Eugenio Chacarra finished a very gutsy runner-up in the year-long race for the Race to Dubai crown.
Tyrrell Hatton captured the final event of the year, and that being the DP World Tour Championship, but it was Rory McIlroy retaining his composure to burst though at the 72nd hole and add an record-equalling 8th Race to Dubai title.
In the final points wash-up Hatton was third and 923 points adrift of Chacarra.
And it was Characca that many felt disappointed as the golfer was very much committed to the DP World Tour all season long, as evident in playing some 31 DP World Tour events compared to McIlroy’s 13.
CHACARRA PLEASED WITH THE FIGHT ….
As Engenio Chacarra pleased to have had the chance, right to end, to fight with @McIlroyRory , right to the end
“It was a bonus, and I would say proud of the fight and proud to have a chance till the end”, said Chacarra
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Though in finishing runner-up, Chacarra will now join McIlroy in competing full-time on the next year’s PGA Tour, and competing in four of the majors and not just just three majors he’s so far contested.
However before that takes place, Chacarra spoke with SKY Sports Golf post his final round.
Q. What do you make of a day that ebbed and flowed?
EUGENIO CHACARRA: Yeah, it was a good fight. I just came out short. That’s the beauty of golf, Obviously, when you play with the best in the world. And he’s played here 14, 15 times, you knew it was going to be tough, and he had a better day than I did.
Q. How proud are you of the way you acquitted yourself today to the task at hand?
EUGENIO CHACARRA: Yeah, I played good. I fight. I knew it was going to be a long day and I try my best. That’s all I can ask for myself to do and that’s what we did.
Q. Plenty of positives to take from the season. Your thoughts overall as a campaign?
EUGENIO CHACARRA: As I said yesterday, it was a bonus, and I would say proud of the fight and proud to have a chance till the end.
Q. How excited are you about the PGA Tour next year and playing on that?
EUGENIO CHACARRA: Yeah, super excited. But I love the DP World Tour. It’s been so much for me and hopefully I can start good over there and come here as much as possible.
And there was a proud moment with Chacarra bumping into McIlroy in the moments after finishing his round.
