Haotong Li exults in Qatar
Qatar, results
A feat on the’last hole and China’s Haotong Li won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters with 272 (69 67 67 69, -16) strokes, narrowly edging out Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, second with 273 (-15). On the Doha Golf Club (par 72) course in Doha, Qatar, in the 10th DP World Tour 2025 season tournament, Andrea Pavan è ranked 19th° with 283 (-5) and Francesco Laporta 21st° with 284 (-4)
He occupied third place with 275 (-13) Englishman Brandon Robinson Thompson, fourth with 278 (-10) Frenchman Antoine Rozner, who scored in this event in 2021, and fifth with 279 (-9) South African Jayden Schaper, transalpine Martin Couvra and Englishman Ben Schmidt.
The winner took the lead in the third round and defended the position in the fourth with a partial 69 (-3, six birdies, three bogeys), but è a birdie on hole 18 was decisive in beating Neergaard-Petersen, already in the clubhouse with the “minus 15” after a 65 (-7, eight birdies, one bogey), the best score of the day, and who was hoping for a playoff. The Dane last year è was No. 1 on the Challenge Tour where he also captured three wins.
Haotong Li, 29, of Miluo City, at 198ª presence signed his fourth victory on the circuit almost three years after the previous one. His palmarès also includes a win on the’OneAsia Tour and three on the PGA Tour China. For the’exploit he received a check for $425,000 out of a prize pool of $2,500,000.
Pavan (67 73 69 74) è went to the prize money for the fifth time out of six appearances, and moved up six spots (50°) in the Race To Dubai (order of merit). Laporta (69 70 73 72), who climbed from 33° to 31° place, brought contribution to the money list for the fourth time (also six events for him). Exiting at the cut, both 116th with 149 (+5), were Guido Migliozzi, (72 77) and Gregorio De Leo (76 73).
