By the end of the 2025 season, Rory McIlroy had possibly cleared his entire bucket list. One could argue that there is essentially nothing left for him to prove to anyone. Well, except for one final mountain that still belongs to a legendary Colin Montgomerie.

“There’s very little left for him after winning all the majors (completing the career grand slam with his Masters success in April) and having won the Ryder Cup away twice, as he has in 2012 and 2025. There’s one record left, and that is that eight or nine Orders of Merit, and I am sure that if he keeps fit and well, he will attain it, and I will make sure I am in Dubai and hand over that ninth trophy to him on the green,” Montgomerie told The Scotsman .

Montgomerie currently holds the record with eight Order of Merit titles an

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