{"id":12319,"date":"2023-01-30T11:14:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T11:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/mcilroy-overtakes-lead-to-win-dubai-desert-classic-by-one-shot\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T11:14:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T11:14:28","slug":"mcilroy-overtakes-lead-to-win-dubai-desert-classic-by-one-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/mcilroy-overtakes-lead-to-win-dubai-desert-classic-by-one-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy overtakes lead to win Dubai Desert Classic by one shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"4bc43799-0c90-5ac4-8289-2e8f411625e5\" overlaytype=\"article\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\" data-v-5b1d77aa=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Rory McIlroy overcame a final-round charge from Patrick Reed to win a tense Monday duel between players involved in a pre-tournament skirmish.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">Top-ranked McIlroy made a 4-under-par 68 on the 18th with a birdie putt from about 15 feet to keep the lead to just one from a 65.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">McIlroy won his third title and started the year with the first win of his career.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">The Northern Irishman started the round four and three behind Reed, but was passed by Reed in the back nine.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">The lead was bogeyed on the 16th, but a birdie on the 18th put McIlroy under pressure and finished 19-under overall.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">The two traded verbal blows on Wednesday after seeing McIlroy ignore Reed on Tuesday&#8217;s practice range.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">Reid walked away before throwing a tee adorned with the logo of his four-ace team in the LIV Golf League in the direction of McIlroy, one of the most vocal critics of the Saudi-run breakaway series.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">Reid was quoted as saying it was &#8220;disappointing&#8221; that McIlroy didn&#8217;t shake hands, and described McIlroy as an &#8220;immature little kid&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\">Other AP Golf: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf and https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Sports<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\"\/>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\"\/> <!----> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-7a2607b0=\"\" data-v-5b1d77aa=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiYmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZveHNwb3J0cy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvZ29sZi9tY2lscm95LW92ZXJjb21lcy1yZWVkLXdpbnMtZHViYWktZGVzZXJ0LWNsYXNzaWMtYnktMS1zaG900gEA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Rory McIlroy overcame a final-round charge from Patrick Reed to win a tense Monday duel between players involved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SiteShareImage.vresize.1200.630.high_.0.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}