Every Shot Of Rory McIlroy vs Tommy Fleetwood | 2024 Dubai Invitational

Every shot of the final group going up against each other in the final round of the 2024 Dubai Invitational.

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The DP World Tour resumes its 2024 season with the first event of a five-week stretch in the Middle East as the inaugural Dubai Invitational marks the start of the International Swing. World Number Two Rory McIlroy will be at the Dubai Creek Resort this week. The Northern Irishman has enjoyed great success in middle east, claiming five of his 16 DP World Tour titles in Dubai. The 34-year-old begins the new year aiming to win the sixth Harry Vardon Trophy of his career. Six-time DP World Tour winner Tommy Fleetwood will be in Dubai this week. He’s making back-to-back appearances on the DP World Tour as the Englishman looks to build on momentum generated from an impressive 2023 season, which included his second Ryder Cup win, and a runner up finish in Dubai at the DP World Tour Championship. DP World Tour Championship winner Nicolai Højgaard will also fancy his chances this week. He’ll be looking to kick on from a successful 2023 which included victories as part of Continental Europe in the inaugural Hero Cup and Team Europe in the Ryder Cup at Marco Simone, as well as earning PGA TOUR playing privileges for 2024 via the FedEx Cup. Others to look out for are Luke Donald, Francesco Molinari and Thriston Lawrence.

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Well that looks laser likee straight out the gates the longest we’ve seen so far on the first it looks like on the tea from England Tommy Fleetwood into toight leading by one he’s a player that steps up when he plays with good players he’s got one today next to him perfect

T-shot they two both own two of the lowest rounds of the Week will we see a full follow through I said yesterday quite often he plays his best wedge game when it’s three quarter back swing three quarter follow through just flattening it out a little so let’s see if he abbreviates SS off that follow through when he’s doing that whoa he’s

Lethal no it’s flat out pretty good though Landing just about a foot past pin High didn’t get any spin on it which is surprising but the greens are firming up and it’s that kind of Bermuda grass which resists the spin quite well the grain is out of the right hand side

Strangely enough usually it tilts the high end to the front which is Into The Grain but it’s out of the the side here so it’s the grain’s growing all over the place unlike most of the greens it’s unpredictable on this green don’t get me wrong the greens are perfect

But the pace keep an eye on that held such a good one on the first yesterday confidently a lovely Pace that was a little bit of a dribbly one but tricky made a lovely sound of I think he it where he meant to yeah I think that’s just an example

Of what the grain can do Struck it firm enough anyway get a little bit to do with the return pot nice to see that one running freely at the hole no trouble at all open t for maroy should be the same for Tommy Fleet with a mere

Formality and it is so the lead remains one as they March to the second the PA for the rough is seriously thick setting up for a leaky left to that’s not his go-to right wing will it catch a piece stay on The Fairway well in the first cut better than the thicker stuff

Oh and he knows it that’s perfect I’d like that swing Ken would you like to teach that swing yeah I was watching him on the Range and he was absolutely striping it right grandfather clock can yeah well flushing it going to be very interesting afternoon to see who comes out on

Top he likes to hit a soft leaky draw it draws about two [Laughter] yards pretty sure you saw that Greens in regulation stat not really important when you’re going in with a wedge it’s about sticking it in there close and giving yourself the bir train that’s exactly what he’s done good

Job it just releases out a little it just makes such a difference when you find the Fairway or you find the semi how much spin can he get how much grab and it could jump on him which it has called for it to sit straight off the club face there [Laughter]

Good example of how fast it is down the slope little tester ahead of maoy down the Grain and out of the left so this is pretty rapid but a good chance chance to extend just never broke back think he hit it where he wanted to yeah sometimes

When the grain is sort of almost directly down it’s slightly across it does hold its line the grass tends to keep it a little straighter head still keep your head still you making him you’re making me nervous Ken into the back of the cup nicely done he’s done that all week yeah

He has hold out nicely without question I like this today I like this rewood I don’t think you can knock it on the green if you miss it short left it makes for a difficult chip the two right hand bunkers isn’t too bad it opens the angle up a bit

