Noren’s 77 good enough
Alex Noren recorded a seven-shot win at the Scandinavian Masters despite shooting a five-over 77 in the final round on Sunday.
The Swede, playing in front of his home crowd at the Bro Hof Slott Golf Course in Stockholm, held an 11-shot lead heading into the last round on a day when strong winds made scoring tough.
No player had ever lost on the European Tour with such a big lead and this time was no different as Noren won his third title, finishing at 15-under.
Englishman Richard Finch was the only man to shoot an under-par round – a 69 – as he finished seven shots back in second.
Sweden’s Niklas Lemke was third at five-under, while Australian Scott Hend and Spaniard Pablo Martin were a further shot back.
Noren, so brilliant in the first three rounds, shot a double bogey, five bogeys and two birdies – at holes 1 and 18 – in difficult conditions.
In an impressive round, Finch shot six birdies, as well as a triple bogey on the troublesome par-three 17th hole.
He was not the only one to struggle on the penultimate hole, with Englishman Steve Webster needing 11 shots to find the cup during in his disastrous round of 91, while Norwegian Fredrik Andersson Hed took 12 shots in his round of 18-over.
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