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Collin Morikawa made history Sunday, becoming the first American to win both the DP World Tour Championship and the Race to Dubai title after his victory in the European Tour’s season-ending tournament in Dubai.

Morikawa started the final day three shots back of Rory McIlroy and then started Sunday’s round with six straight pars. Morikawa got his first birdie on the day on No. 7.

Then on the back nine, he caught fire, making birdies on five of his last seven holes, including 17 and 18, to close with a 66 to claim a three-shot win over Matthew Fitzpatrick and Alexander Bjork.

“It’s special, it’s an honor, really, to be the first American to do that on the European Tour, to put my name against many, many great Hall of Famers, it’s special,” he said.

Morikawa’s irons were sharp once again. On the 15th hole, he stuffed his approach to eight feet. On the 16th, out of a fairway bunker, he landed his ball 20 feet away to save par. He stuck one within 10 feet on the 17th.

“Two years ago, it wasn’t my thought. It was, ‘yeah, let’s go play around the world’ but we didn’t know what the cards were going to be dealt,” he said. “To have this chance and finally close it out, and not just closing it out with a top 10 or something, but to actually win the DP World Tour Championship, which concluded with the Race to Dubai, not a better way to finish.”

Billy Horschel finished second in the Race, while Jon Rahm, who skipped the season-finale, was third.

Before the tournament started, Morikawa was granted Honorary Life Membership on the tour, just the fifth American golfer—joining Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Patrick Reed—to receive that recognition.

McIlroy, meanwhile, shot a 2-over 74 and in an odd scene after the tournament, could be seen in the clubhouse looking at his phone with his shirt apparently ripped open.

Wow! Rory McIlroy appears to have ripped his shirt in anger following his disappointing final round at the DP World Tour Championship (📸: @TOURMISS ) pic.twitter.com/CnMLfSQCrK — Golf Monthly (@GolfMonthly) November 21, 2021

This event puts a close on the European Tour’s season, and there will be no break before the start of the new season, as the Joburg Open in South Africa starts on Thursday. And with the new season comes a new name for the tour. Heading into its 50 th year of existence, it will be known as the DP World Tour .

As a result of the title sponsorship, total prize money will exceed the $200 million mark for the first time. Also for the first time, the tour will feature three tournaments co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour – the Genesis Scottish Open, as well as the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship taking place in the United States – as a result of the “Strategic Alliance” between male professional golf’s two leading Tours.

Adam Schupak contributed to this article .

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2021 Players to Watch on the PGA TOUR

One of the many things affected by the COVID-19 pandemic was scheduling for the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup. Both competitions were pushed back a year, moving the Ryder Cup to odd years and the Presidents Cup to even years. Whistling Straits in Wisconsin will host the Ryder Cup next year and the Presidents Cup will be played at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow in 2022.

So, as we head to the new year, we’ve decided to highlight some of those players the U.S. teams may come up against in the coming seasons. We have split this top-10 list into the top five Europeans and top five Internationals.

This is a subjective list; there is no science. Most of these players, though, have shown signs of having a big year ahead.

Here are the 10:

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5. Joaquin Niemann

The 22-year-old strikes us as someone who is only going to improve as his experience bank gets filled. With a PGA TOUR win already in his kitbag, Chile’s golf sensation is one to watch in 2021. His Presidents Cup debut in Melbourne might have only yielded a half point but it set him on a path towards excellence. Seeing how his elders prepared and realizing he belongs in the upper echelon of this game has him in great shape.

Niemann was the first winner of the 2019-20 season at The Greenbrier and would ultimately finish 27th in the FedExCup. An improvement on this would not be a surprise in 2020-21.

In the fall portion of this season we saw Niemann quietly move to 35th in the FedExCup with five of his six starts resulting in top 25s, highlighted by a sixth-place finish at THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK. Had it not been for an unfortunate positive test for COVID-19 prior to the Masters, he could have easily been higher.

We also saw evidence of his maturity as he used his last two events of the year to raise money for his infant cousin’s million-dollar medical treatment. It was a classy move and helped bring awareness to the cause.

4. Hideki Matsuyama

Incredible to think Matsuyama is still just 28. It feels like he’s been on the PGA TOUR for a long time now. It feels like that because he has. He made five appearances on TOUR as a young amateur between 2011-13 before turning professional and becoming a mainstay from the 2013-14 season onwards.

Matsuyama is a five-time TOUR winner who has never finished worse than 28th in the FedExCup – and that was his first full season. Since then, he’s always found a spot between eighth and 16th on the list. After the fall portion of this season Matsuyama is 23rd on the list with his runner up at the Vivint Houston Open the highlight.

Now astute fans would be well aware Matsuyama has been a model of consistency but also has not won since his three-win 2016-17 season. We’ve passed the three-year barrier in this drought but have an expectation it will come to an end in 2021.

Due to a COVID-19 adjustment Matsuyama is eligible for a start in the upcoming Sentry Tournament of Champions in Maui afforded to all TOUR Championship qualifiers from last season. In his three previous starts there he was T4-2-T3. Also early in 2021 he is likely to play the Waste Management Phoenix Open where after his T4 on debut in 2014 has gone T2-1-1-WD-T15-T16.

3. Abraham Ancer

It’s time. Beyond time perhaps. But 2021 will see Ancer take the next step in his progression and become a PGA TOUR winner. While short in stature Ancer is enormous in heart, fight and talent and quite frankly is too good a player not to have tasted winning success on this TOUR.

The 29-year-old Mexican has been knocking hard on the door in recent years with a runner up finish in 2019 and two of them last season as he finished a career best 18th in the FedExCup.

