Rory McIlroy has won the Dubai Desert Classic with a final round 70 for a 14-under, 274 total.
Adrian Meronk came second at 13-under, Cameron Young third at 12-under and Joaquín Niemann tied for fourth at 10-under with Aaron Cockerill and Pablo Larrazábal.
McIlroy moves up ten places to number 1 this week, Meronk up to number 2 from 29, Niemann enters at number 3, Cockerill to number 9 from 42 and Larrazábal to 14 from 107.
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McIlroy trailed by 10 shots after two rounds but surged through the field on Saturday before finishing the job on Sunday.
| Pos. | Player | Events | Race to Dubai Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCILROY, Rory | 2 | 1,596.00 |
| 2 | MERONK, Adrian | 4 | 1,023.40 |
| 3 | NIEMANN, Joaquin | 3 | 966.73 |
| 4 | LEE, Min Woo | 2 | 688 |
| 5 | HOSHINO, Rikuya | 3 | 668 |
| 6 | FLEETWOOD, Tommy | 2 | 625.6 |
| 7 | CANTER, Laurie | 4 | 471.65 |
| 8 | LAWRENCE, Thriston | 5 | 452.46 |
| 9 | COCKERILL, Aaron | 4 | 433.48 |
| 10 | SCOTT, Adam | 3 | 426.93 |
| 10 | FICHARDT, Darren | 4 | 426.93 |
| 12 | LOMBARD, Zander | 5 | 419.59 |
| 13 | SCHAPER, Jayden | 5 | 389.06 |
| 14 | LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | 2 | 374.83 |
| 15 | SVENSSON, Jesper | 4 | 295.64 |
| 16 | PARATORE, Renato | 4 | 293.42 |
| 17 | LI, Haotong | 2 | 236 |
| 18 | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian | 3 | 235.05 |
| 19 | BRADBURY, Dan | 5 | 234.35 |
| 20 | HØJGAARD, Nicolai | 2 | 225.2 |
| 21 | DEL REY, Alejandro | 4 | 223.4 |
| 22 | FORREST, Grant | 4 | 211.88 |
| 23 | BROWN, Daniel | 5 | 210.72 |
| 24 | FITZPATRICK, Alex | 3 | 200.47 |
| 25 | VAN DRIEL, Darius | 3 | 199.99 |
| 26 | ROZNER, Antoine | 4 | 199.35 |
| 27 | SMITH, Jordan | 2 | 197.2 |
| 28 | HØJGAARD, Rasmus | 2 | 195.2 |
| 29 | KAWAMURA, Masahiro | 1 | 194.6 |
| 30 | MANSELL, Richard | 4 | 186.6 |
| 31 | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | 3 | 186.35 |
| 32 | JARVIS, Casey | 5 | 181.85 |
| 33 | DE JAGER, Louis | 5 | 179.6 |
| 34 | MCKIBBIN, Tom | 4 | 175.4 |
| 35 | PENGE, Marco | 4 | 173.67 |
| 36 | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | 2 | 163.4 |
| 37 | SCHMID, Matti | 2 | 163.21 |
| 38 | SULLIVAN, Andy | 4 | 157.94 |
| 39 | HERBERT, Lucas | 2 | 156.4 |
| 40 | SHINKWIN, Callum | 2 | 154 |
| 41 | VEERMAN, Johannes | 3 | 148.2 |
| 42 | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | 4 | 147 |
| 43 | WARING, Paul | 3 | 140.06 |
| 44 | SYME, Connor | 4 | 139.97 |
| 45 | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | 3 | 139.54 |
| 46 | WHITNELL, Dale | 5 | 136.2 |
| 47 | AIKEN, Thomas | 4 | 135.75 |
| 48 | TARRIO, Santiago | 5 | 135.28 |
