January 16-19
Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
$7,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Lee Westwood was a picture of composure on Sunday shooting a stunning round of 67 (-5) to win the 15th edition of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA by two shots to claim his 25th European Tour title.
The Englishman, who has now won in four different decades on the European Tour, maintained his overnight lead and remained ice-cool on a beautiful day in Abu Dhabi to win the prestigious Falcon Trophy with five birdies and one bogey on his card.
The trophy was Westwoodโs first victory on the European Tour since the 2018 Nedbank Golf Challenge as he became the fourth Englishman to lift the iconic Falcon Trophy.
Commenting on his memorable win, Westwood said: โIโm ecstatic. Itโs been a good week. During the round I wasnโt really paying attention to what anyone else was doing. I was trying to control me, my emotions and my golf swing. I managed to do that well despite a slip-up at 16. Iโm really pleased with how well I controlled myself all week. Itโs nice to come out and keep proving that have you still got it.โ
I'm definitely blaming Tim for making me cry again 😂 Have to say I'm pretty proud of winning @EuropeanTour events in 4 different decades. Life in the old dog yet! #ADGolfChamps pic.twitter.com/6JXArweAb0
— Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) January 19, 2020
English compatriot, Tommy Fleetwood, charged up the leaderboard on the final day to finish tied-second with a sensational bogey-free round of 63 (-9) to equal the lowest round of the day alongside Victor Perez. Fleetwood has enjoyed enormous success in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA having claimed back-back victories in 2017 and 2018 and will be pleased with another strong performance in the desert.
Reviewing his week, Fleetwood commented: โIt was a really good day. I felt that I got gradually better and better throughout the week. I struggled on Thursday but had a good practice session and then played well on Friday in tough conditions. I played so well yesterday but hit some ropey drives and missed a few putts. Today, I just went out and played great. Itโs been a really enjoyable week.โ
Frenchman, Victor Perez, also carded a remarkable 63 (-9) to finish one place short in his efforts to capture a second European Tour title, despite a magic eagle on the par five 18th. Matt Fitzpatrick, the third Englishman in the top four, put in another impressive performance on the big stage to post a 67 (-5) and send a strong message to Padraig Harrington that he belongs on the Ryder Cup team once more.
Discussing his round, Perez stated: โIt was one of those days where you get into the flow of things and play well. Obviously, I felt like I needed to have a good round and Iโm pleased I did that today.โ
Matt Fitzpatrick added: โI feel good about todayโs round. Apart from one missed putt I wouldn't take a shot back and that's a great feeling. It wasnโt enough to win but it was a strong week.โ
A winner in four different decades 👏#ADGolfChamps #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/211hKOe7fd
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) January 19, 2020
At the prize giving, Westwood humbly received his first Falcon Trophy from Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and was also awarded a unique, traditional Arabic bisht. Highly coveted in the region, the bisht is a fine coat that slips over the Kandoora. Designed with beautiful golden embroidery and two strings as a closure, the bisht is a chic garment that is usually worn at major events.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
Lee Westwood | ENG |
-19 |
69 |
68 |
65 |
67 |
269 |
T2 |
Victor Perez | FRA |
-17 |
70 |
70 |
68 |
63 |
271 |
T2 |
Tommy Fleetwood | ENG |
-17 |
71 |
70 |
67 |
63 |
271 |
T2 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG |
-17 |
68 |
67 |
69 |
67 |
271 |
5 |
Louis Oosthuizen | RSA |
-15 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
66 |
273 |
T6 |
Shaun Norris | RSA |
-14 |
64 |
77 |
68 |
65 |
274 |
T6 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
-14 |
70 |
71 |
66 |
67 |
274 |
T8 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
-13 |
68 |
73 |
69 |
65 |
275 |
T8 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-13 |
71 |
72 |
67 |
65 |
275 |
T8 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-13 |
67 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
275 |
T8 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT |
-13 |
69 |
69 |
65 |
72 |
275 |
T12 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
-12 |
73 |
68 |
69 |
66 |
276 |
T12 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
-12 |
71 |
71 |
67 |
67 |
276 |
T12 |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
-12 |
73 |
69 |
67 |
67 |
276 |
T12 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
-12 |
70 |
70 |
68 |
68 |
276 |
T12 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
-12 |
67 |
68 |
71 |
70 |
276 |
T17 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
-11 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
67 |
277 |
T17 |
Branden Grace | RSA |
-11 |
68 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
277 |
T17 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
-11 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
277 |
T17 |
Francesco Laporta | ITA |
-11 |
71 |
63 |
69 |
74 |
277 |
T21 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
-10 |
64 |
72 |
76 |
66 |
278 |
T21 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-10 |
73 |
70 |
67 |
68 |
278 |
T21 |
Zach Murray | AUS |
-10 |
67 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
278 |
T21 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
-10 |
68 |
73 |
68 |
69 |
278 |
T21 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-10 |
74 |
68 |
67 |
69 |
278 |
T21 |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
-10 |
71 |
72 |
66 |
69 |
278 |
T21 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
-10 |
75 |
65 |
68 |
70 |
278 |
T21 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
-10 |
69 |
71 |
68 |
70 |
278 |
T21 |
Sebastian Heisele | GER |
-10 |
70 |
73 |
64 |
71 |
278 |
T30 |
David Lipsky | USA |
-9 |
73 |
69 |
68 |
69 |
279 |
T30 |
Yuxin Lin | CHN |
-9 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
279 |
T30 |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
-9 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
279 |
T30 |
Jack Senior | ENG |
-9 |
71 |
70 |
66 |
72 |
279 |
T34 |
Brooks Koepka | USA |
-8 |
66 |
75 |
70 |
69 |
280 |
T34 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-8 |
71 |
72 |
67 |
70 |
280 |
T34 |
Patrick Cantlay | USA |
-8 |
71 |
66 |
72 |
71 |
280 |
T34 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
-8 |
68 |
73 |
67 |
72 |
280 |
T34 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
-8 |
70 |
71 |
67 |
72 |
280 |
T34 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
-8 |
67 |
71 |
69 |
73 |
280 |
T34 |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
-8 |
