DUBAI (The Thursday Times) — Rory McIlroy ne itwar ko record barabar karte hue aathwan Race to Dubai title apne naam kar liya. Woh DP World Tour Championship mein doosre number par rahe aur season bhar ki ranking mein Spain ke Eugenio Chacarra ko 125 points ke farq se peeche chhor diya, jabke tournament England ke Tyrrell Hatton ne paanch shots ke farq se jeeta.
Hatton, jo aakhri round mein ek shot ki bartari ke saath utre the, Jumeirah Golf Estates ke Earth Course par 15 under par par khatam karke DP World Tour mein apni nawin aur Rolex Series mein chhathi kamyabi hasil kar gaye. McIlroy ne bina kisi bogey ke 67 ke score ke saath 10 under par ikhtitam kiya aur akele doosre number par rahe. Chacarra aath under par teesri position mein sharik rahe, jis ke nateeje mein woh Race to Dubai mein doosre number par rahe.
Faisla aakhir mein hua
Chacarra, jinhon ne din ka aaghaz ranking mein sab se aage reh kar kiya tha, aur McIlroy back nine mein sarfehrist maqam ke liye aage peeche hote rahe, aur ek moqe par dono ke darmiyan mehez ek point ka daswan hissa reh gaya tha. 26 saala Chacarra is season tour par teen baar jeetne wale wahid khiladi hain. Mor ke aas paas chaar holes mein teen shots ganwane ke baad unhon ne aakhir mein do birdies ke saath wapsi ki, magar teesri position mein shirkat kaafi na hui.
McIlroy ne kaha ke unhein aakhri do holes tak andaza nahin tha ke muqabla kitna sakht hai. “Maine wohi kiya jo mujhe karna tha, maine achha score kiya aur bohat si doosri cheezein mere haq mein gayin,” unhon ne kaha.
Yeh McIlroy ka musalsal paanchwan title hai aur is ke saath woh Colin Montgomerie ke derina record ke barabar aa gaye hain. Unhon ne pehli baar 2012 mein Race to Dubai jeeti thi. Montgomerie ke baare mein unhon ne kaha, “Un ke barabar aa khara hona mere liye bohat maani rakhta hai.” Hatton ki jeet ne unhein hatmi ranking mein teesre number par pohancha diya.
Walid ke naam jeet
McIlroy ne yeh title apne walid Gerry ke naam kiya, jo September ke aakhir mein ek bade operation ke baad do mahine se hospital mein hain aur batadreej sehatyab ho rahe hain. Mashriq-e-Wusta rawana hone se pehle walid se aakhri guftagu ka zikr karte hue McIlroy ro pade.
“Rawangi se pehle main Cleveland ja kar un se mila aur unhon ne mujh se kaha: ‘Ja kar Race to Dubai jeeto.’ Yeh title un ke liye hai,” McIlroy ne kaha.
Agle hadaf ke baare mein poochhe jane par McIlroy ne kaha ke woh “double digits” chahte hain aur agle saal Montgomerie se aage nikalna pasand karenge. 2027 mein kaam mushkil ho sakta hai, kyunke Hatton samet LIV Golf ke kai sabiq khiladi European Tour ka mukammal schedule khelne wale hain.
