Alejandro del Rey stormed to a four-stroke victory as he claimed his maiden DP World Tour title on the Ras Al Khaimah Championship.
The Spaniard posted a 3rd successive spherical of 66 to complete on 22 underneath par, 4 away from Englishman Marcus Armitage, who battled valiantly however was unable to reel within the spectacular del Rey at Al Hamra Golf Membership, who turns into the primary Spanish winner on the 2025 Race to Dubai.
Scores
Del Rey went into the ultimate spherical with a two-shot lead however a lightning-quick begin quickly took him 5 strokes clear on the prime of the leaderboard.
Though taking part in accomplice Armitage lower the hole to 3 on the flip, one other sensible burst of scoring from del Rey at the start of the again 9 despatched him six pictures forward with 5 holes to play.
The Spaniard by no means seemed like opening the door for closest challenger Armitage from that time onwards, closing his spherical with 5 pars in a row to enter the DP World Tour winner’s circle for the primary time on his seventieth begin.
Fellow Spaniard David Puig was then alone in third place, three pictures additional again after a closing spherical 65, with Australian Jason Scrivener a shot additional again in fourth.
The spectacular Spanish exhibiting continued with Ivan Cantero, who completed in a tie for fifth on 12 underneath par alongside Englishman Joe Dean and Swede Sebastian Söderberg. In the meantime, Adrien Saddier loved a memorable day as he made a hole-in-one on the seventh on his strategy to ending in a tie for thirteenth.
Victory for del Rey means he jumps straight to seventh on the Race to Dubai after incomes his first factors of the season in Ras Al Khaimah, and strikes to second on the Worldwide Swing Rankings, led by England’s Tyrrell Hatton.
Pádraig Harrington made up for mediocre center rounds of 75 and 73 following his opening 68 and carded a closing 69 to tie for fiftieth on three-under.
Participant quotes
Alejandro del Rey: It is wonderful as a result of it is principally what I work for. I bought to some extent final 12 months the place I simply felt like I wasn’t having that a lot enjoyable on the golf course as a result of for me, taking part in for twentieth, thirtieth place wasn’t that significant at that time.
I simply labored actually arduous since then as a result of I simply did not need to be in that place for much longer. And I really feel like I’ve performed a few years with a variety of associates which have gained out right here and I knew I might do it but it surely simply wasn’t exhibiting up. I am simply grateful and I am very glad that this lastly got here.
I’ve at all times felt about myself that I am an ideal nearer of golf tournaments and I simply wasn’t glad that I used to be in that place for the final couple of years the place I didn’t even have the possibility to win tournaments. I prefer to win tournaments, that’s what I’m out right here to do. Not having the possibility to was tough but it surely simply felt nice immediately, felt very pure and really simple.
It’s taken years, many various phases of my life and I really feel like I’ve stayed very constant all through what I’ve needed to do and I knew this was what I needed to do, play golf and win golf tournaments. That’s why it wasn’t simple the final couple of years. It’s an ideal feeling proper now.
