Rory McIlroy has won his sixth Race to Dubai title after triumphing in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. The 35-year-old has now won three successive Race to Dubai crowns and his sixth overall — previously winning in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2023 — to match the record of golfing legend Seve Ballesteros on the European tour.

Rory McIlroy has been vocal about his goal to go down in history as Europe’s best golfer. He inched closer to that Sunday in Dubai.The Northern Irishman won the DP World Tour Championship by two shots with a final-round 69,

McIlroy held a lead of 1,785.02 points at the top of the rankings in the Race to Dubai, with 2,000 points available to this week’s winner. The four-time major champion won the 2024 Race to Dubai by finishing higher than 11th place than sold challenger Thriston Lawrence.