Rory Mcilroy Chasing Home Glory In Dubai Duty Free Irish Open

 

World No 3 Rory McIlroy admits it would be huge if he could improve on his poor record on home soil and win this week's Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. The tournament host has recorded just two top-10 finishes in nine tournament appearances and has missed the cut in his home event three years running.

McIlroy heads to the K Club off the back of a tied-fourth finish at the Wells Fargo Championship and a tied-12th showing at last week's Players Championship, where the Northern Irishman missed a chance to break the TPC Sawgrass course record. The 27yearS old is the only player in the world's top five yet to register a worldwide win in 2016, but McIlroy feels his game is in good shape to challenge for victory this week.
 
He said “My performances in this event, obviously over the past three years, but going beyond that, haven't been what I would want. I want to really change that this week with a good performance and I feel like my game is in good enough shape to do that. I'm coming off a couple of decent weeks in the States where I felt like I played better than what the results suggested, so I'm looking forward to the week. The K Club here is a golf course where I feel like I can do well on. It sets up well for me. It would be huge (to win). I think anyone that plays professional golf, they dream of winning their home open. You don't get very many opportunities to do it, so it would be very special. It's definitely one tournament that is missing from my CV that I would love to add”.