Rory McIlroy wiped away tears as he dedicated his eighth Race to Dubai victory to his ill father, Gerry.
Moments after matching Colin Montgomerie’s record of season-long European Tour titles on Sunday, the Northern Irishman was asked about the health of his father.
An emotional McIlroy revealed Gerry has been in hospital for two months after “a huge operation” – a double lung transplant – at the end of September.
“He’s recovering well, thankfully,” McIlroy told the DP World Tour.
“But before I left to come here to the Middle East, I went up to Cleveland to see him. He said to me: ‘Go win The Race to Dubai’.
“This one’s for him.”
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