Collin Morikawa completes DP World Tour Championship and Race to Dubai double

World No 2 concludes remarkable season with the European Tour Order of Merit title

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  Collin Morikawa celebrates with the Race To Dubai trophy after winning the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates on Sunday, November 21, 2021. Getty

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  United States Collin Morikawa on the first tee ahead of the final round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. Getty

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  Collin Morikawa celebrates after his birdie putt on the 17th green on his way to a final round 66 that saw him win the tournament by three shots. Getty

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  Collin Morikawa hits a shot from bunker during the final round. EPA

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  England's Matthew Fitzpatrick tees-off on the 17th hole on his way to a final round 66. Getty

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  Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy after a missed putt on the first hole on his way to a final round 74. Getty

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  Scotland's Robert MacIntyre plays his second shot on the 12th hole on his way to a final round 71. Getty

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  Rory McIlroy finished joint sixth in Dubai. AFP

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  Collin Morikawa tees-off on the 18th hole. The American finished 17 under par in Dubai. Getty

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  England's Ian Poulter carded a final round 67. Getty

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  England's Paul Casey carries his golf bag on the third hole during his final round of 68. Getty

Collin Morikawa sealed a sublime Dubai double on Sunday when he won the DP World Tour Championship and in turn became the first American to capture the Race to Dubai.

The world No 2, who entered the week as the frontrunner in the European Tour’s Order of Merit, began the day three back of overnight leader Rory McIlroy, but birdied five of the closing seven holes on the Earth Course to card a 6-under-par 66 and triumph by three shots.

Morikawa's winning score was 17-under, with defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick and Sweden's Alexander Bjork his nearest challengers. Morikawa, still only 24, is a two-time major champion having earlier this year won the Open.

McIlroy, meanwhile, had led for much of the day at Jumeirah Golf Estates only for successive bogeys on 15 and 16 to derail his chances. Eventually, he posted a disappointing 74 to finish five shots back in a tie for sixth. The former world No 1, who won last month on his most recent competitive outing, was seeking an unprecedented third DP World Tour Championship title.

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