Rory McIlroy misses BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Ceremony
Group Europe Ryder Cup star Rory McIlroy was named for the BBC Sports Character of the Year grant after another remarkable year. Notwithstanding, the 34-year-old didn’t showed up at the esteemed function, with his Ryder Cup colleague Tommy Fleetwood going to for his benefit.
McIlroy’ got his designation following a year that started in fine style with triumph over Patrick Reed at the Dubai Desert Exemplary, and it got better in July when he won the Beginning Scottish Open after a legendary fight with Robert MacIntyre at the Renaissance Club.
The feature, however, without a doubt came at the Ryder Cup, when he was exceptional as the Europeans recovered the prize from the US at Marco Simone. McIlroy wasn’t done, either, and furthermore proceeded to guarantee a fifth Rush to Dubai title in November, while he is at present just behind Scottie Scheffler on the planet rankings.
While it has not been revealed why McIlroy didn’t go to the function, his selection came after the discernment that golf has been underrepresented at the service as the years progressed. For instance, disappointment arose in 2022 when Matt Fitzpatrick, who had won the US Open that year, was disqualified from receiving the honor.
In the interim, after 70 services, just two golf players have at any point won the Games Character of the Year grant. Welsh golf player Dai Rees was the primary in 1957 subsequent to driving Extraordinary England’s victory in that year’s Ryder Cup, their first in quite a while. The other was Scratch Faldo, who asserted the distinction in 1989 after he won that year’s Lords at Augusta Public.
Eventually, McIlroy couldn’t finish his astounding year by winning the honor, with the honor ultimately going to soccer star Mary Earps, with cricketer Stuart Wide in runner up and competitor Katarina Johnson-Thompson coming third.
Alongside McIlroy, different chosen people for the honor were jockey Frankie Dettori and tennis star Alfie Hewett.
