Henrik Stenson wins DP World Tour Championship

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published 23 November 2014

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson won the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai for the second year running after a final round of 70 at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson won the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai for the second year running after a final round of 70 at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

Cabrera-Bello’s lead was reduced to one shot after he dropped a shot at the 12th, then things fell apart for the Spaniard on the 16th and 17th. He found the water on both holes and a pair of double bogeys cost him a chance of victory. In the end he finished in a tie for ninth place.

Cabrera-Bello’s collapse left the title in Stenson’s hands after the Swede made a superb two at the par-3 17th to move to 15-under-par and back into the lead. Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Victor Dubuisson all posted four-round totals of 14-under-par, so Stenson was left needing a par on the home hole to win. He closed out in some style, holing a 10-foot putt for a birdie four and a second DP World Tour Championship title.

“It feels great,” he said. I had a couple of close calls this year to get my win and it was not to be. It's been close but eventually you get something if you stick around and I surely did that.”

“It was one of the goals for me,” he said. “I’m thrilled and I can’t wait until next April.”

1 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 66 68 70 272 T2 Rory McIlroy (NIR) 66 70 70 68 274 T2 Justin Rose (Eng) 71 66 68 69 274 T2 Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 71 68 67 68 274 5 Shane Lowry (Ire) 66 71 72 66 275 T6 Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 69 71 70 66 276 T6 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 71 68 68 69 276 T6 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 70 68 68 70 276 T9 Branden Grace (RSA) 72 67 68 70 277 T9 Joost Luiten (Ned) 70 69 68 70 277 T9 Rafa Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 73 64 65 75 277

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