Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship R4

January 21-24
Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
$8,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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Tyrrell Hatton became just the second player to claim four Rolex Series titles after a flawless performance in the final round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship helped him overturn the overnight lead of his playing partner Rory McIlroy and clinch a four-stroke victory.

“I’m thrilled to be honest,” said Hatton. “Even knocking the putt in on 18, it doesn’t seem like I’ve won the tournament. Obviously it’s amazing. I’ve always loved starting my season here in Abu Dhabi, and to now add my name on that trophy with so many great champions before me is a huge honour. I think the big moment for me today was the putt on ten. Maybe that was going eight feet past and just hit the hole. That’s huge.

“Then my tee shot on 11, that’s pitched on the side of the bunker and it’s come out. It could have – we’ve seen plugged lies in the lip this week, so that was another bit of good fortune. So I think that was a big turning point of the day for me.”

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The Englishman has now won two of the last three Rolex Series events, having lifted the BMW PGA Championship title last October, and his latest victory is timely with the European Points List restarting this week in the race to qualify for Padraig Harrington’s European Ryder Cup side. 

“It’s massive. I mean, Ryder Cup points started again. That’s a huge goal for me this year to make that team. I’m absolutely delighted that I’ve managed to pick up a load of points this week, and now I’ll enjoy tonight and then my attention will turn to next week.”

Hatton’s was another nerveless final round display as the 29-year-old cruised to three birdies on the front nine, while McIlroy dropped shots at the par three fourth and par five eighth holes, to lose any momentum created by the early birdies at the second and third.

“I started great with two birdies in the first three. And then I felt like there was a few putts I hit today, the wind affected the putts more than maybe the last couple days,” said McIlroy. “So there was the one on four, the three-putt, and there were a couple others, the couple of bogeys around the turn didn’t help.

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“I thought I was in good position on ten and Tyrrell was outside of me, makes that putt for birdie, and then I can’t make mine for eagle and that was a huge sort of momentum-keeper for him. Then I bogeyed the next and after that, it was sort of hard to get back into it.

“I don’t feel like I played great this week, felt like I was managing my game a bit. Nice to get a competitive week under my belt and see where my game is at and what I need to do to keep on improving. Hopefully I’ll get on the plane tonight and head over to Torrey Pines and tee it up there next week.”

Victory rarely looked in doubt for Hatton as he played assured and calculated golf down the stretch, three birdies on the way home wrapping up a flawless six under final round 66, an 18 under total and a sixth European Tour win. He now joins Jon Rahm as the only other player to lift four Rolex Series titles, and becomes the first Race to Dubai leader of the 2021 campaign.

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Australia’s Jason Scrivener claimed the best result of his career on the European Tour, a final round 66 earning him runner-up spot, while McIlroy claimed his eighth top three finish in 11 appearances at Abu Dhabi Golf Club after the Northern Irishman signed for a level par 72.

“I was in my own little world,” said Scrivener. “My caddie and I just kind of kept plodding away. Wasn’t a good start, made a few soft bogeys, and then just kind of stuck with it and yeah, 29 on the back, which was pretty nice. Dave Alred’s (coach) been a game changer for me. Really taught me — we sat down probably two months before Christmas at the end of my season last year, and he’s really helped me a lot and pushed me that bit extra to work harder.”

