Lee Westwood hailed his triumph at the Inaugural Dubai World Championship presented by DP World after a nerveless final round 64 secured a six-shot victory and with it The Race to Dubai title for 2009.
Westwood, who led by two overnight, fired one of the finest rounds of his career to take the €830,675 first prize at the Earth course that also secured his status as European Number One for the second time in his career.
The 36-year-old, who wins The Race to Dubai having earned €3,240,951 in 26 events this season as well as the $1.5million awarded for finishing top this weekend, becomes the eighth Englishman to have won the Harry Vardon Trophy on two occasions or more and the 18th player overall.
His remarkable final round meant he ended on 23 under par, six shots ahead of Ross McGowan and with total earnings this season of €4,237,762.
It makes him just the fourth golfer in European Tour history to finish European Number One having also won the final event of the season after Ronan Rafferty (1989), Colin Montgomerie (1993) and Justin Rose (2007)