McIlroy, who is competing in the DP World Tour’s season finale in Dubai this week, was seen using TaylorMade’s Qi10 LS driver at Jumeirah Golf Estates on Tuesday.
The final day of the Qatar Masters was a contrasting mixture of heartwarming and heartbreaking stories within that stark narrative, quite apart from Sami Valimaki’s second tour win.
Jon Rahm is skipping the European Tour’s Race to Dubai finale, giving up on the chance to win the season-long points title for the second time in three years.
The future looks brighter. Early doubts that the evolution of the European Tour’s strategic alliance with the PGA Tour would be more likely to enhance the stature of the latter at the expense of the former have been appeased.
Seven days on from winning last week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship, the 26-year-old South African added his national title to an already burgeoning resume with victory in the South African Open at Sun City.
Although he admitted to struggling with the rhythm of his swing over the course of the final round, the now five-time European Tour champion gave what was generally a near-textbook example of how to play with a lead.
Second at the British Masters, T-6 at the Hero Open and third at the English Championship, Hojgaard was clearly the most consistent performer over the six-week UK Swing.