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Khan keeps his cool to claim title

Simon Khan held off Luke Donald to win his first European Tour title since 2004 © Getty Images

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Simon Khan produced a sparkling final round 66 to win the PGA Championship at Wentworth.

On a day when the majority of the field struggled to card sub-par rounds, Khan hit six birdies to win by one shot from Luke Donald and Fredrik Andersson Hed on six-under par.

It was Khan's first victory on the European Tour since 2004, and having only been invited to the event on Monday, the world No. 471 made the most of his chance, producing the biggest final-day comeback in the tournament's history to claim the €750,000 winner's cheque.

"It is a bit surreal at the moment," he told the BBC. "It is amazing. If I could pick one event barring the Open, this would be it.

"It is just amazing to win here. It is what I have always dreamed of doing, and these things can happens sometimes, can't it?"

After Khan's impressive round saw him take the clubhouse lead, Donald looked to be on course to match the target of six-under, but a horrendous double bogey on the 17th saw his chances slip away.

Needing an eagle on the 18th to take the contest to a play-off, Donald's chip onto the green was a valiant effort, but narrowly missed to hand the victory to Khan. Donald rued the missed putt on the 17th which left him with too much to do on the final hole.

"It was a very costly putt," he said. "I was pretty solid all day but it was a poor tee shot. I gave it my best shot but it wasn't to be."

Meanwhile, Andersson Hed, who won his maiden Tour title at the Italian Open a fortnight ago, got off to a flying start, birdying four of the first five holes to card an impressive 67 to pile pressure on the leaders.

English youngsters Danny Willett and Chris Wood, who had both been in contention since day one, appeared to wilt in the heat as they faded away on the final day. Willett's 74 was only good enough for fifth behind Scotland's Stephen Gallacher, while overnight leader Wood was left ruing a golden opportunity after a six-over 77 saw him slip down the field.

Wood was joined on two-under by Paul Lawrie, South Africa's James Kingston and Padraig Harrington.

World No. 3 Lee Westwood pleased the crowds with six birdies on a vastly improved display on Sunday. His five-under 66, matched only by Khan took him to one-under overall.

He finished tied for tenth place with Justin Rose and Ross Fisher, who carded contrasting rounds of 70. While Fisher enjoyed a consistent finish, parring his final nine holes, Rose recovered from a double bogey-bogey to birdie two of his last three holes.

It was a day to forget for Sweden's Robert Karlsson, who, after a memorable Saturday in which he set a new course record 62, hit two double bogeys as he slumped to a six-over 77 to finish on level-par for the tournament.

Ernie Els, who helped redesign the West Course, did not enjoy the benefit of home advantage on his home course, hitting four bogeys on the back nine to card a 72, while it was a largely uneventful round for Rory McIlroy, who recovered from an early double bogey to par 12 holes on the bounce for a two-over 73.

Nicolas Colsaerts had his work cut out after his third round 81 left him nine-over, but things got even worse for the Belgian, whose 11-over final round 82 saw him rooted to the bottom of the leaderboard on 20-over par.

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