John Senden wasn’t the only eight-year drought breaker in world golf this weekend. Spain’s Alejandro Cañizares completed a comprehensive wire-to-wire victory at the Trophée Hassan II to end his own eight-year winless streak.

Alejandro Canizares celebrates his win with his wife, Ingrid. It was his first victory in eight years on the European Tour. PHOTO: Getty Images

Just as Marcel Siem did 12 months ago at Golf du Palais Royal, Cañizares led from the first day with an opening 62 and completed a five shot win with a closing round of 70.

That gave the Spaniard a 19 under par total in Agadir, with England’s Andy Sullivan storming home in 29 shots for a best-of-the-day 63 to claim second place.

Cañizares won on only his third European Tour start at the 2006 Russian Open, but has had to wait 199 events for win number two – during which time he has been a runner-up four times…eerily similar to Senden.

Victory completes an excellent six months for the 31 year old, who has not missed a cut since September. That run that now stretches to 16 tournaments and includes three other top-ten finishes, and Cañizares was quick to target more titles.

"It's been a long time since the last win,” he said. “It felt like it was never coming but this week I played great, some of the best golf of my career. I hit good shot after good shot and kept my focus.

"I was very accurate and solid with my irons. I left myself lots of chances and although I did not make all of them, the first day was the key. I putted great the first day, shot ten under and just kept pushing on.

Cañizares would have won by a greater margin if not for a piece of bad luck on the 18th, where his approach rolled back off the green and came to rest up against a clump of turf from a divot that had not been properly replaced.

Canizare's dodgy lie at the 72nd hole. He made a double bogey as a result but was still good enough for the win. PHOTO: Getty Images

The World No.141 was told by a referee he was not allowed to move the turf and could only advance the ball a few yards with his third shot before it again rolled back down the slope almost to his feet.

From there he duffed his next pitch but at least allowed himself a wry smile before eventually getting up and down for a double-bogey six.

Of the Aussies competing in Morocco, South Australian Wade Ormsby closed with a 68 to record a top-5 finish and collect a healthy cheque of 53,000 euros.

LEADERBOARD

1. Alejandro Canizares (Esp)   62-68-69-70–269

2. Andy Sullivan (Eng)   66-73-72-63–274

T3. Seve Benson (Eng)   63-68-74-71–276

T3. Magnus Carlsson (Swe)   65-71-72-68–276

T5. Wade Ormsby (SA)   68-71-70-68–277

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T11. Brett Rumford (WA)   73-71-70-66–280

 T30. Richard Green (Vic)   70-73-69-72–284

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