Ryder Cup hopeful Hanson seals SAS masters victory in front of home crowd

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The 30-year-old, whose only previous European Tour victory in 174 starts came in Spain three years ago, hung on in a nervous finish to lift the £209,056 first prize by one from compatriot Pelle Edberg and England's Nick Dougherty.

Not put out: Hanson won the tournament in front of a partisan Stockholm crowd

For Dougherty it meant a runner-up finish in the event for the second year running but there was real drama attached to his performance this time.

The Ryder Cup hopeful, 26, somehow tweaked his back during the night and, in trying to warm up in the gym, it got worse.

'What a day. If my chiropractor had been here, he might have told me to pull out, so I'm glad he wasn't,' said Dougherty.

'After all I've been through, I was going to finish no matter what.'

He stays 14th in the Cup race but is within touching distance of qualification with two events to go.

Hanson, meanwhile, moves up from 24th to 17th and will play in this week's KLM Open in Holland rather than taking a break because he still has an outside chance to make the team.

German Martin Kaymer finished in joint 14th place after a closing 69 and is little more than 200 points behind 10th-placed Soren Hansen in the Cup standings.

Chris Wood's professional debut ended with him tied for 18th. The 20-year-old from Bristol, a brilliant fifth in The Open last month, had tied for the lead during his second round but then suffered food poisoning and gradually fell back.