Matthew Fitzpatrick birdied the last hole to win the $8 million DP World Tour Championship on Sunday as Henrik Stenson won the Race to Dubai for a second time. England's Fitzpatrick was completing a remarkable season in which he represented Europe in the Ryder Cup within two years of turning professional, and backed it up by winning the season-ending championship.
The 22-year-old closed with a 67 for a 17-under par total at the Earth course of Jumeirah Golf Estates.
That was one better than compatriot Tyrrell Hatton who made a bogey on the last hole after hitting his tee shot into the water.
Stenson won the Race to Dubai, the Swede shooting a seven-under par 65 on the final day to finish on a 12-under par total.
He finished tied with Rory McIlroy, who needed to win the tournament to deny Stenson, but two of his closest rivals - Masters champion Danny Willett of England and four-time European Tour winner this year Alex Noren of Sweden - ranked second and third in the Race to Dubai at the start of the week, finished behind him.
Willett was tied 50 at one-under par, while Noren could do no better than tied 23rd at eight-under par.
Stenson finished on 4,148,402 points, with Willett second on 3,734,527. Noren was third, but Hatton pushed McIlroy to fifth place with his runner-up finish.
A delighted Stenson said: "It's been the best year of my career when I sum it up, and this certainly didn't make it any worse. It's some very nice names on this trophy, so I'm delighted and proud to get my name on it again.
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