Overview
- Fitzpatrick closed with a bogey-free 66 and birdied the 18th to post 18 under at Jumeirah’s Earth Course.
- McIlroy holed a 15-foot eagle putt on the 72nd to tie, then found the stream on the first extra hole as Fitzpatrick made par.
- The Englishman sealed his third DP World Tour Championship victory and his 10th DP World Tour title.
- McIlroy’s fourth straight season crown is his seventh overall, and he said a pre-round call with Seve Ballesteros’ widow left him emotional.
- Tommy Fleetwood, Ludvig Åberg, Laurie Canter and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen shared third at 17 under, and PGA Tour cards were allocated to the top non-exempt finishers.