The nearly man has to wait a little longer, but for the journeyman everything has changed in an instant. While Rory McIlroy’s tie for third here at the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship on Sunday was not quite enough to wrap up the Race to Dubai a week early,

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McIlroy leads South African Thriston Lawrence by 1,572.39 points. But given that the DP World Tour awards the winner of this week’s event with 1,500 points, McIlroy looks destined to win his sixth Harry Vardon Trophy.