2026 Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship
Venue: Royal Golf Club, Kingdom of Bahrain
2025 Champion: Laurie Canter (ENG)
Prize Fund: $2,750,000
Race to Dubai: Tournament 8 of 42
International Swing: Tournament 3 of 7
Race to Dubai Points: 3,500
Final report
Freddy Schott claimed his maiden DP World Tour title on Sunday, beating Calum Hill and Patrick Reed in a dramatic play-off at the 2026 Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship.
The trio were locked at 17 under par after 72 holes, following a final round 67 from Reed to make up a four-shot overnight deficit to Hill, who began the day two clear. The Scot had to settle for a 71 after a bogey at the difficult final hole, while Schott carded 69 to join the pair.
The first play-off hole saw Reed make bogey and drop out of contention, before Hill’s tee shot on his 74th hole went out of bounds and then into the water; the overnight leader sportingly conceding without making Schott putt out for the win.
Sunday saw leaderboard movement aplenty, with Schott eager to chase down his playing partner from the get-go.
The 24-year-old made four birdies across his first seven holes before a dropped shot at eight and a double bogey on the 11th halted his momentum. He managed to regroup and birdie the next two holes and, despite giving up another shot at the 17th, scraped his way into a play-off to keep the dream of securing his first win alive.
A pack lead by New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier and Spain’s Sergio Garcia threatened throughout the day, thanks to respective rounds of 66 and 68, but it wasn’t enough – the pair sharing a tie for fourth at 16 under par. Ugo Coussaud finished in sixth one shot behind them.
Victory in his 91st DP World Tour event lifts Schott into the top ten of this season’s Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World and moves him from 436th on the Official World Gold Ranking to inside the top 200.
Player quotes
Freddy Schott: It still hasn’t sunk in yet. It will take a while, but it’s amazing. I can’t even think of a better scenario that this at the moment.
It was tough, especially towards the end. The start was okay, because I was playing alright. It had good flow to it. Obviously, nerves kicked in from the back nine onwards. I was happy that I managed it okay – not perfect, but okay – and you guys saw what happened, so I’m very happy now.
We just missed out on an eagle on 10. We had a difficult part down the slope. I hit a great putt down there for an easy birdie. I missed it a bit left on 11. The plan was to go six or seven metres right of the pin, unfortunately I pulled it. Pulls tend to get long, so it went long left and all of a sudden it was going at the pin, and it was coming in very hot. I found myself on the back of the green there. It was a very difficult chip up; I didn’t manage it well. Two putts, just a silly double bogey. We get a ride from the 11th to the 12th, and I just said: Okay, I’m not taking a ride, I’m walking just to settle myself again, to stay in the moment. That’s what I said to myself: These are moments you’re here for; that’s the reason why you play golf – just try to press the pedal down and go on. We hit a beauty into 12, a good birdie on 13 and just tried to scrap it around those last few holes.
Luckily, I was speaking to Taka, my caddie. He kept me from all these thoughts, completely away. We were just talking about anything but golf and it was great. He did an unbelievable job this week and I couldn’t be happier to be working with him.
The way I feel is indescribable. I have no words for it. I’m just glad that I got it over the line, and we will see what the future holds.
Final scores
271 F SCHOTT (GER) 65 67 70 69, P REED (USA) 71 67 66 67, C HILL (SCO) 67 61 72 71,
