Open champion Henrik Stenson believes it will be one of the best achievements of his career if he can finish a memorable season as European number one for the second time.

Rory McIlroy is relishing the prospect of an injury-free 2016 after a dramatic victory in the DP World Tour Championship ensured he ended the season as European number one for the third time in the last four years.

Rory McIlroy hailed the best bogey of his career after surviving a dramatic lapse in concentration to win the DP World Tour Championship and claim a third Race to Dubai title in the last four years.

Rory McIlroy remained in pole position to be crowned European number one for the third time in four years as former supermarket shelf-stacker Andy Sullivan claimed the halfway lead in the DP World Tour Championship.

Rory McIlroy remains in pole position to be crowned European number one for the third time in four years

Rory McIlroy will take a lead of just 1,613 points into the DP World Tour Championship next week as he looks to win a third Race to Dubai title in the last four years.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson successfully defended a title for the first time in his career after a thrilling finish to the DP World Tour Championship on Sunday.

The top two players in the Race to Dubai were fittingly poised to do battle for the DP World Tour Championship title in Dubai.

World number one Rory McIlroy was unable to find the fast start he was looking for in the early stages of round three of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai today.

Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello managed something even Rory McIlroy was unable to do as he surged into contention for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship on Friday.

Rory McIlroy made an early move for a fifth success this season in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, while good friend Shane Lowry finally looks set to secure that much sought after top-50 World Ranking.

Newly-crowned Turkish Airlines Open champ Brooks Koepka intends leaning on unopposed 2014 Race to Dubai winner and good friend, Rory McIlroy to pick up the dinner bill later this week in Dubai.

Henrik Stenson hailed a “dream season” as he claimed an historic double in fitting fashion by storming to victory in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Rory McIlroy may not be a factor in the battle to end the year as European number one, but the two-time Major winner was out to make himself a factor in the DP World Tour Championship today.

Rory McIlroy may have seen more than his fair share of bogeys this year, but it’s members of the legal profession he is really sick at the sight of.

Twelve months ago Rory McIlroy arrived in Dubai on the crest of a wave, the world number one having won his second major title by eight shots and being just days away from a fifth victory of the season that secured the money list titles on both sides of the Atlantic.

IT WASN’T quite a knockout blow but Graeme McDowell had to dig deep into his reserves to remain defiantly upright after Race to Dubai rival Martin Kaymer gave him a first round pasting in their duel at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

RORY McILROY and Padraig Harrington will continue their single-minded chase for major glory by doing things their own special way next season.

GRAEME McDOWELL’S mental strength will be his greatest asset when he takes on “Man of Steel” Martin Kaymer in the battle for the Race to Dubai title.

RORY McILROY will have his first session on his home driving range this week after revealing that the state of the art practice facility he has building at his Holywood home in Northern Ireland is finally ready to use.

THE European Tour has confirmed that prize money in the season-ending Dubai World Championship is being cut by 25% because of the economic downturn.

SHANE LOWRY is aiming high. The Irish Open champion announced his decision to turn professional yesterday and has already targeted a place in the elite field for the inaugural $10m Dubai World Championship in November.

GIVEN these straitened times, it is hardly surprising that the future of at least nine tournaments on the European Tour schedule for 2009 are in some doubt.

Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia have thrown their weight behind the inaugural Race to Dubai and indicated that the big-money Dubai World Championship would see them making more appearances in Europe.

The 2009 European Tour and the inaugural ’Race to Dubai’ will feature a record 53 tournaments in 26 destinations – including at least two events being played twice.