DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nicolai Hojgaard claimed the biggest title of his career Sunday after running off five straight birdies down the stretch to win the season-ending World Tour Championship by two strokes.
13-17, shoot 8-under 64 and end the finale to the European tour on 21-under par.
This one feels great.”Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesHojgaard has now won a tournament for three consecutive years on the European tour but this was easily his biggest, earning him $3 million.
Rasmus Hojgaard hit his second shot into the water guarding the green and only made par.
Nicolai Hojgaard jumped to second place in the Race to Dubai rankings behind McIlroy, who had already been crowned as European golf's No.
Persons:
— Nicolai Hojgaard, Dane, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy —, —, Hojgaard, ”, “, ” Hojgaard, Fleetwood, Matt Wallace, Rasmus, Rasmus Hojgaard, Matthieu Pavon, Adrian Meronk, Ryan Fox, Victor Perez, Thorbjørn Olesen, Alexander Bjork, Sami Valimaki, Robert MacIntyre, Pavon, Jorge Campillo, Ryo Hisatsune, Nicolai Hojgaard, McIlroy, Rahm, ___
Organizations:
United Arab Emirates, Ryder, Fleetwood, Golf Estates, Dubai
Locations:
DUBAI, United Arab, Nos, Dubai, Rome, Fleetwood