Paul Lawrie, the 1999 British Open champion, chipped in for an eagle and a birdie Sunday on his way to winning the wind-shortened Qatar Open, using a 7-under 65 to hold off Jason Day and Peter Hanson.
Lawrie finished at 15-under-par 201 to win his seventh European Tour title and his second in Qatar. Day (65) and Hanson (67) tied for second, four strokes back.
It was Lawrie's second victory in a year — he also won the Andalucian Open last March — after a nine-year drought.
Now in the top 45, he could contend for a spot in the 2012 Ryder Cup.
"I played lovely all week. But today I think tee to green, apart from my tee shot on the 10th, I can't play much better than that," said Lawrie, who also won this tournament in 1999.
"I actually felt I left three or four putts out there and got it around to 7 under on a golf course where the greens were pretty firm."
AUSTRALIAN LADIES MASTERS: Christel Boeljon of the Netherlands birdied the final hole for a one-stroke victory in Gold Coast, Australia. She closed with a 4-under 68 and finished at 21-under-par 267, one shot clear of overnight leader So Yeon Ryu and Kim Ha-neul of South Korea and Italy's Diana Luna.
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