November 20, 2015
Rory McIlroy makes his way onto The National Sport front page on Friday, November 20 after playing himself into contention at the DP World Tour Championship.
The world No 3, who currently leads the Race to Dubai standings, carded an opening round 68 for four-under par and two shots off the leaders.
The National's Paul Radley was at the Jumeirah Golf Estates to see McIlroy and the other top European Tour players in action. Here is his report from Day 1
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