Picture: Phil Inglis / www.golffile.ie.Rory McIlroy might have finished two shots ahead of an expectorating Tiger Woods but there wasn’t a tweet out of the Holywood starlet after a bitterly disappointing weekend performance in the Dubai Desert Classic.

Thomas Bjorn turns 40 later this month, giving even more credence to Padraig Harrington’s belief that golfers who are about to celebrate a milestone birthday are well worth a punt.