'Made them earn it’ – McIlroy falls just short of completing stunning comeback - video Dailymotion

Rory McIlroy was happy with his final-day performance, which saw him finish one shot off winning in Abu Dhabi

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00:00Yeah, once I was 9 under through 14, I thought, okay, if I could, you know, post a number

00:05here. You know, I knew 15, 16, 17 were playing tough back into the wind off the left. I thought

00:12I did hit a good wet shot in 15. It just got caught by the wind a bit. And then 16 and

00:1817, I mean, I watched the way Aaron and Tommy played those two holes and, you know, they

00:23played them unbelievably well. And yeah, it's just, it's hard to make birdies on those

00:27holes. And, you know, I knew on 18, you know, at least post and, you know, the one

00:32thing I said to Harry walking off the green is, well, at least we're going to make them

00:35earn it no matter what happens. So, you know, obviously ended up one short, but great day

00:41of golf and, you know, a great way to end of the week and also a great way to sort of go

00:46into next week into Dubai as well.