Golf in Dubai Championship: Antoine Rozner claims first European Tour victory

Rozner placed a 63 on opening day in Dubai -25 A Rozner (Fra); -23 M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), F Laporta (Ita), M Wallace (Eng), A Sullivan (Eng); -21 G Forrest (Sco); -20 R Fisher (Eng) Selected others: -19 S Brown (Eng), M Warren (Sco); -13 D Willett (Eng)

World No. 204 Antoine Rozner claimed his first European Tour title with a two-shot win at the Golf in Dubai Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

The 27-year-old Frenchman started the final round with four shots behind England's Andy Sullivan, who had been in the lead since the first round.

But he placed an eight-under-64 to reach 25 under, with Sullivan in a quadruple of second after a 70.

Sullivan was joined at 23 by fellow countryman Matt Wallace as well as Mike Lorenzo-Vera and Francesco Laporta.

Sullivan, who set a new Fire Course record with a 61 on day one, was off two strokes as he made his way to the back nine but Rozner produced a nice iron game with three birdies and an eagle in five holes to take the lead for the first time at the 13th hole.

He kept his cool with an astonishing approach to the par-five final round for his seventh birdie of the day, becoming the 14th first-time European Tour winner this season.

The inaugural event at the Jumeirah Golf Estates firing range is an additional tournament for the World Tour Championship final next week at the Dubai club's Earth track.