World No 3 Rory McIlroy admits it would be huge if he could improve on his poor record on home soil and win this weeks Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, live on Sky Sports. The tournament host has recorded just two top-10 finishes in nine tournament appearances and has missed the cut in his home event three years running.McIlroy heads to the K Club off the back of a tied-fourth finish at the Wells Fargo Championship and a tied-12th showing at last weeks Players Championship, where the Northern Irishman missed a chance to break the TPC Sawgrass course record. Rory McIlroys best finish came in 2008, when he ended the week in seventh spot The 27-year-old is the only player in the worlds top five yet to register a worldwide win in 2016, but McIlroy feels his game is in good shape to challenge for victory this week.My performances in this event, obviously over the past three years, but going beyond that, havent been what I would want, McIlroy said.I want to really change that this week with a good performance and I feel like my game is in good enough shape to do that.Im coming off a couple of decent weeks in the States where I felt like I played better than what the results suggested, so Im looking forward to the week. McIlroy posted a second-round 64 at TPC Sawgrass last week The K Club here is a golf course where I feel like I can do well on. It sets up well for me. It would be huge (to win). I think anyone that plays professional golf, they dream of winning their home open.You dont get very many opportunities to do it, so it would be very special. Its definitely one tournament that is missing from my CV that I would love to add.McIlroy tees off alongside Andy Sullivan and defending champion Soren Kjeldsen for the opening two rounds in Kildare, while Masters winner Danny Willett has been grouped with Lee Westwood and Rafa Cabrera Bello. Andy Sullivan and Rory McIlroy went head-to-head in the final round of Novembers DP World Tour Championship The four-time major champion posted an opening round 80 and missed the cut at Royal County Down 12 months ago, but feels he has learnt from last years first stint at tournament host.I think there was times where I spread myself a little bit too thin last year with a lot of commitments and weve tried to scale that back a little bit this year, he added. I want to try to make this one of the best tournaments in the world and I feel like weve made a few good strides towards doing that.Once the tournament starts I really dont have many other commitments, so Im trying to really focus on the tournament when we get going.Watch the Irish Open throughout the week live on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golf Also See: McGInley: Rory the man to beat Willett learning champion life Irish Open: 2015 highlights Golf live on Sky Sports 4 Los Angeles Angels Pro Shop . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Stitched Angels Jerseys . PETERSBURG, Fla. https://www.cheapangels.com/ ., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition. 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Prince Fielder homered and drove in four runs, and the Detroit Tigers handed Moore his first loss of the year with a 10-1 victory over the Rays on Tuesday night. Fielder also hit a two-run single that capped a four-run second inning for the Tigers. Moore got only six outs while allowing six runs, seven hits and six walks. Moore (8-1) was pitching on three days rest after his previous start in Cleveland was limited to one inning because of rain. "In the second inning, I just lost my release point. Thats happened before, and Ive got a couple tricks that I can use to get it back, but nothing worked today," Moore said. "I wasnt throwing anything close enough to the strike zone to make them swing at anything." Anibal Sanchez (6-5) allowed a run and four hits in seven innings. He struck out nine with one walk. Omar Infante homered and had three RBIs for Detroit, which won for the second time in seven games. It was Tampa Bays second loss in nine. Fielder and Jhonny Peralta had three hits each for the Tigers. The Rays got a run in the second to open the scoring, but Moore immediately allowed a single to Peralta and an RBI double to Matt Tuiasosopo in the bottom half. Infante made it 2-1 with a sacrifice fly, and after two-out walks to Hunter and Miguel Cabrera, Fielder singled with the bases loaded. "It was a great night," Tuiasosopo said. "He has some great secondary pitches -- a great changeup and curveball -- so we really wanted to just get after his fastbaall and not miss that when he threw it.dddddddddddd" The third inning wasnt any better for Moore. After a leadoff double by Peralta, he walked two straight hitters and then allowed an RBI single by Avisail Garcia. Moore was finally pulled after he walked Infante to force in a run and make it 6-1. Alex Torres came on with the bases loaded and nobody out, but he prevented any further damage by striking out Cabrera and Fielder to end the inning. Moore had allowed only 15 runs all season coming into the game. Sanchez, meanwhile, has also been impressive this year -- although he doesnt have Moores flashy won-loss record. Sanchez struck out 17 batters against Atlanta in April, and he had a no-hitter broken up in the ninth inning against Minnesota on May 24. After that 130-pitch outing, Sanchez was knocked around a bit in a loss at Pittsburgh last week. He had an extra day of rest before facing the Rays and looked sharp from the start. "No matter how many runs we score ... I dont want to allow any runs," Sanchez said. "If we make a lot of runs, the other team can do it, too, so we have to keep the same game." Evan Longoria led off the second with a triple to right-centre and scored on a sacrifice fly by Desmond Jennings, but Tampa Bays offence didnt threaten much after that. Infantes solo homer made it 7-1 in the fifth. The following inning, Cabrera went from first to third on a wild pitch when catcher Jose Molina was slow to come up with the ball back by the screen. Molina had his left arm checked after the play but stayed in the game. Fielder drove in Cabrera with a sacrifice fly, and his 12th homer of the season -- a solo shot in the eighth -- made it 9-1. Don Kelly added an RBI single later in the inning. NOTES: Tampa Bay announced after the game it had agreed to a minor league deal with C Jesus Flores. ... Hunters hitting streak ended at 11 games. ... Detroit RHP Doug Fister (5-2) faces Tampa Bay RHP Alex Cobb (6-2) on Wednesday night. ' ' '