272 D HILLIER (NZL) 66 70 70 66, S GARCIA (ESP) 70 66 68 68,
273 U COUSSAUD (FRA) 67 68 71 67,
274 N ELVIRA (ESP) 69 67 69 69, G FORREST (SCO) 71 66 67 70,
275 O LINDELL (FIN) 67 71 69 68, C JARVIS (RSA) 71 65 70 69, A PAVAN (ITA) 69 67 70 69, N KIMSEY (ENG) 72 65 69 69,
276 J BERRY (ENG) 70 70 67 69, J BROOMHEAD (RSA) 72 66 69 69, M LINDBERG (SWE) 67 72 66 71,
277 R CABRERA BELLO (ESP) 70 71 69 67, J DANTORP (SWE) 70 71 69 67, F LAPORTA (ITA) 70 68 71 68, A FITZPATRICK (ENG) 69 68 71 69, H DU PLESSIS (RSA) 68 69 69 71, J SCRIVENER (AUS) 70 68 68 71, J CAMPILLO (ESP) 68 69 68 72, B SCHMIDT (ENG) 68 69 68 72,
278 N LEMKE (SWE) 66 75 68 69, B STONE (RSA) 68 68 73 69, T CLEMENTS (ENG) 71 69 69 69, J LUITEN (NED) 71 65 72 70, J GUERRIER (FRA) 69 67 72 70, M COUVRA (FRA) 69 69 69 71, D RAVETTO (FRA) 70 69 67 72,
279 D RODRIGUES (POR) 75 66 69 69, J GIRRBACH (SUI) 70 70 67 72, A QUAYLE (AUS) 73 66 68 72,
280 T JONSSON (SWE) 69 70 72 69, A HALVORSEN (NOR) 72 69 69 70, J VEERMAN (USA) 72 68 70 70, S BAIRSTOW (ENG) 70 69 71 70, J RITCHIE (RSA) 71 65 72 72, A DEL REY (ESP) 65 71 72 72, J DEAN (ENG) 71 68 69 72,
281 E CHACARRA (ESP) 70 71 71 69, R STERNE (RSA) 70 70 70 71, M ELVIRA (ESP) 71 69 69 72, F LACROIX (FRA) 70 69 69 73, N VON DELLINGSHAUSEN (GER) 66 71 70 74, M MANASSERO (ITA) 70 70 67 74,
282 K KANEKO (JPN) 70 71 71 70, A JOHNSTON (ENG) 67 73 71 71, G MIGLIOZZI (ITA) 71 70 68 73, M HOLLICK (RSA) 70 70 69 73, J OLESEN (DEN) 70 68 71 73,
283 F CELLI (ITA) 73 68 71 71, J SCHAPER (RSA) 70 70 67 76,
284 D NAIDOO (RSA) 71 70 73 70, I CANTERO (ESP) 71 70 73 70, J MORRISON (ENG) 68 72 72 72,
285 S SHARMA (IND) 66 70 75 74, D YOUNG (SCO) 69 69 71 76,
286 L CANTER (ENG) 66 73 72 75, R PARATORE (ITA) 72 68 70 76,
287 J LEE (KOR) 70 71 72 74, H TOWNSEND (SWE) 70 68 72 77,
289 C MCKINNEY (AUS) 69 71 75 74,
290 G DE LEO (ITA) 67 74 75 74, D FICHARDT (RSA) 71 68 76 75, D BRYANT (USA) 72 69 72 77,
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142 N NORGAARD (DEN) 72 70, R LANGASQUE (FRA) 72 70, A BERGSTROM (SWE) 71 71, A AYORA (ESP) 70 72, S JAMIESON (SCO) 73 69, F MORY (FRA) 71 71, J WINTHER (DEN) 72 70, S NORRIS (RSA) 69 73, R GOUVEIA (POR) 70 72, J GUMBERG (USA) 71 71, B ROBINSON THOMPSON (ENG) 69 73, S CROCKER (USA) 69 73, Y SANDHU (IND) 70 72,
143 D BRADBURY (ENG) 70 73, R RAMSAY (SCO) 69 74, D LAW (SCO) 70 73, J SENIOR (ENG) 73 70, D MICHELUZZI (AUS) 75 68, S MAZZOLI (ITA) 73 70, M KINHULT (SWE) 73 70, T DETRY (BEL) 70 73, W DING (CHN) 72 71, K APHIBARNRAT (THA) 68 75,
144 P LARRAZ?BAL (ESP) 71 73, S GARCIA (ESP) 77 67, Z LOMBARD (RSA) 74 70, T VAILLANT (FRA) 74 70, A OTAEGUI (UAE) 72 72, M JORDAN (ENG) 71 73, R JOHNSTON (USA) 74 70, D VAN DRIEL (NED) 74 70, R HOSHINO (JPN) 71 73, A WU (CHN) 73 71, T OK (KOR) 72 72, E FERGUSON (SCO) 73 71, M BALDWIN (ENG) 70 74, Q DEBOVE (FRA) 72 72,
145 P HARRINGTON (IRL) 71 74, M SIEM (GER) 74 71, M SCHNEIDER (GER) 71 74, S S?DERBERG (SWE) 71 74, C CHARMASSON (FRA) 76 69, B FOLLETT-SMITH (ZIM) 71 74,
146 A HIDALGO (ESP) 73 73, D FRITTELLI (RSA) 72 74, O STRYDOM (RSA) 71 75, Y ZHOU (CHN) 75 71, M STEINLECHNER (AUT) 75 71,
147 A ROZNER (FRA) 75 72, A LEVY (FRA) 72 75,
148 E WALKER (SCO) 74 74, R PALMER (USA) 73 75, Z FIRDAUS (AM) (MAS) 75 73,
149 O GUILLAMOUNDEGUY (FRA) 73 76, K KOBORI (NZL) 74 75, D VAN TONDER (RSA) 77 72, R REPETTO TAYLOR (ESP) 75 74,
150 A SULLIVAN (ENG) 77 73, J KO (FRA) 75 75, B WIESBERGER (AUT) 75 75, T SLOMAN (ENG) 74 76,
151 J LAGERGREN (SWE) 74 77, A ALKOWARI (AM) (BRN) 79 72, C ADAM (SCO) 73 78,
152 A BLOMME (SWE) 72 80, Y KATSURAGAWA (JPN) 77 75, Q VIDAL (ESP) 75 77,
154 R PEAKE (AUS) 81 73,
157 R FISHER (ENG) 79 78,
158 D GAVINS (ENG) 78 80,
162 A ALZAYED (AM) (BRN) 81 81,
168 K ALMARAISI (AM) (BRN) 88 80,
