Ewen Ferguson has become the third Scot to capture the Commerical Bank Qatar Master, fighting back from an early double-bogey, to brilliantly eagle the 16th and win on the DP World Tour for the first time in his rookie season.

Ferguson, 25, posted a final round 70 in the bright but windy conditions to win by a shot on the Doha Golf Club course and where fellow Scots Andrew Coltart won the inaugural event in 1999 and Paul Lawrie the second a year later, ahead of Lawrie capturing The Open also that year.  Lawrie made it two Qatar wins in 2012.

Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson capture’s a maiden Tour win at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. (Photo – With thanks to Yasmain)

With his victory Ferguson achieves the following:

• It is his first DP World Tour victory in his 37th appearance
• It is a fourth Scottish win at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters following Andrew Coltart (1998) and Paul Lawrie (1999 and 2012) and each at Doha GC
• It is maiden DP World Tour victory in his first full season on the Tour, having
• graduated from the 2021 Challenge Tour, and it would be his maiden professional victory
• Becomes a fifth successive winning season for Scottish players, from 2018, having previously gone two seasons without a Scottish win (2016-2017)
• He narrowly missed out on a first professional win on the Challenge Tour last year, losing to Espen Kofstad in a play-off in the Sydbank Esbjerg Challenge
• Becomes the 144th victory by a Scot on the DP World Tour
• Ferguson is now the first Scottish, and British, win in the DP World Tour era
• Celebrates victory in the Tour’s 50^th anniversary year.
• Moves to 10^th on the DP World Tour Rankings, up from 67th
• Becomes the new World No. 164^th,up from 311th position.