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Woburn (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick won his first professional tournament, and a £500,000 (674,500 euros/$766,000) first prize, when he finished two strokes clear at the British Masters on Sunday.
A final round of three under par 68, left him 15-under over 72 holes, and two strokes in front of Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen, Paraguay's Fabrizio Zanotti and Irishman Shane Lowry.
The 21-year-old from Sheffield, who was the 2013 US Amateur champion, nailed crucial birdies at 11, 12, 15 and 17 while Kjeldsen stumbled when he hit his tee shot behind a tree at the 16th, with the two players tied, and made bogey during a key moment down the stretch.