Irish Open: Rory Is Rory Again

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For the second year in a row the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open witnessed some bizarro weather, but Rory McIlroy prevailed over Russell Knox in impressive fashion. Though McIlroy admitted to feeling pressure like he's never felt, reports James Corrigan in The Telegraph.

The much-needed victory capped off a busy week in which he admirably scolded the Muirfield and Portmarnock memberships (Derek Lawrenson reports), hung with fake-blond buddy Niall Horan and donated his Irish Open winnings to his foundation.

The only bummer? He is not teeing up in this week's BMW at Wentworth.

But he did hit this epic shot to seal the win:

The European Tour's shots of the week: