Tiger Woods put on another remarkable performance to win the Dubai Desert Classic title today, his seventh victory in eight tournament appearances.

The world number one started the day four shots adrift of leader Ernie Els but produced a trademark last-day charge as a closing seven-under-par 65 gave him a 14-under par 274 winning aggregate.
   
Woods, who romped to an eight-shot victory at the Buick Invitational in California last Sunday, celebrated like he had won a major championship after rolling in a long, snaking, 30-foot putt for a birdie at the par five 18th.
   
His four at the water-guarded 18th meant the 13-time major champion finished the tournament with the best back nine of the week, a six-under 31.
   
Woods went to the turn in 34 but a chip-in birdie at the 12th got his juices flowing and his haul of six birdies on the inward half set a clubhouse target no one could match.
    
"I thought I had to shoot 30 on the back nine to force a playoff," Woods told Sky television. "I went out there to do the best I could, shot 31 and that happened to be good enough."
   
German youngster Martin Kaymer was one stroke adrift in second place after a spectacular birdie-birdie-eagle finish gave him a 66.
   
Three-times champion Els (71) had to settle for third on 276 along with fellow South African Louis Oosthuizen.

Overnight leader Els was left to rue another poor finishing hole as he found water with his approach to the par five - just as did at the Dunhill Championship in South Africa.

Graeme McDowell (70) was fifth on his own on 10-under, while Paul McGinley (70) and Gary Murphy (72) both finished tied 14th on six under.

Damien McGrane, playing alongside Woods for the second day running, had a disappointing finish and dropped 39 placed to 44th as his closing 79 left the Meath man on level par.

Collated Final round scores & totals in the European Tour Dubai Desert Classic, Emirates GC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):

274 Tiger Woods (USA) 65 71 73 65

275 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 67 73 69 66

276 Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 72 65 71, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 73 69 69 65

278 Graeme McDowell 67 72 69 70

280 Soren Hansen (Den) 68 72 70 70, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 72 71 72 65, Peter
Hedblom (Swe) 69 70 70 71, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 70 68 74

281 Ross Fisher 69 70 71 71, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 72 71 70 68, Lee Westwood 69 71
68 73, Thomas Levet (Fra) 67 71 72 71

282 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 68 72 70, Gary Murphy 67 72 71 72, Scott Hend
(Aus) 67 72 72 71, Paul McGinley 71 72 69 70, Bradley Dredge 73 72 68 69

283 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 67 76 69 71, Anthony Wall 73 72 68 70, Robert
Karlsson (Swe) 70 70 73 70, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 69 70 72 72, Sergio Garcia (Spa)
68 71 70 74, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 69 73 70 71

284 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 68 72 69 75, Brendan Jones (Aus) 71 71 74 68, David Frost
(Rsa) 72 69 69 74, Simon Dyson 67 77 67 73, Paul Broadhurst 70 71 69 74

285 Ariel Canete (Arg) 68 75 72 70, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 73 71 72 69,
Peter O'Malley (Aus) 68 73 70 74

286 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 69 74 71 72, Miles Tunnicliff 69 74 70 73, Marcus
Fraser (Aus) 69 75 70 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 71 70 73 72, Richard Sterne (Rsa)
69 75 71 71, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 67 74 75 70

287 Mark O'Meara (USA) 70 74 73 70, Ian Poulter 70 71 70 76, Jean Van de Velde
(Fra) 73 72 72 70, Phillip Archer 72 72 74 69, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 67 74 73 73

288 Damien McGrane 68 69 72 79, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 71 68 75, James Kingston
(Rsa) 68 74 75 71, David Howell 68 75 72 73, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 67 74 71 76,
Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 72 71 74, Stephen Gallacher 70 73 71 74, Thomas Bjorn
(Den) 74 70 73 71, James Kamte (Rsa) 74 71 71 72, Gregory Havret (Fra) 72 71 72
73

289 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 68 75 71 75, Steve Webster 73 71 71 74, Alexander
Noren (Swe) 71 71 71 76, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 72 72 71 74, Miguel Angel
Jimenez (Spa) 67 74 73 75, Simon Khan 72 73 70 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70 74
73 72

290 Anders Hansen (Den) 70 74 72 74

291 Benn Barham 68 74 74 75, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 71 74 74 72, Graeme
Storm 69 72 75 75

292 Colin Montgomerie 72 72 73 75, Andrew Coltart 69 71 72 80

295 Stephen Dodd 73 72 73 77

296 Garry Houston 68 77 78 73

299 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 68 77 75 79