When Rory McIlroy walked in his eagle putt on the 72nd hole of the DP World Tour Championship to force a playoff against Matt Fitzpatrick on Sunday, the Northern Irishman had already won. The world No. 2 locked up his fourth straight and seventh overall Race to Dubai season-long title, jumping his European golf hero, Seve Ballesteros, for the second most all-time.

Inching closer to Colin Montgomerie, who possesses the most ever with eight, McIlroy had already experienced the season of all seasons amid a career chock full of accomplishments. But there was the 36-year-old grand slam champion, walking backwards as his ball tracked and tracked and tracked into the middle and bottom of the cup.

His clenched right fist flew into the air as he yelled, "Come on!" A second fist pump was thrown

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