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Rory McIlroy<\/a> has announced that he plans to attend the BBC Sports Personality of the Year<\/a> awards ceremony next month for the first time in over 10 years. <\/p>\n The Northern Irishman has shunned the awards show for over a decade since he finished in second place to Lewis Hamilton in 2014 despite becoming the first male British golfer to win back-to-back majors in the modern age. <\/p>\n However, the 36-year-old is again among the favourites for the 2025 award after a year in which he won The Masters<\/a> \u2013 to complete a career grand slam – while also playing a vital part in Team Europe\u2019s historic Ryder Cup<\/a> win in New York. <\/p>\n McIlroy \u2013 who was the last golfer to make it onto the podium at SPOTY \u2013 hopes to be the first golfer to win the award since Sir Nick Faldo in 1989, though he believes that attending the ceremony will be good for the sport of golf whether he wins or not. <\/p>\n \u201cThe plan is to go. I have more chance of winning if I\u2019m actually there and I recognise that with the audience the show attracts it could only be a good thing for the game,\u201d McIlroy told Telegraph Sport<\/a>. \u201cI suppose if I don\u2019t win it this time, I never will,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n