Rory McIlroy secured the Race to Dubai for the fourth yr operating regardless of narrowly lacking out to Matt Fitzpatrick in an exciting end to the DP World Tour Championship.
An unimaginable closing day of the DP World Tour season noticed a number of gamers difficult for victory at Jumeirah Golf Estates, the place Matt Fitzpatick broke away from a congested leaderboard to shut a bogey-free 66 and set the clubhouse goal at 18 below.
McIlroy began with a share of the lead and briefly let a two-shot benefit slip in the course of the again 9, solely to ship a dramatic 15-foot eagle on the ultimate gap to power his Ryder Cup team-mate into additional holes.
The gamers returned to the par-five 18th for a play-off, the place McIlroy discovered water together with his tee shot and Fitzpatrick’s poor method left each gamers lacking the inexperienced with their third shot.
The world No 2 splashed out of the greenside bunker to twenty ft however missed his putt for par, as Fitzpatrick bought up and down to shut out his first worldwide title victory since October 2023 and safe the season finale for a 3rd time.
McIlroy’s runner-up end prolonged his successful margin within the season-long Race to Dubai standings, making certain he would win the Harry Vardon Trophy for a seventh time and transfer inside one among Colin Montgomerie’s document of eight Order of Benefit titles.
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What’s subsequent?
The brand new DP World Tour season begins with the BMW Australian PGA Championship from November 27-30, held at Royal Queensland GC in Brisbane and dwell on Sky Sports activities.
McIlroy returns to motion the next week within the Crown Australian Open at Royal Melbourne GC, the identical week the Nedbank Golf Problem takes place at Gary Participant CC in South Africa, with each occasions additionally dwell on Sky Sports activities Golf. Stream the DP World Tour and extra with no contract.