He will start the 2021 portion of the season in 31st on the FedExCup list after a decent fall that included a fourth-place finish at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and a T13 (Masters) and T12 (Mayakoba Golf Classic Presented by UNIFIN) in his last two starts.

At Augusta National, Ancer forged his way into the final group for Sunday with tenacious play and while a short missed putt on the par-5 second hole on Sunday seemed to rattle him, the experience gained from that day is another in the bank that gets him closer to the elusive win.

The key for Ancer will be lifting his Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and SG: Putting levels. Last season, he upped his putting to 41st on TOUR after a few years in triple digits. Early this season its slipped back to 107th. Around the green has been in triple digits the last three seasons but currently in 2020-21 sits at 77th.

2. Sungjae Im

What might have been. After winning Rookie of the Year in 2019, Im continued to impress in the beginning of 2019-20 season with a runner-up and third-place result last fall. He was a machine at the Presidents Cup and leveraged the experience gained into a career first TOUR win at the Honda Classic.

A week later, the South Korean was third at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and was leading the FedExCup as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and shut down part of the season.

The momentum was lost – not all that surprising given Im likes to play most weeks and had not dealt with a significant break in his short career. With cautious optimism that any such long breaks won’t be part of 2021 - we feel Im will once again get into his groove.

In his 12 starts after the break, Im had just two top 10s, ultimately finishing 11th in the FedExCup. This new season had been relatively pedestrian early until a runner up finish at the Masters in November, which saw him apply some brief Sunday pressure to Dustin Johnson.

It is that effort that sparks the positivity behind his climb. It would not be a surprise to see him head to the PLAYERS Championship once again near the lead of the FedExCup standings.

1. Cameron Smith

Imagine being the first player in Masters history to shoot four rounds in the 60s and still not win the tournament. That is exactly what happened to Cameron Smith this past November. The 28-year-old Australian has long threatened to show his best stuff on the biggest stages and his short game at Augusta National was world class.

It came after a T11 at THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK and a T4 at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP to help him finish the early section of the season in 15th on the FedExCup. But he’s been in a similar situation before. Now we expect Smith to deliver on his promise on a more consistent basis.

The fall and early part of a calendar year has always been the honeypot part of Smith’s efforts with around 40percent of his PGA TOUR top 10s coming in the months of October and November.

Last season he kicked on after an inspired comeback win in Presidents Cup singles over Justin Thomas to get his second TOUR win, and first individual TOUR title, at the Sony Open of Hawaii in early January. After that, he let things slide and failed to record another top 10 before being T24 in the TOUR Championship.

In 2021 things should be different. With a taste of what he’s truly capable of Smith should maintain the highest levels of motivation for longer periods and produce a career year.

5. Tommy Fleetwood

The fact that 2020 was not at Tommy Fleetwood’s usual high standards yet he still had every opportunity to win the European Tour’s Race to Dubai speaks volumes of the Englishman’s talent.

A five-time European Tour winner Fleetwood is still searching for a maiden PGA TOUR win, something we don’t expect to elude him much longer. The carrot of the Ryder Cup will also help spark his 2021 efforts – who could forget his combination with Francesco Molinari in Paris.

With global travel in upheaval at times it makes sense last season was tougher on Fleetwood and others from outside the U.S. If things settle down sooner rather than later, so will normal service for Fleetwood.

4. Tyrrell Hatton

He’s nothing if not entertaining. This fiery Englishman is as outwardly emotional as they come, constantly self-deprecating despite having immense talent that finds him in contention often. Whether it rubs you the right or wrong way, the reality is it shows just how passionate the 29-year-old is.

Hatton has five European Tour wins and was the champion at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard right before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold last season. He came out of the break with back-to-back top five’s and ultimately was seventh in the FedExCup.

While he missed the cut at both the U.S. Open and the Masters in the fall portion of this new season, Hatton also added a couple of top-10s in Las Vegas and Houston. As always, be prepared to ride the rollercoaster with this guy, but we think there will be more highs than lows.

3. Viktor Hovland

What a pickup for the future of European golf this guy looks set to be. Even before claiming his second PGA TOUR title recently at the Mayakoba Golf Classic Presented by UNIFIN we had Hovland slated for this list. Now he’s just climbed higher up it.

The 23-year-old from Norway moved up to No. 15 in the world after his win in Mexico and joined legends Rory McIlroy, Seve Ballesteros, Sergio Garcia and Jon Rahm as the only Europeans in the last 75 years to win multiple PGA TOUR titles before turning 24.

Hovland also joined the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jerry Pate and Lanny Wadkins as the only players in the last 75 years to win the U.S. Amateur and multiple PGA TOUR titles before turning 24. Everyone else on that list won at least one major and a PLAYERS Championship.

With silky ball-striking skills many players would die for Hovland can contend most weeks. If he continues to improve his short game and putting he could become the type of player we see win often.

2. Jon Rahm

As we head towards 2021, Rahm is the leading European in the world rankings, slotting in behind only American Dustin Johnson. And he’s coming off a 2020 season featuring two PGA TOUR wins, taking his TOUR tally to five. So having him here at No.2 is not a reflection on his ability in any sense, nor is it to say we don’t expect him to improve even further in 2021.

In fact, Rahm could quite easily win multiple times in the new year, and with the U.S. Open set for Torrey Pines, where he’s had success in the past, and another tilt at the Masters, where he’s had three straight top 10s, coming in April, it could be an incredible 2021 for the 26-year-old Spaniard.

The drive behind Rahm is ever present and he will never lack for motivation. Passion is a weapon he has learned to harness and use to his advantage. If he ended the season as FedExCup champion you’d be lucky to find anyone surprised.

