Meanwhile Ireland's Damien McGrane, with his three-day scores of 67, 69 and 75, was in close contention. He too happened to birdie the first hole and essayed two more on the sixth and eighth, while dropping a shot on the seventh on his way out. It appeared that McGrane would narrow down the two-stroke lead but he went on to drop another shot on the tenth on the back nine. Soon after, he birdied the 11th. However a bogey on the 17th, opened up a three stroke gap between him and the leader Chowrasia. Then he narrowed the gap by picking up a shot on the 18th. McGrane did well by carding 70, but he had to be content with the second position.

Spaniard Jose Manuel Lara finished third as he ended two strokes behind at five-under. Lare played to level-par to claim the sole third position. Meanwhile overnight leader Raphael Jacquelin fell off the lead, carding a two-over 74, finishing tied fourth along with India's Digvijay Singh (70) at four-under. Digvijay missed out on scripting a glorious finish with a missed eagle on the 18th. India's Gaurav Ghei shot a 71 to finish in joint sixth place alongside South African star Ernie Els, who carded a similar score. Also tiedd sixth were Thomas Bjorn, Maarten Lafeber and Ross McGowen.

Chowrasia's two-ball partner, Arjun Atwal, could not live up to expectations and fizzled out in the final round to end at tied fifteenth. Atwal had a bad final day. He dropped shots on the front nine on the third and ninth after birdying the opening hole. On the back nine, the US-based Indian was completely out of focus as he bogeyed the tenth, 14th, 17th and the 18th and shot a forgettable four-over 76. A birdie on the 11th did nothing to aid his cause. Still the crowd puller gave steady company to the winner. Another Indian hope, Jyoti Randhawa 'lost heart' after the first day when he realised that he was out of contention and finished tied 22nd on the leaderboard.