Fourth-placed finish enough to see off challenges of Ryan Fox and Matt Fitzpatrick
Rory McIlroy in action during Day Four of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates. Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty ImagesRory McIlroy capped off a brilliant year’s work by adding the DP World Tour order of merit title – for the Harry Vardon Trophy – to the FedEx Cup title he’d already annexed on the PGA Tour.
Although the season-ending DP World Tour Championship went the way of Spain’s Jon Rahm, who finished shot a final round 67 for 20-under-par 268, two strokes clear of runners-up Alex Horen and Tyrrell Hatton, the order of merit went McIlroy’s way. A fourth-placed finish for McIlroy – a final round 68 for 272, completing the back nine bogey-free and adding three birdies – was sufficient to fend off New Zealand’s Ryan Fox and US Open champion Matthew Fitzpatrick who had entered the tournament as his closest pursuers.
As it happened, McIlroy increased his overall lead to claim a fourth career Harry Vardon Trophy, adding to his previous successes in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
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