1. Rory McIlroy

Call it a hunch if you like but Rory McIlroy is set to produce a vintage display in 2021.

The two-time FedExCup champion failed to win anywhere in the world in 2020, (his World Golf Championships – HSBC Champions win was in 2019 as part of the 2019-20 PGA TOUR season) and it is a drought we don’t expect to last.

It is easy to forget he began last season on the PGA TOUR with the following results leading into the cancelled PLAYERS Championship – T3-1-T3-T5-5-T5. And just as easy to not lay enough importance on the fact his form after the COVID-19 break coincided with the latter stages of his wife’s pregnancy for their first born child.

With the PGA Championship returning to Kiawah Island, where McIlroy won by eight shots in 2012, it seems the perfect timing for him to break his major winning drought of over seven years also. He could take care of that at the Masters in April now having recorded top 10s at Augusta National in six of his last seven starts there. And he will be the defending champion at THE PLAYERS in March after last year’s edition was cancelled.

With the experience and perspective of a new father relieving some external and internal stress the Northern Irishman is primed.

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The European Tour today announced its 2021 schedule which will feature a minimum of 42 tournaments in 24 countries, as golf’s global Tour resumes a full international programme.

The 2021 schedule will run from January to November and features 18 returning tournaments that were either postponed or cancelled in 2020 because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

In terms of the Rolex Series, it will be headlined by four top-level events that will have increases in prize fund, elevated Race to Dubai points and enriched coverage.

These first three Rolex Series events are - the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship (January 21-24), the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open (July 8-11) and the BMW PGA Championship (September 9-12), all three of which will now have a prize fund of $8 million which is an increase of $1 million. There will also be 8,000 Race to Dubai points available.

The prize fund for the fourth and final Rolex Series event of the season – the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai – also increases by $1 million to $9 million.

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The European Tour season-ending finale will also continue to feature the largest winner’s cheque in the world of golf - $3 million – with, additionally, 12,000 Race to Dubai points available, some 2,000 points above those on offer at the four Major Championships.

Some other key points to mention about the new schedule:

• Prize funds for all four UK Swing events in July / August will be increased
• The second event of the UK Swing (July 29-Aug 1) – whose details will be announced early next year – will be co-sanctioned with the LET/LPGA
• The UK Swing will have a Bonus Pool for the players in addition to a charity element
• Prize funds for the new tournaments in Tenerife and Gran Canaria in April will each be €1.5million. The Portugal Masters, which follows these two events, will also increase to €1.5million
• Prize fund for the Betfred British Masters hosted by Danny Willett will rise to €2million from €1.25million
• Prize funds for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and the Italian Open will each rise to €3million, from €1.25million and €1million respectively

2021 European Tour Schedule

Jan 21st-24th: Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi

Jan 28th-31st: Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Emirates GC, Dubai

Feb 4th-7th: Saudi International Powered by SBIA, Royal Greens G&CC, King Abdullah Economic City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Feb 25th-28th: WGC Mexico Championship, Chapultepec GC, Mexico

March 4th-7th: Oman Open, Al Mouj Golf, Muscat, Oman

March 11th-14th: Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, Education City GC, Doha, Qatar

March 18th-21st: Magical Kenya Opena, Karen CC, Nairobi, Kenya

March 24th-28th: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Austin CC, Austin, Texas, USA

April 8th-11th: The Masters , Augusta National, Augusta, Georgia, USA

April 15th-18th: Tenerife Open, Golf Costa Adeje, Tenerife

April 22nd-25th: Gran Canaria Open, TBC

April 29th-May 2nd: Portugal Masters, Dom Pedro Victoria GC, Vilamoura, Portugal

May 6th-9th: European Event Confirmed, TBC

May 12th-15th: Betfred British Masters hosted by Danny Willett, The Belfry, England

May 20th-23rd: PGA Championship, Kiawah Island Golf Resort, South Carolina, USA

May 27th-30th: Made in HimmerLand presented by FREJA, Himmerland, Denmark

June 3rd-6th: Porsche European Open, Green Eagle Golf Courses, Hamburg, Germany

June 10th-13th: Scandinavian Mixed Hosted by Henrik & Annika, Valdo G&CC, Gothenburg, Sweden

June 17th-20th: U.S. Open , Torrey Pines GC, San Diego, USA

June 24th-27th: BMW International Open, Golf Club Munchen Eichenreid, Munich, Germany

July 1st-4th: Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, Mount Juliet Estate, Ireland

July 8th-11th: Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, The Renaissance Club, Scotland

July 15th-18th: The Open Championship , Royal St George's GC, England

July 22nd-25th: Wales Open, The Celtic Manor Resort, Wales

July 29th-August 1st: UK Event Confirmed, TBC

July 29th-August 1st: Olympic Men's Golf Competition , Kasumigaseki CC, Japan

Aug 5th-8th: Hero Open, Fairmont St Andrews, Scotland

Aug 5th-8th: WGC FedEx St Jude Invitational, TPC Southwind, Tennessee, USA

Aug 12th-15th: English Open, TBC

Aug 19th-22nd: D+D Real Czech Masters: Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic

Aug 26th-29th: Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Switzerland

Sept 2nd-5th: Italian Open, Marco Simone GC, Rome, Italy

Sept 9th-12th: BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club, England

Sept 16th-19th: KLM Open, Bernardus Golf, The Netherlands

Sept 24th-26th: Ryder Cup , Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, USA

Sept 30th-Oct 3rd: Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Old Course St Andrews/Carnoustie/Kingsbarns, Scotland

Oct 7th-10th: Open de Espana, Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Oct 14th-17th: Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucia Masters, Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain

Oct 21st-24th: Trophee Hassan II (TBC), Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco

Oct 28-31st: Hero Indian Open, TBC

Oct 28-31st: WGC HSBC Champions, Sheshan International GC, Shanghai, China

Nov 4th-7th: Volvo China Open, Genzon GC, Shenzhen, China

Nov 11th-14th: Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player, Gary Player CC, Sun City, South Africa

Nov 18th-21st: DP World Tour Championship, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, UAE

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An American May Finally Win the Race to Dubai

It’s never happened before, and the sport is wondering what it means if a golfer from the United States wins the European championship.

