Mission accomplished. Rory McIlroy’s chase for a sixth career Race to Dubai title, matching Seve Ballesteros for second most in the history of the DP World Tour, was a virtual certainty heading into the Old World circuit’s season finale.

They are running three wide around the home stretch and into the final round of the 2024 DP World Tour Championship as Rory McIlroy shares the lead with Rasmus Højgaard and Antoine Rozner at 12 under with 18 holes to play in the European finale.

Rory McIlroy has won his sixth Race to Dubai title after triumphing in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. The 35-year-old has now won three successive Race to Dubai crowns and his sixth overall — previously winning in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2023 — to match the record of golfing legend Seve Ballesteros on the European tour.