Rory McIlroy hits a shot during the first round of the DP World Tour Championship Image source, Getty Images
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McIlroy is chasing a fifth successive Race to Dubai triumph this week

DP World Tour Championship first-round leaderboard

-5 J Luiten (Ned); -4 JS Olesen (Den); -3 V Perez (Fra), G De Leo (Ita), F Schott (Ger), F Laporta (Ita), R McIlroy (NI)

Selected others: -2 T Hatton (Eng); -1 D Hillier (NZ), J Rahm (Spa); E E Chacarra (Spa), M Wallace (Eng); +2 E Ferguson (Sco), R Fox (NZ), C Jarvis (SA), J Schaper (SA); +3 P Reed (US); +4 T Fleetwood (Eng), A Rai (Eng)