What’s in the bag? PING

G425 LST 10.5 deg driver (big minus) (new at 45.5”)
G425 LST 14.5 deg 3 wood (small minus) (new at 43” with Diamana DF 80TX)
G425 21 deg 7 wood (flat dot), 4-PW I210 irons
Glide 3.0 50 deg wedge
Vault Oslo putter.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Tyrrell Hatton	-18	65	68	71	66	270
2	Jason Scrivener	-14	67	70	71	66	274
3	Rory McIlroy	-13	64	72	67	72	275
4	Rafa Cabrera Bello	-12	67	67	73	69	276
T5	David Lipsky	-11	72	66	68	71	277
T5	Marc Warren	-11	72	66	68	71	277
T7	Tommy Fleetwood	-10	71	67	67	73	278
T7	Chris Paisley	-10	72	68	69	69	278
T7	Matt Wallace	-10	68	70	71	69	278
T7	Fabrizio Zanotti	-10	66	71	72	69	278
11	George Coetzee	-9	70	71	68	70	279
T12	Adri Arnaus	-8	74	67	69	70	280
T12	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-8	71	71	67	71	280
T12	Wade Ormsby	-8	69	70	70	71	280
15	Mikko Korhonen	-7	69	69	71	72	281
T16	Kristoffer Broberg	-6	69	69	73	71	282
T16	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	-6	68	68	75	71	282
T16	Stephen Gallacher	-6	69	68	73	72	282
T16	Benjamin Hebert	-6	68	73	74	67	282
T16	Scott Jamieson	-6	71	70	71	70	282
T16	Romain Langasque	-6	67	70	74	71	282
T16	Robert MacIntyre	-6	72	69	71	70	282
T16	Antoine Rozner	-6	71	72	71	68	282
T16	Danny Willett	-6	71	72	71	68	282
T25	Victor Dubuisson	-5	73	69	69	72	283
T25	Lucas Herbert	-5	68	68	74	73	283
T25	Rasmus Højgaard	-5	71	72	71	69	283
T25	Jazz Janewattananond	-5	68	69	74	72	283
T25	Alexander Levy	-5	72	70	69	72	283
T25	Aaron Rai	-5	69	72	72	70	283
T25	Matthias Schwab	-5	71	71	72	69	283
T25	Richard Sterne	-5	71	72	69	71	283
T25	Andy Sullivan	-5	72	71	70	70	283
T25	Bernd Wiesberger	-5	70	72	70	71	283
T35	Nino Bertasio	-4	71	67	73	73	284
T35	Richard Bland	-4	72	69	69	74	284
T35	David Drysdale	-4	73	70	68	73	284
T35	Kurt Kitayama	-4	68	74	71	71	284
T35	Joost Luiten	-4	69	70	74	71	284
T35	Callum Shinkwin	-4	70	69	75	70	284
T41	Lucas Bjerregaard	-3	68	74	70	73	285
T41	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	-3	69	72	68	76	285
T41	Thomas Pieters	-3	69	71	70	75	285
T41	Tapio Pulkkanen	-3	73	70	72	70	285
T41	Matthew Southgate	-3	74	65	75	71	285
T46	Alexander Björk	-2	70	72	74	70	286
T46	Nicolas Colsaerts	-2	72	71	71	72	286
T46	Calum Hill	-2	72	71	73	70	286
T46	James Morrison	-2	69	73	72	72	286
T46	Victor Perez	-2	68	73	69	76	286
T46	Henrik Stenson	-2	71	72	74	69	286
T52	Julien Guerrier	-1	74	68	74	71	287
T52	Jordan Smith	-1	72	71	69	75	287
T54	Marcus Armitage	E	73	70	71	74	288
T54	Grant Forrest	E	72	70	70	76	288
T54	Oliver Wilson	E	70	70	75	73	288
T57	Scott Hend	1	71	72	74	72	289
T57	Masahiro Kawamura	1	71	70	72	76	289
T57	Robert Rock	1	72	71	71	75	289
T57	Justin Rose	1	70	72	73	74	289
61	Jeff Winther	2	74	69	76	71	290
T62	Justin Harding	3	73	69	76	73	291
T62	Padraig Harrington	3	70	73	75	73	291
T62	Søren Kjeldsen	3	71	72	73	75	291
T62	Lee Westwood	3	69	73	75	74	291
66	Sebastian Soderberg	5	69	71	79	74	293
CUT	Thomas Aiken	E	73	71			144
CUT	Gaganjeet Bhullar	E	72	72			144
CUT	Steven Brown	E	69	75			144
CUT	Matthew Fitzpatrick	E	70	74			144
CUT	Ryan Fox	E	73	71			144
CUT	Gavin Kyle Green	E	74	70			144
CUT	Joachim B. Hansen	E	72	72			144
CUT	David Horsey	E	70	74			144
CUT	Maximilian Kieffer	E	72	72			144
CUT	Francesco Laporta	E	72	72			144
CUT	Min Woo Lee	E	71	73			144
CUT	Ahmed Marjan	E	72	72			144
CUT	Graeme McDowell	E	72	72			144
CUT	Guido Migliozzi	E	73	71			144
CUT	Adrian Otaegui	E	72	72			144
CUT	Kalle Samooja	E	73	71			144
CUT	Justin Thomas	E	73	71			144
CUT	Laurie Canter	1	70	75			145
CUT	Ashley Chesters	1	72	73			145
CUT	Jamie Donaldson	1	72	73			145
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	1	72	73			145
CUT	Garrick Higgo	1	73	72			145
CUT	David Howell	1	74	71			145
CUT	Pablo Larrazabal	1	74	71			145
CUT	Haotong Li	1	71	74			145
CUT	Shane Lowry	1	75	70			145
CUT	Richie Ramsay	1	74	71			145
CUT	Julian Suri	1	71	74			145
CUT	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	2	69	77			146
CUT	Ross Fisher	2	72	74			146
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	2	78	68			146
CUT	David Law	2	70	76			146
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	2	77	69			146
CUT	Joel Stalter	2	73	73			146
CUT	Justin Walters	2	71	75			146
CUT	Dean Burmester	3	78	69			147
CUT	Jorge Campillo	3	74	73			147
CUT	Sean Crocker	3	73	74			147
CUT	Robert Karlsson	3	77	70			147
CUT	Martin Kaymer	3	74	73			147
CUT	Tom Lewis	4	72	76			148
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	4	74	74			148
CUT	Ian Poulter	4	71	77			148
CUT	Brandon Stone	4	70	78			148
CUT	Zander Lombard	5	74	75			149
CUT	Ross McGowan	5	71	78			149
CUT	Eddie Pepperell	5	71	78			149
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	5	73	76			149
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	5	76	73			149
CUT	Paul Waring	5	73	76			149
CUT	Chris Wood	5	74	75			149
CUT	Ashun Wu	5	76	73			149
CUT	John Catlin	6	75	75			150
CUT	Thomas Detry	6	74	76			150
CUT	Renato Paratore	6	78	72			150
CUT	Richard McEvoy	7	75	76			151
CUT	Marcus Kinhult	8	81	71			152
CUT	Sami Valimaki	8	77	75			152
CUT	Thomas Bjørn	9	72	81			153
CUT	Oliver Fisher	9	76	77			153
CUT	Haydn Porteous	9	77	76			153
CUT	Wilco Nienaber	10	76	78			154
CUT	Ahmad Skaik (a)	12	76	80			156
CUT	Arjun Gupta	13	79	78			157
WD	Joakim Lagergren	3	34				34
WD	Andrea Pavan	2	69				69
DNS	Andrew Johnston	E