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Matt Fitzpatrick claimed his sixth European Tour title with a one-shot victory at the DP World Tour Championship, with Lee Westwood finishing second to secure the Race to Dubai title ahead of Patrick Reed.
By Ali Stafford
Last Updated: 12/13/20 1:32 pm
Lee Westwood clinched the European Tour Race to Dubai title for the third time
Lee Westwood edged out Patrick Reed for the Race to Dubai title after Matt Fitzpatrick won the season-ending DP World Tour championship.
Fitzpatrick birdied five of his first seven holes on his way to a final round of 68 at Jumeriah Golf Estates to secure a sixth win on the European Tour, with a final par that saw him finish the week 15 under par and look forward to a one-shot victory. .
It was briefly projected that the 26-year-old would also finish the season as European number one, only for Westwood to claim second place solo and jump ahead of Reed in the season standings to win the Harry Vardon Trophy for the third time. .
Matt Fitzpatrick claims $ 3 million for his Dubai win
Reed finished tied for third alongside Viktor Hovland to narrowly miss becoming the first American winner of the Race to Dubai title, with Laurie Canter again in a fifth-place appearance alongside Sami Valimaki.
Fitzpatrick started the day with a piece of the lead, but quickly walked off the course birdie each of his first four holes, and the 2016 champion hopped up and down the sand to roll another from 10 feet at par five. seventh.
Fitzpatrick’s victory is his first European tour since September 2018
The Englishman made a putt from the edge to save par in the eighth and reached turn three later, with Fitzpatrick missing an eight-foot birdie attempt at 10 and then had to make a hole from a similar distance. to avoid dropping a shot on the 12..
Reed, who was playing in the front group, had recovered from an early bogey to birdie on the fourth, sixth and chip in from the seventh green, and the world number 11 canceled a three-putt bogey at 12 by making a six-footer in the next par three.
Patrick Reed started the week with a 460 point lead in the Race to Dubai standings
The American produced more magic in the short game to the hole from off the green again at 15, but went berserk on the next, which saw Reed lose his projected Race to Dubai lead when Canter made consecutive birdies from 14 for get to 14 under.
Reed fell further behind with a bogey at par three 17, with two-time Order of Merit winner Westwood birdieing two of his final three holes to join Canter at second tied and set the clubhouse goal. .
Westwood posted a 68 from minus four to finish the week at minus 14
Canter watched a pitch get back on its feet on its way to a double bogey at 17, where Fitzpatrick also dropped a shot after a wide tee shot to see his lead cut to one in the final par five.
Fitzpatrick was forced to lay down after another poor tee shot, but he threw his third shot to 25 feet and two putts for a winning pair, while a closing pair for Canter ensured Westwood would finish the week solo second and would win the Order of Merit for the first time since 2009.
Reed contributed again in the latter for a closing birdie to finish 13 under alongside Hovland, while Tyrrell Hatton finished the week tied for eighth and Tommy Fleetwood posted a 69 close to finish a part of 10th alongside Collin Morikawa. .
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