Casey carded a closing 71 Final-round pictures

England's Paul Casey won the Benson and Hedges International Open by four shots from Padraig Harrington.

Casey, tied for the overnight lead with Harrington and New Zealander Stephen Scahill, fired a closing 71 for 11 under overall as the challengers fell back on a blustery day in Sutton Coldfield.

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Former Open champion Paul Lawrie (69), Holland's Rolf Muntz (72) and Scahill (76) were tied for third on six under.

In fourth was early starter Richard Johnson of Sweden, who fired a course-record 64 to climb to four under.

Harrington made the first move of the day with a birdie at the par-four first as Scahill dropped back.

But Casey, 25, birdied the fifth to draw level and picked up further shots at the sixth, 12th and 15th holes.

He dropped shots at the ninth and 18th, and two at the short 14th.

But he holed a huge putt from 20 feet to save par on the 11th, while Harrington leaked four shots from the ninth for a 75.

"It's nice to win the very last Benson and Hedges tournament, no-one can take that away from you," said an emotional Casey, who climbed to second on the European Tour Order of Merit.

"It can get me in the US Open if I'm in the top two in two weeks time, and put me in The Open.

"I used that as an incentive every time my concentration wavered today.

"I did expect Padraig to be a huge threat. I thought he'd throw down the gauntlet but that never materialised.

"But I didn't think I'd be the winner on 11 under. Guys were chasing and it wasn't easy and I gave a couple of shots back."

Scotland's Lawrie began the day on three under and picked up shots on the fourth and sixth before firing a hole-in-one at the short seventh.

A further birdie at the 12th lifted Lawrie into contention at eight under but a watery double bogey at the last saw him drop back.

The challenge of defending champion Angel Cabrera began to career off the rails with a triple-bogey seven via the water at the ninth on the way to a 78 for three under.

Casey, who tied for sixth in the Espana Open last month in his first European start this year, also won the ANZ Championship in Sydney in February, his second professional victory.

He notched his first pro win in the 2001 Scottish PGA Championship at Gleneagles en route to landing the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.

The tournament was the last under the sponsorship of Benson and Hedges due to new laws on tobacco advertising.