DUBAI: Malaysia's Gavin Green produced a respectable final nine of five-under 31 to salvage a T57 finish in the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai.
After a 39 which included a double bogey at the par-five 2nd hole, Gavin turned on the heat with five birdies against no dropped shots.
The 27-year-old closed his European Tour campaign with a birdie at the par-five 18th of the Greg Norman-designed course.
Gavin, the 2007 Asian Tour No 1, finished the US$8 million (RM32.4 million) season-ender with a total of four-over 292 and is projected to end the year in a career-best 52nd place on the European Tour's Race to Dubai rankings.
His previous Race To Dubai final rankings were 85th in 2018 and 69th in 2019.
He earned US$17,000 (RM68,000) for his efforts.
Meanwhile, veteran Englishman Lee Westwood secured his second Race to Dubai title and finished top European golfer for the third time, as Matt Fitzpatrick secured the World Tour Championship title on Sunday.
Fitzpatrick entered the final day on the Earth Course in Dubai sharing the lead with Patrick Reed, who was vying to become the first American to win the Race to Dubai.
After starting his round with four birdies, Fitzpatrick held a commanding lead and was on course to win the Race to Dubai.
Westwood, however, birdied two of his last three holes to finish with a final round 68 which was good enough to snatch solo second and be crowned European Number One.
"It's been a bizarre season for so many reasons, the European Tour have done an incredible job to pick the season up again from July and have tournaments on every week," said the 47-year-old Westwood.
Fitzpatrick matched his 68 to finish at 15 under, one shot clear of his fellow Englishman at the top of the leaderboard, and win his first Rolex Series title but not good enough to win the Race to Dubai.
Peter Reed entered the week on top of the Race to Dubai rankings and remained there for much of the day but bogeys on the 16th and 17th saw him finish one shot behind Westwood at 13 under. - AGENCIES