STEVEN BROWN

carded a bogey-free 66 to claim a surprise first European Tour win at the Portugal Masters. The Englishman had not registered a top-ten finish all season and was battling to keep his playing privileges for next year. Brown admitted: ‘You just never know with this game. It’s crazy to think how well I’ve played the last month to how bad it was the first two-thirds of the year. ‘I never thought this was going to happen. I was just counting down ready for Tour School to get my game ready for that.’