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Fleetwood wins Race to Dubai as Rose falters
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Tommy Fleetwood was crowned Race to Dubai champion yesterday after a poor back nine from fellow Briton Justin Rose handed him the title on the final day of the European Tour season at the DP World Tour Championship.
A win by either Rose, second in the points standings before the tournament, or leader Fleetwood would have guaranteed them the Race to Dubai title 鈥 or European Tour Order of Merit 鈥 and a US$1.25-million bonus.
As it turned out, with Fleetwood sitting in the clubhouse after a scrappy final found of 74, Rose needed only to finish alone in fourth to take the title.
Rose looked in complete control of the tournament and was cruising after 11 holes, but he bogeyed three of the next five to slip down the leaderboard.
It still went to the wire, however, and if Rose had holed from the front fringe for eagle at the 72nd, he would have snatched the Race to Dubai crown.
It was not to be, however, as his putt drifted left of the hole, meaning Fleetwood took home the glory, with Rose finishing in a four-way tie for fourth on 17 under par after a final-round 70.
The season finale at Jumeirah Golf Estates was won by Spain鈥檚 Jon Rahm, after he followed his impressive round of 65 on day three with a 67 yesterday to become the only multiple winner of a Rolex Series tournament this season.
Just two shots separated Rose and Fleetwood going into yesterday鈥檚 showdown, after both players posted near-perfect third-round 65s on Saturday, and it was Fleetwood who birdied the first.
He then looked erratic, however, as five bogeys opened the door for Rose.
鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing. You start the season in November/December and you are watching the last shot of the season to see who wins. It鈥檚 very special,鈥 said Fleetwood.
Rahm鈥檚 5-under-par final round saw the Spaniard capitalize on Rose鈥檚 late slip, with Thai Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Ireland鈥檚 Shane Lowry 鈥 whose brilliant final round of 63 was his lowest round score since 2011 鈥 tied second.
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