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Seven clear after his magical third-round 60 in the Madrid Masters at Centro Nacional, the 27-year-old from Surrey saw that advantage cut to only two by Finn Mikko Ilonen with four to play.

But a 10-foot birdie putt at the 15th eased his worries about blowing the biggest lead of the season.

Even then McGowan was lucky on the par-five last when his second shot was pulled and finished on wooden sleepers just above the lake.

He was able to save par and with a one-under-par 71 collected the £227,014 first prize with a 25-under-par total of 263.

"I came here this week in form and it's lovely to come away with the trophy," he said.

"Once I saw where some of the pins were it was a lot trickier and my game-plan was to hit as many greens as I could.

"It means a lot to win - that's another goal out of the way and hopefully from here I can progress and move on to bigger things."

Ilonen, the former British amateur champion, finished runner-up and after starting the week down in 159th place that moved him well inside the top 115 who keep their cards for next season. After finding himself 12 adrift following an opening 74, Ilonen had rounds of 63, 63 and 66.

Scotland's David Drysdale, joint halfway leader with Sergio Garcia, closed with a 67 for third place, while pre-tournament favourite Garcia was only 17th.