Connor Syme secured his maiden DP World Tour title with a composed two-shot victory over Joakim Lagergren at the 2025 KLM Open, held at The International in Amsterdam.
The 29-year-old Scot, playing in his 182nd DP World Tour start, led from the front on Sunday, holding off Lagergren in what became a near match-play battle between the final pairing. Syme’s steady final round and clutch putting earned him a long-awaited breakthrough and a spot in Scottish golf history alongside names like Colin Montgomerie and Ken Brown.
Opening the day two strokes ahead, Syme extended his advantage with a birdie on the second. Lagergren responded at the seventh, but an error at the ninth allowed Syme to regain control. Despite a lone bogey at the 14th—his first in 33 holes—Syme maintained his composure while Lagergren faltered late with dropped shots on 15 and 17.
Lagergren’s spectacular eagle finish on 18 brought him to nine under, but Syme coolly two-putted from 70 feet to finish at 11 under par and lift the trophy.
“It feels unbelievable. It’s been tough the last few days, but I felt ready,” said Syme. “Having Ryan (McGuigan) on the bag and the support from my whole team made the difference. I knew I could win—I just needed to prove it on this stage.”
The win makes Syme one of 12 first-time winners on the 2025 DP World Tour season, a testament to the rising talent graduating from the HotelPlanner Tour, where Syme had previous success.
South Africa’s Jayden Schaper finished third at four under, while Ewen Ferguson added excitement with a hole-in-one on the 7th route to a tie for third alongside Richie Ramsay, Jack Senior, and others at three under.
About the DP World Tour
The DP World Tour is the main men’s professional golf tour of the European Tour group.
As golf’s global tour, we showcase global talent in global destinations and use our platform to build, entertain and connect our global community.
GLOBAL TALENT: We provide pathways and a platform for the leading international talent, bringing together golfing icons, national heroes and emerging stars from around the world.
GLOBAL DESTINATIONS: We stage tournaments in iconic cities and locations around the world and each week we celebrate and showcase the rich diversity of the courses, cities and cultures we visit.
GLOBAL COMMUNITY: We build, entertain and connect communities through our commitment to innovation, creative content and having a positive social and environmental impact.
Our 2025 Global Schedule features 42 tournaments in 26 different countries and comprises three distinct phases: five ‘Global Swings’, the ‘Back 9’ and the ‘DP World Tour Play-Offs’. It features five Rolex Series events – the premium category of events on the DP World Tour – and four Major Championships, all of which count towards the Race to Dubai Rankings, the Tour’s season-long competition which concludes at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
DP World, the leading provider of global smart end-to-end supply chain and logistics solutions, has been the title partner of the DP World Tour since the start of the 2022 season, the Tour’s 50th season following its formation in 1972.
We also enjoy the support of many of the world’s leading business brands with DP World, Rolex, Aldar, BMW, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Emirates, Fortinet and Vestas as Official Partners.
About the European Tour group
The European Tour group administers the DP World Tour, the HotelPlanner Tour, the Legends Tour and the G4D Tour and, as the Managing Partner of Ryder Cup Europe LLP, stages golf’s greatest team contest, the Ryder Cup, in partnership with the PGA of America.
The European Tour group has Strategic Partnerships with the PGA TOUR, the Sunshine Tour, the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association (CGA), the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO), the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA), and the TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India. These partnerships provide global pathways for players from across the world to compete internationally on the DP World Tour, the main men’s professional golf Tour of the European Tour group which was established in 1972, as well as the HotelPlanner Tour.
