2023 DP World Tour Championship: Four storylines to follow with Rory McIlroy already clinching Race to Dubai
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McIlroy has it wrapped up, but there is still a lot to play for in Dubai
The upside of not handicapping your season-ending event like the PGA Tour does is that it provides a clearer picture of who the best golfer on your tour was throughout the year. The downside, at least for the DP World Tour this year, is that the season-long race can be over before the season-ending tournament begins.
Rory McIlroy has wrapped up his fifth Race to Dubai title ahead of this week's DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. He is nearly 2,100 points ahead of Jon Rahm, who is currently in second but does not have a chance to catch McIlroy even with a win at the DP World Tour Championship.
"It's really nice to have my name on the Harry Vardon Trophy for the fifth time and just be one behind Seve and still a few behind [Colin Montgomerie]," said McIlroy on Tuesday. "You're talking about the greats of the European game, and to be up alongside them is really ... if someone had told 18-year-old Rory when I was making my professional debut in 2007 that I would have won five order of merits up to this point, I wouldn't have believed them.
