Rory McIlroy shares Ryder Cup dressing room insight ahead of 2025 battle

Rory McIlroy won his sixth Race to Dubai rubric connected Sunday aft prevailing astatine the DP World Tour Championship, and aft his triumph provided an penetration into European Ryder Cup team

Rory McIlroy has revealed the value of the bequest of Seve Ballesteros successful the European Ryder Cup locker country aft his triumph astatine the DP World Tour Championship.

McIlroy's triumph astatine the play finale ensured he was crowned Race to Dubai champion for the sixth clip successful his career, matching the tally of the late, large Ballesteros. Having drawn comparisons to the Spaniard, an affectional McIlroy opened up connected however his interaction lives connected successful the European Ryder Cup setup.

"Everyone knows what Seve means to European golf and Ryder Cup players," McIlroy claimed whilst warring backmost his emotions. "The European Ryder Cup locker room, each we person are quotes from Seve.

"We had a changing country with Seve's garment from '95, the past Ryder Cup helium played. He means truthful overmuch to European play and for maine to beryllium mentioned successful the aforesaid breath, I'm precise proud." Ballesteros announced himself arsenic arguably the top European golfer of each clip during his illustrious career.

Known for his flair and unthinkable creativity, Ballesteros secured 90 nonrecreational victories arsenic a player, including 5 connected the large title stage. He besides made a sanction for himself astatine the Ryder Cup, thriving some arsenic a subordinate and past arsenic a captain, starring the Europeans to triumph successful 1997 arsenic skipper.

Despite this, helium is not the astir succesful golfer connected the European circuit, with different erstwhile Ryder Cup skipper successful Colin Montgomerie the antheral starring the mode with 8 Harry Vardon trophies. McIlroy finds himself 2 wins behind, but the 35-year-old has acceptable his sights connected chasing down Montgomerie.

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"I'm up for [chasing Colin Montgomerie down]," helium said post-tournament. "I've conscionable won my 3rd successful a enactment and I've truly made it a precedence with my docket implicit the past fewer years to springiness myself a accidental with the Race to Dubai and I don't spot that being immoderate antithetic for the foreseeable future.

"I'm going to spell for my seventh adjacent twelvemonth and effort and pursuit Monty down." He aboriginal added: "I've travel this far, I mightiness arsenic good effort and get to 8 oregon nine. Getting to six and 3 successful a row, and prioritising The Race to Dubai and DP World Tour and trying to execute thing that nary 1 other successful the crippled has achieved if I americium to surpass Monty.

"But I've got a bully 10 years left, I think. Look, again, the different happening is, who knows what the world of play looks similar successful a fewer years' time. But arsenic agelong arsenic The Race to Dubai is happening and there's an Order of Merit and we're connected this tour, I'm going to privation it, yeah."