DeChambeau running out of options - McIlroy

Northern Ireland's McIlroy was speaking to reporters in Dubai before the DP World Tour Championship as he chases a record-equalling eighth season-long title.

The six-time major winner trails Spain's Eugenio Chacarra by 533 points in the Race to Dubai standings going into the final event in Dubai, which offers 2,000 points to the winner.

Nine players - Chacarra, McIlroy, Patrick Reed, Casey Jarvis, Aaron Rai, Jon Rahm, Ryan Fox, Jayden Schaper and Daniel Hillier - can still clinch the Race to Dubai title, but McIlroy would guarantee his fifth straight crown with victory at Jumeirah Golf Estates this week.

McIlroy has won three DP World Tour Championship titles and lost to Matt Fitzpatrick in a play-off last year.