MADRID, 20 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish golfer Jon Rahm was proclaimed champion this Sunday of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, the last date and final of the DP World Tour, culminating a week of exhibition and a 2022 season in which he won three titles.
Rahm defended the lead he seized on Friday with a final day round of 67, for -20 overall, two better than Englishman Tyrrell Hutton and Scotsman Alex Noren. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, champion of four ‘big’, was fourth.
The Basque, winner this year in Mexico, the North American PGA event, and the Spanish Open as well, was aggressive from the start, looking for a flag and with the prize of three ‘birdies’ on the first three holes. Thus, last year’s US Open champion gave confidence to his game and avoided any kind of surprise.
The Jumeirah Golf Estates hosted the final of the formerly called European Tour for the fourteenth time with Rahm’s third victory (2017, 2019 and 2022). The Basque ended up plugged in for a more ‘deadly’ year than the previous ones, with that yes the sixteenth title of the DP World Tour at 28 years of age.
In addition, Dubai also saw two other good performances from the Spanish Adri Arnaus and Jorge Campillo, both tied for ninth place with -10. Meanwhile, Adrián Otaegui, sixteenth with -6, was the fourth Spaniard in Top 20 positions.