CHORLEY'S Nick Dougherty finished with an impressive round of 69 to end the Qatar Masters tied in seventh place.

Dougherty, 25, shot 10-under par overall in Dohar, but that was 10 shots off new world number five Adam Scott.

The Australian began the final day three strokes behind overnight leader Johan Edfors but played an immaculate round, smashing the course record by two strokes with an 11-under-par 61, coming within one birdie of equalling the Euro-pean Tour record.

Had it not been for a missed birdie putt at the 16th, Scott could even have challenged for a first 59 on the European Tour.

But when the 27-year-old sits in his new BMW 650i Coupe, which he claimed by breaking the course record, with a winner's cheque to boot, he will hardly remember he was world number three at this stage last year after playing what he described as the "best round of golf I have ever played".

"It's a move in the right direction, getting back to where I was," added Scott after claiming his 14th professional title.

"I haven't played that poorly over the last six months, it just hasn't been anything special, just solid stuff and nothing exciting."

Swede Henrik Stenson claimed his second consecutive second-place finish, with South Africa's Charl Schwartzel in third.