Sweden's Robert Karlsson led from start to finish to claim his fifth career title at the European Masters in Switzerland today.
Karlsson shot a closing 71 to win by four strokes with a 14-under-par total of 270.
Joint second were Scotland's Paul Lawrie, who had three bogeys in the last five holes, and South African Trevor Immelman, a runner-up for the third time this season.
Karlsson's four previous tour victories came with two-year gaps in between, but after capturing the Spanish Open last season and a change of coach the waiting has not been so long this time.
But he had to fight until the end after having his lead cut to two strokes after the third round.
England's Barry Lane, winner in 1993, led by one after eight holes, but he then bogeyed the next three and was virtually out of the running by the time he took a quadruple bogey seven on the short 16th.
Lane tumbled to joint 13th, which was good news for Nick Faldo, who had looked set to be overtaken by Lane in the race to be Justin Rose's partner at the World Cup in Mexico in December.
Karlsson, four clear at halfway and two ahead at the start of the final round, had gone 44 holes without a bogey when he opened with a par.
After missing a three-foot par putt on the second he pulled his tee shot into a flower bed at the 192-yard third. But he responded to dropping yet another shot on the next with a birdie at the 341-yard fifth.
But as he then bogeyed the next three Karlsson almost holed-in-one on the eighth and made a 14-footer on the 11th.
Now two clear of Lawrie, that became four when he chipped in at the 13th and Lawrie, trying for the green in two at the 598-yard downwind 14th went in the lake and took six. Karlsson was home then if he could stay dry - and he did. Two closing bogeys did not matter.
Faldo, joint second after his opening 66, fell away to four under, finishing with a 73 that did not contain a single bogey.
Open champion Ernie Els shot a 74 to finish on only three under - and will want to forget the ninth in a hurry. He had three bogey sixes there.
AFP