| 49 | SHARMA, Shubhankar | 3 | 133.92 |
| 50 | LUITEN, Joost | 2 | 133.8 |
| 51 | DU PLESSIS, Hennie | 5 | 131.5 |
| 52 | LANGASQUE, Romain | 4 | 130.84 |
| 53 | LACROIX, Frederic | 2 | 130.82 |
| 54 | GREEN, Gavin | 4 | 128.84 |
| 55 | FRITTELLI, Dylan | 5 | 127.74 |
| 56 | MOLINARI, Francesco | 2 | 127 |
| 57 | HILL, Calum | 4 | 126.4 |
| 58 | JAMIESON, Scott | 4 | 124.18 |
| 59 | ELVIRA, Manuel | 4 | 117.58 |
| 60 | PAVAN, Andrea | 5 | 117 |
| 61 | RAMSAY, Richie | 2 | 110.1 |
| 62 | CATLIN, John | 3 | 109.35 |
| 63 | FOX, Ryan | 2 | 107.34 |
| 64 | CROCKER, Sean | 4 | 106.8 |
| 65 | LEVY, Alexander | 4 | 106.39 |
| 66 | WINTHER, Jeff | 4 | 105.93 |
| 67 | HISATSUNE, Ryo | 2 | 102.75 |
| 68 | MANASSERO, Matteo | 5 | 100 |
| 69 | WIESBERGER, Bernd | 1 | 92.4 |
| 70 | LORENZO-VERA, Mike | 3 | 91.5 |
| 71 | SIEM, Marcel | 3 | 89.58 |
| 72 | GERMISHUYS, Deon | 4 | 89.22 |
| 73 | MOSCATEL, Joel | 2 | 89.2 |
| 74 | HUIZING, Daan | 2 | 88.2 |
| 75 | LAPORTA, Francesco | 3 | 86.9 |
| 76 | NIENABER, Wilco | 4 | 86.28 |
| 77 | FISHER, Ross | 4 | 82.22 |
| 78 | KIEFFER, Maximilian | 2 | 80.34 |
| 79 | PRINSLOO, Jaco | 4 | 76.5 |
| 80 | COUSSAUD, Ugo | 4 | 75.9 |
| 81 | ELVIRA, Nacho | 2 | 75.55 |
| 82 | BACHEM, Nick | 5 | 75.18 |
| 83 | KJELDSEN, Søren | 5 | 73.15 |
| 84 | PAUL, Yannik | 2 | 71 |
| 85 | BALDWIN, Matthew | 4 | 68.7 |
| 85 | BEKKER, Oliver | 4 | 68.7 |
| 87 | FARR, Oliver | 3 | 67.18 |
| 88 | GARCIA, Sebastian | 4 | 65.94 |
| 88 | HATTON, Tyrrell | 1 | 65.94 |
| 90 | HIGA, Kazuki | 3 | 64.18 |
| 91 | SCRIVENER, Jason | 3 | 63.75 |
| 91 | SURI, Julian | 2 | 63.75 |
| 93 | SCHWAB, Matthias | 3 | 63.46 |
| 94 | NEMECZ, Lukas | 3 | 62.95 |
| 95 | OTAEGUI, Adrian | 3 | 61.38 |
| 96 | VAN MEIJEL, Lars | 3 | 58.02 |
| 97 | GUERRIER, Julien | 2 | 57 |
| 98 | BAIRSTOW, Sam | 4 | 56.86 |
| 99 | CLEMENTS, Todd | 2 | 55 |
| 100 | KIMSEY, Nathan | 2 | 54.63 |
| 101 | JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | 4 | 54.19 |
| 102 | SADDIER, Adrien | 4 | 54 |
| 103 | DONALD, Luke | 2 | 53.9 |
| 104 | ENEFER, Will | 4 | 53.29 |
| 105 | RITCHIE, JC | 4 | 53.25 |
| 106 | FERGUSON, Ewen | 4 | 53.2 |
| 107 | SAMOOJA, Kalle | 4 | 51.15 |
| 108 | RAVETTO, David | 4 | 50.58 |
| 108 | CAMPILLO, Jorge | 2 | 50.58 |
| 110 | MORRISON, James | 4 | 49.38 |
| 111 | WU, Ashun | 4 | 48.6 |
| 112 | JORDAN, Matthew | 1 | 47.2 |
| 112 | HELLIGKILDE, Marcus | 2 | 47.2 |
| 114 | HANNA, Chase | 5 | 46.35 |
| 115 | COUVRA, Martin | 2 | 46.34 |
| 116 | HOPEWELL, Hayden | 2 | 45.6 |
| 117 | JONES, Samuel | 4 | 44.85 |
| 118 | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | 3 | 44.7 |
| 119 | MCKINNEY, Connor | 2 | 42.15 |
| 119 | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | 3 | 42.15 |
