Sweden's Adam Mednick won his first European Tour title in the North West of Ireland Open at Ballyliffin today
Mednick carded a final round 68 for a seven-under-total of 281 and five-shot victory over former Ryder Cup players Costantino Rocca and Andrew Coltart.
Swede Anders Forsbrand and France's Jean-Francois Lucquin were a shot further back.
Mednick, who feared his career could be over after suffering a back injury in 1995, was among 29 players who had to finish their third rounds this morning, completing his last five holes for a 69.
The 35-year-old then picked up two birdies in his first four holes to move into a lead he would never relinquish, and finished in style with birdies at the 17th and 18th to claim the £37,000 first prize and one-year tour exemption.
"This means the world to me," said Mednick. "I've not been getting many starts this year, but now I can plan my season and next year as well.
"I've been playing well all year long and it's been building up. I told a friend last week to put some money on me and I hope he did and got good odds."
Coltart closed with a 67 that was just one shot outside the course record he set in the second round, while Rocca bogeyed the last to slip back alongside the Scot and was so upset after his poor drive that he swung his driver in anger and caught playing partner Lucquin on the foot.
Collated scores and totals after final round of the North West of Ireland Open, Ballyliffin Golf Club
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, Par 72, Irish in bold)
281Adam Mednick (Swe) 76 68 69 68 (€37,191)
286Andrew Coltart 76 66 77 67, Costantino Rocca (Ita) 71 69 74 72 (€19,380 each)
287Anders Forsbrand (Swe) 71 73 75 68, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 75 67 74 71 (€10,310 each)
288Adam Crawford (Aus) 77 68 75 68, Philip Walton75 70 71 72, Massimo Florioli (Ita) 71 70 71 76 (€6,694 each)
290Joakim Rask (Swe) 75 72 75 68
292Michele Reale (Ita) 78 68 73 73
293Paul Broadhurst 76 72 74 71, Titch Moore (Rsa) 73 74 75 71, David Park 75 72 77 69, Mark Sanders 72 72 79 70, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 71 72 78 72, Allan Hogh (Den) 71 72 79 71
294Andrew Oldcorn 77 69 75 73, Per Nyman (Swe) 76 69 80 69
296Didier De Vooght (Bel) 78 69 80 69, Ciaran McMonagle74 72 80 70, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 75 71 78 72, Iain Pyman 76 70 78 72, Pehr Magnebrant (Swe) 72 73 78 73
297Alexander Renard (Den) 77 71 80 69, Euan Little 74 73 77 73
298Hennie Walters (Rsa) 77 74 78 69, Regis Gustave (St Lucia) 79 71 76 72, Michael Archer 78 71 82 67, James Kingston (Rsa) 77 70 76 75
299Van Phillips 83 68 78 70, Mattias Nilsson (Swe) 80 70 79 70, Ian Hutchings (Rsa) 78 72 76 73, Sion Bebb 78 72 81 68, Oskar Bergman (Swe) 80 70 78 71, Marco Bernardini (Ita) 76 71 78 74, Damien McGrane72 73 80 74
300Kristofer Svensson (Swe) 76 73 81 70, Simon Khan 74 72 83 71
301Gianluca Baruffaldi (Ita) 81 69 78 73, Andrew Sherborne 78 72 80 71, Graham Fox 81 69 77 74, Andrew Butterfield 81 69 80 71, Knud Storgaard (Den) 76 73 80 72, Denny Lucas 76 71 82 72
302James Hepworth 76 74 81 71, Alan McLean 78 72 76 76, John Dwyer 75 75 82 70, Tomas Jesus Munoz (Spa) 76 73 83 70, Kariem Baraka (Ger) 78 71 85 68, Tino Schuster (Ger) 79 69 81 73, Francis Howley 75 73 78 76
303Simon Hurd 79 71 79 74, Benn Barham 74 76 80 73, David Geall 81 69 80 73, Michael Hoey 77 71 83 72, Carl Suneson (Spa) 76 72 79 76
304Sam Little 76 74 80 74, Fredrik Henge (Swe) 75 75 83 71, Richard Dinsdale 77 71 82 74, Olivier Edmond (Fra) 77 69 77 81
305Andreas Ljunggren (Swe) 79 72 83 71, Bradford Vaughan (Rsa) 77 74 80 74, Marc Pendaries (Fra) 79 72 81 73, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 77 73 80 75, Grant Hamerton 75 75 82 73
306David Dixon 78 73 84 71, Thomas Norret (Den) 79 72 82 73, Luis Claverie (Spa) 76 74 81 75, Michael Welch 74 73 84 75
307Federico Bisazza (Ita) 76 75 82 74, Ivo Giner (Spa) 78 73 85 71, David Patrick 75 76 83 73, Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 75 76 83 73, Jamie Little 77 74 87 69, Marcus Knight (Swi) 77 70 80 80
308Gustavo Rojas (Arg) 79 72 85 72
309Stefano Reale (Ita) 81 70 82 76, Raimo Sjoberg (Swe) 79 72 87 71
310Guido Van Der Valk (Ned) 78 73 83 76, Gary Murphy 78 73 85 74, Scott Gardiner (Aus) 76 74 86 74, Kalle Brink (Swe) 78 71 91 70, Andre Bossert (Swi) 76 72 86 76
311Francesco Guermani (Ita) 80 70 85 76
312Niels Kraiij (Ned) 72 79 86 75, Joakim Gronhagen (Swe) 78 73 82 79
314Thomas Besancenez (Fra) 77 74 87 76