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Clarke wins Iberdrola Open

Mallorca - Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke rallied from four shots down to win the Iberdrola Open by three strokes on Sunday after overnight leader Chris Wood stumbled on the back nine.

Clarke went around in 1-under 69 to finish with a 6-under overall score of 274.

Wood held a comfortable margin over Clarke and Shane Lowry (74) going into Sunday's final round at the Pula golf course, but a disastrous back nine cost the English player his maiden European Tour victory.

Wood's 6-over 76 left him tied with runner-up David Lynn (70) of England.

The 42-year-old Clarke claimed his 13th career European win and first since 2008.

Leading final round scores from the Iberdrola Open at the par-70 course:

274 Darren Clarke (Britain) 65 70 70 69 277 David Lynn (Britain) 68 68 71 70

Chris Wood (Britain) 67 65 69 76 278 Alastair Forsyth (Britain) 68 72 68 70 279 Paul Lawrie (Britain) 68 69 72 70

Graeme Storm (Britain) 71 71 67 70

Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 71 69 66 73

Shane Lowry (Ireland) 72 70 63 74 280 Damien McGrane (Ireland) 68 74 68 70

Thomas Aiken (South Africa) 70 72 66 72

Gregory Bourdy (France) 63 77 67 73 281 Carlos Del Moral (Spain) 71 68 70 72

Scott Jamieson (Britain) 67 71 69 74 282 Paul Broadhurst (Britain) 70 70 73 69

Sam Hutsby (Britain) 72 72 68 70

Adrian Otaegui (Spain) 71 73 67 71 283 Rafael Echenique (Argentina) 72 72 70 69

Thomas Levet (France) 71 65 74 73

Danny Willett (Britain) 64 73 73 73

Simon Thornton (Ireland) 72 65 72 74 284 Barry Lane (Britain) 68 73 70 73

Bradley Dredge (Britain) 71 70 69 74

Peter Whiteford (Britain) 72 70 68 74 285 Borja Etchart (Spain) 71 73 66 75 286 David Drysdale (Britain) 68 71 74 73

Wade Ormsby (Australia) 73 69 70 74

Rhys Davies (Britain) 66 74 72 74

Ariel Canete (Argentina) 70 68 73 75

Lloyd Saltman (Britain) 73 69 69 75

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