The wildest of circumstances would prevent Rory McIlroy from winning a sixth Order of Merit at next week’s DP World Tour Championship.

Rory McIlroy wiped out a drone with an incredible shot on the driving range at the HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi. The 35-year-old came home in joint-third after climbing up the order with a brilliant final round of 62,

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,