We still don’t get how big he is. We still don’t get how good he is.
Rory McIlroy is not the first Irish golfer to win the last European tour event of the season to finish top of its order of merit. Thirty-five years ago Ronan Rafferty pulled off the same feat, beating Nick Faldo by a shot back when the last tournament of the season was put on by the old money of Valderrama rather than all that oil money of Dubai.
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