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Antoine Rozner fires final-round 64 at Golf in Dubai, earns first Euro Tour win

Frenchman Antoine Rozner certainly looked the part of a closer in the final round of the Golf in Dubai Championship.

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.”

Golf in Dubai Championship: Leaderboard

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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Andy Sullivan clicks into cruise control, preserves lead at Golf in Dubai Championship

Sullivan was steady as a rock at the Jumeirah Golf Estates, finishing with a solid 68 to maintain a two-stroke lead over Matt Wallace.

If Andy Sullivan had his pedal to the metal for the first two rounds of the Golf in Dubai Championship, he successfully clicked into cruise control during his third round — and now sits just 18 holes from his fifth European Tour win.

Sullivan was steady as a rock with the lead at the Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Fire Course, finishing with a solid 68 to maintain a two-stroke lead over Matt Wallace. Sullivan, who won the English Championship in August, is 21 under after three rounds. The third round was slightly delayed due to fog, but that didn’t faze Sullivan.

Italian Renato Paratore fired his second straight 65 to hop into a tie for third at 18 under with Ross Fisher.

But the story thus far has been Sullivan, who opened the event with a 61 and has maintained his lead throughout. He had a single bogey on No. 10 — just his second of the entire tournament — but rolled in five birdies to keep his edge.

“I started off really nicely … played really solid. From 10 through to 14 I didn’t swing it that great, didn’t give myself that many chances but found good swings coming in,” Sullivan said. “There’s a lot of golf to be played and a lot of birdies going to be made tomorrow. I’ve just got to go out there and play as good as I can.”

Robert McIntyre is five shots off the lead heading into the final round while Bernd Wiesberger sits T1-2 at 14 under.

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Andy Sullivan continues hot string, leads by 3 in Dubai

Sullivan cruised to another impressive round, this time a 66, to maintain a comfortable lead in the new tournament.

After a bogey-free opening round, Andy Sullivan finally dropped a shot early in his second round at the Golf In Dubai Championship, but he quickly got it back and then some.

Sullivan bogeyed the third hole at the Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Fire Course on Thursday, but then eagled the seventh. He cruised to another impressive round, this time a 66, to maintain a comfortable lead in the new tournament, which also features former World No. 1 Martin Kaymer and 2016 Masters champ Danny Willett.

Sullivan stands at 17 under after two rounds, with Matt Wallace and Ross Fisher each chasing at 14 under.

It’s been a good year for Sullivan, who won his first European Tour event in August after a drought that lasted nearly five years, capturing the English Championship, a new event which was created when the European Tour reorganized due to the pandemic. He currently sits at No. 72 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Coincidentally, this week’s event in Dubai is also a new event.

Willett shot another 67 and stands at 10 under after two days of action. Kaymer finished his second round with a 71 and is 10 shots off the lead.

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New Golf in Dubai event sees Andy Sullivan jump into opening-round lead

Andy Sullivan birdied four of the first five holes and then each of the final four en route to a 61 to lead the Golf in Dubai Championship.

A new event on the European Tour has its first-ever leader.

Andy Sullivan, a four-time Euro Tour winner, put together some incredible bookends — he birdied four of the first five holes and then each of the final four — in firing a 61 to take the first-round lead at the Golf in Dubai Championship.

The event is taking place at the Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Fire Course this week and has a handful of recognizable names in the field, including former World No. 1 Martin Kaymer and 2016 Masters champ Danny Willett.

Believe it or not, even with no bogeys on the day, Sullivan might still be thinking about the one that got away. The Englishman just missed a short putt on No. 18 for a 60 that would have marked his best professional round. He managed a 61 in 2016 at the Portugal Masters, although that course was a par 71.

Golf in Dubai Championship: Leaderboard

A trio of players — Antonie Rozner, Matt Wallace and Ross Fisher — all sit two strokes behind Sullivan while Kaymer and Robert McIntyre are T-12, five shots off the lead.

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