For someone who had yet to win on the European Tour, Frenchman Antoine Rozner certainly looked the part of a closer in the final round of the Golf in Dubai Championship.
Rozner, who opened the final round four shots behind Andy Sullivan, dropped a 10-foot eagle on the 13th hole, taking his first lead of the tournament. He then added a tap-in birdie on the final hole of the day to close at 25 under and capture the victory. He finished the day with a round of 64 on the Fire Course at Jumeriah Golf Estates.
“It means a lot. It’s such a strange year,” said Rozner, who hails from Paris. “We’ve been through so much all over the world, to get it done today in such nice fashion … we knew we had to take it super deep if we wanted to win. That’s what we did. It’s amazing.”
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Sullivan, who had led after each of the first three rounds, shot a 70 to finish in a four-way tie for second at 23 under. Matt Wallace, Francesco Laporta and Mike Lorenzo-Vera also finished two shots behind Rozner.
The European Tour (or half of it) stays in Dubai for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship next week.
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