Matteo Manassero capped his return to the DP World Tour after losing his card with a fifth win nearly eleven years after winning his fourth at the 2013 BMW PGA Championship. He closed with four consecutive birdies on Sunday to finish with a 66 for a 26-under, 262 total at the Jonsson Workwear Open.

“This is the best day of my life on a golf course for sure,” said the Italian. “It’s been a crazy journey over the last couple of years. I knew that I was getting on the right track but then you never know.

“Even coming down the 18th with a good tee-shot, you still have to do some work. Golf is a really difficult and tough game so I am just so incredibly happy to be here holding this (trophy) right now.

“I think I played really good golf today basically the whole round. It’s really hard. The guys behind were playing some incredible golf and every time you look at the leaderboard there is a different name with more birdies.

“Every time during a round of golf you have some times that if you can go through them you see light and then the finish was amazing.”

England’s Jordan Smith carded a 68 to finish tied for second place at 23-under alongside South Africans Shaun Norris (68) and Lawrence Thriston who closed with a 63 featuring two eagles at the par-5s 6th and 17th.

Spain’s Angel Hidalgo finished in solo fifth place at 22-under thanks to his own two eagles at the 6th and 17th.

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