Jon Rahm missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic. Ewen Ferguson was taking full advantage.
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DUBAI,UnitedArabEmirates—JonRahmandViktorHovlandmissedthecutandRoryMcIlroywasforcedtobattletomaketheweekendastheheadlineactsstruggledattheDubaiDesertClassic.
EwenFergusonwastakingfulladvantage.
Ferguson,aScotrankedNo.141,shot7-under65andwastheunlikelyleaderbyonestrokeafterthesecondroundoftheprestigiousEuropeantoureventonFriday.
Fergusonjumpedintotheleadcourtesyofahugesliceoffortunelateinthedayatthepar-518thhole,whereheoverhithissecondshotbutsawtheballreboundoffabigadvertisingboardandbackontothegreen,settling5feetfromthepin.Heholedtheeagleputttomoveto12underfortheweek.
“Whatonearthhappenedthere?!”@EwboF’sdramaon18#HeroDubaiDesertClassic|#RolexSeriespic.twitter.com/0yJLxgGhkh
—DPWorldTour(@DPWorldTour)January17,2025
DavidHillierofNewZealand,whoisrankedNo.223,alsoshot65tobeinsecondplaceandtheonlyplayerwithinthre
