Angel Cabrera captured his first European Tour title with a two-stroke victory on home soil in the Argentina Open.

Cabrera carded a closing round of 67 at the Jockey Club to hold off playing partner Carl Pettersson of Sweden with England's Graeme Storm in third.

The 31-year-old's 12-under-par total of 268 gave him the �81,000 first prize and a maiden success after five years on the tour.

He previously had four second places, two thirds and 17 other top-10 finishes on the tour.

Pettersson, playing only his ninth event on tour, carded a 69 to finish alone in second with Storm two shots further back.

England's Matt Blackey, Welshman Mark Mouland, Italian Costantino Rocca and Norway's Henrik Bjornstad shared fourth place on six-under.

Composure

Cabrera and Pettersson began the day tied on nine-under par with the Swede taking an early lead with a birdie on the first.

But after Cabrera birdied the second and Pettersson bogeyed the same hole, the Argentinian was never headed.

Pettersson closed the gap to two with a birdie on the 15th and then added another on the 16th.

But Cabrera held his nerve to maintain his lead over the closing holes.

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Leading final scores:

268 Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 67 65 69 67
270 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 65 69 67 69
272 Graeme Storm (Britain) 68 66 69 69
274 Matthew Blackey (Britain) 66 70 71 67, Mark Mouland (Britain) 69 68 69 68, Henrik Bjornstad (Norway) 70 70 66 68, Costantino Rocca (Italy) 71 67 65 71
275 Nic Henning (South Africa) 70 69 71 65, Olle Karlsson (Sweden) 65 69 72 69, Vicente Fernandez (Argentina) 69 72 65 69, Daren Lee (Britain) 72 66 67 70, Henie Otto (South Africa) 70 67 68 70
276 Ruben Alvarez (Argentina) 71 72 66 67, Christopher Hanell (Sweden) 70 69 69 68, Angel Franco (Paraguay) 64 72 71 69, Anthony Wall (Britain) 68 70 68 70, Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 70 64 69 73
277 Thomas Levet (France) 69 70 70 68, Paul Eales (Britain) 69 69 70 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spain) 65 71 71 70, Matias Anselmo (Argentina) 73 64 70 70, Eduardo Romero (Argentina), 70 66 69 72, Tomas Jesus Munoz (Spain) 69 66 67 75