By Paul Sullivan

In the 50-year history of the European Tour, something could happen on Sunday at the final event of the season, the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, that has never happened: An American could win the Race to Dubai competition.

Collin Morikawa , who won the British Open this year, is in first place, followed by Billy Horschel, winner of the BMW PGA Championship. Both players are Americans and members of the PGA and the European Tours.

This time last year, Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, was in contention. But Lee Westwood of England won the title for the third time. (The race had previously been called the Order of Merit.)

Jon Rahm, the top-ranked player in the world, was lurking in third place but he announced on Sunday that he wold not play in Dubai.

Still, why top Americans are surging on the European Tour and what it means is not obvious, except that professional golf is in flux.

The tour was once the province of European and non-American players. Then it became a testing ground for future stars, the way Brooks Koepka of the United States played on the European Tour early in his career to test his mettle and gain membership on the PGA Tour. He went on to win four major championships.

Today, the nationality of who is leading the Race to Dubai may be unimportant because next year the European Tour will not even be called the European Tour. Last week, the tour’s parent company, European Tour Group, announced its flagship tour will be known as the DP World Tour starting in 2022.

Even Keith Pelley, the European Tour’s chief executive, was at a loss when asked about American dominance in the yearlong race and what it meant.

“I’d have answered that question completely differently before November 2020,” he said, referring to when a strategic alliance was announced between the PGA Tour and the European Tour.

“Before the PGA Tour became our partner, as opposed to a competitor, it would have meant a lot more for an American to be in contention in the Race to Dubai,” Pelley said. “We are no longer competing for top players. Collin Morikawa and Billy Horschel are great players and great ambassadors of the game, and we are grateful for them. The importance of an American winning would have been much greater in the past.”

The PGA Tour and the European Tour have historically been rivals for players and commercial dollars. But out of the Covid lockdown came a partnership.

When major events — like the Masters, the United States Open, PGA Championship and the British Open — were initially canceled or postponed last year, the two tours came together to see which events could be salvaged and staged safely. While many regular-season events were lost, three of the four majors were held — albeit without fans. (The British Open was canceled.)

From that cooperation, the PGA Tour took a 15 percent stake in the European Tour Group in May. They also began to coordinate their schedules so the top players would be able to play in each tour’s big events. At the same time, the players excluded from those events because of their rankings would have other events to play that would count toward the rankings on both tours.

Next year, there will be three such events: the Genesis Scottish Open, the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship.

“There’s no question both organizations are going to be made stronger by working together,” said Rick Anderson, chief media officer for the PGA Tour.

Still, what this cooperation means for the golfers was not as easy to hash out as the scheduling, commercial licenses and big advertising dollars.

This mash-up of tours in partnerships and branding comes when the golf ecosystem is increasingly intertwined, but also incredibly scrambled. There used to be clear distinctions on what the tours meant. The PGA and the European Tours were rivals through the 1990s, with each tour’s players really only crossing the Atlantic for majors like the Masters or the British Open.

But starting in 1986, the European Tour started the Challenge Tour to serve as the proving ground for future European Tour players. Four years later, in 1990, the PGA Tour created the Ben Hogan Tour, now known as the Korn Ferry Tour, to serve the same purpose for the PGA Tour.

At the time, the developmental tours fed into the main tours. But over the decades, players began to shuffle among them as playing privileges became harder to come by in the Tiger Woods era.

“Our tours were vertically integrated,” Pelley said. “Now they’re horizontally integrated, and it’s a significant difference. What does that mean in the long run? That’s the $1 million question. I can’t emphatically give you an answer.”

There is definitely opportunity for the top players. Horschel realizes he could accomplish two firsts in winning or finishing high enough at the DP World Championship, Dubai, which ends on Sunday, to claim the Race to Dubai. In addition to being the first American to win the European Tour’s season-long title, he could be just the second player to win both the Race to Dubai and the FedEx Cup, the PGA Tour’s equivalent.

Yet Horschel, 34, who lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., where the PGA Tour is based, said he grew up watching tournaments like the BMW PGA Championship on the European Tour early in the day and then being inspired to play afterward. He has a growing fan base in Europe and said he hoped to play five to seven tournaments on the European Tour each year.

Facilitating this is what the alliance between the two tours and the increased sponsorship from DP World would achieve. Each tournament under the DP World Tour will have at least a $2 million prize purse, while next year’s version of the season-ending DP World Championship will have a $10 million purse, up from about $9 million this year.

There will also be more cooperation so the elite players can play in each tour’s biggest events. “The thinking was how can we organize our respective schedules, so this is more planned out,” Anderson said. “If you organize these things, it’ll be better for both organizations and not be disruptive to the tours.

(Neither Pelley nor Anderson would comment on Greg Norman’s new Saudi-backed golf venture, LIV Golf Investments, which aims to create a premier golf league to lure the top players.)

Where the new focus on the big events is less thought out is on its impact on all the other golfers who are not ranked in the Top 50. Their path is not as clear as it once was. Younger American and European players had a system of working their way from the Korn Ferry and Challenge Tours to the PGA and European Tours. But the alliance and higher prize money from DP World could crowd them out.

