South Africa's Branden Grace produced a superb display in tough conditions to become the first player to successfully defend the Qatar Masters on Saturday.
Grace began the final round two shots behind former Open champion Paul Lawrie, who was seeking his third victory at Doha Golf Club and had won on six of the seven occasions where he held the 54-hole lead.
However, as Lawrie slumped to a closing 78 Grace carded four birdies and one bogey in a closing 69 to finish 14 under par, two shots ahead of Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen and Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello.
Grace, who will remain the world number 11 despite the win, matched Lawrie's birdie on the first before the Scot dropped a shot on the second after his wayward drive ended up on the edge of a small bush.
Both Grace and Lawrie dropped shots on the fifth after failing to get up and down from over the green in the windy conditions, allowing Olesen to join Lawrie in the lead after his birdie on the previous hole.
Grace holed from 25 feet on the sixth to make it a three-way tie and after Olesen dropped back with a bogey on the eighth, Lawrie also slipped out of the lead on the ninth.
The 47-year-old hooked his drive into the desert scrub and found the water on the other side of the fairway with his attempted recovery, eventually carding a double-bogey seven.
Grace moved two shots clear with a birdie on the tenth and maintained that advantage until Cabrera-Bello, who had taken a costly double bogey on the eighth, birdied the last three holes.
The 31-year-old Spanish golfer missed an eagle putt on the last to tie for the lead.
That meant Grace only needed a par to secure his seventh European Tour title since the start of 2012.
The 27-year-old calmly two-putted for birdie to set the seal on an impressive performance.
Wales' Bradley Dredge and the English duo of Lee Slattery and Andrew Johnston shared fourth place on 11 under, with Lawrie slipping to a tie for 13th.
This tournament started on Wednesday, so finished a day earlier than most tour events.
"It's a dream. This is a tournament that kicked my season off last year and hopefully it can take me to even better things this time round," said Grace.
"The key was my grinding and staying patient. It was tough out there, but fair. I knew if I stuck to my guns and tried to give myself some opportunities, I could do it."
