Golf superstar stirred
Five million dollars! McIlroy takes 6th overall victory
Rory McIlroy remains the measure of all things in European golf. The star from Northern Ireland secured the overall DP World Tour ranking for the sixth time by winning the multi-million dollar season finale in Dubai. After 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2023, the 35-year-old world number three was once again presented with the Harry Vardon Trophy for first place in the Race to Dubai at Jumeirah Golf.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen McIlrory thus drew level with Spanish golf legend Severiano Ballesteros, who has also won the ranking six times. Only Scotland's Colin Montgomerie was more successful with eight titles. "It means so much to me. He's still ever-present," said McIlroy tearfully when asked about the comparison with the European Ryder Cup hero Ballesteros, who died in 2011.
McIlroy clinched victory in the ten million US dollar (9.48 million euro) DP World Tour Championship thanks to a final round of 69. The Northern Irishman won the tournament in the United Arab Emirates with a total score of 273 strokes ahead of Denmark's Rasmus Höjgaard (275). McIlroy collected prize money of three million US dollars for his 18th success on the former European Tour. He also received a bonus of two million US dollars for winning the "Race to Dubai" ranking.
The best 50 golfers of the season had qualified for the final of the DP World Tour. Bernd Wiesberger from Burgenland missed out in 53rd place.
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