Monty: Rory deserves to win Race

COLIN MONTGOMERIE, winner of eight European Number One titles, believes Rory McIlroy deserves to win this week’s season-ending Race to Dubai title.

The Scot was crowned Europe’s Number One for seven straight seasons from 1993 to 1999 before remarkably sealing an eighth in 2005.

McIlroy moved back into the money list lead by finishing runner-up in Sunday’s concluding UBS Hong Kong Open with Monty believing the effort should be good enough for the 20-year old to wrap-up this year’s gleaming new trophy.