One nod to that is both tours are sanctioning two lesser events next year, in the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship, giving playing opportunities to professionals who did not qualify for the Scottish or the British Opens that are held the same weeks .

“Today the different ways you make it to the PGA Tour are varied, and there isn’t a clear path to get there,” Anderson said. “We want to identify clear lanes for the players who ask, how do I progress in our sport and create options?”

For now, though, all eyes are on golf’s elite players to see who will win this year’s Race to Dubai.

“Collin and I have a chance to do something that hasn’t been done before,” Horschel said. “It’s going to be a tight race. You have a lot of great players who have the chance to win the Race to Dubai.”

Paul Sullivan is the  Wealth Matters  columnist. He is also the author of  The Thin Green Line : The Money Secrets of the Super Wealthy and  Clutch : Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don’t.  More about Paul Sullivan

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Morikawa makes history as first American to win European Tour money list

C ollin Morikawa became the first American to win the European Tour’s money list after chalking up a three-stroke victory at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

A truly stunning 2021 season for the 24-year-old, which had already yielded a maiden World Golf Championships title, a second Major trophy, and a winning debut appearance in the Ryder Cup, was given a fairytale ending at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

Morikawa, whose last bogey of the tournament came on the 13th hole during round two, had to be patient in the final round as he picked up only one shot on the front nine. But his round took flight from the 12th, when a birdie three kicked off an incredible run of five birdies in the final seven holes.

With the Californian piling the pressure on third round leader Rory McIlroy, the Northern Irishman suffered a horrid stroke of bad fortune at the 15th, his approach hitting the pin and rebounding into a greenside bunker, resulting in the first of three bogeys coming home for the two-time Race to Dubai Champion.

Morikawa’s exhibition round continued to delight the fans down the stretch, as the reigning Open Champion drained a lengthy birdie putt for a two at the 17th, before coming within inches of a closing eagle at the 18th hole on the Fire Course.

A tap-in birdie, however, was enough for a six-under 66 and a 17 under total, bookending a week which began with his receiving Honorary Membership of the European Tour.

Matt Fitzpatrick, last year’s The 2020 DP World Tour champion, had earlier given himself a shot at a successful title defence, but he had to be content with a share of second spot alongside Swede Alexander Björk, with respective final rounds of 66 and 70 leaving them on a 14 under total. Nicolai Højgaard and Robert MacIntyre shared fourth on 13 under par, while McIlroy finished in a share of sixth alongside Ian Poulter and Dean Burmester.

Speaking about becoming the first US player to win the Race to Dubai point lists, Morikawa said:  “It’s very special and an honour. To be the first American to do that, to put my name against so many greats is very special.   To have this chance, and close it out with a win in the DP World Tour Championship, what a great way to finish that.”

He added: “Starting off with six pars, especially with some birdie holes, wasn’t fun. I felt like I was hitting some good shots, but I wasn’t getting the breaks I needed. When I looked at the leaderboard after nine, I knew that I was still in there and I just needed one spark. And at 12, I got a great break, thinning my second shot, made the putt, and that got the momentum started and from there on in the putts somehow started dropping, and that’s always fun.”

The tournament marked the end of the European Tour, as it will become the DP World Tour from the start of the 2022 season – which begins at the Joburg Open on Thursday – and features a total prize fund in excess of  £147m across 47 events in 27 countries.

To see the final Race to Dubai rankings, click here . 

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The 2021 DP World Tour Championship is the season-end event on the European Tour. Moreover, it is also the final event of the Race to Dubai title, which is a season-ending championship. Furthermore, there were 53 players on the field, including players like Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Billy Horschel, Ian Poulter, etc.

Meanwhile, Collin Morikawa won the 2021 DP World Tour Championship and also the Race to Dubai title. Moreover, he became the first American golfer to win the Race to Dubai title. Furthermore, since this is a season-end event, the prize money for this event is quite high. The total purse for the event is $9 million. But how much did each player make in this event? Let us find out.

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2021 DP World Tour Championship prize money

Collin Morikawa peaked at the right time and carded an excellent 66 on the last day, and won the event with a score of -17. However, Rory McIlroy , who was in contention for around three rounds, just ran out of gas on the final day. Moreover, with this win, Collin bagged huge prize money from the total purse of $9 million.

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Morikawa won $3 million from the total purse, and it is not according to the standard 16.67 percent payout according to the European Tour’s prize money distribution. However, the rest of the field is paid based on a $6 million purse with normal distribution. But how much did each player from the 2021 DP World Tour Championship win? Let us find out.

