There has been plenty of talk over growing the game of men's professional golf in recent years, and the DP World Tour have done exactly that with their ventures in Dubai

Rory McIlroy is not playing at the level we have come to expect, but has precedence to lean on at the Hero Desert Dubai Classic.

If Rory McIlroy is to emulate the history of the likes of Ernie Els and Sir Nick Faldo, he will have to repeat his own history here at the Desert Classic.