A sensational and exciting performance from Rafael Cabrera-Bello has seen him take the coveted title at this weekend's Omega Dubai Desert Classic in a field made up of some of the sport's legendary names, representing the biggest win of his career so far.
The 27-year-old Spaniard shot a final round of 68 - which included no bogeys - to take the crown ahead of world number two
Lee Westwood, who held the lead going into the final round before eventually tying for second place with Stephen Gallacher.
Cabrera-Bello - whose only previous European Tour victory was at the 2009 Austrian
Golf Open - reached 18-under-par on the last day of the event as his rivals failed to achieve their best scores in windy conditions.
"It's an unbelievable feeling and its been a really spectacular week for me," commented the talented professional following his win. "With so many big, big names I felt really proud of myself."
"I wanted to fight, I stayed calm, I did everything that I've read we should do in these type of situations," he added.
Englishman Westwood has now finished in runner-up position three times at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, but salvaged a small consolation in the fact he has managed to reclaim his number two spot in the world rankings over Rory McIlroy by 0.004 points.
Meanwhile, US professional
Phil Mickelson claimed his 40th PGA Tour victory at this weekend's Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament, where he beat the likes of
Tiger Woods with an eight-under-par score of 64 yesterday (February 12th).
Playing alongside the former world number one, Mickelson became only the ninth-ever player to reach this goal in history as he finished 11 shots ahead of Woods - who failed to make an impression with a tie for 15th place.
"I feel [Woods] brings the best out of me, but only for the last five years. Before that I got spanked pretty bad," commented the US star on his relationship with Woods. "My putter just feels really good. As each day passes I seem to make more and more putts."
South Korean professional Charlie Wi let slip with a bogey on the opening hole of the final round, but failed to recover as his overnight three-shot advantage disappeared as the victor charged to 17-under-par at the end of the day's proceedings.
Although he was unable to reach the intended heights, Wi did finish just two shots behind Mickelson at the Pebble Beach resort, as Ricky Barnes was two further hits behind in third place on 13-under and
Aaron Baddeley ended on 12-under.
