STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Peter Hanson shot 1-over 71 in cold, windy and wet conditions and held on to win the SAS Masters on Sunday for his second career European Tour victory.

Hanson, the first Swede to win the event since Jesper Parnevik 10 years ago, finished at 9-under 271 on the Arlandastad Golf Course north of Stockholm.

Pelle Edberg, another Swede who was Hanson's playing partner in the last group, tied for second with Nick Dougherty of England. Edberg and Dougherty shot 70.

It was Dougherty's second straight runner-up finish in the event. It was also his best result since going without a top-50 finish in seven straight tournaments following the death of his mother in April.

Hanson led most of the day and was three ahead with four holes to play. But Edberg birdied the long 15th while Hanson bogeyed the next two for a one-shot edge going into the last hole, a tough 180-yard par 3.

Showing no signs of nerves, Hanson hit a brilliant iron shot to the heart of the green and clinched it with a routine par after narrowly missing his birdie putt.

"It was a perfect shot with my 6-iron," Hanson said. "I struggled on the back nine. I got a little bit stressed after the two bogeys. But I started pretty well."

Hanson almost had a hole-in-one on the 191-yard second, missing by inches. His other title in 174 European Tour starts came at the 2005 Spanish Open.

"Hopefully, this will mean a lot for Swedish golf," he said. "For me, it has been difficult to get that second title. It's been a long wait."

With the win, Hanson moved from 23rd to 17th on the European Ryder Cup points list. He will play the next Tour event in the Netherlands instead of taking the week off because he has an outside chance to make the team that will defend the Ryder Cup against the United States next month at Valhalla in Louisville, Ky.

Defending champion Mikko Ilonen of Finland shared 20th at 2-under 278. Parnevik, the tournament's player-manager, tied for 46th at 282.

Dougherty finished runner-up in the event for the second year running, but there was real drama attached to his performance this time. The 26-year-old Ryder Cup hopeful tweaked his back somehow during the night and in trying to warm up in the gym it got only worse.

"What a day. If my chiropractor had been here he might have told me to pull out, so I'm glad he wasn't," said Dougherty. "After all I've been through I was going to finish no matter what."

He earned approximately $200,000, and though he stays 14th in the cup race, he is now in much closer touch with just two events to go.

Hanson, meanwhile, moves up from 24th to 17th and will play in this week's KLM Open in Holland rather than taking a break because he still has an outside chance to make the team.

"It feels great, of course," he said. "It's been a long wait for me. I started pretty well, but then struggled on the back nine the same as yesterday."

From four clear with eight to go, he double-bogeyed the 11th and bogeyed the 16th and 17th.

He remained one ahead moving to the tee at the last, however, and a superb iron to the heart of the green proved the decisive shot after Edberg had just failed to hole from long range.

German Martin Kaymer finished tied for 14th place after a closing 69 and is now little more than $400 behind 10th-placed Soren Hansen in the cup standings. Hansen took the week off, as did ninth-placed Oliver Wilson.

"It sounds weird, but I don't feel the pressure," said Kaymer. "I just see it as a challenge and it's fun to be in this position trying to make others angry. It's getting really tight, but I'm enjoying it."

Chris Wood's professional debut ended with him tied for 18th. The 20-year-old from England, a brilliant fifth in the British Open last month, had tied for the lead during his second round, but then suffered food poisoning and gradually fell back.

He also has invites for this week's event in Holland, the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles that follows and next month's British Masters at The Belfry.

The goal is to earn around $300,000 to avoid a trip to the dreaded qualifying school at the end of the season.

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