Big hitting Spaniard Alvaro Quiros won the Commercialbank Qatar Masters Presented by Dolphin Energy after holding his nerve over a tense final round to edge out former champion Henrik Stenson and Louis Oosthuizen by three shots.
The talented 26 year old Portugal Masters champion signed for a final round three under par 69 to finish at 19 under for the tournament and land his third victory on The European Tour one in each season he has been a full member.
The victory catapults Quiros into the worldīs top 30 to virtually guarantee his debut at the Masters Tournament at Augusta in April.
Stensonīs 68 ensured a fifth straight top seven finish at Doha Golf Club for the 2006 champion, but the Dubai based Swedeīs three putt bogey at the last allowed Abu Dhabi runner-up Oosthuizen to earn a share of second after a final round of 71.
Irelandīs Damien McGrane carded a bogey free 67 to earn a hard fought fourth at 13 under, while Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenezīs three birdies earned him a 69 and a share of fifth with Hollandīs Maarten Lafeber (72).
Inaugural Qatar champion Andrew Coltart (72) shared seventh with Simon Dyson (66), World Number Two Sergio Garcia (70), Thailandīs Chapchai Nirat (70) and another Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaņo (69) at 11 under.
Stenson, last yearīs runner-up to Adam Scott, snatched the lead at 16 under with an eagle at the tenth, but Quiros and Oosthuizen - playing a group behind - responded with birdies of their own to leave all three tied through 11.
The momentum swung Quirosī way as he birdied the 12th and Oosthuizen dropped a shot to fall two off the pace before the Spaniard extended his lead as he converted from eight feet a hole later.
Stenson put pressure on with birdie of his own at 15 to move within one at 17 under before Quiros wobbled as he dumped his three wood approach from the rough into the water which resulted in him holing a 15 foot putt just to save bogey and fall back into a tie with the experienced Stenson.
But Quiros found a response of his own with a fourth birdie of the week at the 16th before taking a two stroke lead down the last with another at the par three 17th.
Stenson had a chance to cut the lead and put pressure on the Spaniard but after battling out of the desert off the tee needed three putts to finish his round and a smiling Quiros strode onto the final green to claim a third European Tour title and move up to fourth place in The Race to Dubai.
Moments earlier Oosthuizen had birdied the last to record a second successive runner-up finish, which sees him move up to fifth on the season money list - a place ahead of Stenson.
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