Rory McIlroy lands Race to Dubai title

Rory McIlroy

Shanghai: Adam Scott has called on Australian Open organisers to let him go head-to-head against Rory McIlroy, who secured the European Tour’s Race to Dubai title Sunday without swinging a club.

Second-ranked Scott finished tied 12^th in the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai on Sunday, and said after that he would love to be paired with McIlroy in Sydney for at least the first two days of the event, which begins on November 27.

Masters champion Scott had led McIlroy by a shot going down the final fairway in the 2013 Australian Open, but stunned his fervent home fans at Royal Sydney by missing the green with his second shot and making a bogey, while McIlroy stroked home a 15-foot putt for a birdie and victory.

The Northern Irishman is assured of finishing top golfer in Europe for the second time in three years, despite skipping both lucrative “Final Series” events in Shanghai over the past two weeks.

McIlroy’s next appearance, following pulling out of Shanghai to prepare for his upcoming court case against his former management company, will be at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, which begins on November 20.

The world number one will then fly to Sydney, Australia to defend his Australian Open title that he snatched so dramatically from Scott a year ago.