Tyrrell Hatton banks £1.3 million bonus and crucial Ryder Cup boost with landmark win

Tyrrell Hatton won his 5th Rolex Series lawsuit connected his DP World Tour, clinching the Hero Dubai Desert Classic to get his 2025 play underway successful cleanable fashion

Tyrrell Hatton's instrumentality to the DP World Tour ended perfectly connected Sunday, aft the LIV Golf prima got his hands connected the Hero Dubai Desert Classic astatine Emirates Golf Club.

Hatton carded an awesome four-under-par 68 successful Sunday's last circular to get to 16-under and pursuit down overnight person Daniel Hillier. The Englishman's efforts saw him agelong distant from the remainder of battalion successful the 4th round, yet finishing the week 1 changeable wide of runner-up Hillier and Laurie Canter.

Having gone into the last circular 1 changeable down 54-hole person Hillier, the LIV member's Sunday got disconnected to the worst imaginable start, aft making a frustrating bogey astatine the archetypal hole.

Fortunately for Hatton, Hillier besides dropped a shot, and soon aft the five-time Rolex Series victor made his move. He was speedy to bounce backmost astatine the driveable par-four second, uncovering the greenish with his tee shot, earlier a tidy two-putt ensured helium made birdie to cancel retired his blemish astatine the first.

Two dependable pars astatine the 3rd and 4th followed, earlier the Englishman rapidly cemented his spot astatine the apical of the leaderboard. He ignited his round, hitting 2 awesome attack shots astatine the 5th and sixth to marque back-to-back birdies and determination his sanction supra the rest.

Three much pars past followed, to guarantee helium went retired successful 33 to permission him two-clear of the chasing Hillier. Keen to regain his lead, the New Zealander past made a birdie astatine the par-five 10th, nevertheless helium was past matched by his playing spouse Hatton to marque definite the pb remained two.

One spread aboriginal however, Hillier showed helium was not going anywhere, hitting a superb tee changeable astatine the par-three 11th wrong five-feet earlier making a second-straight birdie. This clip astir Hatton was incapable to lucifer the antheral chasing him down, meaning helium was pb was chopped to 1 aft making par.

Both players past recovered themselves successful occupation aft wayward approaches astatine the 12th, but luckily for Hatton his bogey was followed by Hillier to guarantee helium stayed up with six to play. There was much trading to travel astatine the par-five 13th, arsenic Hillier failed to person a birdie putt astatine some scope to guarantee Hatton kept himself conscionable up aft making par.

The brace continued to commercialized pars, which of people worked successful Hatton's favour, earlier the Englishman soon showed wherefore helium was 1 of the astir in-form players successful the world astatine the par-four 16th. A cleanable tee changeable down the mediate was followed by different superb approach, allowing Hatton to pat successful for birdie determination 2 up with 2 to play.

The starring brace past some made par astatine the 17th, earlier Hillier made a cardinal birdie astatine 18. Needing to marque par for triumph though, Hatton kept his chill to unafraid a one-shot win. There was added value to Hatton's Rolex Series triumph too, with the Englishman earning immoderate much-needed points successful Ryder Cup qualification.

His opportunities to gain points volition beryllium constricted this twelvemonth owed to his LIV loyalties, but taking vantage successful Dubai this week volition lone assistance his chances of making Luke Donald's team.