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Nov 18th, 2024
Rory McIlroy WINS Finale of DP World Tour and Race to Dubai
McIlroy celebrates with family after a season of ups and downs
-15 R McIlroy (NI);
-13 R Hojgaard (Den);
-11 S Lowry (Ire), A Rozner (Fra), A Scott (Aus);
-10 T Hatton (Eng);
-9 J Svensson (Swe), J Niemann (Chil), K Nakajima (Jpn), R Macintyre (Sco)
Full leader board results can be found here
After a year of narrow misses, 'what could have beens', and various tribulations, Rory McIlroy signed off his 2024 season with a mighty win at the DP World Tour Championship and thus securing the year long Race to Dubai title.
The Northern Irishman, McIlroy started the final round tied for the lead. A slight mid round slip saw Rory make two bogeys, giving up a healthy 2 shot lead.
Bouncing back against his playing partner, Rasmus Hojgaard, McIlroy then dug deep to make birdies on the 16th and 18th, to finish the 72nd hole two shots ahead of the Dane.
With this, his third DP World Tour Championship Rory achieves a record equalling sixth Race to Dubai title (his third RtD title in a row), matching the record of European legend Severiano Ballesteros.
Rory was quick to acknowledge the achievement, which obviously meant a lot.
"Everyone knows what Seve means to European golf and Ryder Cup players, The European Ryder Cup locker room, all we have are quotes from Seve. We had a changing room with Seve's shirt from '95, the last Ryder Cup he played." a tearful McIlroy told Sky Sports.
"He means so much to European golf and for me to be mentioned in the same breath, I'm very proud."
An emotional Rory looked back on what has been a troublesome season, experiencing four runner up finishes, the most crushing at the US Open finishing behind Bryson DeChambeau, and a number of near-misses during an eventful year.
"It [winning] means a lot," McIlroy said. "I've been through a lot this year, professionally, personally and it feels like the fitting end to 2024,"
"I've persevered this year a lot, had close calls, wasn't able to get it done, so to be able to get over the line... I'm really pleased with the way I finished and thankfully I hung on on a tough day and got the job done."
Catch the final round highlights below.
