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Stockholm - Sweden's Alexander Noren claimed his third European Tour title on Sunday with a comprehensive seven-shot victory in the Scandinavian Masters.
The 29-year-old, who set a course record of 63 on Saturday, carded with a closing 77 for a 5-under par total of 273 at Bro Hof Slott.
England's Richard Finch was the only man to break par in strong winds, his three-under 69 good enough for second place while another Swede, invite Niklas Lemke, was third on five-under par.
"I said it doesn't matter how I play up to that, I just have to survive 17 (a par three with an island green) and I did," said Noren, who also won the Wales Open title earlier this year.
"I've never seen wind like this in Sweden. Every hole was super tough and even downwind it was hard to choose the clubs."
Noren, who started the day 11 shots ahead, birdied the first hole but then had five bogeys and a double bogey at the 14th. A birdie at the last hole helped him enjoy the moment of victory.
Victory took Noren into the top 70 in the world and the top ten on The Race to Dubai.
Leading final-round scores from the Scandinavian Masters at the par-72 course in Stockholm on Sunday:
273 Alexander Noren (Sweden) 67 66 63 77
280 Richard Finch (Britain) 69 72 70 69
283 Niklas Lemke (Sweden) 68 72 70 73
284 Scott Hend (Australia) 69 70 71 74
Pablo Martin (Spain) 69 72 69 74
285 Dustin Johnson (U.S.) 73 71 67 74
Noh Seung-yul (South Korea) 73 68 69 75
Jeev Milkha Singh (India) 70 71 69 75
Bubba Watson (U.S.) 71 67 69 78
286 Estanislao Goya (Argentina) 71 70 70 75
John Parry (Britain) 68 73 70 75
Jamie Donaldson (Britain) 73 70 67 76
287 Victor Dubuisson (France) 72 72 71 72
Scott Jamieson (Britain) 73 71 67 76
Jaco Van Zyl (South Africa) 67 71 70 79
288 Damien McGrane (Ireland) 72 70 70 76
Thomas Norret (Denmark) 72 71 69 76
Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 69 70 72 77
Jeppe Huldahl (Denmark) 73 68 70 77
Anthony Wall (Britain) 69 70 72 77
