What are the biggest winning margins on the DP World Tour?

Yurav Premlall produced a dominant display to win the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship, coming close to the all-time record winning margin on the DP World Tour.

The South African, who does not turn 23 until June, was making his ninth start of the 2026 Race to Dubai in Spain after earning his playing rights for this season through the Sunshine Tour last year.

After carding a course record nine-under-par 63 at Real Club de Golf on Saturday to hold a commanding five-shot lead, Premlall powered home his advantage in the final round to win his first DP World Tour title by 14 shots.

By doing so, Premlall fell one shot shy of matching Tiger Woods' 15-shot success at the U.S. Open in 2000 but his triumph is a new record on the DP World Tour outside of major championships.

Here, we take a closer look at the players with the biggest winning margins in DP World Tour history.

Tiger Woods (U.S. Open, 2000): 15 Shots

In what was the first part of the Tiger Slam, when Woods won four consecutive Majors, the American great produced a wire-to-wire success to claim his first U.S. Open in 2000. Prior to then, the biggest winning margin was 11 shots at the Masters Tournament and that was again held by Woods on his way to his historic first Major success at Augusta National. At the time, no player had won by 15 or more shots on the PGA TOUR since Bobby Locke in 1948 either. Then just 24, Woods' 12 under winning total at Pebble Beach, California, was also a record for the U.S. Open, bettering the previous best by four shots. He led by one shot after his first round 65; by six after two rounds; by 10 after three rounds; and by 15 after four rounds.

Yurav Premlall (Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship, 2006): 14 Shots

After finishing the final two holes of his first round with a bogey and double bogey to sit six shots off the lead, the prospect of a Tiger-level dominant victory appeared slim at best for Premlall. But despite his inexperience on the DP World Tour, he surged into contention with a flawless second-round 64 to sit one back of Lucas Bjerregaard and Stefano Mazzoli at the halfway stage. By the end of the third round, he had built a five-shot advantage with a course-record 63 that featured ten birdies - including three at each of the final three holes. There was no evidence of nerves on display too on Sunday, birdieing four of his first five holes in the final round to stretch his advantage as he threatened Woods' long-held record. Despite a birdie-birdie finish, he had to settle for finishing one shot off the all-time record.

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Ernie Els (BMW Asian Open, 2005): 13 Shots

Prior to Premlall, it was fellow South African Ernie Els who held the largest winning margin in a non-Major on the DP World Tour. Achieved at Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC, the then 35-year-old had already won twice earlier in the 2005 season after back-to-back wins in Dubai and Qatar and he was in fine form again in China as he led from start to finish. An opening round of 67 was followed by a 62, featuring eight birdies and an eagle, that saw him surge four shots clear, and he extended that to five with a Saturday 68 before a bogey-free 65 saw him run away to a comprehensive victory - his 21st on the DP World Tour at the time. His victory came during a period of incredible consistency, making 82 consecutive cuts from the 2000 Johnnie Walker Classic to the 2007 Masters Tournament.

Leading margin of victory on the DP World Tour | 1972 - 2026