{"id":81318,"date":"2025-11-18T18:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/fitzpatrick-beats-mcilroy-in-dubai-rory-takes-the-race-to-dubai\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:49:12","slug":"fitzpatrick-beats-mcilroy-in-dubai-rory-takes-the-race-to-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/fitzpatrick-beats-mcilroy-in-dubai-rory-takes-the-race-to-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitzpatrick beats McIlroy in Dubai; Rory takes the Race to Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2013 Rory McIlroy\u2019s stellar year culminated in another dramatic episode on Sunday, although this time he couldn\u2019t savor the outright victory.\n\nMcIlroy, with an outstanding performance, achieved an eagle on the last hole to force a playoff. However, Matt Fitzpatrick prevailed, winning the World Golf Championship for the third time.\n\nDespite not taking the title, McIlroy secured his fourth consecutive title in the Race to Dubai, solidifying himself as the best European player of the year.\n\nThis achievement adds to his victories at the Masters, completing the career Grand Slam, the Players Championship, and the Irish Open.\n\nHis most important individual victories were in tiebreakers, but this time, luck was not on his side. On the first playoff hole, the 18th, his initial shot ended up in a stream, resulting in a bogey.\n\nFitzpatrick, for his part, secured a par, ensuring the victory.\n\n

Obviously, you never like how things end, but I am delighted.<\/p>Matt Fitzpatrick<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMcIlroy generated great excitement by achieving an eagle from 15 feet on the 18th hole, completing a round of 67 strokes and tying with Fitzpatrick.\n\nThis result marks McIlroy’s seventh title in the Race to Dubai, surpassing Seve Ballesteros and approaching Colin Montgomerie’s record.\n\n

I didn’t dream of getting this far, so it’s great.<\/p>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMcIlroy revealed that he spoke with Ballesteros’ wife before his Sunday round.\n\nThe player added that he hopes to surpass Montgomerie in the future.\n\n

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Matt Fitzpatrick super\u00f3 a Rory McIlroy para ganar el Campeonato Mundial de Golf por tercera vez, mientras que McIlroy se llev\u00f3 su cuarto t\u00edtulo consecutivo y s\u00e9ptimo en general de la Carrera a Dub\u00e1i. Ross Kinnaird\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThe competition in the Earth Course was intense, with several players leading or sharing the lead. Fitzpatrick achieved three birdies in his last five holes to surpass McIlroy and other European stars.\n\nA 6-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole gave Fitzpatrick a lead over Fleetwood, \u00c5berg and Canter, and two strokes over McIlroy, who needed an eagle to tie.\n\nMcIlroy hit an impressive shot from 230 yards, setting the stage for his eagle and the subsequent playoff.\n\nFitzpatrick, US Open champion in 2022, had a slow start to the season but finished strong. His performance secured him a place on the Ryder Cup team.\n\n

Turning it around in the summer like I did and having a Ryder Cup like I had, I feel like it’s hard to top given everything.<\/p>Matt Fitzpatrick<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2013 Rory McIlroy\u2019s stellar year culminated in another dramatic episode on Sunday, although this time he couldn\u2019t savor the outright victory. McIlroy, with an outstanding performance, achieved an eagle on the last hole to force a playoff. However, Matt Fitzpatrick prevailed, winning the World Golf Championship for the third time. Despite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,5943,10184,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-81318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-matt-fitzpatrick","10":"tag-race-to-dubai","11":"tag-rory-mcilroy"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}