Alejandro del Rey stormed to a four-stroke victory as he claimed his maiden DP World Tour title at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship.
The Spaniard posted a third successive round of 66 to finish on 22 under par, four clear of Englishman Marcus Armitage, who battled valiantly but was unable to reel in the impressive del Rey at Al Hamra Golf Club, who becomes the first Spanish winner on the 2025 Race to Dubai.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2025 Ras Al Khaimah Championship
The moment Alejandro Del Rey claimed his first ever DP World Tour title
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Del Rey went into the final round with a two-shot lead but a lightning-quick start soon took him five strokes clear at the top of the leaderboard.
Although playing partner Armitage cut the gap to three at the turn, another brilliant burst of scoring from del Rey at the beginning of the back nine sent him six shots ahead with five holes to play.
The Spaniard never looked like opening the door for closest challenger Armitage from that point onwards, closing his round with five pars in a row to enter the DP World Tour winner’s circle for the first time on his 70th start.
"It felt very natural and very easy"
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Fellow Spaniard, and LIV Golf League member, David Puig was then alone in third place, three shots further back after a final round 65, with Australian Jason Scrivener a shot further back in fourth.
The impressive Spanish showing continued with Ivan Cantero, who finished in a tie for fifth on 12 under par alongside Englishman Joe Dean and Swede Sebastian Söderberg. Meanwhile, Adrien Saddier enjoyed a memorable day as he made a hole-in-one at the seventh on his way to finishing in a tie for 13th.
With a record-breaking, five UAE National players in the field at the start of the week, Adrian Otaegui and Joshua Grenville-Wood successfully made the weekend finishing in a tie for 67th and 70th place.
Victory for del Rey means he jumps straight to seventh on the Race to Dubai after earning his first points of the season in Ras Al Khaimah, and moves to second on the International Swing Rankings, led by England’s Tyrrell Hatton.
Next up for the DP World Tour is a short journey to the Kingdom of Bahrain for the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship at the Royal Golf Club.
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