DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tommy Fleetwood benefitted from two huge errors on the back nine from Rory McIlroy and produced his own strong finish to win the Dubai Invitational following a back-and-forth final-round duel on Sunday. 14 by the time he reached the 18th tee with a one-shot lead over Fleetwood and pulled his drive into the water. Fleetwood followed that by driving into the middle of the fairway and sent his approach to 16 feet, well inside McIlroy after the world No. He was a stroke clear of McIlroy (67), who tied for second place with Thriston Lawrence (64) in the first European tour event of 2024. Like almost everybody else in the world of golf, I don’t win anywhere near as much as I would like to, but just that winning feeling is great.”___

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Persons: Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, McIlroy, Fleetwood, Thriston Lawrence, ” McIlroy, —, Rory, ” Fleetwood, ” Organizations: United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Fleetwood, Scottish, Ryder Locations: DUBAI, United Arab, Fleetwood