Published July 17, 2008 on August 20, 2018

Waring Seals Maiden Win in Sweden

---

Paul Waring defeated Thomas Aiken in a playoff at the Nordea Masters to win his first European Tour title in his 200^thappearance. 

The two players were tied for the lead when they teed off the final round at Hills Golf Club and they could not be separated over 18 holes as both recorded rounds of 68 to get to 14 under par.

Englishman Waring, who has seen his career disrupted by injury since graduating from Qualifying School in 2007, only required one extra hole to finally get his hands on the trophy, after three-time European Tour winner Aiken put his tee shot into the water.

It had been a game of cat and mouse throughout the day between the two players. South African Aiken birdied the first to take the lead, but Waring responded with a long putt on the second hole. 

An excellent approach into the third left Aiken with four feet for a birdie and he made no mistake to edge ahead again. After back-to-back bogeys for Aiken on the next two holes, Waring opened up a two-shot lead on the par three tenth. 

A first bogey of the day on the 15^th hole for the man from Liverpool cut the lead to one and Aiken got up and down from the sand on the last for a birdie to set up the play-off.

German Maximilian Kieffer finished with three birdies in a round of 65 to finish in third place at 13 under par, one shot clear of in-form Dane Thorbjørn Olesen. The result could prove be significant for Olesen, who moved into the automatic qualifying positions for the European Ryder Cup team via the World Points List.

Australian Lucas Herbert picked up six shots in his last seven holes to get to 11 under par, two shots clear of Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond, Italian Andrea Pavan, South Africa’s Haydn Porteous and Englishman Robert Rock.

 

Round four scores

266 P Waring (Eng) 66 63 69 68, T Aiken (RSA) 66 65 67 68,
267 M Kieffer (Ger) 68 68 66 65,
268 T Olesen (Den) 68 66 67 67,
269 L Herbert (Aus) 66 68 69 66,
271 H Porteous (RSA) 72 67 67 65, R Rock (Eng) 70 69 65 67, A Pavan (Ita) 69 66 72 64, J Janewattananond (Tha) 67 68 72 64,
272 M Southgate (Eng) 67 73 65 67, L Slattery (Eng) 64 69 70 69, A Johnston (Eng) 70 68 68 66,
273 A Bland (Aus) 67 67 69 70, S Gros (Fra) 71 64 69 69, J Carlsson (Swe) 70 68 68 67, T Detry (Bel) 66 72 68 67,
274 N Bertasio (Ita) 70 68 66 70, C Sordet (Fra) 62 72 71 69, R Karlsson (Swe) 67 71 68 68, M Warren (Sco) 70 65 66 73,
275 C Syme (Sco) 69 69 70 67, O Lindell (Fin) 67 69 74 65, B Neil (Sco) 67 66 75 67,
276 A Rai (Eng) 69 69 71 67, D Howell (Eng) 71 68 68 69, N Elvira (Esp) 70 67 69 70, B Hebert (Fra) 67 67 75 67, H Stewart (USA) 65 68 74 69,
277 M Pavon (Fra) 66 70 73 68, J Thomson (Eng) 71 69 67 70, R Evans (Eng) 72 68 71 66, A Chesters (Eng) 69 70 70 68, T Lewis (Eng) 67 68 74 68,
278 R McEvoy (Eng) 72 68 71 67, T Pulkkanen (Fin) 65 71 75 67, M Tullo (Chi) 67 72 69 70, M Nixon (Eng) 69 68 73 68, J Lagergren (Swe) 69 69 71 69, B Dredge (Wal) 70 70 70 68, P Oriol (Esp) 70 69 74 65, L Aberg (am) (Swe) 67 72 72 67,
279 J Choi (Kor) 68 72 71 68, J Kruyswijk (RSA) 69 67 74 69, S Jamieson (Sco) 64 65 75 75,
280 J Walters (RSA) 70 67 73 70, C Hanson (Eng) 68 67 78 67, J Edfors (Swe) 70 70 72 68, C Bezuidenhout (RSA) 68 70 72 70, C Blomstrand (Swe) 65 71 75 69, P Peterson (USA) 69 71 71 69, A Cañizares (Esp) 68 67 75 70, R Green (Aus) 65 71 74 70, M Kinhult (Swe) 70 70 73 67, R Gouveia (Por) 68 70 73 69, S Kjeldsen (Den) 66 68 75 71,
281 G Stal (Fra) 72 68 72 69, R Cho (Kor) 71 67 71 72, F Jacobson (Swe) 72 65 71 73, O Floren (Swe) 71 69 69 72, L Canter (Eng) 69 69 75 68,
282 J Morrison (Eng) 70 70 70 72, S Heisele (Ger) 66 74 72 70, C Pigem (Esp) 71 68 69 74, R Bland (Eng) 70 68 75 69, M Kaymer (Ger) 67 67 75 73, A Plant (Eng) 73 67 71 71, J Scrivener (Aus) 71 69 72 70,
283 E Molinari (Ita) 70 66 72 75, B Hafthorsson (Isl) 67 70 75 71, J Winther (Den) 72 66 76 69, K Koivu (Fin) 67 73 69 74,
284 B Fritsch (Can) 69 69 73 73, F Nilehn (am) (Swe) 74 66 69 75,
291 G Havret (Fra) 74 66 76 75,