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.
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 10th DP World Tour victory in his 195th 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.
- 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 11th 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 388th 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)
