Golf-Hojgaard wins DP World Tour Championship by two shots

Golf - The 2023 Ryder Cup - Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, Rome, Italy - October 1, 2023 Team Europe's Nicolai Hojgaard holds the trophy aloft as he celebrates with Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg during the presentation after winning the Ryder Cup REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/ File Photo

(Reuters) - Nicolai Hojgaard carded a 64 in a dramatic final-round to win the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday by two-strokes and take home the winner's cheque of three million dollars and finish second in the Race to Dubai.

The Dane finished 21-under-par overall, two-strokes ahead of Viktor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Wallace, and will climb to a career-high 50th in the world rankings.