{"id":431114,"date":"2026-01-24T22:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431114\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T22:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:36:16","slug":"rory-mcilroy-needs-big-weekend-to-challenge-for-the-title-at-dubai-desert-classic-pga-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431114\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy needs big weekend to challenge for the title at Dubai Desert Classic &#8211; PGA Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxOUDdGTmlOTy1JdWJPYWZNSVVfN3hpUV9VM2JSV2l0SHVIeWJUUHBIdElUOXFCT3NWVkt3S1VNaEdzemhWa1E4QnI3WGRJZ1dvN1REODQwakR5N0lOUmROd0hMUjVWdjlvZmlVNXRsLXprcy1LbG82WHpFdXJVcnVnSXFRVjhDemRLS3ZWbXpiM2tGd3pTYnhDVDE4c1NBbndqMGthRy1wM290R29WTlJlQ2xWemhJeEJCMEVEYV8xZlJWcGVsR08yb2RaWi1mMTdHSkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy needs big weekend to challenge for the title at Dubai Desert Classic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;PGA Tour<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMickFVX3lxTE41OFF2YWR5OFB2dGE2YjJRVVZiaHFzTVU4U0J0ckpuRVlTQlRxMkVDamZ4ZzhlbnhtdWpldzdTenJTaFpqdWJNVUVkRVl0Mk0yeVc5TnRINHYxYnFyZVo3MFNpMFNvSWJqR1k3anFEQmFkQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In Dubai, a different LIV Golf question looms large<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GOLF.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9FQVJJUHZBbGN3Z1NWLXlFRjJRQUp0YVg3emxZOXNvVm9NUm5TTDZPbWlfZm96WkRSdmFwdDNUUmh3TGJXQlJWUFdwUTNPbjROeDJfU25NVVVzaUtSS3gyU1NiVlAzRlFISTE4YVk0RTd1VEhZeU5XYzVnM3RKS1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DP World Tour player&#8217;s shot left the most striking image in Dubai<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Sports Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxPd2ZGYng5SVloZUZEdXc4VTFucHg3LXJ2bHgwUkVXQ3hQVUJRTWtRbGZtemxmekxoWXdETkVQVFBkNEJHaDhYcnFoNzk5QnJBUGtkUi1ja0VEeW4zd1dJQXB5LUVhdTdncFFqSmlObDJ4QUd4OVRoa0t1Y01KZmtielBaX0ljUnhoVTkwU1ZpX3JEaVdiU1RSbGt2VjQ0Zi1RTDNqY09qYU1hbUphM1lmYmtON1pjUzZRT0h4ZGgwcmNodw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reed takes four-shot lead into final round at Dubai Desert Classic, McIlroy&#8217;s hopes fade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sportsnet.ca<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQQUdvVXR3NS10YkFBVXdYVWVfeG0yc1FPX1hmNW1TcVRRUHFBT2o2N195UGZ3ZEpZNmJBMHRKRVVadmdXS0ZFUmFoZmYwZ1QtNHp3NVM2aTV0dzdnOXNpN2QwbUg2ZGZ6YU9OTWRzRmJzMmFxNlpqZnVEMGduN1Q1YWt4YUVZVjRQdU0tTjR1cWctQV9RWmMyNUJnbkxEdmhzSDN0MlNvUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reeds leads in Dubai, McIlroy needs a big weekend to challenge for title<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;TSN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy needs big weekend to challenge for the title at Dubai Desert Classic&nbsp;&nbsp;PGA TourIn Dubai, a different&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-431114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}