Quiros Keeps His Nerve At Test Final

Alvaro Quiros held his nerve over a tense final round to win the Commercialbank Qatar Masters Presented by Dolphin Energy in Doha.

The Spaniard, who has a reputation for being one of the longest drivers in professional golf, finished 19 under for the tournament with a final round of three under par which helped him see off the challenge of former champion Henrik Stenson and Louis Oosthuizen by three shots.

Quiros, who uses a Callaway FT-5 driver and Callaway X-prototype woods, landed his third European Tour title in as many seasons as a full member.

The win took Quiros into the world's top 30 and puts him in line to play in the Masters Tournament in Augusta in April. "At the beginning of the year we were trying to get into the top 50 in the world," Quiros said. "After Abu Dhabi, my game was good, but just waiting and keep going and now very close to the majors and everything. "The most important thing and I'm qualified for the Match Play and it's the first World Golf Championships I will play and it's very important for me.

He added "I wasn't hitting the ball well and the score was plus one or plus two after nine holes. So I thought Louis, he was getting near to me, and but I never saw the leaderboard, just on the 15th green, and it was a very difficult putt for me because I was putting a five or six metre putt for bogey and I knew that Stenson was 17 under. It was a key point on 15 green, a lovely putt."

Stenson secured a fifth successive top seven finish with his final round of 68 but his three putt bogey at the last allowed Abu Dhabi runner-up Oosthuizen to earn a share of second after a final round of 71.

Stenson, last year's 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 Quiros' 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.

by: Sarfaraz Khan

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