France's Gregory Havret won the Johnnie Walker Classic on Sunday while Oliver Wilson, Justin Rose and Soren Hansen earned their places in Europe's Ryder Cup team.

Havret made par at 18 for a final round 70 to win by one shot from England's Graeme Storm.

But the Frenchman wasn't the only one celebrating as English pair Wilson and Rose, plus Hansen of Denmark, earned automatic qualifying places in Nick Faldo's team to face the Americans in Kentucky from September 19 to 21.

The race for Ryder Cup places was settled when England's Nick Dougherty failed to win the tournament.

Dougherty made a great bid with five successive birdies around the turn and then another on the 14th, but he had bogeyed three of the first six and a three under 70 for eight under left him shy of his target.

Havret had a scare on 18 as he found a bunker to the right of the green but he managed to negotiate that hurdle for a 14-under, four-round total of 278.

He told Sky Sports television shortly after victory: "It was definitely a tough day, in fact a tough day for everybody. It has been tough to avoid mistakes here and I think I did well to get four rounds under par."

AFP