Daniel Hillier projected to make top 100 breakthrough
Daniel Hillier – file image courtesy of PhotosportNZ / NZ Open
New Zealand golfer Daniel Hillier’s outstanding run of form in DP World Tour events continued overnight when the 27-year-old finished in a share of 4th place at the DP World Tour’s Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Hiller finished in a share of 4th place with Spaniard Sergio Garcia, just one shot behind the playoff between the eventual winner, Freddy Schott of Germany, American Patrick Reed, and Scotland’s Calum Hill.
It was Hillier’s 4th top-five in his last seven DP World Tour starts, three of which came in the Middle East, further highlighting his remarkable consistency.
Hillier produced a best of the day, bogey-free, final round of 66 to spring from six shots off the 54-hole pace held by Hill to so nearly join the playoff.
Hillier moves to 5th in the Road to Dubai rankings and, for the first time in his career, is likely to be inside the top 100 in the world when the revised rankings appear later today. Currently 111th in the world, Hillier’s previous best was 110th so his new standing represents a significant milestone for the Wellingtonian.
He is projected to now be just inside the top 100.
Perth’s Jason Scrivener was the leading Australian when he finished in a share of 16th, his best finish in nearly six months, while new DP World recruit, Anthony Quayle, was 31st.
Footnote – the revised rankings now have Daniel at 101st and just outside the top 100, but a career best to date all the same.
