Joakim Haeggman, one of Sam Torrance's backroom team for the 2001 Ryder Cup triumph, reignited his own career on Sunday by capturing the Qatar Masters in Doha.

The 34-year-old former Ryder Cup player, whose world ranking had fallen to 223, landed his first title since 1997 after making a 14-foot birdie putt on the final green.

A closing 65 which equalled the best round of the day gave Haeggman a 16 under par total of 272 - and left overnight leaders Raphael Jacquelin and Nobuhito Sato needing to eagle the 581-yard five last to tie.

Sato's pitch landed two feet in front of the hole, but hopped backwards rather than forwards and when Frenchman Jacquelin, bunkered in two, came out well short Haeggman knew the £135,663 first prize was his.

"Obviously relief is the first word I'm looking for," said Haeggman, who needed a medical exemption onto the European tour this year after breaking his ankle playing ice hockey in December 2002 and missing the first seven months of last season.

He became the first Swedish player to represent Europe in 1993, receiving a wild card from captain Bernard Gallacher, but a year later came another ice hockey injury - a dislocated shoulder and broken ribs.

Now he promises: "I'm not going to put my skates back on. I'm not even thinking about playing again."

Haeggman certainly got his skates on after opening with a 75 last Thursday. He played the remaining 54 holes in 19 under and was out in front from the moment he birdied five of the first seven holes today.

"I feel I am back and can cope with the pressure again," he added. "I would love to play another Ryder Cup and walking the fairways with Sam Torrance two years ago definitely whetted my appetite."

Sato's birdie at the last gave him second place on his own and pushed Jacquelin, England's Brian Davis and Spaniard Jose Manuel Lara into a share of third.

For Davis, who would have gone top of the Order of Merit by winning, that was still good enough to persuade him not to make the trip to Singapore this week and instead return home.

The Londoner went to Qatar a career-high 50th in the world, but he needs to remain in the top 50 this week to qualify for next week's Players Championship in Florida and will also earn himself a debut in the Masters at Augusta if he stays there a further week.

"Hopefully that's good enough," he said. "I'm very, very happy with five birdies and no bogeys today, but when I didn't birdie the 10th and 11th that pretty much cost me the tournament."

He expressed sympathy for Miguel Angel Jimenez, whose disqualification at the start of the day has probably cost the Spaniard, 53rd in the world, a spot in both the Players and Masters.

Jimenez's ball moved as he prepared to chip onto the 12th green in his third round, but although he thought it went back in its original position referee Andy McFee could not agree on studying a video of the incident.

Unfortunately, that happened after Jimenez, second in the Ryder Cup points race, had signed his scorecard, so it was disqualification rather than a two-stroke penalty. He was five behind with a round to go.

There was disappointment too for Jean Van de Velde. The 1999 Open runner-up needed a top 19 finish to earn the £10,000 he required from this and his next event to keep his tour exemption after two knee operations.

But after running up a triple bogey eight on the ninth Van de Velde fell back into a tie for 36th and will need just over £5,000 next time out - probably in Spain next month.

Collated final totals (Gbr and Irl unless stated, par 72):

272 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 75 64 68 65 (£135,663)

273 Nobuhito Sato (Jpn) 68 70 67 68 (£90,438)

274 Brian Davis 69 70 68 67, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 72 67 68 67, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 67 65 69 (£42,055 each)

275 Martin Maritz (Rsa) 73 67 68 67 (£28,489)

277 Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned) 74 67 71 65, David Howell 71 69 67 70, Roger Chapman 70 71 66 70

276 Greg Owen 70 71 70 65

277 Stephen Gallacher 70 72 68 67

278 Soren Hansen (Den) 72 70 72 64, Thongchai Jaidee (Thai) 72 70 68 68

279 Bradley Dredge 71 72 71 65, Mark Roe 73 67 70 69, Phillip Price 74 66 69 70, Anders Hansen (Den) 72 68 67 72

280 Alastair Forsyth 70 73 70 67, Andrew Oldcorn 68 70 73 69, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 75 67 69 69, Ian Woosnam 69 69 72 70, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 71 69 69 71, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 72 71 66 71, Jonathan Lomas 76 64 66 74

281 Brett Rumford (Aus) 72 69 73 67, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 73 70 71 67, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 72 70 70 69, Kenneth Ferrie 72 67 71 71, Stephen Dodd 72 69 69 71

282 Barry Lane 72 71 71 68, Mark Foster 69 73 71 69, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 69 73 71 69, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 73 67 72 70, James Kingston (Rsa) 72 70 70 70, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 70 71 68 73

283 Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 72 71 72 68, Richard McEvoy 72 67 74 70, Warren Bennett 71 71 71 70, Santiago Luna (Spa) 75 67 71 70, Simon Khan 71 72 70 70, Terry Price (Aus) 69 72 71 71, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 69 72 71 71, Paul Lawrie 71 72 69 71, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 73 68 70 72, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 72 70 69 72, Pierre Fulke (Swe) 68 71 71 73, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 70 69 71 73, Peter Lawrie 71 72 67 73, Marcel Siem (Ger) 75 68 64 76

284 David Park 70 71 76 67, Stuart Little 72 71 72 69, Per Nyman (Swe) 72 71 72 69, Paul Broadhurst 68 73 72 71, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 70 69 72 73, Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 73 69 73, Gregory Havret (Fra) 70 68 71 75, Steven O'Hara 69 70 70 75

285 Stephen Scahill (Nzl) 75 68 75 67, Thomas Levet (Fra) 70 71 75 69, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 72 71 71, James Hepworth 71 71 69 74

286 Diego Borrego (Spa) 71 70 73 72, Raymond Russell 72 70 72 72, David Carter 73 70 71 72, Fredrik Andersson (Swe) 72 71 71 72, Jose Manuel Carriles (Spa) 74 69 70 73, Gary Murphy 71 67 74 74, Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 73 67 72 74, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 70 69 72 75, Andrew Raitt 73 69 69 75

287 Nick Dougherty 74 68 74 71, Paul Marantz (Aus) 72 67 76 72, Ian Garbutt 74 68 72 73, Matthew Blackey 68 73 71 75

288 Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 72 67 76 73, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 68 71 75 74

289 Robert Rock 72 70 72 75

290 Richard Green (Aus) 73 70 76 71

292 Iain Pyman 70 72 78 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 70 75 74, Sandy Lyle 72 68 76 76

293 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 73 70 77 73

Disqualified Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)