| 121 | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | 6 | 41.14 |
| 122 | NØRGAARD, Niklas | 2 | 41.1 |
| 123 | KO, Jeong weon | 5 | 39.64 |
| 124 | KATICH, Philipp | 2 | 38.02 |
| 125 | MOOLMAN, Pieter | 4 | 37.65 |
| 126 | MICHELUZZI, David | 2 | 36.67 |
| 127 | ARNAUS, Adri | 3 | 36 |
| 128 | FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | 2 | 35.22 |
| 128 | BROHOLT LIND, Søren | 2 | 35.22 |
| 128 | VAILLANT, Tom | 3 | 35.22 |
| 131 | MOLINARI, Edoardo | 3 | 34.2 |
| 132 | KNAPPE, Alexander | 4 | 31.95 |
| 132 | MOSTERT, Dylan | 4 | 31.95 |
| 134 | BROWN, Steven | 3 | 31.2 |
| 135 | PURCELL, Conor | 2 | 30.75 |
| 136 | HILLIER, Daniel | 4 | 29.85 |
| 137 | WILSON, Oliver | 4 | 29.7 |
| 138 | FRIEDRICHSEN, Sebastian | 3 | 29.25 |
| 139 | GALLETTI, Nicolo | 2 | 28.35 |
| 140 | HORSEY, David | 2 | 28.2 |
| 141 | GALLACHER, Stephen | 3 | 27.2 |
| 142 | BOVARI, Pietro | 2 | 26.55 |
| 143 | SCHOTT, Freddy | 3 | 24.04 |
| 143 | VAN ROOYEN, Erik | 1 | 24.04 |
| 145 | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | 4 | 24 |
| 146 | DANTORP, Jens | 3 | 23.1 |
| 147 | MACINTYRE, Robert | 2 | 22.8 |
| 147 | MAGNUS, Haraldur | 2 | 22.8 |
| 149 | HIDALGO, Angel | 3 | 22.5 |
| 150 | KOFSTAD, Espen | 4 | 21.6 |
| 150 | DAFFUE, MJ | 1 | 21.6 |
| 152 | DONALDSON, Jamie | 3 | 20.4 |
| 153 | STRYDOM, Ockie | 3 | 19.8 |
| 154 | ANDERSEN, Jeppe Kristian | 2 | 19.5 |
| 154 | MANLEY, Stuart | 4 | 19.5 |
| 156 | MARTIN, Andrew | 3 | 19.32 |
| 157 | PORTEOUS, Garrick | 1 | 18.6 |
| 157 | VAN TONDER, Daniel | 4 | 18.6 |
| 157 | STONE, Brandon | 4 | 18.6 |
| 160 | ARMITAGE, Marcus | 2 | 17.7 |
| 161 | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | 2 | 15.6 |
| 161 | LAW, David | 4 | 15.6 |
| 163 | BESARD, Matthis | 3 | 14.7 |
| 163 | CHESTERS, Ashley | 2 | 14.7 |
| 165 | LONG, Hurly | 2 | 14.4 |
| 166 | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | 2 | 13.6 |
| 167 | BARRON, Haydn | 3 | 13.2 |
| 168 | PULKKANEN, Tapio | 2 | 12.6 |
| 169 | BERRY, Joshua | 3 | 11.1 |
| 170 | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | 1 | 10.8 |
| 170 | GUMBERG, Jordan | 3 | 10.8 |
| 172 | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | 2 | 10.5 |
| 172 | BRUN, Julien | 2 | 10.5 |
| 174 | EASTON, Bryce | 1 | 10.32 |
| 175 | GAVINS, Daniel | 2 | 9.6 |
| 176 | ROTTLUFF, Maximilian | 4 | 9.04 |
| 177 | JOHNSTON, Andrew | 3 | 9 |
| 177 | WARREN, Marc | 2 | 9 |
| 179 | VACARISAS, Lucas | 1 | 8.4 |
| 180 | PINEAU, Pierre | 2 | 8.25 |
| 181 | POWER HORAN, Thomas | 2 | 7.5 |
| 182 | SCALISE, Lorenzo | 4 | 7.35 |
| 183 | CELLI, Filippo | 2 | 6.3 |
| 184 | BLOMME, Adam | 4 | 5.7 |
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Updated: January 28, 2024