Scotland's Syme 'overjoyed' after KLM Open victory

KLM Open final round leaderboard

-11 C Syme (Sco); -9 J Lagergren (Swe); -4 J Schaper (RSA); -3 E Ferguson (Sco), J Senior (Eng), R Ramsay (Sco)

Selected others: -2 A Sullivan (Eng), D Bradbury (Eng); -1 G Forrest (Sco), N Kimsey (Eng)

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Connor Syme battled difficult conditions at the KLM Open to shoot a final-round 71 and win his first DP World Tour title.

The Scot, 29, led the field by two shots after 54 holes and no player was able to chase him down as the rain fell and wind gusted in Amsterdam.

Sweden's Joakim Lagergren eagled the last to finish on nine under par, but playing partner Syme held his nerve to make a par of his own and win by two shots.

The Kirkcaldy-born golfer took home the first prize of $467,500 (£345,000) and was congratulated on the 18th green by compatriot Ewan Ferguson, who finished on three under and made a hole-in-one at the par-three seventh earlier in the day.

Richie Ramsay made it three Scots in the top 10, matching Ferguson's score for the week.

"I'm just so happy I managed to do it," said Syme. "Everyone helped so much and I'm buzzing to do it with Ryan [McGuigan] on the bag as well, I'm overjoyed.

"It's so nice they stuck around. I've been really pleased for them and I'm delighted to have won myself, amazing."

Syme's one previous title win since turning professional in 2017 came in the 2019 Turkish Airlines Challenge on the Challenger Tour.