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Like it was yesterday I remember Rory getting his first professional win at age 19 when he won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on February 1st in 2009, moving him to 16th in the world rankings. His girlfriend of 6 years, Holly Sweeney couldn't be with him as she was studying for her high school exams. We all knew the kid who joined Holyrood GC as a junior member at age 7 was going to take the golf world by storm.
Now 5 majors and millions and millions of dollars, pounds, euros whatever you want later the world's #1 player returned from a six-week absence to shoot a 6-under 66 for a share of the lead with his Irish pal Shane Lowry, on the first day of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
He birdied four of his opening five holes and then two of the last four to join Lowry at the top, in Dubai at the Earth Course at Jumeriah Estates Resort who were once Rory's main sponsor.
In 2011 he began dating Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki after meeting at a boxing match, and after their emotional split last May, he went on a tear that week winning the BMW at Wentworth, then of course the summer of summers with 2 majors and the WGC that has won him this Race to Dubai.
By the way over the summer Rory was linked to Dublin model Nadia Forde and Belfast model Sasha Gale, although he has made it clear to friends he is staying unattached for the foreseeable future.
T3 a shot behind are Scotland's Richie Ramsay and Norway's star, Thorbjorn Olesen both at -5 67. In last place in this elite final field of 70, was last week's winner Brooks Koepka who struggled to an ugly +6 78..
Australiasian Tour Meanwhile it's a big few weeks of golf down under in Australia beginning with the Masters where defending champion Adam Scott struggled in the blustery conditions at Metropolitan Golf Club for a 1-over 73, six strokes behind a group of four of his countrymen. Live scoring click http://www.pga.org.au/tourns/pga-tour/event/leaderboard?season=2014&tour=pga&id=1075
Scott, who won the Masters the past two years at Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath remained optimistic. "A strong northerly (wind) from the get-go was always going to make it tough. I played pretty well but didn't take any of my chances. I'm a little behind the eight-ball at the moment but it's nothing a good round tomorrow won't fix."
Australians Michael Wright, Stephen Allan, Steven Bowditch and amateur Todd Sinnott shot 67s to share the lead.
Bryan Angus
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