Ross Fisher buried not just one, but two nightmare memories to win the European
Open in inspired fashion at a wet and windy London Club today.

The 27-year-old Englishman, who began the tournament with a course-record 63
playing the Kent layout 'blind', completed a majestic seven-stroke win by holing
a bunker shot on the last.

That summed up the week, one that began with him qualifying for The Open and
contemplating pulling out of the European Tour event because of tiredness.

Sergio Garcia thought a closing 68 might give him a chance given the
conditions. He then produced a 66 he called one of the top-five rounds of his
career and ``definitely the best putting round I've ever had''.
Yet, he would have had to shoot an unprecedented 59 just for a play-off.

Fisher, three ahead of closest challenger Graeme McDowell and nine clear of
Garcia overnight, finished with a 68 for a 20 under par total - and with it
moved from 21st in the Ryder Cup standings to 11th.
``Just a great week,'' he said. ``I felt really calm all day, very composed,
comfy with my game.
``I got my fair share of luck as well - at the last I was just thinking, 'Try
and put it on the green'. I'm delighted.''

In November, Fisher led the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai by one with one to
play and with closest challenger Phil Mickelson in the water on the par-five
last, he was odds-on to win.

But he chipped over the green into the lake, ran up a double-bogey seven and
lost the play-off.

Before that, he was joint leader with a round to play in the BMW PGA
Championship at Wentworth - his home club - but collapsed to a closing 84.

Now he has a second Tour title to his name and having done it in such style
against some of the circuit's biggest names, the future can only look bright for
the former England amateur international.

Fisher said: ``They say the second win is harder. I might have made it look
easy, but it certainly wasn't.''

As for the possibility of a Ryder Cup debut, he added: ``I'd love it, but it's
still a long way off.''

Northern Irishman McDowell took third place, despite managing only a 73 and
that put him in the 10th and last automatic spot in the Ryder Cup standings.
South African David Frost, at 48 trying to become the oldest winner in Tour
history, finished fourth and that gave him the Open exempt spot up for grabs at
the event.

Fisher's 50-foot eagle putt on the fifth was the one that left the rest with
too much ground to make up, providing he avoided disaster.

 To play the remaining holes in three under with birdies on the 12th, 15th and
471-yard 18th - there were only 25 birdies there all week and he had three of