Rory McIlroy Finishes His Most Excellent Year with Win in Dubai

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Published: November 26, 2012

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Rory McIlroy ends 2012 as the No. 1 player on the PGA and European Tours.  He has been ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) for 15 consecutive weeks and a total of 22 weeks for the year.

He added a second major championship title to his resume this year with his win at the PGA Championship held on Kiawah Island in August. 

He also added a major-trophy girlfriend to his entourage this year.  He is in a globe-trotting relationship with the beautiful and talented professional tennis player, Caroline Wozniacki.

He won €5,519,118 in official earnings on the European Tour as the winner of the Race to Dubai and added another $8,047,952 in prize money as the PGA Tour’s No. 1 player.  Much of his European Tour winnings are duplicated with the PGA Tour in the co-sanctioned majors and WGC events.

Rory won five tournaments worldwide in 2012.  He started the year strong with a runner-up finish in Abu Dhabi and earned fifth place in Dubai before heading to the states.

He beat Lee Westwood in the semifinals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play, but then lost in the finals to Hunter Mahan.  The very next week he won the Honda Classic and moved to No. 1 on the OWGR for the first time.  He added a third-place finish at the WGC-Cadillac at Doral in his final event before the Masters. 



He was never in contention at Augusta National and finished T-40.  Rory did follow up his disappointment at the Masters with a runner-up at the Wells Fargo in early May, where he lost to Rickie Fowler in a playoff.

The wheels seemed to come off the train a bit as McIlroy missed the cut at the Players and the Memorial.  He then hired his longtime coach Michael Bannon on a full-time basis and rebounded with a T-7 at Memphis.

He missed another cut at the U.S. Open at Olympic Country Club and only managed a T-60 at the Open Champ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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