Alex Noren shot a 75 on Saturday and started the final round 6 shots behind the leader JH Wang.
Sunday was a completely different story. Noren started his day with 3 straight birdies, went out in 30 shots, holing putts from all over the greens, eagled the par 5 10th, then incredibly chipped in after short siding himself for birdie 3 at the 11th.
He was -9 through 11 holes and as a result went on to win his 4th title in this, his best year ever on tour. His 63 -14 total was 6 shots better than JH Wang who fell out of the race with a +3 75 to finish 2nd at -8.
Wang was one stroke clear of Ricardo Gouveia, Alejandro Cañizares, Victor Dubuisson, home favourite Branden Grace and Andy Sullivan.
Noren moves up to 3rd in the Race to Dubai going into next week's finale where he joins Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett and Rory McIlroy who can all win the Race with a victory.He is the first Swede to win 4 times in a year and he has been in the top 10 in 8 of his last 18 outings. This win will see him move up to #9 in the world from 17th.
Bryan Angus
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