Rory mroy is the clear front runner to win a sixth race to Dubai title which would put him two off record holder Coen Montgomery who has backed the northern Irishmen to surpass him long-standing European race to Dubai record holder colen Montgomery has told Rory mroy that he's the only golfer who's in a strong position to break his record mroy 35 a four-time major winner has five race to Dubai titles and he'll chase a six this year Victory would push mroy two behind eight-time winner Montgomery who set the record in 2005 Montgomery won seven in a row between 1993 and 1999 before enduring a six-year weight to win an eighth mroy has competed in eight competitions accumulating 3,236 point9 three points in the race to Dubai with the northern Irishman commanding a big lead over Adam Scott if Rory does it catches up in the race to Dubai as they call it now hopefully 'll be able to fly out there and congratulate him because 'll know how difficult it is to achieve that Montgomery told the Daily Mail he's the only one that would really challenge the record at this stage there might be someone else who comes along but he is the only one at the moment that has a possibility of doing it probably not seven in a row but eight overall or maybe nine so let's hope I'm fit enough to fly to Dubai and congratulate him come the time because he was a rookie in my Rider Cup team in 2010 there's always a bond there having Captain a player mroy is currently competing at the BMW Championship where he is seven shots off leader Keegan Bradley who team USA's Ridder Cup captain for 2025 and will likely be a direct rival to the European star mroy has let his emotions get the best of him at times at the BMW Championship Coen Montgomery has won the competition eight times and has wished m good luck Getty mroy launched his driver into the nearby water after hitting his tea shot wide right on the 17th he fished out the club and passed it to his caddy who dried it in a rather embarrassing scene