Rory McIlroy wins record-equalling eighth Race to Dubai title in £2.4million boost

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Rory McIlroy has received a £2.4million boost after winning a record-equalling eighth Race to Dubai title and ends the DP World Tour Championship on a high note ...

Rory McIlroy has won a record-equalling eighth Race to Dubai title after overtaking Eugenio Chacarra in the standings by finishing second to Tyrrell Hatton at the DP World Tour Championship. A bogey-free 67 was enough for the back-to-back Masters champion to claim the Harry Vardon Trophy for a fifth consecutive year, with a birdie on the 16th moving him ahead of his closest challenger. The title comes with £1.5million in prize money, while finishing second on the Earth course Greg Norman designed at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai also earns McIlroy another £950,000, for a total of £2.45million.

Mikael Lindberg and Victor Perez could have joined McIlroy in second, which would have denied him the title. However, the former double-bogeyed the last 18th after finding the creek with his tee shot to finish in a tie for 5th and 20th in the Race to Dubai standings, which also cost him a PGA Tour card, while Perez only knocked it in for par. Jon Rahm joined Fleetwood by congratulating McIlroy inside the clubhouse, and Chacarra also did so off the back of the 18th green.

Speaking on Sky Sports, McIlroy said: "Winning eight Order of Merits was never in my list of goals growing up. I remember Monty being a stalwart of the European Tour and playing with him at the London Club in 2008, so to pull up alongside him and win eight of these means the world to me. I'm proud to be European and part of this tour."

McIlroy also claims he "wasn't aware of how much it was going back and forth until the 16th". When I walked to the 16th green I saw Eugenio was projected one, and when I walked off after my birdie I was projected one.

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"Eugenio played pretty well, but none of the chasing pack made a move, and thankfully everything fell my way. I pride myself on my consistency. I finished third last week, second this week.

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