Rory McIlroy has been hailed as "the best European golfer ever" by Colin Montgomerie following on from the five-time major champion's sparkling 2025 season.

McIlroy ended an 11-year major drought and completed the career grand slam with a thrilling triumph at The Masters in April, while the Northern Irishman can also count a Ryder Cup away win in New York - a first for Europe in the US since 2012 - and a seventh DP World Tour Order of Merit among his 2025 achievements.

McIlroy's latest Race to Dubai success - his fourth in a row - sees him pull to within one of Montgomerie's record haul of eight, which the man himself expects to be broken eventually.

"If there was one to do that and ever break my record, I would rather it be him," Montgomerie told Sky Sports .

"I would say now that R

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