ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 03: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot onto the 18th green from the deck of a boat prior to the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship at Yas Links Golf Course on November 03, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 03: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot onto the 18th green from the deck of a boat prior to the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship at Yas Links Golf Course on November 03, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 03: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland boards a boat prior to the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship at Yas Links Golf Course on November 03, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 03: A general view of the green as Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot from the deck of a boat prior to the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship at Yas Links Golf Course on November 03, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 03: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot onto the 18th green from the deck of a boat prior to the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship at Yas Links Golf Course on November 03, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 03: A general view as Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot onto the 18th green from the deck of a boat prior to the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship at Yas Links Golf Course on November 03, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 03: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot onto the 18th green from the deck of a boat prior to the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship at Yas Links Golf Course on November 03, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 03: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot onto the 18th green from the deck of a boat prior to the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship at Yas Links Golf Course on November 03, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)