Richard Johnson of Sweden won the Scandinavian Masters Sunday, holing a 30-foot birdie putt at the last hole to shoot a 1-under 71 and finish a stroke clear of Rafa Echenique of Argentina. Johnson, who held the joint overnight lead with South Korea's K.J. Choi, finished with a total of 11-under 277 at Stockholm's Bro Hof Slott. “This is a huge tournament to win for a Swede,” Johnson said. “I'm speechless right now, it's epic.” Echenique made four birdies in a 69, while Edoardo Molinari of Italy (69) was a shot further back in third. British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen (73) was tied for fourth place with Brett Rumford of Australia (69) and New Zealand's Mark Brown (71). Choi had dropped out of contention after shooting two double bogeys in a 78. Echenique replaced Johnson as leader after making birdies at the 12th and 13th holes. The two were level again at the 18th before Johnson holed his 30-foot put to win his second European Tour title and take home ¤333,330 ($430,000) in prize money. “I'm very disappointed because I played really, really well,” Echenique said. “But that's golf.” Oosthuizen was bidding to become the first player to follow a British Open victory with a European Tour win a week later. “It was a great week, I had lots of fun, the crowd was unbelievable,” Oosthuizen said Sunday. Langer takes senior title Bernhard Langer won his first senior major title Sunday with a 1-stroke win in the Senior British Open. The German shot a 1-over 72 at Carnoustie to finish at 5-under 279, holding off a final round chase by second-place Corey Pavin with a 1-under 70. “I have always wanted to win the British Open,” Langer said. “I didn't. Now this (Senior British Open) is the next best thing.” Pavin, the American Ryder Cup captain, trailed by three shots at the start of the fourth round but cut the gap to two when he birdied his second hole of the day. Langer survived three-putting both the 8th and 9th greens. After making birdie at 15, he parred his way to victory. It was Langer's 11th win in three years on the Champions Tour.“This victory ranks very high and it's pretty close to my two US Masters titles and some of my Ryder Cup stuff,” Langer said. Pavin finished three strokes ahead of Americans Fred Funk, Jay Don Blake and Russ Cochran and Australian Peter Senior. Tom Watson finished with 74 for a 6-over 290. The 60-year-old American said he would return next year to play in both the British Open and Senior British Open. “Sometime I can see in the future when my level of play might not be good enough to come over here and play,” Watson said. Jiyai Shin claims Evian Jiyai Shin of South Korea birdied the 18th hole to win the Evian Masters Sunday, hitting a 5-under 67 to finish at 14 under and one stroke ahead of Morgan Pressel, Na Yeon Choi and Alexis Thompson. Shin's fifth birdie in the final round took her one stroke clear of overnight leader Pressel, whose putt to force a playoff then rolled agonizingly over the hole without dropping in. Shin is the first South Korean to win the Evian Masters and takes home prize money of $487,500. Pressel's downhill putt from the right of the green gathered speed, and she sank to her knees when it rolled over the hole – giving her a share of second with Na Yeon of South Korea (66) and the 15-year-old Thompson from the United States (67). Defending champion Ai Miyazato (68) finished tied for 19th at 5 under. American pair Michelle Wie (71) and Criste Kerr (72) were tied for 31st at 2
