DP World Tour : Commercial Bank Qatar Masters...Results
Haotong Li nervelessly holed a clutch 15-foot birdie putt at the last to edge a thrilling final-round battle against Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and win the 2025 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters by one shot for his fourth DP World Tour title.
The Chinese star began the day with a two-shot lead and doubled his advantage early on after starting his final round with back-to-back birdies to move four clear at the top of the leaderboard.
But despite successfully bouncing back from dropped shots at the eighth and 11th with birdies on the ninth and 12th to remain at -15, Li was joined and then overtaken at the summit by Neergaard-Petersen in the closing stages.
With nothing to separate Li and early clubhouse leader Neergaard-Petersen at the top as Li made his way down the last, he got up and down from a bunker, rounding off a memorable victory by pouring in his tricky birdie putt to enter the winner's circle for the first time since June 2022.
Li finished the tournament on -16 after signing for a closing 69 which contained six birdies and three bogeys.
Dane Neergaard-Petersen was alone in second on -15 after his 65, with England's Brandon Robinson Thompson two shots further back in solo third.
An emotional Li said: "It means a lot. I never thought I could come back in this position.
"Even after yesterday, I felt like this morning was really stressed.
"I'm just so pleased I made that putt on the last. I'm just very glad I closed out nicely.
"I'm guaranteed to celebrate this one nicely. Definitely going to enjoy that.
edit**** It was a top25 week for Canadian Aaron Cockerill with scores of 73 69 70 72 -4 T21 worth $39,665 cdn.
Now the Tour leaves the Middle East for the Kenyan Magical Open next week.
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Bryan Angus (edit)
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