Matt Fitzpatrick believes snatching a dramatic victory at the DP World Tour Championship capped another memorable year for him on the European Tour. Two years to the day after gaining his European Tour card, Fitzpatrick capitalised on a final-hole bogey from Tyrrell Hatton to birdie the same hole and claim a one-shot victory at Jumeirah Golf Estates.Fitzpatrick closed the week on 17-under, with victory lifting him into the top 10 on the Race to Dubai and earning him a share of the $5million bonus pool. The Englishman moved top of the leaderboard with a final-hole birdie The Ryder Cup player has eclipsed Sir Nick Faldos record as the youngest Englishman to win three times on the European tour, with Fitzpatrick now looking to continue his rapid progress in 2017.To win one of these Final Series events is really special, Fitzpatrick told Sky Sports. Words cant describe it. Its not going to sink in for a while. Fitzpatrick ends the season sixth in the Race to Dubai standings Its been a special year and then to end it like this with a win is amazing. It means the world.Its two years to the day I got my card at the qualifying school. When you think about it, its crazy. Its all happened so fast. Now I feel this win gives me the confidence to push further and further and see what we can do next season. European Tour Golf November 21, 2016, 4:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Hatton ended the season above Rory McIlroy in the Race to Dubai standings as a result of his runner-up finish, with the Englishman admitting losing out in such a manner was a bitter pill to swallow.The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship winner held the lead for much of the back nine until his final-hole error, but was keen to take the positives from another impressive display Tyrrell Hatton narrowly missed out on a second win of the season For me its been the best year of my life so I cant get too downbeat, Hatton said. Im sure hopefully in the future Ill take my next chance.If you told me at the start of the year I would finish fourth in the Race to Dubai I would have been surprised. Its been such a great year and Im very happy with that. 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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- For much of the night, Seton Hall had its hands full with Quinnipiac.The Pirates got 23 points and 11 rebounds from Desi Rodriguez, but also needed a late spark from Michael Nzei to finish off a 90-79 victory in the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World on Friday night.Nzei had 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Pirates (4-1), including a crucial four-point play that gave his team some breathing room after Quinnipiac trimmed a double-digit deficit to two with less than 10 minutes to go.Mike was great, Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard said, adding thats hes also been impressed by the way Tom Moore has Quinnipiac playing in this tournament.The Bobcats (0-4) also challenged No. 11 Gonzaga in its opening game.Tommy is doing a great job. Hes got a young team. They play hard. They play really aggressive defense, Willard said. I told him after the game, if your kids keep playing like that youre going to win a lot of games.Quinnipiac took an early 10-point lead before Rodriguez scored eight points in a 10-0 burst that jump-started Seton Hall, which outscored the Bobcats 36-19 over the final 14 minutes of the opening half to lead 46-39 at the break.The Pirates built the lead to 15 in the second half, but didnt finally put the game away until after Peter Kiss keyed a 13-00 run that enabled Quinnipiac to cut its deficit to 62-60.ddddddddddddKiss made two long 3-pointers in the burst and finished with 19 points. Daniel Harris had 18 points and Chaise Daniels added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Bobcats.The tournament so far has been a step in the right direction, Moore said. Weve been kind of thrown into the deep end of the pool against some incredible programs. Weve played much better down here than we did back home in our first two losses.Khadeen Carrington had 17 for Seton Hall after scoring a career-best 28 in the Pirates opening-round loss.BIG PICTURESeton Hall: The Pirates, who faded down the stretch in a loss to Florida in the opening round, havent lost consecutive games against nonconference opponents since November 2011.Quinnipiac: The Bobcats also played No. 11 Gonzaga close for 15 minutes on Thursday, trailing by one before the Bulldogs scored nine straight to pull away to a 20-point win.UP NEXTSeton Hall: Meets Stanford in the fifth-place game on Sunday night.Quinnipiac: Faces Indiana State for seventh place on Sunday.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. ' ' '
