Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry given food for thought with disappointing Dubai Desert Classic

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry departed the desert with some food for thought after disappointing conclusions to their starts to the season in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic at the Majlis Course at Emirates Golf Club, where former Masters champion Patrick Reed – on one of his regular break-ins from LIV – was faultless in claiming a career first Rolex Series win on the DP World Tour. While American Reed started and finished a four strokes lead in collecting the winner’s cheque for €1.3 million and jumped from 105th to second on the Race to Dubai order of merit rankings, McIlroy and Lowry flew back stateside for the immediate challenge of facing...