Unheralded Spaniard Alvaro Quiros came roaring from behind to win the Dunhill Championship by one stroke at Leopard Creek on Sunday.
Quiros, playing just his fourth European Tour event, shot a five-under-par 67 to pip overnight leader Charl Schwartzel of South Africa, who deposited his second shot on the par-five 18th into the water surrounding the notorious green.
Britons Lee Westwood and Mark Pilkington, who were tied for second two strokes behind at the start of the final round, both endured frustrating days.
Westwood finished third on nine under par, four behind Quiros, after a one-over-par 73, while Pilkington shot a 75 to finish tied for seventh, his round destroyed by three successive double bogeys between the seventh and ninth holes.
The 23-year-old Quiros shot 74 in the first round but then tore up the course with rounds of 66, 68 and 67 to finish on 13-under-par 275 overall, having started the final round in fifth place, four strokes behind.
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