1.0 HOVLAND BREAKS INTO THE TOP 3

Viktor Hovland came from six shots behind to earn his second DP World Tour and first Rolex Series title during the 2022 Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic moving from World No.5 to 3.

Luke List earned his first PGA TOUR victory with a birdie on the first playoff hole at Torrey Pines on Saturday, holding off Will Zalatoris well to win the Farmers Insurance Open.


30TH JANUARY 2022 | 06:33 PM

DP World Tour - Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic

Viktor Hovland came from six shots behind to earn his second DP World Tour and first Rolex Series title during the 2022 Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic moving from World No.5 to 3.

He rolled in his fair share of putts from inside 10 feet, but it was a 25 footer at the eighth which initially proved he had the feel of the greens.

After a three-putt at the 15th Hovland thought his chance at the title was over, but he rolled in successive putts of 35 feet at 16 for birdie, and a 33 feet for eagle at the par-four 17th after driving the green.

At the last, he two-putted from 39 feet to secure a final-hole birdie and a spot in the play-off, where he triumphed with another birdie to best out Richard Bland.

PGA Tour – Farmers Insurance

Luke List earned his first PGA TOUR victory with a birdie on the first playoff hole at Torrey Pines on Saturday, holding off Will Zalatoris well after sunset to win the Farmers Insurance Open.


List began the final round five shots back of leaders Zalatoris and Jason Day, and had to wait nearly two hours after closing with a 6-under 66 to see if he had a shot for the first win in a career that began in 2013.


“I really believed I could win on this course, and it’s a dream come true,” List said. “I told myself if I was in a playoff, I was going to make birdie.”


Zalatoris missed the chance to secure his own first career victory when he barely missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th, forcing a playoff. After both players rescued their errant playoff tee shots from a fairway bunker, List spun an exceptional 131-yard wedge approach shot to within a foot of the cup.


After List tapped in and Zalatoris missed his 13-foot birdie putt, List celebrated in the gloaming with his wife, Chloe, while he held their daughter, Ryann.


“She's been telling me for a long time, ‘Daddy, I want a trophy,’ and I finally got one,” the 37-year-old List said after breaking through in his 206th tour start.


Zalatoris and List finished regulation at 15-under 273, setting up the fourth playoff in the last 11 years at the Farmers. Zalatoris shot a nervy final-round 71, finishing with 12 straight pars.

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