Prize money breakdown for each player

1. Collin Morikawa – $3,000,000

2. Matt Fitzpatrick – $1,000,000

3. Alexander Bjork – $666,666

4. Nicolai Hojgaard – $375,600

5. Robert Macintyre – $300,000

6. Ian Poulter – $254,400

7. Dean Burmester – $210,000

8. Rory McIlroy – $180,000

9. Adri Arnaus – $150,000

10.Paul Casey -$134,400

11. Shane Lowry – $120,000

12. John Catlin – $110,400

13. Joachim Hansen – $103,200

14. Sam Horsfield – $96,600

15. Thomas Pieters – $91,800

16. Grant Forrest – $88,200

17. Sergio Garcia – $84,600

18. Min Woo Lee – $81,000

19. Tyrrell Hatton – $77,400

20. Marcus Armitage – $74,400

21. Garrick Higgo – $72,000

22. Thomas Detry – $69,600

23. Lucas Herbert – $67,800

24. Jason Scrivener – $66,000

25. Jeff Winther – $64,200

26. Johannes Veerman – $62,400

27. Laurie Canter – $60,600

28. Abraham Ancer – $58,800

29. Joakim Lagergren – $57,000

30. Tommy Fleetwood – $55,200

31. Rasmus Hojgaard – $53,400

32. Adrian Meronk – $51,600

33. Billy Horschel – $49,800

34. Christiaan Bezuidenhout – $48,000

35. Patrick Reed – $46,200

36. Martin Kaymer – $45,000

37. Guido Migliozzi – $43,800

38. Will Zalatoris – $42,600

39. Sean Crocker – $41,400

40. Danny Willett – $40,200

41. Jamie Donaldson – $39,000

42. Antoine Rozner – $37,800

43. Rafa Cabrera Bello – $36,600

44. Maximilian Kieffer – $35,400

45. Richard Bland – $34,200

46. Francesco Laporta – $33,000

47. Victor Perez – $31,800

48. Masahiro Kawamura – $30,600

49. Bernd Wiesberger – $29,400

50. Justin Harding – $28,200

51. James Morrison – $27,000

52. Tapio Pulkkanen – $25,800

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Denmark's Marcus Helligkilde secured his card with an emotional victory at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final. 

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An emotional Helligkilde snatched a one-stroke victory at the T Golf & Country Club in Spain. 

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Helligkilde said: "I didn't have full status on Challenge Tour at the beginning of the year and I was just trying to get into the top 70. 

"I just stayed focused on what I had in front of me, grind as hard as I could and be the best version of myself. 

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All 24 players competing in the 2024 Solheim Cup, ranked

It’s back. A mere 12 months after a dramatic 14-14 tie in Spain for Europe to retain the Solheim Cup, the matches are up again this week at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va.

A few housekeeping items before we dig into this year’s European and American squads. This is the 19th playing of the Solheim Cup. The U.S. leads the all-time series 10-7-1 but has not won since a dominating performance in Iowa back in 2017. Europe won in 2019, 2021 and then tied last year to retain.

Now, this year. Thirteen of the top 30 players in the world will participate, with the U.S. having seven, Europe six. The average Rolex Women's Ranking for the Americans is 26.25, the average for the Europeans is 41.25. Nelly Korda is the only player on either side who won a major championship this year.

While it was believed that the squads from 2023 would be similar to this year—captains Stacy Lewis and Suzann Pettersen remain the same—there are five from last year who did not make these teams. Caroline Hedwall and Gemma Dryburgh from Europe have not returned. They were replaced by first-timers Esther Henseleit and Albane Valenzuela. For the U.S., Danielle Kang, Cheyenne Knight and Angel Yin did not make this team and were replaced by rookies Sarah Schmelzel and Lauren Coughlin. Alison Lee returned for the first time since 2015.

“I think time will tell where this team stacks up,” Lewis said after announcing her captain’s picks last month. “But I think over the last maybe three or four, I think it's probably one of the more talented teams we've had, and we just need to get them over the hump of getting to learn what winning a Solheim Cup is like.”

With so much on the line for both teams, we ranked all 24 golfers in the order we would draft every player on both teams.

24. Emily Kristine Pedersen (EUR)

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Age: 28 World Ranking: 104 Solheim Cup appearances: 3 Record (singles): 5-6-1 (1-2-0) A captain's pick from Suzann Pettersen, who opted for Pedersen over several other players who were ranked higher in the world. This, undoubtedly, came down to Pedersen’s experience, with her contributing mightily to the team in the last two Solheim Cups. In 2021, she went 3-1-0 and partnered with Charley Hull three times. Last year she played all five matches, went 2-2-1, and partnered with four different teammates in her four team matches. Pedersen has missed nine cuts this year, including at both of her last two starts, but clearly Pettersen trusts her game in the heat of battle.

23. Ally Ewing (U.S.)

Age: 31 World Ranking: 18 Solheim Cup appearances: 3 Record (singles): 3-8-1 (0-3-0) Has a losing record in each of her three Solheim Cup appearances, including going winless in all three singles matches. Her one victory a year ago was with Cheyenne Knight, who is not on this team this year. She’s partnered with Nelly Korda and Megan Khang in the past, too. Ewing played her best golf of the year in May and June when she went T-3, fourth, T-5 and second in four straight starts. She missed the cut in the Women’s Scottish Open and tied for 37th in the AIG Women’s Open in her last two starts.

22. Anna Nordqvist (EUR)

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Age: 37 World Ranking: 73 Solheim Cup appearances: 8 Record (singles): 15-13-3 (3-2-3) Another Suzann Pettersen captain’s pick , but this one was the easiest of her four. Nordqvist hasn’t played particularly well this year on the LPGA, but this will be her ninth appearance in the Solheim Cup and she boasts a winning record after playing in 31 overall matches. Impressive. She’ll also be a vice captain for Pettersen this year, getting more valuable experience for when it’s her turn to captain her beloved European team. Nordqvist has four top-15 finishes this year and six missed cuts, including missed cuts in each of her last two starts.

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21. Andrea Lee (U.S.)

Age: 26 World Ranking: 45 Solheim Cup appearances: 1 Record (singles): 1-2-1 (0-0-1) Played twice with Danielle Kang last year in foursomes but Kang isn’t on the team this year, meaning Lee will need to find a new partner. That should not be difficult because she hits a lot of greens and is fourth on the LPGA in putting. Lee collected many of her Solheim Cup points from five top-10 finishes, the best being a third-place tie at the U.S. Women’s Open in Pennsylvania. She tied for 22nd place at the AIG Women’s Open, the last event before the automatic qualifiers were settled.

