The manner of McIlroy’s win means he is a deserved favourite and should take home the prize for the first time in his career. Not only did he achieve sporting immortality in completing the Grand Slam, but transcended his sport with that moment thanks to a decade-plus of travails, failures and frustrations that captured the public’s imagination.

Rory McIlroy still has plenty of elite golf left in his career, but that has not stopped the five-time major champion considering how he might retire from the sport when the time comes

Rory McIlroy is favoured to take home this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year prize but the Northern Irishman has taken aim at the ceremony in the past

Because while American fans haven't seen the last of McIlroy, they're almost certainly going to be seeing less of him. In the afterglow of his grand slam triumph in 2025, McIlroy stands at a career inflection point. The question isn't what he wants to achieve anymore. It's what he wants to leave behind—and where he wants to leave it.

Rory McIlroy is the bookies' favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year and plans to attend the ceremony, despite previously dismissing the award.

During a surprise appearance on the Shotgun Start podcast, McIlroy reminisced about his Masters victory among other things.

Rory McIlroy continues to expand his off-course footprint in the world of golf and his latest endeavor could be big for golf fans.

Masters champion Rory McIlroy will try to win TGL with Boston Common Golf next year and has recruited one of the PGA Tour's rising stars in Michael Thorbjornsen