James Morrison sealed a fairytale return to the DP World Tour after securing victory at the Rolex Grand Final supported by The R&A, while JC Ritchie topped the Road to Mallorca Rankings.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2025 Rolex Grand Final supported by The R&A
Champions hour following James Morrison’s victory at the Rolex Grand Final supported by The R&A 🏆#RolexGrandFinal pic.twitter.com/XhtZ7kVNGc
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Englishman Morrison signed for a two under par final round of 70 to reach 15 under par for the week at Club de Golf Alcanada and win by three shots from Italian Stefano Mazzoli.
The 40-year-old climbs 30 places on the Road to Mallorca Rankings to end the season as the Number Six and guarantee his return to Golf’s Global Tour in 2026.
The two-time DP World Tour winner becomes the seventh Englishman to win the Rolex Grand Final after Marco Penge (2023), Nathan Kimsey (2022), Matt Haines (2010), James Hepworth (2006), Richard Bland (2001) and Ian Garbutt (1996).
“This was going to be my last event.”
Hear from James Morrison after he secured an emotional return to the DP World Tour 🥹#RolexGrandFinal pic.twitter.com/LclG486CxR
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Morrison started the day with a three-shot lead after firing a bogey-free seven under 65 on day three, and mixed two birdies with two bogeys on the front nine on Sunday to remain in front.
The 40-year-old, who had 13-year-old son Finley caddying for him in Mallorca, then made three birdies in a four-hole stretch from the 11th to extend his advantage, and despite a bogey on 18, would remain three clear of the chasing pack.
Morrison was delighted to be heading back to the DP World Tour with his son alongside him in Mallorca, and says experience was key on the final day.
Ritchie made history in Mallorca by becoming the first player from South Africa to be crowned HotelPlanner Tour Number One after finishing seventh at Club de Golf Alcanada.
“It’s been a dream season for me.” 🤩
JC Ritchie becomes the first South African to top the season-long Road to Mallorca Rankings.#RolexGrandFinal pic.twitter.com/mhAknVdelX
— HotelPlanner Tour (@HPlanner_Tour) November 2, 2025
The 31-year-old secured automatic promotion to the DP World Tour in September after winning for the third time in the space of five HotelPlanner Tour starts.
Scotland’s David Law, a two-time winner on the HotelPlanner Tour this season, ends the year as the Number Two, with Austrian Maximilian Steinlechner, who earned a breakthrough win on home soil in July, graduating in third.
Italian Renato Paratore equalled Ritchie’s tally of three wins this season to end it as the Number Four, with 20-year-old Frenchman Oihan Guillamoundeguy in fifth.
Morrison made the biggest leap in the Rankings during the season’s final week to finish sixth, with Italian Fillipo Celli seventh and his countryman Mazzoli climbing ten places to eighth with his second-place finish in Mallorca.
South African Daniel van Tonder won the first two events of the 2025 season and ends the year as the Number Nine, while Spaniard Sebastian Garcia, who won the penultimate event of the season, is tenth.
Scotland’s Daniel Young, Frenchman Félix Mory, and Englishman Joshua Berry, who all won in 2025, end the season in 11th, 12th and 13th respectively.
Scotsman Euan Walker secured graduation in 14th place after coming agonisingly close to promotion in each of the last three seasons, with Spaniard Quim Vidal (15th) joining him on the DP World Tour in 2026.
Sweden’s Hugo Townsend and Tobias Jonsson finish in 16th and 17th, Spain’s Rocco Repetto Taylor graduates in 18th and Frenchman Clement Charmasson ends the year 19th.
Swede Albin Bergstrom, with a tied third finish in the Rolex Grand Final, climbs 20 places in the Rankings to secure the final promotion place.
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