EUROPEAN TOUR CZECH OPEN:IT WAS quite a day for Belfast man Gareth Maybin, who, with five to play was joint leader in the Moravia Silesia Open and within sight of his first European Tour title, but the Belfast man dropped back to a tie for seventh place with three bogeys and a double bogey in the last five holes.

“It’s obviously disappointing. I did the total opposite of what I was trying to do. I felt I had a pretty good game plan, but couldn’t execute it,” he said.

This left the door open for Sweden’s Oskar Henningsson, winner of the European Tour qualifying school last November, to claim his first title on the circuit.

A superb second successive 67 gave the 23-year-old the title in the Czech Republic by two strokes from England’s Steve Webster and Sam Little.

Graeme Storm, Marc Cayeux and Ignacio Garrido were tied on 10 under.

Henningsson, three behind Webster overnight, earned just over €334,291 – after going into the tournament 154th on the “Race to Dubai” money list with €102,000.

His career earnings were also quadrupled in the process

A week after finishing fourth at the SAS Masters in his home country, Henningsson went to the turn in 32, picked up further shots at the 13th and 16th, but then had a nervous wait after bogeying the last.

His challengers, including Maybin, all made too many mistakes, however. Webster fell back with a poor front nine and Spaniard Garrido, having taken over at the top of the leaderboard, started the inward half with three successive bogeys.

Henningsson posted a 13-under-par total of 275 on the Miguel Angel Jimenez-designed Prosper Resort.

Jimenez himself came joint 17th, on four-under par, after a final round of 73.

Henningsson told European Tour radio: “I’ve had some trouble with my sinuses and haven’t felt good for two or three months.

“I’ve been feeling really tired and have not been able to work out as much as I need to. I still don’t know what’s wrong, but I’ve started to feel better and this means a lot. It gives me a lot of confidence.”

Little, previously 182nd on the money list, should have saved his European Tour card with his performance and said: “On the front nine I played as good as I could, but then I missed from four feet, 10 feet and seven feet.

“Oskar was fantastic. I’ve never seen anyone hole so many putts.”

“(A tour victory) has been my goal for a long time now,” Henningson admitted. “I didn’t think I would already achieve it this year, but I guess I’ll have to set up some new goals now.”

Damien McGrane returned a final round 73 to end the tournament on one-under-par 287, and tied for 32nd place.

Michael Hoey fell from tied 10th overnight to a tie for 36th place after finishing with a disappointing 78.