Rory McIlroy’s electric eagle finish put much more than BMW PGA title in his sights

Rory McIlroy said he’d need to do something special.

After a scruffy week in his title defense at the Irish Open, McIlroy arrived at this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in second place in the Race to Dubai standings, giving himself a real chance to win his eighth season-long title this fall and tie Colin Montgomerie’s record of eight Race to Dubai crowns. But while McIlroy is in second place, he’s almost 1,000 points behind Patrick Reed, who won twice earlier this year.

“Obviously I’m in a very fortunate position, I guess, to be going for an eighth Race to Dubai. I can’t believe I’m sitting here with seven. So, yeah, I’d…

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