Tour round-up: SAS Masters and Wyndham Championship

There were Swedish celebrations on both the European and PGA Tour this week with victories for Peter Hanson and Carl Pettersson.

Carl Pettersson
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SAS Masters

Despite two bogeys on the last three holes Hanson held on to claim his second victory on the European Tour. The 266,660 in prize money gives the 30-year-old an outside chance of qualifying for the Ryder Cup after moving into 17th place in the Euro points list. As a result the Swede will play in this week's KLM Open in Holland rather than taking a week off.

"I'd thought my chance was gone but you never know in golf what can happen," said Hanson.

"It's a long chance and I'll really need another good week, in fact I'll probably need to win again but at least I've given myself a chance now."

7 Søren Kjeldson (Den) 69 65 68 72 274 48,000

T8 Raphaël Jacquelin (Fra) 73 68 65 69 31,760

The Swede finished two ahead of Scott MaCarron in his adopted hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina. Dropped shots at the 10th and 11th threatened to ruin Pettersson's chances, particularly after McCarron completed an impressive front nine of 32. Pettersson then fought back brilliantly with three birdies in four holes and both men finished with final rounds of 68.

"I know I'm Swedish but I really do feel American, to be honest with you, but my heritage is European and I would love to play on Nick's team and I know all the European an guys on the team," said Pettersson.

"I used to play on the European Tour and I know all the guys on the American team. I might be a little different but I'm going to be playing hard for Europe if I make the team."

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