ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Paul Waring carded a 6-under 66 to win the Abu Dhabi Championship for the biggest victory of his career on Sunday.
The 229th-ranked Englishman was one stroke ahead overnight and finished on 24 under. He even surprised himself at how smoothly the fourth and final round went.
"It was quite an easy day really, wasn't it? It just means so much," the 39-year-old Waring said. "To actually keep control of myself in the way that I did today I'm really proud of myself."
He finished two shots clear of countryman Tyrrell Hatton - who had eight birdies in his 64 - and three clear of Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen (66), Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (64) and Englishman Matt Wallace (63) in a tie for third.