Sweden's Alex Noren played a solid final round on Sunday to easily protect his overnight lead and win the Scandinavian Masters by four shots over last week's Irish Open winner Soren Kjeldsen.

The 32-year-old, from nearby Stockholm, wins his fourth EPGA event and second at the Malmo-hosted event after winning by seven strokes in 2011.

A final round of one-under par 71 was enough to see the former Oklahoma University student home on a day when birdies were at a premium.  

Noren's 72-hole total of 276 was 12-under par and left Kjeldsen alone in second on a difficult day of golf that was hindered by poor weather conditions at the PGA Sweden National.

Denmark's Kjeldsen, won the Irish Open in a playoff last week which qualified him for July's British Open at St Andrews, and again produced a world class display on the Malmo layout.

Four players tied for third on six under and six shots adrift including Frenchman Alexander Levy, Swedish pair Jens Dantorp and Sebastian Soderberg as well as Germany's Maximilian Kieffer.
Source: AFP