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Fowler lands Scottish Open title with late birdie

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USA's Rickie Fowler celebrates his win with the trophy and his girlfriend Alexis Randock. Action …

LONDON (Reuters) - American Rickie Fowler birdied the last hole to win a gripping Scottish Open by one shot from compatriot Matt Kuchar and Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Fowler, who won this year's U.S. PGA Tour Players Championship, matched Kuchar's closing 68 at Gullane to lift the trophy with a 12-under-par total and give himself the perfect tonic going into this week's British Open at St Andrews.

British duo Eddie Pepperell and Marc Warren, who carded a fourth-round 64, and Dutchman Joost Luiten finished a shot further back in a tie for fourth place.