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With this win: Matt Fitzpatrick - 2025 DP World Tour Championship 


By Camilla Tait

Matt Fitzpatrick became the third person in history to win the DP World Tour Championship three times after a Play-Off victory over Rory McIlroy at the season finale, earning his 10th win on the DP World Tour.


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Having set the clubhouse target in the penultimate group on Sunday, Fitzpatrick was soon matched by McIlroy and then came out on top of a one-hole Play-Off, beating his Ryder Cup teammate with a par on the first trip back up the par-five 18th.

Here, we look at all the things Fitzpatrick achieved with his first DP World Tour victory in two years.


Key facts: Matt Fitzpatrick's victory at the 2025 DP World Tour Championship


* This is his 10<sup>th</sup> DP World Tour victory in his 195<sup>th</sup> start, and his first since the 2023 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, two years and 39 days ago. His best result until his victory this season was T4 in back-to-back weeks at the Genesis Scottish Open and The Open.


* He joins Ryder Cup teammates Rory McIlroy (2012, 15, 24) and Jon Rahm (2017, 19, 22) as a three-time winner of the DP World Tour Championship, following his wins in 2016 and 2020


* This is his second Rolex Series victory, following his triumph at this event in 2020


* He finishes his year in third on the Race to Dubai Rankings on 3841.05 points, up from 18th at the start of the week.<sup>

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* He makes it back-to-back Rolex Series wins for players from England, following Aaron Rai’s triumph in Abu Dhabi last week.
* He is the 11<sup>th</sup> win by a player from England on the 2025 Race to Dubai (John Parry, Tyrrell Hatton, Laurie Canter, Richard Mansell, Marco Penge x3, Daniel Brown, Tommy Fleetwood and Aaron Rai)


* He earns the 388<sup>th</sup> win by a player from England on the DP World Tour


* This is also the fifth win for a player from England at the DP World Tour Championship, following his own victories, Lee Westwood (2009) and Danny Willett (2018)