Golf:Virus-stricken Rory McIlroy, who dropped down the leaderboard at the Dubai World Championship with bogeys at the 17th and 18th holes on Friday, says he cannot wait for the season to end.
"To be honest I'm ready for the season to be done," the 22-year-old US Open winner told reporters after a 71 left him five strokes adrift of tournament leader
"I am looking forward to putting the clubs away...and taking a break."
Earlier on Friday, a member of his management team told Reuters that McIlroy was "exhausted" and "run down" and said that the player was doubtful for next week's Asian Tour event in Thailand.
McIlroy has had a punishing recent playing schedule in Asia and says he is still unsure of the precise nature of his virus, even though he has been under the weather for a couple of weeks.
"It could be Dengue fever, which is obviously carried by mosquitoes," he said after finishing with a seven-under aggregate of 137.
"It could have been food poisoning. It could have been a number of different things...it could have been bacterial.
"I've just got lasting effects and my body is trying to fight it to get back to 100 percent."
McIlroy shrugged off his illness to lift the Hong Kong Open title on Sunday
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