Don’t whether you notice or anybody’s picked up on it but the little sort of slight false start he has just as he starts to move that club ID syncratic is this going for Tommy I like threewood today get it on the faway leave yourself 60 yards so you

Can spin it hitting driver down here today leaves for a fiddly fiddly little chip oh we got two in the bunker who’s going to get let’s try this quick quiz who’s going to hit it the closest out of this bunker they’re both going to release it

Out probably 25 to 30 ft take a little more sand and release it I’m going to go Tommy Fleetwood is my bet Andrew who are you taking well I’ll just go for the other one out a devil don’t you just hate that when Riley gets it right again oh face was

Good line was great so just briefly Fleetwood has company and his playing partner of the world’s number two Rory maroy 1500 yeah I’m thinking maybe 19 20 probably gets it done big moments these strides it in yeah good response that from Tommy the grass is a little longer now it’s still a little

Damp leaning right now he’s finding the the end of that Fairway bunker on the right hand side so he might be close to the lip maoy he stayed over the ball a long time he gave it an extra Tommy Fleetwood where’s this one going it’s a little possibly a little left maybe left

Half yeah good shot big moments these early in the day on a Sunday an you’re playing with one of the greatest that’s ever lived yeah it is big day big day for all of them of course but you know Tommy 50 months out of the winner

Circle he’s just trying to squeeze a lot out of that just lend into it shut the face down Rory is just going to lay this up to his F favorite yard is there’s no way in the world he can have a a crack of this one though pulled it that’s a

Mistake I think he he fancied trying to sneak that up from somewhere close there that is a mistake is right I mentioned yeah right on the limit you know it’s doable but it’s actually not a bad yardage cuz he knows he’s got a bit hit it about as hard as you can from

This range so a good chance to get this bang on as long as you don’t hit hit it heavy you should be fine he should be able to manage this one that was from [Applause] 54 a little more Awkward than Rory’s was even though it’s much closer it’s on UPS

Slope sitting well down he’s Landing it on a down slope EAS knock this 12 by knock a 12 by and a heartbeat ah there you go two really really good shots that’s why they’re at the top of the leaderboard that looks like a 60° that one oh what a view what a

View a slight misread yeah they kind of always look left to me unfortunately ferari slides by it’s the best chance for Birdie on these opening Halls part five fourth and may be influenced by that I think he looks like he possibly was so none of the last four players

Able to bir do the power five and interestingly enough for the first three days maoy and Fleetwood i’ managed to build that hole only 154 I’d be surprised Andrew you’re really good at that looking to that whing wall that computer if there’s been a whole heap of birdies here today

With his flag position it’s a beauty yeah now you spot on there’s only actually been five Birds it’s playing over its power as we saw in that graphic how close can Fleet we get to this very close bar one that’s as good as we’ve [Applause] seen tremendous response there from Tommy Fleetwood Yeah I would almost feel like a bounce back actually making a a a mediocre five on the PA five just before this so this is to we had that sitation a couple of holes ago Ro ma makes birdie first then Fleetwood has to follow in well it’s what I want to see for

Fleetwood cuz I actually think he’ll respond to brory putting pressure on him I think he’s good under that sort of pressure down the left hand Wing some dips and Hollows and little Dells can he stay out of the divots where the players have been before him this resembles the PA 38 that sort

Of Swing W that’s a big Miss where did that go water but you know it’s funny because the last couple of days he was awfully close to the water so he doesn’t like the right hand side nice thanks that’s a perfect line two drawers of the ball up the

Right drift it into the middle camers all the way around really surprised at that just after the nice little bounce back it should be a good number this it should be spot on and is a shot that’s a good shot from flew giving him him himself a chance here knowing that

Matt Roy maroy is just hit in the water he’s hit some great wedges in his time who will ever forget East Lake the FedEx Cup TOUR Championship 16 at East Lake when he hold it you remember that one there it is I was there well good response there from

