Danny Willett ends year on high with DP World Tour Championship win

Danny Willett has landed his first tournament victory since the 2016 Masters with a two-stroke triumph at the European Tour's season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Willett, 31, carded a final round 4-under 68 to finish two strokes clear of compatriot Matt Wallace and playing partner Patrick Reed.

The Englishman, who has gone through a number of injuries and swing changes alongside his new coach Sean Foley,  records his sixth European Tour title. 

Willett, who once found himself in the world's top 10 two years ago, slipped all the way down to 462nd following a number of missed cuts over the past 24 months. 

"It's taken a lot of hard work and it's been tough, but we've done it," said Willett, who now moves back inside the world's top 100. "I've got to thank everyone around me, my family and my sponsors."

Reed moved to within a stroke of Willett and missed a  five-footer on 16 to draw level, but a birdie from the Englishman on the par-3 17th extended his cushion down 18.

Willett nearly found water down the right of 18 from the tee, but his ball somehow clung on to dry land and he went on to record a par and 18-under par total.

Francesco Molinari may have finished well down the board in a tie for 26th, but he comfortably sealed the European Tour's Race to Dubai title for the first time in his career. 

Molinari, who went 5-0 at the Ryder Cup in September, won the flagship event of the European Tour season at the BMW PGA at Wentworth, before going on to win his first major title at The Open at Carnoustie. 

DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL LEADERBOARD

-18 D WILLETT (ENG)
-16 M WALLACE (ENG), P REED (US)
-14 J RAHM, A OTAEGUI (SPA), D BURMESTER (SA)