A storming finish on the back nine at the Johnnie Walker Classic has given New Zealand up-start Mark Brown his second title in as many weeks.

Brown still trailed four strokes behind overnight leader Taichiro Kiyota with just seven holes to play on the Arnold Palmer layout at the DLF Golf and Country Club near Delhi, but the 33-year-old then fired four consecutive birdies to overtake the little-known Japanese player, as he tripped up and fell back with bogeys at the 13th and 17th.

Brown, relatively unknown outside of his native New Zealand, missed a short birdie putt at the 17th, but closed his round in style with his seventh birdie of the day at the final hole to finish with a five-under 67 and a winning 18-under-par 270 total.

Kiyota, who was attempting to become only the second Japanese player after Isao Aoki to win on the European Tour, shot a closing 71 to finish in a three-way tie for second with Australians Scott Strange (67) and Greg Chalmers (68).

Graeme Storm was the top British player after carding a 69 to finish in a three-way tie for fifth on 14-under 274 with local favourite Shiv Kapur (68) and Sweden's Johan Edfors (65).

A winner at the Asian Tour's SAIL Open in nearby Noida a week ago, Brown began the day one stroke behind Kiyota, but looked to have fallen out of contention after an indifferent front nine that included two birdies and two bogeys.

"I played terribly on the front side," said the 33-year-old from Wellington.

"I don't think I hit a fairway or green and got to the 10th and said to myself 'let's have a solid nine holes', and the birdies started falling.

"The rest is a dream."

With Kiyota faltering on the back nine with bogeys on the 13th and 17th and Strange bogeying the final two holes after briefly taking the lead, Brown took full advantage. He holed four consecutive birdies from the 12th to 15th to move to the top of the leaderboard for the first time in the final round.

There were still some nervous moments for the Kiwi at the closing holes as he saw his short birdie putt at the 17th lip out before playing what he initially thought was a dreadful approach at the final hole.

Brown turned away in disgust after making the shot but it narrowly cleared the water hazard, allowing him to two-putt for birdie and his first-ever European Tour victory.

"It's the worst shot I've hit since I was 14! Totally out of the heel and so thin and I thought it was completely in the water," he said.

"But luckily I had plenty of club with a six iron and it must have just scraped over. It was quite a relief after that."

Having taken a three-year break from professional golf before resuming his career on the Asian Tour last year, Brown was understandably delighted to secure a first-place cheque for 276,387 euros and a full exemption on the European Tour.

"It's a dream come through. I've worked really hard the last year and a half and my coach, Mal Tongue, has been a tremendous support in my career.

"It's been a blur in the last two weeks," he added.

Kiyota was understandably disappointed to have missed out on his first win on either the European or Asian Tours but the Japanese player felt that he had learned a lot from the experience.

"Apart from the finish, this has been a rich experience this week which will be very helpful in my development going forward," said the 27-year-old from Osaka.

"As the score shows, the front nine was great but on the back nine, I started to think of victory and lost my pace.

"I started thinking I could win on the 12th and made bogey and that just knocked me off my pace.

"But Mark Brown played great golf over the back nine and I feel he definitely deserved to win it."

Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour Johnnie Walker Classic, DLF Golf and Country Club, New Delhi, India

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):

270 Mark Brown (Nzl) 71 68 64 67

273 Taichiro Kiyota (Jpn) 68 67 67 71, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 69 68 68, Scott Strange (Aus) 71 67 68 67

274 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 69 65 72 68, Graeme Storm 70 66 69 69, Johan Edfors (Swe) 71 69 69 65

275 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 70 65 68 72

276 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 67 71 68 70, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 74 65 70 67

277 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 70 70 69, Scott Barr (Aus) 71 70 67 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 67 73 68

278 Soren Hansen (Den) 69 69 71 69, Wen-Tang Lin (Tai) 70 67 72 69, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 71 68 71 68

279 Scott Laycock (Aus) 72 68 68 71, Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 68 69 72, Tony Carolan (Aus) 71 69 68 71, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 69 72 67 71, Phillip Archer 72 64 69 74, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 71 70 68 70, Mark Foster 68 74 67 70, Kane Webber (USA) 73 69 66 71

280 Adam Bland (Aus) 69 68 71 72, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 75 67 72 66, Unho Park (Aus) 68 66 75 71, Chris Rodgers 72 67 70 71, Gregory Havret (Fra) 72 68 70 70

281 Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 68 71 70 72, Won Joon Lee (Aus) 70 69 74 68, Adam Scott (Aus) 68 68 74 71, Paul Sheehan (Aus) 68 70 70 73

282 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 71 70 73 68, James Kamte (Rsa) 68 71 69 74, Simon Dyson 73 69 71 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 72 68 67 75

283 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 68 72 72 71, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 67 71 72, Anthony Summers (Aus) 69 71 70 73, Wen-chong Liang (Can) 69 71 71 72, Simon Yates 71 71 68 73, Peter Lawrie 72 68 70 73

284 Anton Haig (Rsa) 71 71 69 73, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 70 72 72 70

Mukesh Kumar (Ind) 73 69 67 75, David Frost (Rsa) 72 69 71 72

286 Marc Warren 73 69 72 72, Richard Finch 72 65 73 76, Oliver Wilson 72 68 71 75, Iain Steel (Mal) 70 72 71 73, Adam Blyth (Aus) 69 72 73 72

287 Arjun Singh (Ind) 69 70 73 75, Michael Long (Nzl) 70 69 73 75, Gavin Flint (Aus) 73 68 68 78, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 74 68 73 72, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 70 73 72

288 Sam Walker 72 70 72 74, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 72 70 72 74, Keith Horne (Rsa) 72 70 72 74, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 72 69 73 74

290 Prom Meesawat (Tha) 70 72 73 75

291 Digvijay Singh (Ind) 70 70 73 78

293 Rahul Ganapathy (Ind) 73 69 74 77

303 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 72 70 76 85