Had an up-and-down week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. Opened with a 1-over 73 but came back with a second-round 65. Followed that with a 4-under, 71-69 finish on the weekend to T6.

Playing in Spain, finished solo second at the Open de Andalucia, two strokes behind winner Julien Quesne. Opened with an 8-under 64 and shot rounds of 68-68 on the weekend, but it wasn't enough to overcome Quesne's 67-64 Saturday-Sunday showing at Aloha GC.

After a third-round, 5-under 67 gave him a share of the lead heading into Sunday at the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco, he stumbled to an even-par 72 to drop to a T6.

In defense of his Maybank Malaysian Open title, he finished T7 in Kuala Lumpur in mid-April.

2011: Picked up his second European Tour victory when he came from behind on the final day to win the Maybank Malaysian Open. He made an eagle on the par-5 10th hole Sunday and followed that with a birdie on the 11th hole to seize the lead for good, eventually defeating Gregory Bourdy by a stroke. The victory came two days short of his 18th birthday, making him the second-youngest winner in Tour history. His victory a year earlier in Spain made him the Tour's youngest.

He became the youngest player to compete in a World Golf Championships event, finishing T9 at the Accenture Match Play Championship at the age of 17 years 10 months, 4 days. Advanced to the third round, beating Steve Stricker (2 and 1) in his opening match and Charl Schwartzel (1-up) in the second round before falling to eventual champion Luke Donald (3 and 2) in the third round.

Held a share of the third-round lead of the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship with Luke Donald. He stumbled Sunday, shooting a 75 to drop to a T7. 2010: Became the youngest European Tour winner in history when he captured the Castello Masters in October at Club de Campo Del Mediterraneo. Shot a 4-under 67 Sunday to win at 17 years, 188 days.

Came close to winning again, at the UBS Hong Kong Open. Shot a second-round 63 and closed with a 62 Sunday at the par-70 Hong Kong GC to fall a stroke shy of winner Ian Poulter.