Overview
- RTÉ Sport honored Rory McIlroy as Sportsperson of the Year after a season highlighted by his Masters win to complete the career grand slam.
- His 2025 haul included three PGA Tour victories and two DP World Tour wins, including the Irish Open, before he starred in Europe’s Ryder Cup triumph on US soil.
- Earlier in the week he won BBC Sports Personality of the Year, with the public also selecting Europe’s Ryder Cup team as Team of the Year in a first live vote for the category.
- Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood said McIlroy had "kind of completed golf," a characterization McIlroy rejects as premature.
- McIlroy says his 2026 goals include pursuing Colin Montgomerie’s record of eight DP World Tour Order of Merit titles.