Ireland's Damien McGrane coped best in terrible conditions at the Beijing CBD International Golf Club to secure his maiden title on the European Tour with an impressive nine-stroke victory at the Volvo China Open today.

After clear skies in the previous three rounds the players took to the course this morning in heavy rain and wind and the tough playing conditions were reflected in the scores with few birdie putts being made.

With the rest of the players seeing their scorecard littered with bogeys McGrane kept his cool to produce an impressive round which yielded two birdies and three bogeys.

The Meathman carded a one-over-par 73 though his victory had looked certain as early as when he had reached the turn with a four-stroke lead.

"I'm overjoyed, I can't believe it," said McGrane afterwards.  "I won't say it was easy but my golf was super this week.

"To go out leading and to finish the job off is tremendously satisfying for me."

Graeme McDowell also enjoyed one of the better final rounds with a 75 that saw him finish level par and in a tie for fifth place.

Playing partner Oliver Wilson was not so fortunate on the wet course as he endured a torrid day, though still managed to finish with a share of second place at one-under-par.

The 27-year-old from Mansfield had started the final round three strokes behind McGrane but struggled from the offset, bogeying his first two holes.

He bogeyed the par-four fourth and when his approach shot to set-up a par putt on the fifth rolled down the other side of the green leaving him to card other
bogey, Wilson had slipped down the leaderboard.

He bogeyed again on the sixth but he improved somewhat on the inward nine, carding two birdies against four bogeys to secure second place with a even-over-par 79.

Wilson was joined by compatriot Simon Griffiths and Michael Lorenzo-Vera of France who had carded a 74 and a 79 respectively.

"The course was extremely difficult today," said Griffiths. "I missed one fairway and if you miss fairways you are going to make bogeys. Hitting those fairways was key today.

"I knew it was going to be bad when I woke up this morning and saw the grey skies. Its been very difficult for everyone but luckily I hit the ball good off the tee and I got half decent scores."

Mark Brown carded a costly triple bogey on the 18th to throw away a potential second place finish and returned to the clubhouse tied for third.

The New Zealander had been steady throughout his round, dropping just two shots but that all went to waste on the last hole as he finished alongside last year's champion Markus Brier.