STENSON HOLES
BIRDIE PUTT AT
LAST TO WIN

DESERT CLASSIC
Swedish Ryder Cup player Henrik Stenson holed a 10ft birdie putt at the last hole today to win the Dubai Desert Classic by one shot from Ernie Els of South Africa.

Stenson, pictured right, had a final round of 68 for a 19-under-par total of 269 at the Emirates Golf Club.
Els, beaten in a play-off by Tiger Woods last year, finished with a 71 for 270.

Niclas Fasth (Sweden) and Woods (who was reputed to have been paid $2million in appearance money), tied for third place on 271.

Tiger was tied for the lead at the turn but then bogeyed the 10th and 11th. Three successive birdies from the 13th brought him back into contention and though he added another on the 18th it was too little too late.

Woods finished a three-under-par 69, 17-under overall.
Englishman Ross Fisher, who led the field on the first day, played the final round with Woods and ended a great week with a fifth place finish after a birdie 4 at the last hole.
Colin Montgomerie finished with a 69 for 276 and joint 10th place. A shot behind on 277 came fellow Scot Andrew Coltart for his highest finish in a European Tour event for some time.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
(GB&I players unless stated)
269 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 64 69 68.
270 Ernie Els (SAf) 66 65 68 71.
271 Niclas Fasth (Swe) 69 69 65 68, Tiger Woods (US) 68 67 67 69.
272 Ross Fisher 65 65 71 71
274 Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 65 69.
275 Simon Dyson 67 69 69 70, Prom Meesawat (Tha) 68 68 68 71, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 66 68 67 74.
276 Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 70 71 69 66, Colin Montgomerie 73 66 68 69, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 67 68 71 70, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 70 67 68 71, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 70 69 66 71 277 Johan Edfors (Swe) 72 68 69 68, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 69 71 68, Andrew Coltart 69 71 67 70.
278 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 67 70 72 69, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 67 68 72
279 David Park 70 70 70 69, Robert-Jan Derksen (Net) 70 66 71 72, Phillip Price 67 71 69 72, Paul Casey 70 68 68 73, Darren Clarke 68 70 68 73.
280 Lee Westwood 68 69 75 68, Paul Broadhurst 73 66 71 70, Paul McGinley 69 69 71 71, David Griffiths 71 67 69 73, Andrew Marshall 69 70 68 73, Taichi Teshima (Jap) 69 69 68 74.
281 Oliver Wilson 73 67 71 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 68 71 69 73, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 67 70 74
282 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 68 71 75 68, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 72 69 70 71, Damied McGrane 72 69 70 71, Andrew McLardy (SAf) 75 66 70 71, David Lynn 70 69 72 71, Richard Green (Aus) 72 67 71 72, Nick Dougherty 72 68 69 73, Richard Sterne (SAf) 69 70 70 73, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 69 67 76, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 69 67 69 77
283 Stephen Gallacher 71 69 68 75, Graeme McDowell 65 69 73 76, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 66 71 70 76, Mark Foster 71 68 68 76
284 Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 70 73 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 69 72 69 74, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 70 70 70 74, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 74 66 69 75
285 Alastair Forsyth 70 70 70 75, Rory McIlroy (am) 69 69 71 76.
286 Phillip Archer 69 71 75 71, Notah Begay III (US) 71 69 73 73, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 73 68 71 74, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 71 69 69 77, Garry Houston 71 67 71 77.
287 Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 68 70 74 75, Hennie Otto (SAf) 71 69 71 76, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 68 72 78.
288 Stephen Dodd 72 68 73 75.
289 Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 71 70 73 75.
290 Greg Norman (Aus) 70 71 71 78.
291 Bradley Dredge 69 72 79 71.
300 Lee Slattery 70 71 76 83 76.