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Rory McIlroy wins seventh Race to Dubai title / Photo: Fadel SENNA - AFP

Rory McIlroy wins seventh Race to Dubai title

SPORTS 16.11.2025

Rory McIlroy was on Sunday crowned the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai champion for a seventh year, and four seasons in a row, but the world No.2 lost the $10 million Tour Championship to England’s Matt Fitzpatrick in the first playoff hole when he found the water with his tee shot.

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At the Earth course of Jumeirah Golf Estates on Sunday, Fitzpatrick (66) made a birdie on the 72nd hole of regulation play to set the mark at 18-under par.

A few minutes later, McIlroy sensationally eagled the same hole after a brilliant second shot to 16 feet.

Four players – England’s Tommy Fleetwood (67) and Laurie Canter (67), Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg (66) and Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (68) – were tied third at 17-under par total.

McIlroy moved past the legendary Spaniard Seve Ballesteros and is now one closer to Colin Montgomerie’s all-time record of eight Order of Merit titles.

It is Fitzpatrick’s third DP World Tour Championship title (2016 and 2020) and a 10th DP World Tour victory in 195 starts. The win is projected to lift him to No24 on the Official World Golf Ranking.

D.Lopez--AT

Arizona Tribune - Rory McIlroy wins seventh Race to Dubai title

Rory McIlroy wins seventh Race to Dubai title

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