Jacobson's touch denies British trio

Three chip-ins – one for birdie, one for bogey and then one for eagle at the penultimate hole – took Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson (right) to victory in the Algarve Portuguese Open at Vale do Lobo yesterday.

The 28-year-old beat the Londoner Brian Davis and the Welsh pair Bradley Dredge and Jamie Donaldson by a single shot, despite it being his first tournament in 10 weeks because of a wrist injury

Jacobson chipped in at the first, then at the third to drop only one shot after driving out of bounds, but the one at the 526-yard 17th clinched victory. He was in a five-way tie with Davis, Dredge, Donaldson and long-time leader Greg Owen at the time, but finding the target from short of the green put him two clear and enabled him to bogey the last.

"Coming back to win is unbelievable," said Jacobson, who last triumphed at the Hong Kong Open in December. "I've not been swinging it well but all I was looking for from the week was for the wrist to hold up and get four rounds in. I've not even been able to practise my arshort game much because of the injury, but I did really well around the greens."