July 04-07
Lahinch GC, Lahinch, Co. Clare, Republic of Ireland
$7,000,000
Live leaderboard
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Jon Rahm carded a sizzling 62 in the final round of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open to become the first player to win three Rolex Series titles in front of sell-out crowds at the famed Lahinch Golf Club.

“I keep saying, I love is this tournament. I love this country. I love the people and feel like I'm at home every time I come. My game was in great form, it just didn't show the first two days. I couldn't hole the putts, and the weekend was the complete opposite. Putts started rolling in from everywhere, I felt really confident and I knew I could do something."

The Spaniard entered the final day five strokes behind leader Robert Rock but stormed to the top of the leaderboard after carding an eagle and eight birdies to get to 16 under and win this event for the second time in front of capacity crowds.

“I knew I had to do it today to have a chance, and man, I kept looking at the leaderboard and looking up, and after ten, I'm like okay, let's get a good run and that eagle on 12 just completely got me going. Even though I had the little mistake on 13, I just knew that my target number was 15 under.

“Definitely thrilled with the back nine I had. Me and Adam (caddie) did a lot of work over the weekend to polish the mistakes over the first few days. Excited to repeat. I think Seve (Ballesteros) was the only Spanish player to win more than one and to join my name to that trophy again, it's special. It's probably one of my favourite trophies that I have at home, and to have another one, it's definitely a special moment. I don't know how to explain it.”

It was two years ago that Rahm lifted this trophy in his rookie season for a maiden European Tour win and he now has four titles to his name - with three of those coming in the prestigious Rolex Series - after just his 34th appearance.

The victory moves the 24-year-old to the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings Presented by Rolex and also takes him back into the top ten on the Official World Golf Ranking.

Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and England's Andy Sullivan finished two off the lead, a shot clear of two more Englishmen in Eddie Pepperell and Robert Rock, and Spain's Rafa Cabrera Bello.

“Just managed to get it around a number really," said Sullivan. "Stuck in there well. Mentally was very good today. I chipped and putted it around nicely. Not my best, but I was really happy to come up with the score I did and finish my round.

“It is getting better, I must admit. It's starting to come back to when I was playing my best in 2015. Hopefully more of the same trending that way and I can get my hands on the trophy.”

Wiesberger and Rock earned places in the field at The Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club with their top ten performances, as did England's Paul Waring, who finished at 12 under along with another Spaniard in Jorge Campillo.

“I had a lot of time to reflect and work on some things on my game," said Wiesberger. "A lot on the mental state I want to be out on the golf course and it's a lot better. It's just nice to see it pay off every now and then and getting to play a couple rounds in the 60s, seeing myself on the leaderboard again, it's very nice. We've done a lot of good things out there this week and hopefully we can get do well next week in Scotland and then in Ireland.

“That was the goal. It was lovely to get a sniff at it again at Pebble Beach for the qualifier, and it's great to be in position to play with all these guys in the biggest events, and there's no bigger than The Open Championship and the Majors. I was really relaxed all week and enjoyed my time out there and took advantage of my good shots and really happy to be going to Portrush.”

The event reached capacity weekend crowds at Lahinch Golf Club, emulating the 2012 edition at Royal Portrush Golf Club, by selling out both Saturday and Sunday as a total of 86,793 came through the gates at the famous Old Course links.