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Sunday 16 November 2025DP World TourYear in Review
Fitzpatrick wins DP World Tour Championship
Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 November 2025 · Matt Fitzpatrick’s win no. 10 on the DP World Tour · purse $10,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/19°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/20°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/20°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/20°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 270Eagled the par-5 18th in regulation to tie at 18 under, then made a bogey 6 on the 18th at the first playoff hole. 2025 DP World Tour Championship final results: Prize money payout, DP World Tour leaderboard, how much each golfer won (Golf News Net)
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DP World Tour event
DP World Tour Championship
Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Fitzpatrick
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 November 2025
Yeah, it means the world. Struggled at the start of this year, obviously, and to turn it around in the summer like I did and have a Ryder Cup like I did
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 November 2025
Yeah, it's weird, there's not many leaderboards out there. So it was hard to see what was going on. I didn't necessarily know that I was three behind with six to play.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 November 2025
Three times is very nice. The names that have done it three times, it's nice to be a part of that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 69 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Ludvig Åberg | 72 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Laurie Canter | 68 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Tommy Fleetwood | 65 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 68 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 7 | Rasmus Højgaard | 70 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | Haotong Li | 74 · 66 · 66 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Robert MacIntyre | 69 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Angel Ayora | 70 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1994-09-01, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; ENG; turned pro 2014; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 1; world No. 30 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
- Driver Titleist GT3 9°, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Orange 65 TX
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi35 15°, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Orange 75 TX
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi35 Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Orange 75 TX
- Irons Ping i210 3-4, Project X LZ 6.5
- Irons Ping S55 5-PW, Project X LZ 6.5
- Wedge Titleist Vokey SM10 52°, True Temper Dynamic Gold 120 X100
- Wedge Titleist Vokey SM10 56°, 60°, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S300
- Putter Bettinardi DASS BB48 Prototype
- Ball Titleist Pro V1x (2019)
verified for this week