South African Jaco Van Zyl, bidding for a wire-to-wire victory, could only manage a closing 67 for 267, one ahead of third-placed Thai Kiradech Aphibarnrat (67).
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The Frenchman has struggled mightily for form in 2015, posting just two top-10 finishes and – having held a share of the overnight lead – looked set to miss out in the final round on Sunday. “I’m happy that the world of golf is hoping to see the three of us as a repeat of the three-way rivalry between Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player”. “I was just missing everything”.
Rory McIlroy still leads the Race to Dubai following the first tournament in the European Tour’s four-stage Final Series despite finishing a disappointing sixth at Montgomerie Maxx Royal. “While your first win is always great, you don’t realise what is really happening”, said Dubuisson.
“This win has given me my confidence back, I lost it a few months ago and felt like my game would never come back, but this week I realised my game is still here”.
But what perplexed him was the fact that it did not get him into next week’s WGC event, something he was really excited about at the time of holing his winning putt.
“The game’s definitely better, better than the last couple of starts I made at The Tour Championship and Fry’s, and my ball-striking has been a little more consistent”, said McIlroy. It’s just more of trying to get myself into these positions and just try to handle them better.
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“The eagle on 13 was the spark that I needed to get myself up the leaderboard”, Northern Irishman McIlroy told reporters at the $7-million European Tour event.