20. Madelene Sagstrom (EUR)

Age: 31 World Ranking: 40 Solheim Cup appearances: 3 Record (singles): 3-5-1 (2-1-0) The Swede did not play in a foursomes match at all last year so keep an eye on that this week. She did, however, go 1-1-1, the loss coming to Lilia Vu in singles. Sagstrom is a sneaky long hitter and is a good putter, two wonderful traits in these matches. In her last two starts she withdrew and missed the cut, but before that was a string of top-30 finishes. Early in the summer she tied for eighth place at the JM Eagle LA Championship, then finished second to Rose Zhang in her next event at the Cognizant Founders Cup.

19. Albane Valenzuela (EUR)

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Age: 26 World Ranking: 62 Solheim Cup appearances: Rookie The only player Suzann Pettersen used a captain's pick on who had never played in the Solheim Cup, Valenzuela earned the nod largely in part because of four straight good performances in four of the biggest events. She tied for 22nd place at the Amundi Evian Championship, tied for 13th place at the Olympics and tied for 20th place at both the Women’s Scottish Open and AIG Women’s Open. Another rookie where it’s difficult to know when to play and who to play her with. Four-balls are always the easiest way to get your feet wet because you can just play your own ball.

18. Jennifer Kupcho (U.S.)

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Age: 27 World Ranking: 49 Solheim Cup appearances: 2 Record (singles): 2-3-2 (0-2-0) One of Stacy Lewis’ captain’s picks , Kupcho makes a lot of birdies and partnered with Lilia Vu and Allisen Corpuz in going 0-2-1 last year. She just tied for sixth at the FM Championship outside Boston and had a fifth-place finish at the CPKC Women’s Open in Canada. In 20 events this year she only has two missed cuts, but one of them came at the AIG Women’s Open, which made Kupcho squirm until hearing later that Lewis had picked her to play on her third Solheim Cup team.

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17. Sarah Schmelzel (U.S.)

Age: 30 World Ranking: 59 Solheim Cup appearances: Rookie Another captain’s pick from Lewis, the Solheim Cup rookie was on the radar because of good results the last two months, including a tie for ninth place at the KPMG Women’s PGA, eighth place at the Women’s Scottish Open and a 29th-place tie at the AIG Women’s Open in difficult conditions at St. Andrews. It’ll be interesting to see how Lewis uses Schmelzel and who she uses to partner with her. Makes sense to use her more in four-ball so she can play her own ball in her maiden matches.

16. Alison Lee (U.S.)

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Age: 29 World Ranking: 27 Solheim Cup appearances: 1 Record (singles): 1-3-0 (1-0-0) Welcome back Alison Lee. She played for Captain Juli Inkster in 2015 in Germany and it was thought that she would be on many future teams for the U.S. That was not the case. Lee earned some valuable Solheim Cup points early in the season with two solid finishes and lately she missed three cuts in her last six starts but there are also two eighth-place ties and a tie for 22nd place at the Amundi Evian. Lee was paired with three different players during her first Solheim Cup experience, but none of those three are on the team this year.

15. Megan Khang (U.S.)

Age: 26 World Ranking: 21 Solheim Cup appearances: 3 Record (singles): 4-3-3 (2-0-1) Khang has progressively figured out the Solheim Cup, playing better in each of the three times she has competed. She opened with an 0-2-1 record in 2019, went 2-1-1 in 2021 and was undefeated last year going 3-0-1 to be one of the top players for the red, white and blue. Three missed cuts in the last three months are a bit of a concern but in between all of those are a tie for second, a tie for 14th place and a third-place tie at the Women’s Scottish Open. She’s fourth on tour in driving accuracy and 12th in greens hit in regulation.

14. Allisen Corpuz (U.S.)

Age: 26 World Ranking: 28 Solheim Cup appearances: 1 Record (singles): 2-1-1 (0-1-0) It’s difficult to follow a season in which you win your first major championship at Pebble Beach, but Corpuz, although she hasn’t won, has had another successful season. She just tied for fourth place at the FM Championship, her last start, and is second on the LPGA in driving accuracy and 11th in greens hit in regulation. Those last two stats explain precisely why she went 2-0 in foursomes in Spain last year, although it also helped that her partner was Nelly Korda on both occasions.

13. Georgia Hall (EUR)

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Age: 28 World Ranking: 46 Solheim Cup appearances: 4 Record (singles): 9-7-1 (1-2-1) After a slow start to the season the Englishwoman has found her form more lately and hasn’t finished worse than 22nd place in each of her last four starts on the LPGA, including a fifth-place tie at the Dow Championship where she paired with Charley Hull in the team event. For someone with so much Solheim Cup experience, and with a winning overall record in four previous appearances, it’s a bit odd to look at last year’s results and see that she lost twice in foursomes matches while paired with Celine Boutier.

12. Maja Stark (EUR)

Age: 24 World Ranking: 25 Solheim Cup appearances: 1 Record (singles): 2-1-1 (1-0-0) Another young player that Europe has added to its lineup for now and the foreseeable future. The Swede paired with countrywoman Linn Grant twice in foursomes a year ago, and it’s likely that they’ll do so again this week. Stark’s play has been wildly inconsistent this year, however, with four missed cuts, three top-three finishes back in April, but nothing of note since. She’s missed the cut and tied for 71st place in her last two LPGA starts.

11. Carlota Ciganda (EUR)

Age: 34 World Ranking: 33 Solheim Cup appearances: 6 Record (singles): 11-8-4 (4-1-1) Take Maguire's capsule above and apply similar reasoning to Ciganda , although Ciganda is now playing in her seventh Solheim Cup. She tied for 10th place in her last start but had an ugly stretch mid-summer where she missed three consecutive cuts. But Ciganda lives for the Solheim Cup, owns a terrific overall record and went a perfect 4-0 last year in her native Spain to help her team retain the cup. She paired with Linn Grant twice in four-balls to win both crucial matches.

