Marco Penge wants his greatest win in a breakout yr on the European Tour if Rory McIlroy is to overlook out on one other Race to Dubai season title.
Nevertheless, there’s an issue. Penge, McIlroy’s foremost rival on this match, was laid up with an sickness earlier this week and has had little likelihood to see the Earth course.
As an alternative, Penge revealed Wednesday that he relied on watching McIlroy on YouTube to achieve perception into what McIlroy has to supply at this week’s World Tour Championship.
“I used to be truly mendacity in mattress yesterday watching Rory play all 4 rounds from final yr on YouTube,” Penge mentioned. “So I felt like I had a reasonably good concept earlier than I got here right here at the moment.
“I used to be watching what holes he hits the driving force on and issues like that. And I’ll watch him play once more tomorrow and get a good suggestion.”
In actual fact, the British golfer might be paired with McIlroy for the primary two rounds of the season finale in Dubai, as he did eventually week’s Abu Dhabi Championship.
“I am approaching this week watching Rory play golf and profiting from that have. I am studying from him, like I did within the first two rounds final week. He has extra expertise than me and is at the moment ranked No. 2 on the planet,” Penge mentioned.
“I believe I’m simply making an attempt to be in his shadow and chase him all around the golf course,” he added with amusing.
Penge is second within the Race to Dubai rankings, about 767 factors behind McIlroy. For McIlroy to bear an entire overhaul, both Penge, a three-time winner on this yr’s tour, must win and McIlroy might hope to complete worse than a solo second place, or the Northern Irishman would wish to complete tied for second to maneuver down the leaderboard.
After being off the course Monday and Tuesday, Penge wanted to play no less than 9 holes by Wednesday morning.
“It is fairly new to me,” Penge mentioned. “It is nonetheless a golf course, it is nonetheless bought fairways and greens, so I assume that is the plan. As you may see, all you need to do is hit it straight.”
