Swede Peter Hanson led from start to finish to win the Scandinavian Masters on Sunday and secure his second European Tour title. Hanson prevailed despite a faltering finish in bad weather outside Stockholm, closing with a one-over 71 for a nine-under 271 to win by a stroke from compatriot Pelle Edberg and Britain's Nick Dougherty. His victory, worth 266,660 points after a three-year wait since he won the Spanish Open, rekindled the Swede's Ryder Cup hopes. The 30-year-old from Trelleborg has sought and gained an invitation to next week's Dutch Open to try to keep his Ryder Cup dream alive over the next two weeks before Europe's team is decided. Hanson established a four-stroke lead by the 10th but a double-bogey on the 11th and a charge by his playing partner Edberg (70) put the pressure on. However, he always had a stroke in hand and even two bogeys in the last three holes could not prevent his first victory on home soil. Dougherty (70) needed pain killers on the ninth tee after his back after stiffened overnight. The Englishman had almost played himself out of contention by finding water to double-bogey the second but fought back over the back nine to run Hanson close. His 138,965 points for a share of second place did not move him up from his 14th spot on the Ryder Cup table but Dougherty believes he can still make the team. Dane Soren Kjeldsen shared the lead early on but faded to finish three strokes behind Hanson and also failed to move up the Cup table from his 15th position. The most significant move came from Martin Kaymer who is now only 272 points behind 10th and final automatic place, held by Denmark's Soren Hansen after the German finished in 14th place in Sweden, five adrift of Hanson. Tseng surges into lead In Canada, Taiwan's Tseng Yani fired a four-under 68 to surge into a commanding lead after the third round of the Canadian Women's Open on Saturday. South Korean Pak Se-ri shot a 68 and is four shots back of Tseng who moved to 14-under 202. Pak and Tseng are two of 75 players who returned to the course in the morning to complete the second round after Friday's play was called off due to poor weather. Tseng birdied her final two holes to complete an impressive 64 to tie Lorena Ochoa atop the leaderboard. Looking to defend her title, Ochoa held the clubhouse lead at 10-under Friday when play was stopped. She struggled in the third round and is a half dozen strokes back after a two-over 74. Katherine Hull (72) is tied with Ochoa at eight-under while Paula Creamer (70) and Song-Hee Kim are another three shots back. Tseng has three birdies in four holes to close out the front nine. Her lone bogey on the back nine came at the 12th and she followed that up with consecutive birdies and made her last birdie at No. 17. Annika Sorenstam shot 76 to drop into a tie for 14th at two
