Rory McIlroy had just captured the DP World Tour’s season-long competition, the Race to Dubai, for the fourth time. It had been a while, of course – seven years to be exact – since McIlroy hoisted the European circuit’s hefty prize.
“It feels like a long time … but it feels just as good as I can remember,” McIlroy said Sunday afternoon on the final green at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai.
Fourteen kilograms of sterling silver, though, isn’t an easy lift. And it wasn’t long before the trophy was resting at McIlroy’s feet.
He’s had to shoulder enough weight this year.