Following Jon Rahm’s victory in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, here are the key facts and figures surrounding the Spaniard’s victory.
– His second European Tour International Schedule victory in his 15th official European Tour event
– His second European Tour victory of the season, having triumphed at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation
– He is the first player to win multiple Rolex Series events
– A win moves him to as high as fourth in the Official World Golf Ranking
– He is the first debutant to win the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
– He is the first European Tour Rookie to win the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
– He is just the third Rookie to finish in the top five of the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex (formerly the Order of Merit). The previous two were also Spanish – José María Olazábal (1986) and Sergio Garcia (1999)
– He is the second Spanish winner of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, after Alvaro Quiros (2011)
– It is his first European Tour victory in the Middle East
– This is the eighth European Tour victory by a Spanish player this season, after Sergio Garcia (Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Masters Tournament and Andalucia Valderrama Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation), Alvaro Quiros (Rocco Forte Open – Verdura, Sicily), Jon Rahm (Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation), Rafa Cabrera Bello (Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open) and Adrian Otaegui (Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play)
– This is the 181st European Tour victory for a player from Spain
– This is his third professional victory, having also won on the US PGA Tour earlier this year in the Farmers Insurance Open
