If you thought the win by Ben Curtis at the Open last year was the biggest shock in golfing history you might want to think again. Scotland's Scott Drummond is the new Volvo PGA champion.

From a world ranking of 435th and a position of 186th on the European Order of Merit the former England amateur international - he switched countries on turning professional eight years ago - played out of his skin on four days at Wentworth he will never forget.

An amazing closing round of 64 gave Drummond, 30 on Saturday, victory in the tour's 1,000th event by two strokes from Argentina's Angel Cabrera and earned him a cheque for nearly £420,000. His previous biggest cheque on the circuit was for under £8,300.

All year he had won only £11,071 and he had missed seven of his previous eight halfway cuts. He was not even in the event until eight days before it started, having originally been the fourth reserve.

"I just can't comprehend it at the moment," said the Shrewsbury-born, Devon-based player, who became a father for the first time a month ago.

"It's a dream and I can't believe it. It was quite surreal - somehow I was relaxed out there and I stayed focused. I didn't think about winning or the big pay cheques.

"I purposely didn't look at leaderboards and coming down the last I didn't know I was leading. My caddie said not to look and I told him he would have to tell me when I finished."

When it came, the tears in the caddie's eyes said it all.

Drummond left the amateur ranks with a plus-two handicap, but failed on his first four attempts to come through the tour qualifying school.

Finally he graduated via the "second division" Challenge Tour last season and now, in his 27th tour start, he is the 50th winner of the circuit's flagship event.

The last player to win it on his debut was Arnold Palmer in 1975. Palmer was a legend, Drummond a virtual unknown.

Winning with any score would have been stunning. Yet he did it with a 19 under par total of 269 that matched the second lowest in the tournament's history.

With the trophy and the cash comes a five-year tour exemption and a place in the Open at Royal Troon in July - it will be his first major. He is also in with a chance of a Ryder Cup debut in September now.

One behind Cabrera at the start he drew level with birdies at the seventh, eighth and 10th before the South American's second eagle of the day on the long 12th put him ahead again.

Drummond had to make a six-footer for birdie to be one back, but did and then rolled in a 30-footer at the next.

Cabrera three-putted the 14th, but looked set to draw level when Drummond drove into the rough at the 571-yard 17th and then hit his third to 30 feet again.

His playing partner was on the fringe in two and was to two-putt, but Drummond incredibly holed again to stay in front.

He chose to lay up on the 531-last while Cabrera missed the green to the left. The pressure was on as he stood over his pitch, but he hit it to nine feet, Cabrera failed to get up and down and Drummond, with two for the title, needed only one.

Another player being asked about the Ryder Cup now is Nick Faldo, whose 66 left him in a tie for fourth with Darren Clarke and 2002 winner Anders Hansen, just a stroke behind Swede Joakim Haeggman, who looks increasingly like having to give up the job of captain Bernhard Langer's assistant to play in the match.

Collated final totals in the European Tour, Volvo PGA championship at the West Course, Wentworth, Surrey (Gbr and Irl unless stated)

269 Scott Drummond 66 71 68 64 (£419,778)

271 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 67 69 68 67 (£279,847)

272 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 68 67 70 67 (£157,668)

273 Anders Hansen (Den) 67 69 73 64, Nick Faldo 70 69 68 66, Darren Clarke 68 67 71 67 (£106,959 each)

275 Ernie Els (Rsa) 64 71 72 68 (£75,560)

276 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 65 74 70 67, Thomas Levet (Fra) 72 66 70 68, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 68 69 68 71

277 Christopher Hanell (Swe) 65 73 72 67, Adam Scott (Aus) 69 74 67 67, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 68 74 67 68, Justin Rose 67 66 72 72

278 Vijay Singh (Fij) 66 73 71 68, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 69 72 67 70

279 Pierre Fulke (Swe) 72 69 68 70

280 Peter O'Malley (Aus) 69 74 69 68, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 66 69 73

281 Stephen Gallacher 74 70 69 68, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 70 72 69 70, Richard Green (Aus) 67 75 69 70, Peter Hanson (Swe) 70 73 68 70

282 Simon Khan 68 72 72 70, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 69 68 74 71, Anthony Wall 68 72 70 72

283 Sandy Lyle 71 70 74 68, David Gilford 67 72 75 69, Graeme McDowell 71 73 70 69, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 71 73 70 69, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 69 71 73 70, Barry Lane 72 72 69 70, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 71 73 69 70, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 71 69 72 71, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 71 67 74, Phillip Price 70 65 73 75

284 Steve Webster 71 69 73 71, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 72 72 71, David Park 72 70 71 71, Marcel Siem (Ger) 69 67 75 73, Paul Casey 68 73 70 73

285 Peter Lawrie 69 73 73 70, Stephen Dodd 65 71 77 72, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 69 73 71 72, John Bickerton 68 73 71 73, Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) 72 72 68 73

286 David Howell 72 69 74 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 68 71 75 72, Colin Montgomerie 70 70 73 73, Robert Rock 72 72 69 73, Chris Kelly 69 71 70 76

287 Mark Roe 70 73 72 72, Ian Poulter 68 68 77 74, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 67 76 69 75

288 Thongchai Jaidee (Thai) 69 71 75 73

289 Kenneth Ferrie 73 70 70 76, Brian Davis 75 68 68 78

290 James Kingston (Rsa) 69 73 75 73, Miles Tunnicliff 69 74 72 75, Marten Olander (Swe) 70 74 70 76, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 67 72 73 78

291 Raymond Russell 71 73 75 72, David Higgins 73 71 71 76

292 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71 71 77 73, Barry Austin 71 72 75 74, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 72 71 68 81

293 Paul Wesselingh 71 71 78 73, Paul Lawrie 72 71 76 74, Jamie Spence 70 72 76 75, Gary Orr 70 74 74 75

294 Ross Drummond 74 69 76 75, Fredrik Andersson (Swe) 69 74 73 78

299 Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 71 72 77 79