Rory McIlroy narrowly avoided a stroke penalty in Abu Dhabi after Marco Penge's caddie spotted his lost ball just in time.

DP World Tour has shared a brilliant then-and-now moment as Rory McIlroy and Marco Penge prepare to battle it out for the Race to Dubai crown. The European-based tour’s social media team

Nick Dougherty knows Rory McIlroy pretty well. The Sky Sports Golf host has called the shots on McIlroy’s career for a UK audience for the last decade. Before that, the two golfers played

McIlroy is number one on the Race to Dubai standings with just the two tournaments in the UAE left, although both have elevated points in the no-cut fields – reduced to 50 plus those European Ryder Cup players from Bethpage who don’t make that criteria but qualify under a special exemption – which means there remains work to do to close the deal.

McIlroy is among the favourites to win the award after a year in which he won The Masters and was a vital part of the victorious Team Europe at the Ryder Cup

RORY McILROY is set to attend the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards show for the first time in more than a decade. The Northern Irish golfer played a key role in Europe winning the Ryder

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler to Compete Head-to-Head and Captain Two Four-Man Teams at the Optum Golf Channel Games

Rory McIlroy will be the clear favorite when he tees it up at this week's Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, but he'll be in the unfamiliar position of not being the clear longest hitter in his group come Thursday at the DP World Tour event.