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Rory McILroy began his 2025 season in progress with a first round of two 70 sub-values at the Dubai Desert Classic Thursday, five shots from the three leaders.
American amateur David Ford, Ricardo Gouveia from Portugal and the Australian David Micheluzzi all pulled the opening tower of the 65 to sit at the top of the ranking.
The Northern Irishman McILroy won the DP World Championship at the end of the season at Jumeirah Golf Estates in November for his third successive race for Dubai.
And making his first departure in two months, the 35 -year -old hit four birdies for two Bogeys at the Emirates Golf Club.
“Yeah, quite disjointed,” said McILroy.
“In fact, I felt that I was probably playing the first eight holes where I was compared to the last 10 where I had three sous.
“It was a bit disjointed. First competitive round of the year. First competitive round in some time. Certainly not as comfortable as I was in practice and coming here.
“But it’s good to have a card in your hand. I understood it and I got it in a relationship, which is good, and I did not put myself out of the tournament, which is the essential.”
McILroy aims at his third successive victory by Dubai Desert Classic and fifth in the general classification.
The Spanish rival Jon Rahm carded a 69 after an eagle on the 10th per five mixed with four birdies and three Bogeys.
McILroy and Rahm are in a battle of the N ° 1 players of the DP World Tour and the Liv Golf Tour at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic of $ 9 million.
In September, Spain Rahm had obtained the individual championship of the Golf Liv season when he won the last of the regular events in Chicago.
In the absence of official world golf points for the League supported by Saudi Arabia, the world’s N ° 1 ranking fell to 31.
Rahm, who is still a member of the DP World Tour and has called on to him for having played Golf Liv events, wants to be part of the European Ryder Cup team for the ‘Event in New York State in September.
The first day of action in Dubai, Ford, who played university golf course in the United States and was part of their Walker Cup winning team in 2023, prevented the tenth – his first hole of the day – and mixed six birdies With a single Bogey.
“I try to keep my low expectations,” added Ford, 22, who is sixth in the classification of the world amateur golf course.
“I know where my game is right now and I have a lot of people around me believing in me, which is really useful before this week.”
Micheluzzi had seven birdies in a flawless opening tower with Gouveia pulling eight birdies and a Bogey while continuing his first victory of the DP World Tour during his 190th event.
World champion n ° 8 and 2022, Viktor Hovland, of Norway, had six Bogeys and three birdies in three rounds of 75.
Tommy Fleetwood, based in Dubai, Tommy Fleetwood, England, Cardée 71 and the American phenomenon Akshay Bhatia had an opening 69.
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