Marar he’s got that to safe part look like it moved a little early on him unexpectedly I think he bed that a little bit I think he was slightly flamed yeah yeah F drop short at the DAT problem was off the te found the water

Down the left hand side it’s a five he drops to 15 under two back of fleetw one behind South Africa’s Xander Lombard and keep that one shot advantage two on his playing partner is this the trusty two wood with a little bit of help in the air no it’s

The driver right out okay he doesn’t want to pull it I don’t think he can cover the waist area down the left [Applause] wing it’s the most demanding t- shot out here a little bit helping there he’s absolutely rif rifled it down here every day Rory maoy yeah he’s drilling he’s

Drove the ball brilliantly really all week B one or two high right [Applause] shoulder yeah it is big but I just don’t the the the chances of hitting the fairway four times without club for m is extremely [Laughter] low brilliant utterly brilliant unreal utterly brilliant amazing shot

Landed exactly where radar said just to that front portion into the grain over the little Ridge in the green and then it slowly eased itself snuggling past the flag to even up p and so this is just a gouge with those forearms that are like legs hammer

Time yeah it never came out just an indication of how bad that lie was for maoy he’s not getting through it no one is it’s not a bad Miss though if you’re going to miss there at least you’ve got half a chance of getting down in

Two off the back foot and he’s really going to gouge this one out yeah this is basically hidden prey I mean look at the amount of turf this is going to move oh yeah that is some shot from there that is some shot from there that’s released 90 ft up the [Applause]

Green wouldn’t this be some birdie to get one at the seventh just Dove on him so very good chance to extent go missing there for Fleetwood so par at the seventh walks on little Shake of the head he knows that that was as good a look as anyone in the

Field will have at a birdie three at that hole today maroy for the park good save yeah great fall given How deep the lie was with the second par good score on eight today oh and just as well that was to the sort of more conservative line good shot

Aiming right trying to soft draw not having anything to do with that flag that would have been a very nervy watch given what happened on Friday he just cleared the water there for Mary that’s a pull that’s a pull he good from back there but just trundled out a little outside the

Comfort zone with the next came off the putter head and the club head rather well ran like a PT beautifully across that Scruff that was pretty cool wasn’t it right that Bell belly wedge can’t beat it yeah good shot choice for Marite make three eight and you’ve had a

Raver excellent two part very awkward once you get over the center of the green going down graen so easy tiptoes 6 feet by fora for maoy what he would have given for that on Friday yeah wait and this is a hard t-shot today the Fairway sits across you as a Doling from

Left to right and the wind is switched into out of his right easy to run out on the left wing and all of a sudden or easy to find the bunkers right so very difficult to find the short stuff no easy task get away from the rough is long over there Left look like can end it on the the UPS slope B might be below his feet we’ll see what the lies like such a little ledge if you carry it onto it he’ll hit it on a down graay it’s scooted over the back yeah that little back stop he’s got

We’ll help the cause if that happens contact was fantastic got to Giddy Up though 133 Rory maoy has been really fortunate this Li is good they the ball slightly below he and that’s a of result from down there good as he could have hoped for that top

Level was a dangerous shot wasn’t it I could see a fly coming there and finishing the clubhouse excellent excellent shot from Tomy would this throw the cat amongst the pigeons here from off the Green from Macaro Four’s not a bad score he was out of position from the t- box not a bad

Score at all half five to come just a three-wood and a long iron or a hybrid the rough down the left hand side isn’t that thick I I can only see a bicep right now let’s have a look yes yeah it be fine would I less less the driver leftish

Can see a little bit more of tommies and we can from mroy give him 10 balls he’ll get two on there so I me way left trying to kind of slice [Applause] It I think he maybe just try to slide this a bit too much and the ball never went for Fleetwood oh no he’s went for a big swing and the club might have caught a bit of grass and turned it in left of the gra maoy on 10 he’s going to have to start finding some Fairways off the T one out of seven isn’t good enough so far

Yeah this sand is nice for the sort of firm reley one it’s quite dry and how about that Tommy F that is just up there that is up there he’s got his name on his bag he does they started engraving his name in the trophy what a

