spectacular week for Cabrera-Bello told Sky Sports

Gallacher said: "I might have loved to have made the play-off. But fair play to Rafa, he played well, and 18 under is a superb score of these conditions.

"I struggled a lttle bit off of the tee today on the Titleist AP2 710 Forged Irons other hand hit lots of good iron shots making a number of putts in the proper time. But I were built with a possiblity to kind of enter the play-off about the last, so (I'm) only a wee bit disappointed but happy overall."

It's Westwood's third runner-up finish in Dubai as he yet again came agonisingly close to the first

prize. His only consolation Taylormade R11 fairway wood   is that she has taken the world second spot back away Rory McIlroy - by only 0.004 ranking points.

McIlroy, who opened his professional account which has a victory within 2009, would not turn out to be because an aspect as some may have thought after a disappointing three-over-par front nine that included a bogey with the first along with a double-bogey with the ninth.

"All the good memories from winning the Singapore Masters (in 2006) returned. After i won then, I led through the first day for the end. That offered me a lots of memories which boosted my confidence," said Mardan, who also earned a spot in next week's co-sanctioned Avantha Masters in India.

Mo endured a horrendous opening seven discount golf clubs holes, going five over par in seven before rallying briefly with four birdies in mid-round to pull to within four shots of Mardan. However the Singaporean tightened his grip using a second birdie of the day about the 14th hole to restore his six-shot advantage as Mo bogeyed exactly the same hole.

Chasing a third Asian Tour victory, the Korean rued two poor tee shots which triggered his double bogeys on three and 7. "I just hit two bad shots, which was it," he said. "That can happen for this course. I hit two poor tee shots making it those doubles. Just how Mardan was playing, I wasn't planning to catch him. I had been just centered on finishing second."