Paul Lawrie lands the Commercialbank Qatar Masters title amid tough field
Scott Paul Lawrie was finally able to card a victory after a brilliant start of the season at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters, taking over the young blazing gun of the likes of Jason Day in a thrilling final on Sunday, February 5.
The 1999 Open Championship winner has been lurking in the shadows after he succumbed to form vows and has been winless for a considerable period of time.
He won the Qatar Masters in his trailblazing year in 1999 and has now surged to the top yet again with an impressive display of chipping.
Lawrie said, "I don't think I can play much better than that. I've been playing well for a long, long time, but it's just nice to come out one ahead and shoot seven under".
The 43-year-old Aberdeen native carded a final round of seven-under, 65 to close his bid for an aggregate of 15-under, 201, four strokes better than the rampaging Day, who fell short of few strokes to card a victory.
Day pulled in a magnificent seven-under, 65 as well but his aggregate was not good enough to take him all the way.
Lawrie added, "When you've got a chance to win a tournament you don't sleep as well the night before and things go racing through your mind”.
Starting his day with a birdie on the opening hole, Lawrie capitalised on his strong performance in the last two rounds and managed to stay ahead of the rest of the pack.
He pulled in a glistening eagle before making the turn and carded no fewer than four birdies on the back nine. His bogey-free round earned him his seventh European Tour title and his 11th professional victory in his more than two decades long career.
He is now inside the top-50 on the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) and will now be weighing his options for the 64-field WGC Accenture Match Play Championship at Tucson, Arizona.
Lawrie, who started off the year, ranked 272nd on the OWGR, has managed to get back in top-50 with his strong performances at Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and eventually with a victory at Qatar.
In case Lawrie manages to stay in top-50 for another seven weeks, he might as well be joining the coveted field at the Masters this year.
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