Shot actually going to release isn’t it yeah it’s just one of those they can get it up and down out of ball washes just took a lively bounce and just kick straight left on him yeah sounded like the heel dug in a little bit very firm a

Firm green 10 let’s have another look at it let’s have another look at this amazing you wouldn’t think the club stop that much would you clearly was sitting awful so I think it was the right choice after all to say that Anthony after the case

Isn’t it mate isn’t it no flies on you no the jumped about a foot in the air right up it’s got to be frustrating not making bodies on the par FES today in Championship Sunday got to try and take advantage of them indeed he does FW with a body at 10

Third of the days he’s him at 18 under Gap is no to it’s What just one of those holes I’d like to see the hole a little narrower it’s a good hole don’t get me wrong but it’s cut very wide the further left you go with the

Flag on the right is the best thing loot just fine This breeze is freshening don’t get me wrong it’s not going to blow a gale it’s just it’s nice to have a little bit of wind yesterday missed it way right in the waste area yeah he be looking more left today

Give himself some sort of angle not many not many divits around there big Drive even though the Green Falls from front right back towards the back edge of the green so it’s one of those greens that slopes from front to back which you don’t see very often bit of a s Andrews

Green solid from Fleetwood bit on the safe side but gives himself a good birdie look yeah similar to Smith so we know what that one’s going to do pretty straightforward shot this should get it up and down yes and probably will do that was very very competent yeah that’s textbook aggressive course management

From Roy Mao opens up the green gives himself a nice little angle to this we saw Jordan Smith over read this and just been done for T yeah just wondering whether it was more of a a different angle looked like it was almost from identical spot from Smith and yet that a lot

[Applause] more yeah very well done that’s the thing with maroy that’s why he’s so special when he hits those long t- shots he backs himself to find something special with the second and the third and that’s exactly what he’s done it’s an awkward t-shirt but he has

Fond memories of it it’s on a good line but I don’t think it got the full Rory treatment actually maybe not the right contact on the face but it’s on The Fairway though oh it’s perfect it’s absolutely perfect I’d be very surprised if he lays that up that’s just as good from Fleetwood

Down the Fairway yeah radar will see the see the line when he gets up there but I thought Mao’s ball might have just caught the edge of a divit you know that’ll be very good eyes look like a cracker for Fleetwood right out the screws we shall [Laughter]

See way right oh Deary Deary me he’s found the bunker which is not a bad leave considering so far offline it was yep that’s what he’s doing 232 you don’t see Rory mroy do that very often but I get it it’s surprising isn’t it hopefully he’s avoided the divits it

Certainly looks like he has and so that could hold him in good stead needs to back up a little and does quality shot good tactics [Applause] you could tell he went just a little bit safe and a bit too much sand at the back there it was a chunk and run just a

Little too much sand from Fleet with there be a magical time for him to hold one pace shouldn’t be a problem tentative tentative wow that wasn’t a great part at all so there’s hope left for the chasing pack including the duo of Tristan Lawrence and Rory

Marroy it’s going to be Rory mooy and Tommy Fleetwood level going into the final five here at Dubai Creek oh it’s maoy on fire right now that is for four in a row Tommy Fleet would just hold this off a little Rory he didn’t that ball didn’t

Budge just left of it to the heart of it normally say a very good tidy shot almost exactly where he’s aiming but you can see he a partner in very tight it be a big boost should it drop it’s going to turn its head and Miss

Low and with that he affords maroy to take the lead on his own with opportunity to come he can’t hit it firm cuz it’s downhill it could get away from you but this week he’s been more than competent from this range oh my [Laughter] word a three put from Rory maroy from

Two feet so from a chance to take the lead on his own now he’s going to drop one back pressure is a privilege and it gets to even the world number two there’re at the path three unbelievable unbelievable well there’s little question I think we’ve just seen the

Biggest moment of the day certainly the largest shock of the action here on Sunday it’s Fleetwood that keeps his lead by one less than driver I I I’d be surprised if we don’t see Rory hold one up and just pull the chief and crank on it flews finds the first cut but it’s