67 |
70 |
68 |
75 |
280 |
41 |
Haotong Li | CHN |
-7 |
67 |
69 |
74 |
71 |
281 |
T42 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-6 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
69 |
282 |
T42 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
-6 |
75 |
64 |
73 |
70 |
282 |
T42 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-6 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
70 |
282 |
T42 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
71 |
282 |
T42 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
-6 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
72 |
282 |
T42 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-6 |
74 |
66 |
69 |
73 |
282 |
T42 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
-6 |
71 |
69 |
69 |
73 |
282 |
T42 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
-6 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
73 |
282 |
T42 |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | THA |
-6 |
70 |
73 |
65 |
74 |
282 |
T51 |
Justin Harding | RSA |
-5 |
69 |
73 |
72 |
69 |
283 |
T51 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-5 |
70 |
67 |
75 |
71 |
283 |
T51 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
-5 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
283 |
T51 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
-5 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
73 |
283 |
T55 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
-4 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
71 |
284 |
T55 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-4 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
71 |
284 |
T55 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
-4 |
73 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
284 |
T55 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-4 |
69 |
70 |
67 |
78 |
284 |
T59 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-3 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
285 |
T59 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
-3 |
66 |
74 |
74 |
71 |
285 |
T59 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
-3 |
73 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
285 |
T59 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
-3 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
285 |
T59 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
69 |
75 |
285 |
64 |
Matt Wallace | ENG |
-2 |
73 |
70 |
69 |
74 |
286 |
65 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
-1 |
71 |
71 |
73 |
72 |
287 |
66 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
Par |
74 |
68 |
73 |
73 |
288 |
T67 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
1 |
72 |
67 |
78 |
72 |
289 |
T67 |
Lucas Herbert | AUS |
1 |
69 |
69 |
76 |
75 |
289 |
T69 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
2 |
73 |
70 |
79 |
68 |
290 |
T69 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
2 |
70 |
73 |
75 |
72 |
290 |
T69 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
2 |
69 |
74 |
72 |
75 |
290 |
T69 |
David Law | SCO |
2 |
70 |
68 |
76 |
76 |
290 |
73 |
David Howell | ENG |
3 |
70 |
72 |
75 |
74 |
291 |
CUT |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
Par |
71 |
73 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Calum Hill | SCO |
Par |
71 |
73 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
Par |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
George Coetzee | RSA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
Par |
71 |
73 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
Par |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
Par |
70 |
74 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Richard Bland | ENG |
Par |
69 |
75 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
Par |
74 |
70 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Robert Rock | ENG |
Par |
69 |
75 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
Par |
70 |
74 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Steven Brown | ENG |
Par |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
Par |
70 |
74 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Viktor Hovland | NOR |
Par |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Charl Schwartzel | RSA |
1 |
72 |
73 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
1 |
68 |
77 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Roope Kakko | FIN |
1 |
72 |
73 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Ryan Fox | NZL |
1 |
74 |
71 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Danny Willett | ENG |
2 |
71 |
75 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
2 |
75 |
71 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
James Morrison | ENG |
2 |
71 |
75 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Marcus Armitage | ENG |
2 |
77 |
69 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
2 |
70 |
76 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
2 |
71 |
75 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
2 |
72 |
74 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
2 |
76 |
70 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Tom Lewis | ENG |
2 |
75 |
71 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Adrian Meronk | POL |
3 |
74 |
73 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Eddie Pepperell | ENG |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Ian Poulter | ENG |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
3 |
75 |
72 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
3 |
71 |
76 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
3 |
74 |
73 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
4 |
74 |
74 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
4 |
74 |
74 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
4 |
76 |
72 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Bryson DeChambeau | USA |
5 |
72 |
77 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Rasmus Hoejgaard | DEN |
5 |
77 |
72 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
5 |
77 |
72 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
6 |
77 |
73 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
6 |
77 |
73 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Joshua Hill | ENG |
6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
6 |
76 |
74 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
7 |
77 |
74 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
David Horsey | ENG |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
8 |
78 |
74 |
- |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Paul Lawrie | SCO |
8 |
78 |
74 |
- |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
9 |
79 |
74 |
- |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
9 |
80 |
73 |
- |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
9 |
72 |
81 |
- |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Graeme Storm | ENG |
10 |
76 |
78 |
- |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
13 |
76 |
81 |
- |
- |
157 |
CUT |
Chris Wood | ENG |
15 |
84 |
75 |
- |
- |
159 |
CUT |
Ahmed Skaik | UAE |
25 |
84 |
85 |
- |
- |
169 |