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Monday 30 January 2023DP World TourYear in Review
McIlroy wins Hero Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 26 to Monday 30 January 2023 · Rory McIlroy’s win no. 15 on the DP World Tour · purse 9,000,000 (US$) USD · Hero · weather: final round delayed and finished Monday 30 January
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/16°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 34 · 9.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/16°C · wind 24 km/h ESE, gusts 41 · 20.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/13°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R523°/14°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Patrick Reed USA · 270finished 1 stroke behind the winner Dubai Desert Classic - Wikipedia
132 started · cut +3, 82 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Hero Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rory McIlroy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN
29 January 2023
I would have gone back to the tee if I wasn't 100%,
BBC Sport
30 January 2023
I'm going to enjoy this. This is probably sweeter than it should be or needs to be.
BBC Sport
30 January 2023
I felt like I could have let my emotions get in the way of what I was trying to do because of who was up there on the leaderboard.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Patrick Reed | 66 · 70 · 69 · 65 | 270 | −18 |
| 3 | Lucas Herbert | 69 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| 4 | Callum Shinkwin | 71 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 5 | Julien Brun | 70 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Thomas Pieters | 67 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | 65 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Henrik Stenson | 70 · 72 · 70 · 64 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Johannes Veerman | 71 · 66 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Marcus Kinhult | 70 · 65 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Angel Hidalgo | 66 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Richard Bland | 67 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1989-05-04; NIR; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 15; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet