He’s 29 under for eight rounds of golf and made 45 birdies and two eagles but Rory McIlroy still believes he’s simply knocked a little rust of his game after the first two starts of the season.

Even when he’s bad he’s good, though Saturday, Rory McIlroy was as almost good as ever as he shot a best-of-the-day seven under par 65 in the third round of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai to put himself on the brink of a glorious double on Sunday.

Shane Lowry opened with a frustrating two under 70 and trails leader Sergio Garcia by six shots after the opening round of the $7m BMW Masters at Lake Malaren in Shanghai.

The combination of a fortuitious ankle injury, a dose of food poisoning and some very erratic putting have put Rory McIlroy's hopes of a third Race to Dubai title in four years in some doubt.

The recent Dubai Duty Free Irish Open gave us a number of exciting memories. Taking place at the Royal County Downs Golf Club from 28th to 31st May, the event showcased some of the best British talent out there today, including one youngster whose name was the word on everybody’s lips afterwards.

Shane Lowry will finish his 2014 campaign closer to the Top 40 than the Top 50 in the world after a closing 71 gave him 11th place behind Danny Willett in the $6.5 million Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa.

Shane Lowry put himself in position to make one final move up the world rankings this season when he birdied the last to break par for the first time in the $6.5million Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City.

Amateur ace Gary Hurley promised to learn from an 81 that was like a scene from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.