Swede Peter Hedblom fired a 5-under-par 67 and won the Johnnie Walker Championship in Scotland Sunday, his third title on the European Tour. Hedblom completed the event at Gleneagles in Perthshire at 13-under 275, winning by a stroke over Martin Erlandsson, also of Sweden, who broke the course record with a 10-under 62 in the final round. Defending champion Gregory Havret of France (67) and former British Open champion Paul Lawrie (69) tied for third place at 278. Last week, Hedblom and Lawrie lost to Simon Dyson in a playoff at the KLM Open in the Netherlands. Hedbloom had the lead entering the final round. It was so tough, he said.

Peter Hedblom shot 4-under-par 68 Saturday and is the leader through three rounds at the European Tour's Johnnie Walker Championship. He overtook first- and second-round leader and 1999 British Open champion Paul Lawrie atop the leaderboard with an 8-under 208 total after starting the third round four strokes back. Lawrie (73) is 7-under 209, alone in second place. Today's round felt really, really good, Hedblom told reporters.

Peter Hedblom shot 6-under-par 64 Saturday to forge a two-stroke lead after 54 holes of the European Tour's KLM Open golf tournament at Zanvoort, Netherlands. The Swede began the day in a tie for the top spot with defending champion Darren Clarke. Hedblom's round included an eagle at the par-5 second, a bogey at the par-3 11th, and five birdies.

Defending champion Darren Clarke shot 3-under-par 67 Friday to tie Peter Hedblom for the 36-hole lead at the KLM Open golf tournament at Zanvoort, Netherlands. They supplanted first-round co-leaders Garry Orr and Paul McGinley.

By Norman Dabell HOYLAKE (Reuters) - Peter Hedblom will hit the first shot at the British Open and that means, with a 6.30am tee-off, he will have to rise at 3.30am on Thursday.