Rory McIlroy in tears as he sends message to wife Erica and caddie Harry Diamond after Dubai clean up

Rory McIlroy was reduced to tears as he reflected on winning both the DP World Tour Championship and Race to Dubai. McIlroy was reduced to tears on the 18th green McIlroy was reduced to tears on the 18th green

 

Rory McIlroy was reduced to tears as he reflected on capping his season in style at the DP World Tour Championship, and he then paid tribute to his wife Erica, daughter Poppy and caddie Harry Diamond during an emotional victory speech.

 

McIlroy, 35, won the DP World Tour Championship for the third time in his career on Sunday and he also collected the season-long Race to Dubai for a third consecutive and sixth time in his career.

 

The latter sees McIlroy match the feat of late European great Seve Ballesteros for six Harry Vardon trophies.

Rory McIlroy urges golf critics to back off his caddie Harry Diamond: ‘It’s not warranted…’ McIlroy closed with a 3-under 69 to finish the week on 15-under par and two shots clear of Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard.

 

SAD NEWS: Scottie scheffler announce resignation from PGA Tour If golf fans are upset that the best players in the world aren’t playing in the same events such as this week’s Players Championship, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler said they need to turn their anger to the side that caused the sport to fracture….

 

If golf fans are upset that the best players in the world aren’t playing in the same events such as this week’s Players Championship, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler said they need to turn their anger to the side that caused the sport to fracture.

 

“If the fans are upset, then look at the guys that left,” Scheffler said Tuesday. “We had a tour, we were all together and the people that left are no longer here. At the end of the day, that’s where the splintering comes from.

 

 

“As far as our tour goes, like I said, we’re doing our best to create the best product for the fans, and that’s really where we’re at.”

While Scheffler will try to defend his title at the 50th Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm and other past major champions like Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith and Bryson DeChambeau aren’t in the field because they’re playing in the rival LIV Golf League.

 

The PGA Tour’s flagship event, known as the “fifth major,” doesn’t boast the same deep field that it has in the past.

“If guys want to go take the money and leave, then that’s their decision,” Scheffler said. “I’m not going to sit here and tell guys not to take hundreds of millions of dollars. If that’s what they think is best for their life, then go do it. I’m not going to sit here and force guys to stay on our tour.

 

“But at the end of the day, this is where I want to be, and we’re continuing to grow what we’re doing, and what they’re doing is not really a concern to me.”

Earlier Tuesday, during his first news conference since the Tour Championship in Atlanta in August, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said the circuit’s negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund had “accelerated.”