VALDERRAMA, October 30, 2011 (AFP) - Sergio Garcia, fresh from his victory at home in last week's Castello Masters, followed up by winning the Andalucia Masters here on Sunday.
The Spaniard edged out his compatriot Migule Angel Jimenez by one stroke after shooting a fourth round level par of 71 for a six under par total of 278.
Scotland's Richie Ramsey, who led after rounds one and two, was a shot further away in third with Ireland's Shane Lowry fourth on three under.
Garcia led by three shots with three holes to play but was made to fight after Jimenez birdied the 16th and 17th for a victory that was a good deal harder than Garcia's 11-stroke stroll in the Castello Masters.
The 31-year-old became the first Spaniard to win a stroke-play event at Valderrama and was going one better after finishing runner-up at this course three times.
This fifth EPGA Tour success on home soil lifted him back into the world top 20.
"It’s very, very special," he said.
"Valderrama - I have so much history here and unfortunately it wasn’t as good as this until now!"
Jimenez had joined Garcia on six under with a brace of early birdies and took the outright lead when Garcia three-putted the sixth.
But the 47-year-old dropped shots at the 13th and 15th with Garcia gaining shots at the 11th and 14th, with a superb up-and-down from a greensside bunker at the 16th keeping him at six under.
And he held his nerve when Jimenez had reduced the gap to one going to the final hole to cap a productive two weeks.
"I’m out of words," added Garcia, who now leads the European Ryder Cup points race.
"It’s been two amazing weeks. Miguel fought so hard and had some good chances coming in, 17 for eagle and 18 for birdie.
"I wasn’t as good as probably the last 13 days, but we hung on and managed to pull through.
"On 18, we decided to play a little more conservative and make sure we hit the fairway, then the chip was just amazing. I thought it was going in.
"I’ve been in that situation three or four times on this course. It wasn’t easy, but I believed in my ability. To be able to hit the chip I hit there and roll the putt in with the pressure, it was nice."
Full fourth round scores of the EPGA Andalucia Masters on Sunday (GBR & IRL unless stated, par 71):
278 - Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70 70 67 71
279 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 71 70 68 70
280 - Richie Ramsay 65 72 73 70
281 - Shane Lowry 72 71 71 67
282 - Steve Webster 75 72 66 69
283 - Gregory Havret (FRA) 68 71 76 68
284 - Christian Nilsson (SWE) 73 71 65 75, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 71 72 71 70
285 - Stephen Dodd 71 73 74 67
286 - Francesco Molinari (ITA) 71 73 71 71, Peter Hanson (SWE) 72 71 73 70
287 - Martin Wiegele (AUT) 71 76 68 72, Stephen Gallacher 68 76 70 73, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP) 73 72 70 72
288 - Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 73 70 74 71, Peter Lawrie 70 73 76 69, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 73 72 71 72, Graeme Storm 73 75 69 71
289 - Romain Wattel (FRA) 73 70 73 73, David Howell 72 75 68 74, Mark Foster 72 77 69 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP) 78 71 70 70
290 - Ross Fisher 67 79 69 75, Oliver Wilson 73 71 72 74, Danny Willett 75 74 68 73, Martin Kaymer (GER) 71 75 73 71, Johan Edfors (SWE) 75 73 72 70
291 - David Drysdale 70 76 73 72, Robert Rock 74 73 75 69, Justin Rose 72 71 74 74, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 74 75 70 72, Matteo Manassero (ITa) 77 72 70 72, Rafael Echenique (ARG) 73 73 76 69, David Lynn 71 71 81 68
292 - Alexander Noren (SWE) 74 70 74 74
293 - Brett Rumford (AUS) 73 74 75 71, Andrew Dodt (AUS) 76 72 72 73
294 - Scott Strange (AUS) 70 78 73 73, Marcel Siem (GER) 74 73 76 71, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 74 73 73 74
295 - Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 75 72 72 76, Ignacio Garrido (ESP) 72 76 78 69
296 - Robert Jan Derksen (NED) 78 71 71 76, Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 75 73 79 69
297 - Anthony Wall 76 73 76 72, Richard Finch 79 69 73 76
299 - Jose-Maria Olazabal (ESP) 75 74 76 74, Maarten Lafeber (NED) 72 77 75 75
301 - Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 72 75 78 76, Soren Hansen (DEN) 73 75 77 76, Jamie Donaldson 75 74 75 77
304 - Kenneth Ferrie 75 72 82 75, Manuel Quiros (ESP) 78 71 79 76
309 - Graeme McDowell 73 73 81 82