FINAL LEADERBOARDEngland's Ian Poulter shot a final round 69 to capture his first title of 2007 by three strokes at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan.
Poulter's one under par round gave him an 11-under total of 269.
"I was very aware this was the last stroke play event of the year. It's a lovely feeling to win again," he said.
Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano was second after a 68, with Luke Donald (69) and Shingo Katayama (68) joint third on seven-under.
Defending champion Padraig Harrington bounced back from a disappointing third round 73 with a 69 to finish five-under and share fifth place with American Brandt Snedeker.
Poulter began the day with a two-stroke lead but playing partner Donald pulled level after six before a double-bogey two holes later wrecked his hopes of a first tournament success since March 2006.
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"I caught a flier, hit it over the green and made double, and that stopped the momentum. I didn't really play great after that, [I didn't] give myself enough chances," Donald said.
Poulter was never caught again over the final 10 holes and although he three-putted to drop a shot at 11, he sank a 40-footer from the fringe to save par at the next and then birdied the 14th to tighten his grip.
"The putt [at 12], was swinging left to right with the last seven or eight feet onto the down slope - I was just trying to two-putt it.
"In that position, you're just trying to get it close enough to where you don't three-putt. It was a huge boost to see it go in. It took a bit of the pressure off," he commented.
Poulter's win was the ninth of his career, but his first outside Europe.
"I've felt comfortable all week this week. It would be nice to know exactly why because if you could do that every week, you could get into that winning position every week," the 31-year-old added.
Harrington, meanwhile, admitted he had found the choice of clubs difficult on the final two days because of windy conditions.
"A lot of that's mental. My good shots seemed to come up long or short. That's usually down to a bit of fatigue rather than anyone else," the Open champion said.
He now plans to take time off for the birth of his second child before heading to the Target World Challenge in California from 13-16 December.
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