Fasth wins in Germany

Niclas Fasth held on to his overnight lead to take the BMW International Open by two shots from German legend Bernhard Langer.

Niclas Fasth became the BMW International Open Champion despite a spirited fight from Bernhard Langer.

Langer shot a superb 67 on the final day to putt the pressure on Fasth who showed his nerves with a double bogey at the tenth. Forty-nine-year-old Langer ? who had almost pulled out of the event early in the week due a bad back ? holed some monster putts to close in on Fasth.

The Swede looked comfortable on the front nine as he amassed a three-shot lead but his double bogey brought Langer and José-Filipe Lima back into contention. Fasth showed his class however with a birdie at 11 and another at 17. This gave Fasth a two-shot lead with one hole to play and he made par to secure his fifth European Tour victory.

"All in all I played some amazing golf, I?ve improved some things for this year and the biggest difference is that I now have huge confidence in my Callaway driver where before I didn?t hit enough fairways,? said Fasth who wins ?333,330.

Lima had shared the lead with Fasth going into the final round but struggled early on Sunday. The 24-year-old made a brave birdie at 18 to tie for second with Langer.

BMW International Open

-13 N Fasth (Swe)

-11 J-F Lima (Por), B Langer (Ger)

-10 R Gonzalez (Arg), A Hansen (Den), M Lafeber (Ned)

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