{"id":227077,"date":"2018-11-20T15:13:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T15:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/race-to-dubai-danny-buoyed-by-victory-after-30-months-adrift\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:29:11","slug":"race-to-dubai-danny-buoyed-by-victory-after-30-months-adrift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/race-to-dubai-danny-buoyed-by-victory-after-30-months-adrift\/","title":{"rendered":"Race to Dubai: Danny buoyed by victory after 30 months adrift"},"content":{"rendered":"
Blog<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by Robert Green<\/em> Huge thanks to @dpwtc<\/a> and all my sponsors @CallawayGolf<\/a> @DescenteTokyo<\/a> @AudemarsPiguet<\/a> @NetJets<\/a> and all my fans! Race to Dubai: Danny buoyed by victory after 30 months adrift<\/h1>\n
November 19, 2018
\n<\/h1>In the last group at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai yesterday were two of the past three Masters champions \u2013 Danny Willett and Patrick Reed. Reed had won at Augusta this past April, Willett in 2016. But since that spring day when the 31-year-old Yorkshireman capitalised on Jordan Spieth's surprise collapse to grab the green jacket, Willett had been winless. Recurring back problems and the collapse of his game, obviously related phenomena, led to him slipping out of the world top-400. It has been a long and winding road back but Willett seems to have made that journey, a closing 68 seeing him home with an 18-under-par total of 270 and victory by two shots from Reed and Matt Wallace, who has enjoyed a scintillating season.
I\u2019m told it\u2019s 953 days since I won @TheMasters<\/a> \u2014 it\u2019s been a hell of a ride of ups and downs so this one feels very special! #DPWTC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xt21bkiT3m<\/a><\/p>— Danny Willett (@Danny_Willett) November 18, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>