Britain's Nick Dougherty held off a charge from Argentine Rafa Echenique to win the BMW International Open on Sunday. Dougherty produced a blistering finale, an eight-under-par 64 for a 22-under-par total of 266. That left him a stroke better than Echenique, who finished with an albatross two that saw him home in 27 strokes for a 62. A huge crowd turned up in hope of seeing Germany's 51-year-old Bernhard Langer become the oldest winner on the European Tour. They were disappointed, as was the leader for the first three rounds, South African double US Open champion Retief Goosen (71), who had to settle for third place. Starting the day three strokes behind Goosen, Dougherty quickly caught the overnight leader with three opening birdies. When Goosen bogeyed the fourth Dougherty led on his own. While Goosen's eagle on the ninth briefly put him level with Dougherty, the 27-year-old Englishman took control by picking up four shots in six holes after the turn. With Goosen faltering and Langer unable to find the form it was left to Echenique to put Dougherty under pressure at the end.
