CALUM HILL reckons Rory Mcllroy is "just another golfer" but the Scot faces a tough task to stop the world No.1 making history at the Dubai Desert Classic today.
Mcllroy will take a three-shot lead into today's final round as he bids to claim a record third triumph in the event and to finally win his first event of a new year.
Hill, though, isn't giving up on catching the Northern Irish ace despite sitting five shots off the pace in joint 11th.
It is a return to form for the Fifer, who won the 2021 Cazoo Classic only for the ill-effects of mosquito bites to restrict his 2022 season to just three events.
Asked by Record Sport if he's intimidated by McIlroy, Hill said: "Rory's just a golfer, he's just a bloke, isn't he?
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