Perfectly fine there look like it’s leaking right a little bit maybe a bit of a heel strike for rori yeah he’s in a rough on the right hand side disappeared a bit in the rough as well not ideal if you go just a little long just

Left of it the ball could beander down their whole side so aim just just a little left a Time [Applause] That was a big swing from Mao From the Rough there great shot yeah that’s a great result from there from the rough great way to brought that ball to bring that ball into the green there for maroy be dying of exhaustion once it gets down there H side very nearly for Tommy Fleetwood

What a fabulous effort from over there three HS to go H back against him not hold holding this wouldn’t surprise me the game’s back on that you ha him that is some serious composure isn’t it to go from what happened at the previous green to make it at the

Next and he joins Tommy Fleetwood back at 18 underpar [Applause] so the tap in for a four as well from Tommy Fleetwood 1 192 for Rory maroy he’ll take dead aim at this one with a [Applause] 79 looks like he’s turned that in a little bit only just a

Little using the slope there to kill the bounce of the ball that’s a great birdie look for maoy on 16 doesn’t get much better than that flag tight to the right hand side whoopsy Daisy he finds the back Edge on the path fre fle but that’s not going to stop

Until a few Paces behind it there little up slope sit down came out a bit Lively that looked like a lot of LOF there Keno didn’t it just slides by for Rory maroy on the path three it’s been all over the place the last 45 minutes FR

Him the intensity builds up only two holes to go an important one for Tommy Fleetwood yeah very much so there the OD chance or two coming home but wow you be giving them away this time of the afternoon on a Sunday hitting the right hand bunker here yesterday trying to take it on

What’s he got for us to do day very nearly the same thing strange play that for me yeah I don’t think it’s the play it’s just a bad shot bring bunker into BL yeah this looks a little bit further left looks like the a better line staying short of that right hand bunker

With his front flag Dodges the divots yeah what’s he looking here 12 ft something like like that try and get it somewhere close to pin High not shy needed in the moment good but there is grass behind it so I could jump on him he’ll need to send this High into orbit way upstairs Penthouse High he’s looking extremely high isn’t he and he’s looking it down up and down oh about [Applause]

That landed it in a postage stamp what a shot at the right time for Michael Roy when the going gets tough the tough get going don’t over borrow we will miss it right could use it and he gets it Tommy Fleetwood the Applause as Fleetwood draws up alongside Tristan Lawrence and Rory mroy

Who’s hit it in close though remember just keep on [Applause] coming the chess match continues but now it’s Rory maroy out in front on his own at minus 19 That is an absolute horror down the final hole from Rory maroy it’s wet I believe the creek yeah it looked like it went in at PACE radar yeah well there’s a cart path over there which is not going to help the cause come on Tommy our beautiful t- shot just a soft

Draw spot on starting down the right half dodging a few divits just what’s required birdie from Tommy Fleetwood might well take it all how quickly things have changed in the last hour watch that right hand side of the grein Let’s go just stand still just stand still pleaseing go isn’t he yeah two clubs seven iron was a club but you know it’s all right to say that now but it was stuck between a rock and a hard place very difficult to master the courage up to mass just s in

There 9 it is it’s a good one good Club of HT fet would make something happen here yeah stay there defitely floated on him more importantly he’s on the right level Crucial putt for maroy pretty good pot all in [Applause] all this would do it for Tommy Fleetwood who calls Dubai home these days he’s bued the last two and the first name matched on the Dubai invitation trophy belongs to Tommy Fleetwood in a dramatic final round here at Dubai

Creek it’s been edge of your seat viewing for the past hour and a half and what a way to finish Rory mooy but this part will change that what a finish from Tommy Fleetwood buddy buddy and well who knows that might just be the Philip that he needs

Couple of wins of course just down the road there at Abu Dhabi and now he’s a winner here in Dubai it is his third in the United Arab Emirates his first since November of 2022 didn’t get one last year to watch another DP World toour video click here and to subscribe click here