Final round scores from Canarias Open de Espana, Gran Canaria

Sergio Garcia dropped two shots and suffered a double-bogey six in his last seven holes - but still managed to win the Spanish Open by four strokes at El Cortijo.

The 22-year-old Spaniard closed with a one-over-par 73 to finish at 13-under, securing his first European Tour victory on home soil as a professional, and the fifth of his career.

Italy's Emanuele Canonica bogeyed the last to card a level-par 72 for second place at nine-under 278 while Briton Greg Owen, after a 72, was a further shot back in third.

Spanish amateur Rafel Cabrera, following a 73, tied for fourth at seven-under 281 alongside Sweden's Carl Pettersson, who shot a final round of 72.

Amateur Rafel Cabrera came an impressive fourth

Pettersson had been nine behind Garcia after two holes but amazingly cut the gap to one shot after a birdie on the 14th, before late bogeys put an end to his chances.

Garcia, who won the Catalonian Open while still an amateur in 1997, became the first Spaniard to win the national open title since Seve Ballesteros in 1995.

Garcia began the day five shots clear and looked to have removed any lingering doubts about the outcome in the space of two holes.

A birdie at the first was followed by an eagle at the par-five second to extend his lead to seven shots over Canonica, and nine over Pettersson.

But dropped shots at the fourth and seventh, and a double-bogey on the 12th when he drove out of bounds for the second time this week, raised the possibility of an amazing collapse.

Another bogey on the 13th, coupled with Pettersson's fifth birdie of the day on the 14th in the match behind, meant the lead was just one shot.

But Garcia was able to breathe a huge sigh of relief when he birdied the 14th and saw Pettersson take a double-bogey six on the 15th.

Collated scores and totals after final round of Canarias Open de Espana, El Cortijo Club de Campo, Gran Canaria:
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72) (x) denotes amateurs

275 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 67 68 67 73
279 Emanuele Canonica (Italy) 68 69 70 72
280 Greg Owen 67 69 72 72
281 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 68 72 69 72, a-Rafel Cabrera (Spain) 69 72 67 73
283 Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 68 75 70 70, Anders Forsbrand (Sweden) 70 74 68 71
284 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 73 73 71 67, David Gilford 66 77 71 70
285 David Drysdale 72 72 69 72, Ian Poulter 70 72 71 72, Kenneth Ferrie 69 71 72 73, Steen Tinning (Denmark) 71 73 68 73, Didier de Vooght (Belgium) 70 69 71 75, Stuart Little 68 72 70 75, Marcel Siem (Germany) 67 71 72 75, Ian Hutchings (South Africa) 70 71 69 75
286 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 71 72 72 71, Jose Manuel Carriles (Spain) 69 73 72 72, Gordon Brand Jr. 70 72 70 74

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