29 May, 2017
A birdie at the long 12 got the momentum going the other way, and he added a birdie at the 17 but a 76 wasn't almost enough for the 33-year-old to stay on the pace being set by Australian Dodt and South African Branden Grace.
Noren, who had four victories in a spectacular season a year ago, picked up a cheque for $1.16 million as he claimed his ninth tour win.
Rose was set to miss the halfway cut after shanking a fairway bunker shot out of bounds on the sixth hole of his second round to run up a quadruple-bogey, but produced a grandstand finish with an eagle from 10 feet on the par-five 18th.
In the end, no one got within a stroke as the chasers fell away once late-afternoon rain arrived.
Noren said he was given extra motivation after ending his third round with a double-bogey seven. "I had no intention of winning this morning".
Italy's Francesco Molinari struggled to a 74 but sits on -5 alongside English veteran Lee Westwood, while Ireland's Shane Lowry, Henrik Stenson of Sweden and Japanese ace Hideto Tanihara share fifth place on four-under par.
It was Noren's ninth win on the European Tour, four of which came in a 10-event stretch from July to November previous year that lifted him into the world's top 10 for the first time.
His 62 equaled the lowest round of his professional career, matching one at the Portugal Masters in 2009, and established a new course record on the revamped West Course, which underwent a renovation program immediately after last year's event.
Then at the eighth he attempted a bold line from flawless position in the fairway to a pin close to the water hazard and came up wet, and another double bogey dropped him all the way back to three-under.
This time, his 5-iron approach pitched at 210 yards and rolled just by the pin, giving him a left-to-right putt that he curled in despite saying he was "shaking". "I wasn't thinking much of the deficit, I was just trying to play a good round of golf".
It set the clubhouse target of 11-under 277 and Noren had to wait more than two hours to see if his lead would hold in the European Tour's signature event. I finished very badly on Saturday with a seven and I was pretty angry, but I took a long rest and tried to just have a good day. "My confidence goes up".
The Swede headed to speak to Nick Dougherty after an up-and-down 73 in the third round at Wentworth, which kept Stenson within four strokes of leader Andrew Dodt.
