within the USA -- Rory close them up as nicely by winning the richest, maximum European talent-laden occasion on their Tour. Enough stated, eh?
So what else can I say? As Rory heads out, presumably on vacation with the lovely Caroline Wozniacki -- and around €9million, according to this Irish Sun article -- all I can do is post yet another Limerick Summary in praise of his victory:
Though the large boys went low in Dubai,
Buoyed via hopes understandably excessive,
Rory got his fifth win ?
An appropriate end
As we bid this golf season good-bye. The photo came from the tournament page at europeantour.com.
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