Paul lawrie won his second title on sunday

The first sort Open champion, also referred to as Chippy, lived as much as his nickname by pitching in twice during a flawless final-round 65 at Doha Driver, finishing the event - which was reduced to 54 holes after adverse weather cancelled out nearly all of day two - four shots totally free of Jason Day and Peter Hanson.

Lawrie, who under a year ago was down at 272nd inside rankings, now moves from 78th to 47th, guaranteeing his place in the 64-man WGC-Matchplay Championship in Arizona later this month, as too the 24-man Volvo Matchplay in May.

And should the 43-year-old maintain his Taylormade Rocketballz Irons position inside top 50 for the next seven weeks, he'll almost certainly align at Augusta the first time since tying for 37th on the 2004 Masters.

Nevertheless the one goal that excites the Aberdonian essentially the most may be the prospect of securing an additional Ryder Cup cap 13 years after his first.

I’ve been attempting to keep that towards the back of my head, said Lawrie, who moves to the automatic positions for Medinah 2012. If I keep discount golf clubs playing at all like me Let me enter, no doubt

Also reminded that his 1999 victory inside Qatar Masters was followed five months later by lifting the Claret Jug at Carnoustie, Lawrie said: Now wouldn‘t that be nice to obtain that again

A tie for second sees Day and Hanson as much as World No.7 with no.34 respectively. The path back for one more former Open champion John Daly TaylorMade RocketBallZ Driver might take more time, but an alternative fourth invest the desert meant the Wild Thing jumped 254 places to 309th.

Through the Atlantic, Kyle Stanley’s is also eyeing up Matchplay and Augusta rewards from a remarkable victory on the Phoenix Open vaulted the young American to 52nd from 87th.