10. Leona Maguire (EUR)

Age: 29 World Ranking: 34 Solheim Cup appearances: 2 Record (singles): 7-2-1 (2-0-0) The Irishwoman is a Solheim Cup machine who refuses to lose. In her two previous appearances she has never sat out a session, playing five times twice. And she has only lost twice in 10 matches. She’s just another European stalwart who you know will produce during the week almost no matter what form she has coming into the competition. We’ll find out if that premise is true. She doesn’t have a top-10 finish in a stroke play event all year and her best finish of the season (T-12) came way back in May.

9. Rose Zhang (U.S.)

Age: 21 World Ranking: 9 Solheim Cup appearances: 1 Record (singles): 0-2-1 (0-1-0) Zhang will tell you that her first Solheim Cup appearance did not go as planned as she was winless and sat out both foursomes sessions in Spain. But this year, her sophomore season on the LPGA, has been steady with nothing overly spectacular. Yes, she did add a second victory—winning the Cognizant Founders Cup with a final-round 66—but only has one top-10 finish in nine starts on tour since that win. Add an eighth-place performance at the Paris Olympics into the mix too. It would be a mild surprise if she doesn’t play well on home soil.

8. Lexi Thompson (U.S.)

Age: 29 World Ranking: 41 Solheim Cup appearances: 6 Record (singles): 9-7-7 (2-1-3) A captain’s pick for her seventh—and likely last—Solheim Cup. She announced earlier this year that she’s retiring from a full-time LPGA schedule after this season. With Thompson, it isn’t as much about her play or results this year as it is her experience and leadership. She boasts a winning Solheim Cup record and is especially difficult to beat in singles. However, she has played better since her retirement announcement, collecting five top-20 finishes in her last seven starts. Thompson went 2-0 in foursomes with Megan Khang last year.

7. Esther Henseleit (EUR)

Age: 25 World Ranking: 30 Solheim Cup appearances: Rookie Much like Coughlin for the U.S., Henseleit wasn’t completely on the European radar just a few short months ago but has been fantastic since early July. Her crowning achievement was winning a silver medal at the Paris Olympics last month, finishing just two shots behind Lydia Ko. She also has a seventh-place tie at the Amundi Evian Championship and a second-place finish at the Women’s Scottish Open. She’s a rookie, but she’s playing great and is a solid putter, which works in any format.

6. Linn Grant (EUR)

Age: 25 World Ranking: 26 Solheim Cup appearances: 1 Record (singles): 3-2-0 (0-1-0) The third-highest ranked European on this list, even though this is only her second Solheim Cup appearance. She was steady last year in Spain, just as she’s been steady for the most part of this year on the LPGA. There have been three missed cuts, but also have been four top-10s in the last five months. Grant is someone who will be on this team for years, agitating Americans at each match. Last year she paired well with Carlota Ciganda and fellow Swede Maja Stark.

5. Lauren Coughlin (U.S.)

Age: 31 World Ranking: 15 Solheim Cup appearances: Rookie Just two short months ago it did not appear as if Coughlin would be a part of this team. She then rattled off finishes of fourth, first, ninth and first to jump up and grab an automatic spot for the event being held in her home state of Virginia. ( Victories came at the CPKC Women’s Open and the Women’s Scottish Open.) It's unclear who she’ll partner best with since she’s a rookie, but there should be plenty of options. Coughlin hits a ton of greens, is a steady putter and leads the LPGA in most birdies made this season.

4. Celine Boutier (EUR)

Age: 30 World Ranking: 10 Solheim Cup appearances: 3 Record (singles): 5-4-1 (2-1-0) She had not produced similar results in 2024 to that of her sensational 2023 campaign but still is as steady as anyone on the European team. She missed the cut two weeks ago in Boston, but that was only her second MC of the year. Before that she collected nine top-25 finishes on the LPGA and represented her native France in the Olympics in Paris. Boutier has paired often with Georgia Hall the last two Solheim Cups, so it wouldn’t be a surprise to see that again.

3. Charley Hull (EUR)

Age: 28 World Ranking: 12 Solheim Cup appearances: 6 Record (singles): 12-7-3 (2-3-1) Take another look at the numbers above. Hull is only 28 and is playing in her seventh Solheim Cup for Europe. She’s also playing better than anyone else on her team this year heading into the matches. Hull has finished inside the top 20 in five of her last six starts, and her personality always helps lighten up otherwise tense situations for Europe. It’s also easy to pair Hull with anyone in any format, although she has played quite a bit with Emily Kristine Pedersen in the last two Solheim Cups.

2. Nelly Korda (U.S.)

Age: 26 World Ranking: 1 Solheim Cup appearances: 3 Record (singles): 7-4-1 (2-1-0) Yes, it can be questioned why she’s not first on this list, but the stretch earlier this summer where she missed three straight cuts is the reason. That came on the heels of six victories in seven starts to put her stamp on World No. 1. Since those missed cuts she’s rebounded with a 26th-place tie and a second-place tie at the AIG Women’s Open to appear as if she’s closer to her early-season form. Korda paired twice with Allisen Corpuz last year in foursomes.

1. Lilia Vu (U.S.)

Age: 26 World Ranking: 2 Solheim Cup appearances: 1 Record (singles): 1-3-0 (1-0-0) More was expected from the two-time major champion in her rookie appearance last year, but she’s back this year, healthy, and playing as well as anyone in the world. Since a return from injury in June she hasn’t finished worse than 26th in six starts, has a victory and two runner-up finishes, including in the AIG Women’s Open at St. Andrews.

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