Rory McIlroy is on top of the Race to Dubai list
Rory McIlroy is holding the top most position in the Race to Dubai rankings, he earned €1,348,517 by playing five tournaments so far.
The Race to Dubai is the money list ranking, managed by the European Tour. All the earning figures of a player are added to a pool and continue till the season ending tournaments in Dubai. Then the highest earned player wins the title.
McIlroy has displayed amazing performances since January. He has shown his leading scores both at the PGA and the European Tour. His several top finishes helped him to secure a position on top of the list.
The 22-year-old Northern Irish professional golf player started the current season at European Tours’ Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
He finished the tournament on the runner-up position and displayed an amazing piece of performance. He scored 12-under 276 and earned €231,349.37 in total.
He convinced all the spectators and other field members that he is going to show some leading performances in the current year.
McIlroy moved to Dubai, to play the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and finished on the 5th leaderboard position. He again displayed a tremendous performance, scored 14-under 274 and earned €62,665.
After playing two European Tour staged events, he moved to the US and demonstrated his leading scoring performance at the PGA Tour events. He won the title of the Honda Classic there, but the earnings of PGA events are not added to the Race to Dubai.
After winning the first title in the current year, he also showed an amazing performance in the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. He finished on the 2nd position and earned €644,036.
Similarly, his performance in the other WGC staged Cadillac Championship was also tremendous. He has earned € 386,314, by scoring 14-under 274 and finished on the 3rd position at day-end.
Finally, he played the first major tournament of the year, the Masters, and earned €24,151.13 in total. He was unable to be impressive there and finished on the 40th position.
McIlroy was on the top most of the time and is giving his best in the current year. There are also many tournaments to be played in future. Hence, he has a leading chance to win the Race to Dubai title this year.
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