As widely expected, Rory McIlroy has been included on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award – and is favorite with the bookies to lift the trophy.
After an incredible 2025, McIlroy is one of six names shortlisted for the award, along with F1 world champion Lando Norris, footballers Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton, darts world champion Luke Littler and rugby union player Ellie Kildunne.
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McIlroy has had a stunning 2025 with the undoubted highlight being that playoff victory over Justin Rose to finally win that Green Jacket at Augusta National and complete the Green Slam he’d craved.
Any other year, winning an away Ryder Cup for Europe would have topped the list – especially in the most fearsome environment at Bethpage Black, which infamously overstepped the mark a number of times.
Even aside from those two career-defining moments, McIlroy went on to win a seventh Race to Dubai title, overtaking Seve Ballesteros in the process, with the small manner of claiming a second Players Championship at Sawgrass thrown in for good measure.
A victory at the iconic Pebble Beach started the year in style, and with also a stunning home victory at the Irish Open and you could have hardly written a better script – all of which will surely see him win the SPOTY trophy.
A SPOTY breakthrough for golf?
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Unlike when he was last nominated in 2023, Rory McIlroy will be at the SPOTY event this time around after confirming his attendance.
“I have more chance of winning if I’m actually there and I recognise that with the audience the show attracts it could only be a good thing for the game,” he told The Telegraph.
His additional comment of “I suppose if I don’t…
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