Friday feeling keeps Caroline Hedwall on road to victory in Helsinki

Sweden's Caroline Hedwall claimed her second Ladies European Tour title in five weeks at the weekend as she secured a two-stroke victory at the Finnair Masters in Helsinki.

The 22-year-old shot a final round three-under-par 68 on Saturday for a 54-hole total of 202, 11 under par.

She had gone into the final round with a one-shot lead after a six-under-par 65 on Friday and it proved enough to hold off the challenge of Holland's Christel Boeljon, who finished two strokes back on nine under after a 67.

Hedwall said: "I'm playing pretty well. It was a good day. It was fun. My best day was Friday. I shot six under and I think that was the key to the win."

Hedwall won the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open five weeks ago and, with her second title and season's earnings of €134,973 (121,875) from 11 events, she moved to third on the LET's Henderson Money List, behind Italian Diana Luna and Boeljon. She also moved to ninth on the European Solheim Cup rankings.

Hedwall's fellow Swede, Carin Koch, finished third at eight under, while a career-best round eight-under-par 63 saw Becky Brewerton from Wales tie for fourth with Frenchwomen Sophie Giquel-Bettan (68) and Anne-Lise Caudal (71).

South African rookie Connie Chen was seventh, Anja Monke finished eighth, while 2010 champion, Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa, tied for ninth with Swede Linda Wessberg to complete the top-ten places.