Last competitive round of the year for Jon Rahm. Within DP World Tour Championshiphe Dubai World Cupwithin World Course of Jumeirah Golf Estates. And a new reaction, not enough, from the Basque, who tried all but 66 shots, six below par, did not give him again to put pressure on the leaders. Rahm had a total of 271 strokes (-17) and finished in fifth position, tied with South African Lawrence and Frenchman Pavon, far behind the winner, the Dane. Nicolai Hojgaardwho wants to put a damper on his great success, with 267 strokes (-21), after stringing together five consecutive birdies from holes 13 to 17 and signing a score of 64, 8 under par.
On the 18th hole he had a putt just over a meter for birdie and sealed the tournament, but he missed it. What happens is that at the same time the English Tommy Fleetwoodwho could be one stroke behind the Nordic and in the 18th game, made three putts on the 17th, so Nicolai’s advantage remained two strokes.
On the 18th, Fleetwood needed an eagle-3 to qualify for the playoff, a result that was not signed – he missed the fairway and played from three to the green – so Hojgaard took a deep breath in the collection booth of the card. Third victory in the ‘Race’ for the Dane, knocking Jon Rahm from second place on the former Order of Merit. The Spaniard was among the first to congratulate him when Fleetwood missed his third shot for eagle on the 18th.
“It means a lot, a lot of work behind these last years, an incredible victory, it’s a difficult moment to describe, sometimes I saw that the tournament was getting away from me. I started the week with a very It feels good and I finished it, I’m very proud It’s true, I’m glad,” Hojgaard said excitedly in the mixed zone.
Returning to Rahm, this is the last tournament of the season for the Biscayan, who ends a great year, with his fifth top 5 in five participations in this closing tournament of the European Tour and with four victories in the bag, one of them by ‘big ones’, the Augusta Masters.
The day started well for Rahm, with a birdie on the 1st, but on the 2nd, a par 5, three putts and a bogey killed him. He then reeled off six more birdies – he missed one on 18, where he went into the exit stream – for the aforementioned 66 strokes.
The 72 on the first day, what we saw, became a very heavy burden although in Jon’s favor it must be said that without showing his best game this week he entered the top 5 of the tournament for the fifth time after achieving in previous years three victories and a 4th place.
In other Spanish, Adrian Otaegui rise to the top 20, Pablo Larrazabal is 34th, Jorge Campillo 43rd and Nacho Elvira 50º. For Campillo there was a prize as his 16th finish in the ‘Race’ earned him ninth and penultimate. PGA Tour card for 2024 while Larrazábal fell out of the top 30 by one and did not earn a direct spot for the 2024 British Open in Troon.
Final classification:
-21 Hojgaard (Also)
-19 Fleetwood (Eng), Hovland (Nor), Wallace (Eng)
-17 Rahm (Esp)
Source: La Verdad
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